Robert Ksiezak Racing

It has been confirmed by Polish club Kolejarz Opole that Robert has signed on for the Liga II club for next season. It should be good experience for him and should give him more opportunities than he had last year with Torun.

For more information on the club logon to their website

Birmingham today announced their 4th signing of the season with Robert Ksiezak joining Jason Lyons, Ben Taylor and Richard Sweetman in the red and yellow for next season. Robert was being chased by upto six clubs looking for his services but the Brummies won the chase. Congratulations on your signing Robert.

Full statement from Birmingham can be found on their website

Hi mates,

I hear its not that great over there with snow, ice and fog- while I sit here in 30 degree heat. I've kept myself pretty busy since returning and am now in the sticker business. I have an x-ray on my shoulder this week and that will give me the all clear to get back into training. I've had great years at Glasgow and will miss the team, sponsors and supporters but I felt that it was time to move on especially if I want to follow my ambition of riding regularly in Poland on a Sunday. As always at this time of the season there are conversations with clubs going on so hopefully something will be settled soon.

Robert

The official greensheet averages were released recently. From the 34 officail matches Robert ended with an average of 6.62

6.45pm, Monday 26 October 2008, Rangers Support Centre, Broomloan House, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow G51 2XD

Speedway challenge competition winners

In May, the Determined to Succeed team from Glasgow City Council launched a the 2008 Speedway Challenge initiative and since then 300 children from twelve different primary schools in Glasgow have taken part.

The scheme has given the youngsters the opportunity to be involved in language, maths and ICT tasks based on speedway. The children learned how to use digital cameras, digital video cameras and digital recorders. These were then used to make electronic posters using Microsoft Publisher. In the new term the children will use their recordings to produce internet radio shows

 Their final posters were entered into a competition – the winners being announced on Monday 26th October at a special graduation night.

Gary Condie, Enterprise Education Officer for Determined to Succeed said today: “This exciting venture has been great fun for the youngsters and has see the sport of speedway used as a way to motivate pupils, increase their self esteem and become more effective learners – but above all raise achievement.

“The Poster competition has been very close and the work the youngsters have produced has been wonderful and far beyond all our expectations.”

Australian speedway riders Trent Leverington, Robert Kziesak, Mitchell Davey and Shane Parker who have met the children at workshops over the last few months were at the presentation on Monday evening.

The children showed their posters and gave their 5-minute Presentation to the riders, sponsors, parents and teachers who come along on Monday.

The winners from St Philomena’s Primary and St Martha’s Primary received PSPs from sponsors FSM Outdoor Advertising, Buildbase and the STARs group. The runners up representing, Ruchill AU, St Charles Primary, St Josephs Primary and St Bartholomew’s Primary took home MP3 players sponsored. St Martha’s Primary and St Charles Primary schools win £50 each from John Lewis.

The children received their prizes from Australian Riders Trent Leverington, Robert Ksiezak, Mitchell Davey and Shane Parker who were all very impressed with the Children’s work and knowledge of Speedway.

The riders and sponsors were thanked for their help and support and the presented them with their own certificates and a momento of the season.

Photos are in the Photo Gallery section

Hi Mates,

Thanks for the kind wishes after my crash on Sunday. I have a broken collarbone and will go back to the fracture clinic on Tuesday to see if they need to operate. If it’s a normal break it will be 6 to 8 weeks to fix. There is no rush anyway to get back on a bike as my season is over. I return home in early November but no need to rush to be fit for any specific date as I will probably just be doing local events back home.

