PSŻ Poznań

Poznańskie Stowarzyszenie Żużlowe (Poznań Speedway Association) is a Polish speedway team based in Poznań who currently race in First League (2nd division). The club never rode in the Polish top division. Their nickname is "The Scorpions" (pol. Skorpiony).

PSŻ Poznań
Club information
Track addressul. Warmińska 1
Poznań
CountryPoland
Founded2004
Team manager Grzegorz Kłopot
LeagueFirst League
Website
Club facts
ColoursBlack and Yellow
Track size397 m
Track record time66.27
Track record date2008-08-10
Track record holder Adam Skórnicki
Major team honours
Individual Polish Champion2008

History

In 2004, in an attempt to revive the city's rich speedway traditions, a new club called "PSŻ Poznań" was created by local speedway fans, after over a decade of absence of the sport in the area. In 2006 the club noted its first start in National Team Championships in which they came 2nd in the Second League (3rd division) and won promotion to the First League after beating KSM Krosno in a promotion play-off. The club won its first individual medal in 2007 when Daniel Pytel was third in Individual U-21 Polish Championship. A year later, Adam Skórnicki won in the Individual Polish Championship Final.

After having major problems with the stadium's owners Olimpia and excessive rent fees, the club was left homeless. With no other potential venues in the area, the club failed to enter a team for the 2012 season. Although the club did not cease to exist, it ceased competing since then, focusing on finding a suitable venue. The club campaigned for the Olimpia stadium, which in the meantime fell into complete disrepair and ruin, owned by the Polish police, to be taken over by the city council. Upon lengthy but ultimately successful takeover by the city, the club began to repair the stadium under a new project called Sportowy Golaj, a joint venture with mountain biking enthusiasts and the Poznań Patriots american football team. The complete rebuilding of the stadium was completed in 2015, with the first competitions scheduled for that same year. In 2014 and 2015, a new team has been assembled and PSŻ is expected to compete at senior level once again in the 2016 season.

Stadium

The "Olimpia Poznań Stadium" is located on ulica Warmińska 1. It contains 20,000 seats. The track is 397 metres long and has a granite surface. The track record was made by Adam Skórnicki (66.27 sec on 10 August 2008).

Team Squad
Adam Skórnicki - 2008 Individual Polish Champion.

2008 season:[1]

RiderAgeAverage
Adam Skórnicki322.135
Norbert Kościuch241.965
Kauko Nieminen291.909
Rafał Trojanowski321.652
Grzegorz Kłopot301.600
Daniel Pytel211.140
Zbigniew Suchecki241.105
Anders Andersen200.625
Piotr Dziatkowsiak210.600
Alan Marcinkowski221.316 (E)

Honours
Competitions Total Golden medals Silver medals Bronze medals
Total Years Total Years Total Years
Team (DMP)
(since 1948)		 0
Team U-21 (MDMP)
(since 1978)		 0
Pairs (MPPK)
(since 1974)		 0
Pairs U-21 (MMPPK)
(1980 U-23; since 1983)		 0
Individual (IMP)
(since 1948)		 1 1 2008
Individual U-21 (MIMP)
(since 1967)		 2 1 2008 1 2007
Total Polish Championship medals: 3 Gold: 1 Silver: 1 Bronze: 1
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)		 0
Silver Helmet U-21 (SK)
(since 1966)		 0
Bronze Helmet U-19 (BK)
(1976-81; since 1983)		 0


See also

References
  1. "Świat Żużla: Świat kibica 2008"; No 1 (73) / 2008; pages 38-39; ISSN 1429-3285.


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