KS ROW Rybnik

ROW Rybnik
Rybnik Municipal Stadium in 2007
Club information
Track addressRybnik Municipal Stadium
ul. Gliwicka 72
Rybnik
CountryPoland
Founded1930
Team managerPiotr Żyto
LeagueEkstraliga 2
WebsiteOfficial website
Club facts
ColoursGreen and Black
NicknameSharks, Green and Black
Track size357 metres (1,171 ft)
Track record time62.10
Track record date16 April 2022
Track record holderGrzegorz Zengota
Major team honours
Team Speedway Polish Championship x 121956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972

Klub Sportowy ROW Rybnik, also known as ROW Rybnik, is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Rybnik, which currently competes in Ekstraliga (speedway).[1] Rybnik is one of the oldest and most successful teams in Polish speedway having won the league championship on twelve occasions.[2] ROW is one of the several clubs of the once united ROW Rybnik multi-sports club.

History

1948 to 1959

Speedway in Rybnik has existed since 1930. The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of RKM Budowlani (builders) Rybnik. They won the silver medal during the 1950 Polish speedway season.[3][4] As Górnik Rybnik the team won three consecutive titles in 1956, 1957 and 1958. The team included riders such as Stanisław Tkocz and Joachim Maj, who was Polish champion in 1958[5]

1960 to 1969

The 1960s was not only the most successful for the club but the most successful decade of all time for any club. As Górnik Rybnik they earned a silver in 1961 and then embarked on seven consecutive gold medal wins in 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. Four of these wins were achieved under the new name ROW Rybnik because in 1964, the multi-sports club ROW Rybnik was formed as a result of a merger between two local clubs RKS Górnik Rybnik and KS Górnik Chwałowice. Furthermore three of the club's riders won the five Polish Championships; Andrzej Wyglenda (1964, 1968 and 1969), Stanisław Tkocz (1965) and Antoni Woryna (1966).[6]

1970 to 1989

Eugeniusz Skupień, Rybnik from 1983 to 1992

The 1970s was much less emphatic but the club still managed to win their 11th and 12th gold medal wins in 1970[7] and 1972.[8] Jerzy Gryt won the 1971 Polish Championship and Andrzej Wyglenda won his second in 1973.

The 1980s resulted in a gradual decline and the team suffered relegation in 1982 but by the end of the decade they had recovered to win a silver and a bronze medal in 1988 and 1989 respectively.[9]

1990 to 1999

After a silver medal win in 1990 the club underwent a name change to Rybnicki Klub Motorowy (Rybnik's Motorcycle Club) in 1994.[10] The remainder of the decade saw very few highlights.

2000 to 2009

When the Ekstraliga was introduced in 2000, Rybnik were in the 1. Liga.[11] They won the 1. Liga in 2003.[12] In 2009, they reverted to the historical "ROW" prefix as RKM ROW Rybnik.

2010 to present

In 2013, they changed name again, to ŻKS ROW Rybnik, the same season they won 2. Liga.[13] In 2019, they gained promotion back to the Ekstraliga but were relegated the following season (2020) and have struggled since. They currently race as KS ROW Rybnik.

2025 Squad

Ekstraliga (speedway)

Previous teams

Extended content

2024 Squad - Polish Speedway First League

KS ROW Rybnik has been promoted to the TOP League - Ekstraliga (speedway)

2023 Squad - Polish Speedway First League

2022 Squad - Polish Speedway First League

2021 Squad - Polish Speedway First League

2020 Squad - Ekstraliga (speedway)

KS ROW Rybnik has been relegated from the Ekstraliga (speedway) to the Polish Speedway First League

2019 Squad - Polish Speedway First League

KS ROW Rybnik has been promoted to the TOP League - Ekstraliga (speedway)

2018 Squad

2017 Squad

2016 Squad

2015 Squad

2014 Squad

2013 Squad

2012 Squad

2011 Squad

2010 Squad

2009 squad

Notable riders

Honours

Competitions Total Golden medals Silver medals Bronze medals
Total Years Total Years Total Years
Team (DMP)
(since 1948) 		23 12 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972 6 1950, 1959, 1961, 1980, 1988, 1990 5 1951, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1989
Team U-21 (MDMP)
(since 1978) 		9 2 2002, 2007 5 1984, 2000, 2008, 2015, 2016 2 2001, 2006
Pairs (MPPK)
(since 1974) 		7 1 1988 6 1973, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1990, 2006
Pairs U-21 (MMPPK)
(1980 U-23; since 1983) 		12 3 1983, 2003, 2008 4 1984, 2002, 2016, 2017 5 1980, 1990, 1993, 2007, 2010
Individual (IMP)
(since 1948) 		23 9 1947, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973 9 1951, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1990 5 1956, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1971
Individual U-21 (MIMP)
(since 1967) 		6 2 1971, 2003 2 1984, 1990 2 2004, 2017
Total Polish Championship medals: 80 Gold: 28 Silver: 27 Bronze: 25
Competitions Total I place II place III place
Total Years Total Years Total Years
European Club (KPE)
(since 1998) 		0
Team Cup (DPP)
(?) 		0
Golden Helmet (ZK)
(since 1961) 		16 6 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1990 2 1963, 1979 8 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
Silver Helmet U-21 (SK)
(since 1966) 		6 2 1972, 2015 4 1973, 2004, 2008, 2018
Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK)
(1976-81; since 1983) 		11 5 1977, 1978, 2000, 2001, 2005 3 1978, 2007, 2015 3 1996, 2007, 2014



References

  1. ^ "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland PGE Ekstraliga". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 42.
  2. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1948". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ^ Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
  6. ^ "Polish Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1970". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1972". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1989". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1994". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski". Zuzeland.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 2003". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  13. ^ "ROW RYBNIK POLSKA". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 30 December 2022.