See you on Sunday

Robert

4  Robert Ksiezak...........2  0  3  3  X  -  - : =  8
 
 With the introduction of Peter Juul as second heat leader there had to be a reshuffle of the team with the Captain at 5, Robert paired with the new boy and Shane back at number 1. Edinburgh had rider replacement for U21 final bound William Lawson and Tomas Piszcz as a guest for THJ

Heat 3
On the first attempt Robert Ksiezak moved on the start so they were called back.Robert split the two Monarchs.
Fisher, Ksiezak, Tully, Juul(Fell)   (2-4) (10-8) - 61.0

Heat 5
Robert missed the start and was stuck at the bacj
Fisher, Piszcz, Juul, Ksiezak   (1-5) (14-16) - 61.3


Heat 9
Robert fought to the front and Peter nipped inside to join him at the front as Sneddon slid off, Robert and Peter team rode to put the Tigers in front
Ksiezak, Juul, Wethers, Sneddon(F.Rmtd)   (5-1) (28-26) - 63.9

Heat 14
It was tight on the turn but Robert swept round to lead from the Monarchs
Ksiezak, Sneddon, Tully, Davey(Fell)   (3-3) (44-40) - 62.2
 
Heat 15
Shane got away and the home support were elated when Robert cut inside Fisher on turn 2. Fisher muscled his way past Robert on turn 3, but Robert cut inside again on turn 2 next time around to regain his position. The Aussie, however, hit a rut on turn 3 and this threw him wide and he struggled to correct it, eventually hitting the fence on the home straight, with his bike getting tangled and throwing him off, landing heavily and possibly breaking his collarbone
(Rerun) Fisher, Tully, Parker(EF), Ksiezak(F.Exc)   (1-5) (44-45) - 62.9

Ashfield Classic was won on Sunday by James Grieves from Rory Schlien, Carl Stonhewer and Shane Parker

Robert Ksiezak...........0  2  3  2  1 : = 8            Didnt qualify for the final

Heat 2 Robert Ksiezak tried to anticipate the start, but referee McGregor stopped the race and called all four back.Grieves, Stonehewer, Howe, Ksiezak - 60.0
Heat 6 Topinka, Ksiezak, Juul, Siki - 60.8
Heat 9
Lee Smethills made the gate to get the drop on the Tigers and Robert Ksiezak couldn't find a way through until the third lap when Lee sat mid-track on turn 3 and this gave the Aussie an open invitation to dive through the gap for the lead.
Ksiezak, Leverington, Smethills, McKinna - 61.3
Heat 16
Robert Ksiezak edged the start to leave Rory Schlein facing his first defeat, but the Aussie lined him up for turn 3 and a superb inside drive took him through for four wins out of four. Schlein, Ksiezak, Makovsky, Davey(Fell) - 61.5
Heat 19 
Robert Ksiezak rounded Lee Dicken on turn 2 although it was not enough to get him into the mix for the semi-final.
Parker, Wright, Ksiezak, Dicken - 61.5
Full report on the GLASGOW WEBSITE

Robert had a disappointing Under 21 team Final won by Poland. Australia finished 4th overall

Photos can be found in the photo gallery

Hi folks,

I write this just as I set off for the trip to Holsted for the World Under 21s. I spent the last three days building and rebuilding all my gear. Much had to be straightened and fixed after the last week’s heavy schedule I’m absolutely knackered. I’ll pick up Danny and Graeme and they can sleep as we travel to Newcastle for the ferry on Wednesday. I’m looking forward to resting for the 15hour crossing to Amsterdam as they can take over for the seven hour drive to Denmark. They’ll enjoy the rest as I expect they could be busy over the next few days.

We have practice on Saturday and will test all the bikes before Troy, Chris, Ty and Kozza take on the Danes, Poles and Swedes on Sunday afternoon. My team mates for Belle Vue are well represented with Billy riding for Sweden and Patrick for Denmark I hear that there are some changes with Thomas Johanson and Robert Kasprazak out.

