Klub Sportowy ROW Rybnik, also known as ROW Rybnik, is a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Rybnik, which currently competes in Ekstraliga (speedway). Rybnik is one of the oldest and most successful teams in Polish speedway having won the league championship on twelve occasions. ROW is one of the several clubs of the once united ROW Rybnik multi-sports club.
History 1948 to 1959 Speedway in Rybnik has existed since 1930. The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of RKO (builders) Right . They won the silverware during the 1950 Polish speedway season. As Górnik Rybnik the team won three consecutive titles in 1956, 1957 and 1958. The team included riders such as Stanisław Tkocz and Joachim Maj, who was Polish champion in 1958
1960 to 1969 The 1960s was not only the most successful for the club but the most successful decade of all time for any club. As Górnik Rybnik they earned a silver in 1961 and then embarked on seven consecutive gold medal wins in 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968. Four of these wins were achieved under the new name ROW Rybnik because in 1964, the multi-sports club ROW Rybnik was formed as a result of a merger between two local clubs RKS Górnik Rybnik and KS Górnik Chwałowice. Furthermore, three of the club's riders won the five Polish Championships; Andrzej Wyglenda (1964, 1968 and 1969), Stanisław Tkocz (1965) and Antoni Woryna (1966).
1970 to 1989
The 1970s was much less emphatic but the club still managed to win their 11th and 12th gold medal wins in 1970 and 1972. Jerzy Gryt won the 1971 Polish Championship and Andrzej Wyglenda won his second in 1973.
The 1980s resulted in a gradual decline and the team suffered relegation in 1982 but by the end of the decade they had recovered to win a silver and a bronze medal in 1988 and 18899887 respectively.
1990 to 1999 After a silver medal win in 1990 the club underwent a name change to Rybnicki Klub Motorowy (Rybnik's Motorcycle Club) in 1994. The remainder of the decade saw very few highlights.
2000 to 2009 When the Ekstraliga was introduced in 2000, Rybnik were in the 1. Liga. They won the 1. Liga in 2003. In 2009, they reverted to the historical "ROW" prefix as RKM ROW Rybnik.
2010 to present In 2013, they changed name again, to ŻKS ROW Rybnik, the same season they won 2. Liga. In 2019, they gained promotion back to the Ekstraliga but were relegated the following season (2020) and have struggled since. They currently race as KS ROW Rybnik.
2026 Squad Polish Speedway First League Seniors: Jakub Jamróg Patryk Wojdyło Wiktor Lampard Jan Kvech Nikolai Klindt Under-24: Jesper Knudsen Under-21 juniors: Kacper Tkocz Kamil Winkler Jakub Żurek Roch Wujec Wiktor Klecha Nikodem Leśnik Piotr Reszka Franciszek Szczyrba Team Manager: Robert Mikołajczak U24 Team Manager: Antoni Skupień Członek sztabu szkoleniowego: Patrick Hansen
Previous teams
2025 Squad - Ekstraliga (speedway)
Seniors: Maksym Drabik announced on 15.11.2024 (confirmed by rider on 12.11.2024) Gleb Chugunov announced on 15.11.2024 Chris Holder announced on 15.11.2024 Rohan Tungate announced on 15.11.2024 Nicki Pedersen announced on 15.11.2024 Under-24: Kacper Pludra announced on 15.11.2024 Jesper Knudsen announced on 15.11.2024 Under-21 juniors: Maksym Borowiak TBC Paweł Trześniewski announced on 15.11.2024 Kacper Tkocz announced on 15.11.2024 Kamil Winkler announced on 15.11.2024 Paweł Wyczyszczok announced on 15.11.2024 Team Manager: Piotr Żyto announced on 14.11.2024 U24 Team Manager: Antoni Skupień announced on 14.11.2024
Relegated to Polish Speedway First League
2024 Squad - Polish Speedway First League
