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.