See you for the Classic next Sunday

Robert

What looked a comfortable match on paper didn’t turn out that way on the day. Tigers won by 7 with Trent and Shane top scoring. Berwick owed the closeness to their guest Tomasz Piszcz who scored an 18pt maximum including a 6 pointer. Trent scored 13+1 from 6. Robert had one victory in his 7+1 from 4 losing twice to maximum man Piszcz

More details on the official Glasgow website

After the riders had met their fans and sponsors, just as the official photos were being taken the rain began to fall. The riders got stuck in and put on a performance fit to celebrate the career of David. With sixty children in the stadium from the previous weeks school visits Trent did not let his new fans down top scoring on 10+4 dropping his only point to Makovsky representing Edinburgh. Robert however had a meeting to forget. After gating in his race he was passed by the over enthusiastic debutant Jeremia Thelaus who then lost it as they crossed the start line, collected the fence before finishing in the middle of the track. Robert following closely behind collected the fallen bike and went over the handlebars landing awkwardly on his hands and shoulders. With the bike and the bike that Jermia was riding (Ross Brady’s) now severely damaged and both riders pretty second hand they both withdrew from the meeting. Full scores on David’s website

After last nights washout in Edinburgh Robert was due to guest for the Reading Racers at Rye House tonight. But the weather has also hit that meeting saving Robert a very long Journey. Fingers crossed the weather is better for David McAllans meeting at Ashfield on Sunday

August has been pretty busy and as we get to the end of the season September looks the same. As well as league matches for the Tigers and David’s farewell meeting I also have a trip to Holsted with the Aussie U21 team on the 21^st.

I will also be up and down the M6 again as Belle Vue's number 8 it looks as if I’ll be riding in their end of season meetings. Nick Simmons was released and then new signing Stan Buzra has unfortunately been injured so they have said that there will be no replacements. There are only about 4 meetings to go.

It felt good last week. Thought I was on for a full house but missed the start in Heat 15 and that was it. Had a good meeting on Wednesday with Belle Vue but got put into the fence by Nils Iversen in my second ride. I went on to score 8 but was pretty sore on Thursday. I’d been for physio so would have been OK for the meeting on Sunday.

The diary is pretty full for the next 7 or 8 days and Trent and I will be seeing plenty of road way. Friday its Edinburgh, Saturday guesting at Rye house, Sunday David’s farewell meeting. Monday Belle Vue, Tuesday off, Wednesday off I think but that may change, Thursday Swindon and Friday Somerset for the under 23s.

Hopefully see you through at Edinburgh and at Ashfield on Sunday

Robert

Robert and Trent ventured into another Glasgow school and entertained the children with their stories. The enthusistic children from St Philomenas Primary are now looking forward to coming along on Sunday to David Farewell meeting. Thanks agin to both and to Fraser mcDonald for working with the schools.

Robert had a good start to the meeting winning heat 2 before the match was abandoned. Two meetings two dirty bikes both abandoned..

 Match update

Robert starts a very busy fortnight as he travels down the M6 to ride for Belle Vue v Coventry on Monday night. More details of the fixtures in Roberts Diary will appear soon

After a dry morning it clouded over in the afternoon. The tigers had entertained two schools of children in the pits. however ten minutes before start time the heavens opened. After 1 race were Robert took a second, and a curtailed heat 2 when Josh hit the fence. the meeting was abandoned.

Robert made another appearance for Belle vue tonight. Still their number 8 he was brought in to replace the injured Stan burza who was himself signed to replace the sacked Nick Simmons

Belle Vue won 55 -29

6. Robert Ksiezak 3, 1, 0, 1, 3 = 8

Full report can be found on the speedway updates site

The Tigers travelled to Scunthorpe for their first visit to the town in years. The Tigers had practiced there in March but on returning they found the track to be completely different. Lee celebrated his 30^th Birthday with a fall, 3^rd and a retirement. Shane again let the way with 17 +1 form 6. Scunthorpe won 54-39.

Robert took 3 second places before ending his afternoon with a win and a Tigers5-1 with Shane in heat 15.

Full report and scorecard can be found on the Tigers website

The tigers bounced back from a disappointing week with a comfortable victory over the Stoke Potters. For the first time since April the Tigers tracked their own seven riders. Robert moved to 1 with Shane at 3 and Trent at 6. Stoke brought in track specialist Ryan Fisher from the Monarchs to guest for Lee Complin but he didn’t trouble the score chart with just 3 seconds places from 5 rides. Up to the final race the Tigers had three riders on maximums. After heat 15 Trent with a full 15 and Shane with a full 12 took home maximums.

