Polonia Bydgoszcz

Infobox Speedway team
clubname = ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz


track = ul. Sportowa 2
Bydgoszcz
country = Poland
founded = 1946
closed =
manager = Zenon Plech
captain = Andreas Jonsson
league = Polish First League
website = [http://www.polonia.bydgoszcz.pl/ Official website]
colours = White and Red
tracksize = 348 m
track record time= 60.11
track record date= 20 June 1999
track record holder= Tomasz Gollob
teamhonour = European Club Champions
Polish League Champions

Pair Polish Champion


Individual Polish Champion


teamyear = 1998, 1999, 2001
1955, 1971, 1992, 1997,
1998, 2000, 2002
1974, 1990, 1991, 1993,
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
1999, 2000, 2002
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
1998, 1999, 2001, 2002

ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish speedway team based in Bydgoszcz who currently race in First League (2nd division). The club has won the Polish Speedway League Championship seven times, the latest in 2002, and European Team Championship three times, the latest in 2001.

Club history

* 1920 - Creation of Klub Sportowy "Polonia" ("Sport's Club "Polonia")
* 1946 - Creation of motorcycle section in Polonia
* 1948 - First start in Team Speedway Polish Championship
* 1951
** First start in the top division (Firist League)
** First medal in Polish Championship: Zbigniew Raniszewski - bronze in IMP
* 1955 - First Team Polish Champion title
* 1959 - Rider Mieczysław Połukard - first Polish rider to ride in the Individual World Championship Final
* 1968 - First ride in Relegation playoffs
* 1982 - First Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces
* 1985 - Mieczysław Połukard death on track
* 1991 - Tony Rickardsson and Peter Karlsson - first foreigners in Team
* 2007 - Team was relegated from the top division first time in history

Management

Polonia Bydgoszcz since 27th October 2006 is Joint stock company (pl: "spółka akcyjna" or "S.A.").
*board of directors:
**"President:" Leszek Tillinger
*supervisory board:
**"President:" Bartosz Rakoczy
**"Members:" Bogdan Sawarski and Roman Woźniak
*annual general meeting:
**80 % - BTŻ Polonia Bydgoszcz ("Voluntary association")
**20 % - City Bydgoszcz

2008 Team

Competitions in Bydgoszcz

Speedway Grand Prix

Polonia Bydgoszcz hosts the Speedway Grand Prix of Poland in the Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium (1998-99, since 2001). In 2000 Polonia hosts Speedway Grand Prix of Europe. Tomasz Gollob won in Bydgoszcz SGP 6 times.

Pomeranian-Kuyavian Derby

The Pomeranian-Kuyavian Derby is the name given to speedway matches between Polonia Bydgoszcz and Unibax Toruń.

Criterium of Aces

The Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces ( _pl. Kryterium Asów Polskich Lig Żużlowych im. Mieczysława Połukarda) usually referred to as the Criterium of Aces ("Kryterium Asów") is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polonia Bydgoszcz.

The Criterium of Aces held in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz. It is seen by riders and fans as the official opening of the new season. First staged in 1982, although a similar meeting was held in the 1951 as Criterium of Aces ("Criterium Asów"). The most successful rider in Criterium history is Tomasz Gollob (former Polonia's rider). He won Criterium 14 times between 1990 and 2008.

Honours

Polish speedway club honours
DMP 1 =7 |DMP 1y =1955, 1971, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
DMP 2 =7 |DMP 2y =1951, 1953, 1972, 1986, 1987, 1993, 2005
DMP 3 =11 |DMP 3y =1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1988, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2006
MDMP 1 =1 |MDMP 1y ="1976", 1989
MDMP 2 =3 |MDMP 2y =1986, 1988, 1992
MDMP 3 =3 |MDMP 3y ="1977", 1978, 1987, 2002
MPPK 1 =11 |MPPK 1y =1974, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
MPPK 2 =6 |MPPK 2y =1979, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006
MPPK 3 = |MPPK 3y =
MMPPK 1 =1 |MMPPK 1y =1980
MMPPK 2 =4 |MMPPK 2y =1985, 1986, 1987, 2006
MMPPK 3 =2 |MMPPK 3y =1988, 2001
IMP 1 =8 |IMP 1y =1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
IMP 2 =5 |IMP 2y =1953, 1985, 1998, 1999, 2003
IMP 3 =5 |IMP 3y =1951, 1955, 1972, 1990, 1997
MIMP 1 =8 |MIMP 1y =1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992
MIMP 2 =1 |MIMP 2y =1987
MIMP 3 =3 |MIMP 3y =1969, 1976, 1988
KPE 1 =3 |KPE 1y =1998, 1999, 2001
KPE 2 = |KPE 2y =
KPE 3 = |KPE 3y =
DPP 1 = |DPP 1y =
DPP 2 = |DPP 2y =
DPP 3 = |DPP 3y =
IPP 1 = |IPP 1y =
IPP 2 = |IPP 2y =
IPP 3 = |IPP 3y =
ZK 1 =10 |ZK 1y =1981, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
ZK 2 =4 |ZK 2y =1967, 1972, 1996, 2002
ZK 3 =2 |ZK 3y =2002, 2005
SK 1 =6 |SK 1y =1984, 1986, 1987, 1999, 1992, 2007
SK 2 =2 |SK 2y =1968, 1988
SK 3 =5 |SK 3y =1966, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
BK 1 =2 |BK 1y =1984, 2002
BK 2 =4 |BK 2y =1985, 1988, 1995, 1996, 2000
BK 3 =4 |BK 3y =1991, 1999, 2005, 2006

Stadium

The stadium is located on "ulica Sportowa 2" ("Sports Street"). It contains 20,000 seats. The track is 348 metres long and has a granite surface. The track record was made by Tomasz Gollob (60.11 sec on June 20 1999).

Notes

See also

* Speedway in Poland
* Bydgoszcz

External links

* [http://www.polonia.bydgoszcz.pl/ Official website]
* [http://www.btzpolonia.pl Official website of voluntary association Polonia]