Kolejarz Rawicz

Kolejarz Rawicz (Railwayman Rawicz) is a motorcycle speedway team based in Rawicz, Poland. They currently race in the Polish Speedway Second League (2. Liga).^[1][2][3]

Kolejarz Rawicz (nickname the Bears)
Club information
Track address	Florian Kapała Stadium St. Peaceful 1 63-900 Rawicz
Country	Poland
Founded	1948 (re-formed 1996)
Team manager	Adam Skórnicki
League	2. Liga
Club facts
Nickname	The Bears
Track size	330 metres (360 yd)
Major team honours
Team Speedway Polish Championship silver medal 1955 Team Speedway Polish Championship bronze medal 1954 2. Liga champions 2000, 2007, 2012

History

The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of Motoklub Rawicz.^[4][5]

The club's first team honour was winning the bronze medal in the Team Speedway Polish Championship in 1954 and the following season they went one better after winning the silver medal in 1955.^[6] Their leading rider Florian Kapała won the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1953 and 1956.^[7]

The club was disbanded after the 1959 season and was not reformed until 1996.^[8]

The club later won the Polish Speedway Second League three times in 2000, 2007 and 2012.^[2][9]

In 2008, the club renamed their stadium to the Florian Kapała Stadium, named after a former rider Florian Kapała. The stadium has a capacity of 7,000 and the speedway track is 330 metres long.^[10]

Teams

2023 team

• Scott Nicholls
• Hans Andersen
• Damian Dróżdż
• Nikodem Bartoch
• Tomasz Orwat
• Ryan Douglas
• Drew Kemp
• Jye Etheridge
• Steven Goret
• Damian Baliński
• Kacper Klosok
• Hubert Gasior
• Kacper Klimek
• Franciszek Majewski
• Blazej Wypior

Previous teams

Extended content
2022 team Daniel Kaczmarek Damian Dróżdż Josh Pickering Ryan Douglas Tom Brennan Sam Masters Kacper Klosok Krzystof Sadurski Damian Baliński Wiktor Przyjemski

Notable riders

• Florian Kapała

References

1. "Speedway from Around the Globe - Poland". Speedway Star. 10 September 2022. p. 42.
2. "METALLICA RECYCLING RAILWAYMAN RAWICZ". Speedway Fan Site. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
3. "Rawicz". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
5. "Historia Speedway Polsce 1948". Speedway History. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
6. "Historia Speedway Polsce 1955". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
7. Bott, Richard (1980). The Peter Collins Speedway Book No.4. Stanley Paul & Co Ltd. p. 101. ISBN 0-09-141751-1.
8. "Historia Speedway Polsce 1996". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
9. "Historia Drużynowych Mistrzostw Polski". Zuzeland.com. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
10. "Metalika Recycling Kolejarz Rawicz". Sport We Katy. Retrieved 31 December 2022.