Robert took the scalps of Fisher (twice), Moore (twice) and Ben Barker once on his way to 12+1. His only defeat coming in heat 15 where he missed the start after an unsatisfactory first attempt when barker jumped the gate

Full report and racecard

Tigers put up a better showing at Redcar. Losing 55-38. However most of the scoring was made up by Shane who scored 15 and guest Claus Jacobsen in to replace the injured Josh.

Robert struggled with his set up running an unusual 2 lasts before finishing with a second and third

Full score card can be found on the unofficial Tigers website

Today’s much anticipated match against the Edinburgh Monarchs was called off early morning after a week of very heavy rain had the left the track difficult. With more rain forecast the promoters took the decision to postpone. Not for the first time the forecasters got it wrong and Glasgow and the surrounding area had one of the sunniest Summer days.

Sidecar ace Darrin Treloar’s testimonial meeting The Best of the Best Clash of Champions will be held at Gillman Speedway on Saturday 22^nd November.

Click Here for Testimonial Poster

robertksiezakracing.webs.com are delighted to announce that they will be sponsoring the fuel for Robert at David McAllan testimonial meeting on Sunday 7^th September 2008 at Ashfield. More info from David McAllan website

Glasgow just failed to win a meeting which had as they say just about everything. Rain and more rain, crashes, exclusions more crashes, destroyed fence and a fight in the pits. All in all it took three and a half hours to complete. Glasgow finished with 5 riders with Lee Dicken withdrawn and then Trent involved in one of the most horrible crashes witnessed at Ashfield. Trent and Ricky Ashworth appeared to lock handlebars as they went up the back straight. With both unable to turn or get off they slammed into the fence with Trent landing in the safety zone. After lengthy treatment Trent was taken to hospital although he told the rest he was fine. After 40 minutes the fence was rebuilt and the match resumed.

Josh top scored with 16+4, Robert with 10 and Mitchell with 7+1. Without the usual high scoring guest, lees injury, Anders out of sorts and Trent’s usual contribution the team ended up losing by 2- 44-46

Roberts 10 was made up of a win, 3 seconds and a third. His meeting got off to a very wet and muddy start as he was dumped in the fence on the first bend in heat 3.

 He was beaten by the unbeaten at the time Ricky Ashworth and three times by the unbeaten Compton who the number 3 comes up against in heat 3, 12 and 15.

Match report on the Glasgow website

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For more information on ROCK OIL visit their website

Robert Ksiezak Racing would like to thank ROCK OIL for their Sponsorship and support.

Top of the table Somerset were dispatched on Sunday with another powerful performance from the Tigers. After torrential rain all day in the Springburn area fans were amazed to see the track being watered before the meeting. After an initial set back in heat 1 losing a 5-1 the tigers then won 9 races in the 51 39 victory. Josh led the way with 16+2 who was ably supported by Trent and Robert.

Robert got back into the groove after a disappointing outing on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday and following up from his 14 last week. His 11+2 included 3 wins and 2 seconds. Robert was only beaten by one Rebel on the day and that was Jason Doyle who top scored for the Rebels with 16points. The strength of his pairing with Trent again showed today with a 5-1, 4-2 and a 3-3. Another strong Ashfield performance from Robert

Match card and report on Tigers website (Glasgow Tigers Website)

A good performance on the island by the Tigers- many seeing the track for the first time. A 51 – 42 defeat was better than many predicted. Trent scoring 15, Josh 11+1 and Lee 9.  However there was not the back up for the heat leaders with Robert being helped off his bike by Holder in his 3^rd ride and missing his 4^th ride with a banged elbow

Report on speedway updates

Glasgow Tigers travelled to Smallmead for the last time hoping to continue Sundays form. An eight point defeat in the old days would have got Tigers a bonus but in this season it only counts as a loss. Top scoring from Magnus and Josh kept the Tigers in it as the other struggled. The turning point was heat 7 when Glasgow were on an 8-1 before Mills bailed out while passing Trent- referee excluded Trent and in the rerun it was a3-4 for  the Racers. An 8-1 from Robert and Trent would have narrowed the gap to 2.

