1953 Polish speedway season

1953 Polish speedway season
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The 1953 Polish Speedway season was the 1953 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.[1][2]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1953 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held over four legs.

  • Rybnik, 14 June 1953
  • Warsawa, 30 August 1953
  • Leszno, 13 September 1953
  • Wrocław, 4 October 1953
Pos. Rider Club Total Points
1 Florian Kapala Rawicz 31 (8,11,9,11)
2 Bolesław Bonin Bydgoszcz 30 (10,4,10,10)
3 Tadeusz Fijałkowski Warszawa 29 (8,10,10,9)
4 Marian Kuśnierek Leszno 26 (12,6,8,5)
5 Edward Kupczyński Wrocław 23 (7,8,6,8)
6 Janusz Suchecki Warszawa 22 (8,5,8,6)
7 Włodzimierz Szwendrowski Łódź 19 (8,6,x,5)
8 Józef Olejniczak Leszno 17 (x,8,8,1)
9 Norbert Świtała Wrocław 16 (4,4,4,8)
10 Zbigniew Raniszewski Bydgoszcz 15 (4,5,5,5)
11 Waldemar Miechowski Częstochowa 9 (x,0,4,5)
12 Paweł Dziura Rybnik 9 (2,3,3,3)
13 Robert Nawrocki Świętochłowice 8 (2,4,2,2)
14 Jan Paluch Rybnik 2 (2,x,x,x)
15 Jerzy Brendler Częstochowa 2 (2,x,x,x)

Criterium of Aces

The Criterium of Aces was won by Zbigniew Raniszewski.

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1953 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the sixth edition of the Team Polish Championship.[3][4][5]

Rules

In First League, matches were played with part two teams, without it playing it matches return. Teams were made up of 6 drivers plus 2 reserves. The score of heat: 3–2–1–0. Mecz consisted of 9 heats. For winning a game a team received 2 points, draw – 1 point, lost – 0 points. The drivers from main squad started in a match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.

Before the season it was established that only 4 full rounds would take place with only the first 8 teams competing in the 5th round. After playing 5 rounds the 4 first teams played in the "Final Round".

Stal Ostrów Wlkp. was moved to Świętochłowice.

First League

Pos Team Match Points Won Draw Lost +/-
1 Gwardia Bydgoszcz 5 10 5 0 0 +71
2 Spójnia Wrocław 5 8 4 0 1 +50
3 Unia Leszno 5 7 3 1 1 +40
4 CWKS Wrocław 5 7 3 1 1 +31
5 Górnik Rybnik 5 6 3 0 2 −6
6 Włókniarz Częstochowa 5 4 2 0 3 −36
7 Budowlani Warszawa 5 3 1 1 3 −22
8 Ogniwo Łódź 5 3 1 1 3 −38
9 Kolejarz Rawicz 4 0 0 0 4 −18
10 Stal Świętochłowice 4 0 0 0 4 −72

Final Round

Pos Team Match Points Won Draw Lost +/-
1 Unia Leszno 3 4 2 0 1 +16
2 Gwardia Bydgoszcz 3 4 2 0 1 +5
3 Spójnia Wrocław 3 4 2 0 1 +4
4 CWKS Wrocław 3 2 1 0 2 −25
Date Home Away
16 Aug Unia Leszno 27:26 Spójnia Wrocław
16 Aug Gwardia Bydgoszcz 38:13 CWKS Wrocław
30 Aug Spójnia Wrocław 26:27 Gwardia Bydgoszcz
30 Aug CWKS Wrocław 30:24 Unia Leszno
20 Sep Spójnia Wrocław 30:24 CWKS Wrocław
20 Sep Gwardia Bydgoszcz 16:37 Unia Leszno

Final Classification

Pos Team
1 Unia Leszno
2 Gwardia Bydgoszcz
3 Spójnia Wrocław
4 CWKS Wrocław
5 Górnik Rybnik
6 Włókniarz Częstochowa
7 Budowlani Warszawa
8 Ogniwo Łódź
9 Kolejarz Rawicz
10 Stal Świętochłowice

Medalists

Unia Leszno Marian Kuśnierek, Andrzej Krzesiński, Kazimierz Bentke, Józef Olejniczak, Stanisław Glapiak, Mieczysław Cichocki, Zdzisław Smoczyk, Stanisław Kowalski, Franciszek Kutrowski
Gwardia Bydgoszcz Bolesław Bonin, Zbigniew Raniszewski, Eugeniusz Nazimek, Alfred Spyra, Kazimierz Kurek, Jerzy Jeżewski, Feliks Błajda
Spójnia Wrocław Edward Kupczyński, Jerzy Sałabun, Tadeusz Teodorowicz, Roman Wielgosz, Jerzy Błoch, Alojzy Frach, Albin Tomczyszyn, Adolf Słaboń

References

  1. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1953". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. ^ "1953 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.