POLISH GRAND PRIX
 
The Polish fans were left happy after their home GP closed the season's series with a bang.  RAFAL ARANOWSKI (READING REBELS) was confirmed as WORLD CHAMPION (a 3rd place for Joossens in heat 18 meant he couldn't make up the gap at the top) and BOGUSLAW KRYZNOWEK (TILBURY DOCKERS) won the meeting to leave the majority of fans in attendance with a double celebration.  For Kryznowek his performance was also enough to move him up into the top 8, ending 7th overall, and confirm his place in next year's title chase without having to face the dreaded GP Challenge meeting.  Along with the two Poles the other riders in the Grand Final here were KENNI ALGREEN (ABERAVON GEMS), who finished 2nd but didn't quite do enough to end in a top 8 place, and LOUIS JOOSSENS (CANVEY ISLAND CASTAWAYS).  JOOSSENS will have been pleased to finish 2nd overall with a strong finish to the series, closing the gap at the top from 20 points to just 6 over the final 3 rounds, sending him forwards full of belief he can go even better next year.
 
The other big story of the day was the battle for the bronze medal in this year's championship.  After PETR MARKO (BOTTESFORD BULLETS) had gone out before the Semi Finals, not looking happy with his machinery in the early stages, it seemed like RAY FRANCE (KING'S LYNN LIGHTNING) would steal 3rd overall if he could just pick up one more point from the Semis and Grand Final here, with the pair tied on 84 overall.  France surprisingly ran a last in the first Semi an a run-off was required to decide the final rostrum spot with MARKO picking himself up to claim bronze after a flying start and a near perfect 4 laps that saw France have to settled for 4th overall.  It wasn't a classice GP for JACK HAGEN (STOCKHOLM SCORPIONS), ENZO INNACONE (WOLSTON WARRIORS) or FILLIPPE CHONG (TILBURY DOCKERS) but they did just enough to ensure a top 8 finish in the final standing and a certain place in next season's series.
 
Wild Card in this round was ERLING TROELSEN (LANARKSHIRE LIONS) who impressed with 12 points and will head into the GP Challenge with some confidence having progressed through the qualifying rounds.  He will be joined by HAYDEN WOOD, JERNEJ KEGLOVITS, JACEK KLECHA, TIBOR NEMECEK, LEON JEPPESEN and RUMUN DIMOTROV from this season's series, along with previously mentioned Kenni Algreen, who finished 10th to 15th overall this year.
 
  1. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 1  3  3  R  3  3  3  16
  2. Kenni Algreen............. 2  3  3  0  3  3  2  16
  3. Louis Joossens............ 3  3  1  1  1  2  1  12
  4. Rafal Aranowski........... 2  1  1  1  3  2  0  10
  5. Erling Troelsen........... 2  2  2  3  2  1  -  12
  6. Tibor Nemecek............. 1  3  2  2  0  1  -   9
  7. Ray France................ 3  2  3  1  3  0  -  12
  8. Fillippe Chong............ 0  2  2  3  R  0  -   7
  9. Petr Marko................ 1  R  1  3  2  -  -   7
 10. Enzo Innacone............. 0  1  3  2  0  -  -   6
 11. Jack Hagen................ 3  F  1  1  1  -  -   6
 12. Rumun Dimotrov............ 3  0  0  0  2  -  -   5
 13. Hayden Wood............... 0  2  0  3  0  -  -   5
 14. Jacek Klecha.............. 0  0  2  2  1  -  -   5
 15. Jernej Keglovits.......... 2  1  Fx 0  2  -  -   5
 16. Leon Jeppesen............. 1  0  0  2  1  -  -   4
 17. Frankie Young............. Did not ride
 18. Vaclav Ruzucha............ Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Jack Hagen, Erling Troelsen, Tibor Nemecek, Fillippe Chong 
  2: Rumun Dimotrov, Jernej Keglovits, Petr Marko, Hayden Wood 
  3: Louis Joossens, Rafal Aranowski, Leon Jeppesen, Jacek Klecha 
  4: Ray France, Kenni Algreen, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Enzo Innacone 
  5: Louis Joossens, Ray France, Jack Hagen (F), Petr Marko (R) 
  6: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Erling Troelsen, Rafal Aranowski, Rumun Dimotrov 
  7: Tibor Nemecek, Hayden Wood, Enzo Innacone, Jacek Klecha 
  8: Kenni Algreen, Fillippe Chong, Jernej Keglovits, Leon Jeppesen 
  9: Kenni Algreen, Jacek Klecha, Jack Hagen, Rumun Dimotrov 
 10: Enzo Innacone, Erling Troelsen, Petr Marko, Leon Jeppesen 
 11: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Tibor Nemecek, Louis Joossens, Jernej Keglovits (Fx) 
 12: Ray France, Fillippe Chong, Rafal Aranowski, Hayden Wood 
 13: Hayden Wood, Leon Jeppesen, Jack Hagen, Boguslaw Kryznowek (R) 
 14: Erling Troelsen, Jacek Klecha, Ray France, Jernej Keglovits 
 15: Petr Marko, Tibor Nemecek, Rafal Aranowski, Kenni Algreen 
 16: Fillippe Chong, Enzo Innacone, Louis Joossens, Rumun Dimotrov 
 17: Rafal Aranowski, Jernej Keglovits, Jack Hagen, Enzo Innacone 
 18: Kenni Algreen, Erling Troelsen, Louis Joossens, Hayden Wood 
 19: Ray France, Rumun Dimotrov, Leon Jeppesen, Tibor Nemecek 
 20: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Petr Marko, Jacek Klecha, Fillippe Chong (R) 
 
 SEMI FINAL 1: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Rafal Aranowski, Tibor Nemecek, Ray France 
 SEMI FINAL 2: Kenni Algreen, Louis Joossens, Erling Troelsen, Fillippe Chong 
 
 GRAND FINAL: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Kenni Algreen, Louis Joossens, Rafal Aranowski 
 
 RUN-OFF FOR BRONZE MEDAL: Petr Marko, Ray France