With many of the Tigers seeing the track for the first time it was a good score. Robert got 5 from 4 rides and ended up on Anders bike as he was losing power.

Report on Speedway update

Glasgow Tigers winning record around Saracen Park stretched to 3 with an easier than expected victory over the Reading Racers. With Anders gaining a ‘real’ average changes had to be made to the team with Anders moving to number 5 and Robert reunited with Trent at 3 and 4. Everyone was paid for at least a win with Tigers winning 12 of the heats in a 60 -32 victory. Trent took a magnificent 15 point maximum.

Lee and Robert were only beaten by Doolan

Full scorecard on Easy Tiger

Hi mates, I was very disappointed with the U21s in Croatia. It’s a long way to go and come back with nothing. The track was rough but it was the same for everyone. After a first race victory, I slipped off in the second then blew my best engine in the third. Two trips abroad and blow 2 of my best engines. I now have two engines to be rebuilt and nothing to show for it. After finishing with 5 points I had a 2 hour drive to Vienna for the flight home expecting a good performance against Mildenhall. While my best bikes drove through Europe my third bike was set up for Ashfield. However as you could see I couldn’t get the bike to settle and was lifting out of the gate. In one race the throttle even jammed open. The team was superb with Trent just missing his max.

Hopefully by now one of my best engines is back from the tuner ahead of a busy week. Hope we'll see some of you at Reading or the Isle of Wight

 Robert

The Tigers from Glasgow made it two in a row with a comfortable win over Mildenhall. Surprisingly no maximums for glasgow  although many felt there would be a couple when they started with  what looked like two 5-1s before Mitch hit the bump on the 3rd bend. Stoney Anders and Trent still held on to their maximum hopes after 2 rides but only Trent kept his until heat 15. Good starts and powerful first bends took him to 12 out of 12 having beaten all their riders, However in heat 15 he was out gated by a rejuvenated Ricky Ashworth who had scored 1 from 2 rides before reeling off 15 from his last. Robert had a difficult meeting. His best machinery was still in a van being driven across Europe. On older machinery he had three 2nds and fall in his 6 points

Match card and report on Tigers website (Glasgow Tigers Website)

Trent and Robert will represent  the Glasgow Buildbase Tigers v Workington FSM Outdoor Advertising Comets Select v Edinburgh Monarchs in  David McAllans farewell meeting sponsored by Dickson Buses at

From the website--David has added the names of Trent and Robert to the Glasgow side. He said: “Who better to represent the Tigers than two guys who have been doing the business regularly this year. Trent had a spell out due to injury but is back now and racking up the points. “Robert is also a great rider and was a smashing team-mate. He has probably been the most consistent Tiger this year and is surely destined for greater things. Both of these Aussie lads will be hard to beat on the day.”  More info from David McAllan website

Robert finished 13th with 5 points. He had a mixed night starting with a win, then a fall, engine failure and two 3rds.

Slovenian speedway website speedway.si has prepared yet another LIVE UPDATES. They will be providing LIVE results from U21 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - semifinal 2 in Donji Kraljevec on Saturday, July 19th.

If you are interested in how the riders including Robert are doing join live updates from 8pm CET!

Here is the link to the updates site: http://www.speedway.si/index.php?option=co...&Itemid=144

Alternatively you can also get updates at http://speedwayupdates.proboards103.com/index.cgi?board=ind&action=display&thread=2838

or http://live.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel2.htm

Hi mates,

Everything has been going well recently until last Sunday. It all goes back to the U21 team semi at Gustrow when I blew up my favourite engine. I really struggled against Rye as I tried to get my other engines going but it wasn’t the same. 4 points was not enough but it was a great result for the team against a good Rye House team. I’ve been on the track since to get the engines dialed in. Hopefully they are good now.

My mechanic Graham and a friend from the south, set off today in the van with all the bikes for Croatia for the World U21 Semi on Saturday night. I’ll fly out on Friday. Practice is Saturday lunch time with the meeting at night. All I need is 5 good starts and a bit of luck.

I’m back on Sunday morning ready for Mildenhall while my team will face the long drive home in my FSM van.

Thanks for all the support and kind wishes on Easy Tiger and on Sunday at the track. See you.

Robert

Just a reminder of the task ahead of Robert this Saturday. Elite leaguer Klindt, Filip Sitera, Matej Kus,  new Belle Vue sensation Hougarrd, home rider Pavlic and reigning world u21 champ  Emil Sajfutdinov amongst others

GORICAN - JULY 19
1 Nicolai Klindt (Denmark)
2 Igor Kononov (Russia)
3 Adrian Gomolski (Poland)
4 Emil Sajfutdinov (Russia)
5 Hynek Stichauer (Czech Republic)
6 Jurica Pavlic (Croatia)
7 Filip Sitera (Czech Republic)
8 Andrij Karpov (Ukraine)
9 Robert Baumann (Germany)
10 Martin Vaculik (Slovenia)
11 Matej Kus (Czech Republic)
12 Patrick Hougaard (Denmark)
13 Adam Kajoch (Poland)
14 Maksims Bogdanovs (Sweden)
15 Kamil Brzozowski (Poland)
16 Robert Kzeisak (Australia)
RES Artem Vodyakov (Russia)
RES Richard Speiser (Germany)

After nearly a month away from Ashfield because of the GP, southern tour and the weather. the tigers returned home triumphant after their victory at Mildenhall. they faced a very difficult task against a Tai Woofinden inspired team including track specialists Stefan Edberg and Chris Neath and also 3pt sensation Robert Mear who is potentailly the most improved 3pointer. Unusually the Tigers took a 10 -2 lead after Stoney and Lee followed by Josh and Mitch took 5-1s. By heat 6 it was 14 points until Tai was given the B&W helmet . Rockets took a 7-2. Closest the Rockets got was 5 until trent won the last 2 including a superb win over woofinden ending his maximum hopes.The team did superbly and for once Robert was lowest scorer with 4 from his 4 rides. He blew his best engine in Germany and with the poor weather has been unable to get onto a dry track to get it dialled in. Struggled today but will have it sorted after sessions at the track this week.

Easy Tiger for Report and scores

Tune into Sky Sports on Monday night to see Robert riding for the Aces against the Bees live on Sky.

Late news 12noon Monday Nick simmonds declared himself fit to ride and Robert was not needed. Sorry to all the fans who travelled down expecting to see Robert

Another difficult night for the Tigerswith three riders seeing the track for the first time and teh others not havinf=g previos good memories in teh past. Rye House handed out a 65-27 defeat to the Tigers with Robert top scoring with 13 including a 4 pointer. Scores courtesy of Davey Racing

gathercole  2 1 2 0 0        5
dicken        0 0 0              0
andersen    0 1 1 1          3
trent          1 0 2              3
robert        3 4 1 2 3        13
davey          1 0 0 1' 0      2+1
josh            fx 0 1 0 0        1

Robert made another appearance for belle Vue  as their number 8 replacing Nick Simmonds. He found the 252 m track extremely tight and difficult scoring 2 points. Will hopefully help him with the Hoddeson circuit on Saturday

ScoresLook under Belle Vue

Rain all day puts paid to tonights match against Stoke.

Robert had his most successful night in the Aces colours scoring 10 +3  which included two paid wins behind Crump and Screen and a team riding heat 1 with Crump for second.

Full u report are on the updates http://speedwayupdates.proboards103.com/index.cgi?board=Belle&action=display&thread=2771&page=1

Good victory for the Tigers today 35-56 with Robert top scoring with 13 points. He had 4wins and a third He missed the start in heat six. Stoney 9+2, Lee 5+2, Anders 10+3, Trent 8, Mitch 3, Josh 8+3

Full report on Easy tiger

Photos from Roberts two vists to Germany for the u21 Semi in Gustrow and the U21 Team semi have now been added to the photo gallery. They iclude super mechanic Trent.  More photos on the other riders- Andrew Tully, Ben Barker and the Aussies are on the website . http://www.bahnsport-bilder.de/

Robert returned to Poland to represent Torun in the U21 team competition. The team were outclassed with Robert Scoring 4 (2,F,2,0). He damaged his big in the fall and had to ride the track spare.

Full scores and heat deatils on the Torun website

Robert again guested for the Brummies tonight against Rye house. Although Robert scored 10 courtesy of a win, a six point TR and a 3rd, the home team were beaten and are out of the KO Cup. Already nursing many injuries the team was again depleted when jasonm Lyons was taken from the track after a crash.

Full report click here

Hi mates,

Another busy week and just grabbing a quick break to update you. I got one ride for Torun on Friday night, expected to get replaced by Chris holder. It’s a great experience working with Ryan, Hans, Chris, Weislaw and Karol. Once I get my Polish equipment sorted out and more time on the track I’m sure I’ll get more rides.

On Sunday the U21s rode well in Germany to qualify for the final. We lost Troy but Aaron, and Kozza stepped up and scored well. I was pleased with my points. I had two wins and then started losing power in my fourth ride. In my fifth it blew up completely. That was my best engine. Why does it always have to be your best engine that blows when I was going so well? Back to the drawing board and will need to get another engine dialed in as I’ll be back in Birmingham riding for the Brummies on Wednesday before going to Poland for the Polish Under 21 team on Thursday.

Pity we had two rain offs at Workington and Ashfield but at least I didn’t miss any matches. Hopefully see some of you around Cardiff or Mildenhall this weekend. Looking forward to pulling on the Stripes again in Mildenhall and back in Glasgow on Thursday for the rematch against Stoke as long as the wet stuff stays away.

Robert

Robert rode for Australia U21 in Germany today scoring 9 points from his 4 completed rides. Full score card can be forund on the the German website

http://www.msc-diedenbergen.de/2008JTDiedenbergen22SF06WM.htm#JTWMSF2

Robert got one ride in the meeting and scored 1 point. He was then replaced by Chris Holder in the rest of his rides. The rules in Poland state that a reserve only has to have one ride.

Hi mates, thought it was time I posted to the website. I'm now in Poland having flown out here. Today was a practice session to test a few things. I have a meeting on Friday for my club and then will fly up to Frankfurt for the U21 World team match on Sunday. I'll then come back here to sort out some machinery. It's a pity I'm missing two meetings for Glasgow but Im looking forward to riding with the Oz U21s. I'll be back home next week in time for the trip to Cardiff and Mildenhall. Thanks for all the support and I look forward to seeing some of you in Cardiff or Mildenhall.

Robert

Another inconsistant performance from the Tigers. While the Stoney score 11 points and the reserves scored scrongly the the majority of the team struggled as the Tigers fell to yet another home defeat going down 40 - 53 . with Mitchell winning the reserve races and Josh making an earlier comeback tigers fans were expecting more.

The one shining light was Robert looking the most confident hes ever been on his home track. Once ahead he rode a controlled line to win comfortably. He hadan early win,beating Jason lyons and 2 seconds. He also donned the balck and white helmet against Tully and watson and gated beatifully from the gate to take the six points.

robert has made heat 15 a fixture recently and has been unlucky in a few tyo finish last after his confidence boaosting Heat 15 last night at Stoke, today he was drawn with Guest Stoney against Watson and Harrison. Again he gated to win clearly to take the cheers from the crowd.

Match scores and report will appear on the  Tigers website (Glasgow Tigers Website)

A more respectable performance from the Tigers tonight at stoke going down 49-43. robert again showing his improved form with 10 +1 from 5. Trent weighed in with 7+1 and Topinka score 15+1.

Full report on Easy tiger

A disappointing night on the road for the Tigers with Robert again scoring consistantly. he started with 5 form 2 before finishing with figures of 8 from 5 rides.

Full heat by heat details can be found on the Easy Tigers Update forum

Robert second top scored tonight for the Brummies as they win against the Comets.

Robert scored 9 +1 form 6 and including 2 wins beating Nermark and Stonhewere in Heat 13.

Full report click here

Robert is guesting for the Brummies tonight

Quote form Birmingham website

Elsewhere in the Birmingham team, Robert Ksiezak comes in as guest replacement for the injured Phil Morris (shoulder) and Paul Clews once again gets the call to cover for sidelined Jack Hargeaves (ankle).

BIRMINGHAM: Adam Roynon R/R, Robert Ksiezak, Jason Lyons, Jason Bunyan, Craig Watson, Paul Clews, James Birkinshaw.

Another consisitent performance from Robert (11 points) making him second top scorer. His score gained him a place in the academic heat 15 with the comets having already sewn up the 3 points.In Heat 15 Robert made the start and tucked in behind guest Adrain Rymel. However the two comets came acroos him and  he was unlucky to be blocked out on the back straight.

Robert looked much more confident form the tapes and was ahead through the first turn. He had 0ne win over Stonehewer and 4 seconds only beaten by the the comets heat leader trio of Nermark, Nieminen and Stonehewer.

Match scores and report will appear on the  Tigers website (Glasgow Tigers Website)

Trent Leverington made his comeback tonight at Berwick tonight  in a 54-39 defeat at Shielfield Park. the team still missing Shane parker and Josh were boosted by Guests Tomas Topinka and Sam Martin

 Robert 9+1 from 5,Tomas Topinka 15 = 1 from 6,Trent 4 from 5, Lee 9=1 from 5,  Mitchell 1 from 4 sam Martin 1 from 4

A full report will appear on the  Tigers website Match Report(Glasgow Tigers Website)

Australia
1 HOLDER Chris (captain)
2 BATCHELOR Troy
3 KSIEZAK Robert
4 PROCTOR Tyron
5 SUMMERS Aaron

Robert not needed as match rained off after 2 heats with the score at 6-6

Robert has been drawn in the Croatian Semi Final of the world U21 on Saturday 19th July

Individual World U-21 World semi-final:
19 July 2008, Gorican, Croatia

1. Nicolai Klindt (Denmark)
2. Igor Kononow (Russia)
3. Adrian Gomólski (Poland)
4. Emil Saifutdinov (Russia)
5. Hynek Stichauer (Czech Rep)
6. Jurica Pavlic (Croatia)
7. Chris Holder (Australia)
8. Andriej Karpow (Ukraine)
9. Robert Baumann (Germany)
10. Martin Vaculik (Slovakia)
11. Lewis Bridger (Great Britain)
12. Patrick Hougaard (Denmark)
13. Adam Kajoch (Poland)
14. Ludvig Lindgren (Sweden)
15. Kamil Brzozowski (Poland)
16. Robert Ksiezak (Australia)

17. Artiom Wodjakow (Russia)
18. Richard Speiser (Germany)

Robert has qualified comfortably for the next round of the World under 21 Championships after finishing 3rd in todays event at Gustrow in Germany.

He was only beaten by unbeaten fellow Aussie Troy Batchelor, Runner up german Buasch and the Pole Brzowowski.

In 30c heat on a basically round and slick trap Robert had three 1sts, a 2nd and a 3rd in his total .

In the run off for third he beat the Pole.

Robert and Trent set off on their long Journey today to Germany for this weekends U21 qualifier meeting in Gustrow. The meeting is on Saturday and Robert will fly back in to Glasgow for Sundays meeting with Sheffield Tigers

Robert instead of heading off early to Germany joined Trent, Shane, Mitchell, Josh at St Marthas Primary in Glasgow to take part in the Speedway study Support Session. The class of children learned all about speedway, took part in three workshops on digital photography, interview techniques and thanks to Brian Logan also had a very rare opportunity to interview the riders on camera. Thanks to Brian and Cheryl Logan of Cowal Media and Fraser McDonald of FSM Outdoor Advertising for giving up their time. All the children will be along on Sunday to continue with the second part of the Studay Support Activities

Robert due to race at Belle Vue tonight.

Rained off early morning

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