Seniors: (¦ matches ¦ overall points ¦ bonus points ¦ season average points¦) Brady Kurtz announced on 19.10.2023 (¦ 20 ¦ 222 ¦ 11 ¦ 2.402 ¦) TOP LEAGE SCORER Rohan Tungate announced on 13.10.2023 @ 13:13 (¦ 20 ¦ 193 ¦ 22 ¦ 2.067 ¦) Patrick Hansen announced on 14.10.2023 - 2y contact (not participate due to injury) Jakub Jamróg announced on 30.10.2023 (¦ 20 ¦ 192 ¦ 16 ¦ 2.039 ¦) Grzegorz Walasek announced on 13.11.2023 (¦ 20 ¦ 107 ¦ 11 ¦ 1.475 ¦) Under-24: Norick Blödorn announced on 6.11.2023 (¦ 20 ¦ 100 ¦ 13 ¦ 1.299 ¦) Under-21 juniors: Maksym Borowiak announced on 9.03.2024 - loan from FOGO Unia Leszno (¦ 19 ¦ 47 ¦ 10 ¦ 1.239 ¦) Paweł Trześniewski announced on 15.11.2023 (¦ 19 ¦ 56 ¦ 2 ¦ 1.208 ¦) Kacper Tkocz announced on 15.11.2023 (¦ 19 ¦ 21 ¦ 6 ¦ 0.618 ¦) Seweryn Grabarczyk announced on 15.11.2023 Szymon Tomaszewski long-term deal, announced on 15.11.2023 Kamil Winkler announced on 15.11.2023 Paweł Wyczyszczok Team Manager: Antoni Skupień
KS ROW Rybnik has been promoted to the TOP League - Ekstraliga (speedway)
2023 Squad - Polish Speedway First League
Seniors: Brady Kurtz Jan Kvěch - on loan from ZKŻ Zielona Góra Patrick Hansen Krystian Pieszczek - loaned to Rzeszów Lars Skupień Matej Žagar Under-24: Patryk Wojdyło Under-21 juniors: Lech Chlebowski Seweryn Grabarczyk Kacper Tkocz Szymon Tomaszewski Paweł Trześniewski Kamil Winkler Paweł Wyczyszczok Team Manager: Antoni Skupień
2022 Squad - Polish Speedway First League
Seniors: Grzegorz Zengota Krystian Pieszczek Andreas Lyager Nicolai Klindt loan from KM Ostrów Wielkopolski on 26.04.2022 Sergey Logachev suspended by Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation Patryk Wojdyło Kacper Tkocz Paweł Trześniewski Lech Chlebowski Under 24: Leon Flint Under-21 juniors: Seweryn Grabarczyk Szymon Tomaszewski Team Manager: Antoni Skupień
2021 Squad - Polish Speedway First League
Seniors: Rune Holta Kacper Gomólski Michael Jepsen Jensen Sergey Logachev Pontus Aspgren Under-24: Viktor Trofimov jr. Leon Flint Under-21 juniors: Przemyslaw Giera Mateusz Tudziez Paweł Trześniewski Blazej Wypior Team Manager: Marek Cieślak
2020 Squad - Ekstraliga (speedway)
Seniors: (Average points per: ¦ heat ¦ meeting ¦) Troy Batchelor ¦ 0,625 ¦ 1,25 ¦ Greg Hancock (sign contract on 15.11.2019, but retired on 15.02.2020 before start of the season in Poland) Robert Lambert ¦ 1,838 ¦ 10,14 ¦ Andžejs Lebedevs ¦ 1,400 ¦ 3,67 ¦ Sergey Logachev ¦ 1,465 ¦ 5,40 ¦ Vaclav Milik ¦ 1,226 ¦ 5,38 ¦ Mateusz Szczepaniak ¦ 1,207 ¦ 3,10 ¦ Kacper Woryna ¦ 1,514 ¦ 7,21 ¦ Adrian Miedziński (as a guest) ¦ 1,241 ¦ 4,13 ¦ Under-21 juniors: Kacper Duda Przemyslaw Giera Kacper Klosok ¦ 0,000 ¦ 0,00 ¦ Mateusz Tudziez ¦ 0,564 ¦ 1,21 ¦ Dominik Tyman Blazej Wypior Kamil Nowacki (loaned on 22.06.2020) ¦ 0,614 ¦ 1,92 ¦ Team Manager: Piotr Swiderski (announced on 4.11.2019, but resigned before start of the season on 17.02.2020) Lech Kędziora (announced on 28.02.2020)
KS ROW Rybnik has been relegated from the Ekstraliga (speedway) to the Polish Speedway First League
2019 Squad - Polish Speedway First League
Seniors: Troy Batchelor Daniel Bewley Jye Etheridge Nick Morris Sergey Logachev Linus Sundstroem Mateusz Szczepaniak Zbigniew Suchecki Kacper Woryna Under-21 juniors: Robert Chmiel Kacper Duda Przemyslaw Giera Dawid Jona Kacper Klosok Mateusz Tudziez Dominik Tyman Team Manager: Piotr Zyto
KS ROW Rybnik has been promoted to the TOP League - Ekstraliga (speedway)
2018 Squad
Seniors: Troy Batchelor Craig Cook Artur Czaja Andriej Karpow Mateusz Szczepaniak Kacper Woryna Under-21 juniors: Robert Chmiel Przemyslaw Giera Dawid Jona Lars Skupien Mateusz Tudziez Milosz Wypior Team Manager: Piotr Zyto
2017 Squad
Seniors: Jake Allen Rafal Szombierski Damian Balinski Tobiasz Musielak Grigory Laguta Max Fricke Fredrik Lindgren Under-21 juniors: Robert Chmiel Lars Skupien Kacper Woryna Team Manager: Miroslaw Korbel
2016 Squad
Seniors: Rafal Szombierski Damian Balinski Rune Holta Dakota North Grigory Laguta Max Fricke Andreas Jonsson Troy Batchelor Roman Chromik Ilja Czalov Under-21 juniors: Robert Chmiel Michal Schmidt Kamil Wieczorek Kacper Woryna Team Manager: Piotr Zyto
2015 Squad
Seniors: Rafal Szombierski Damian Balinski Troy Batchelor Dakota North Ilja Czalov Max Fricke Valentin Grobauer Chris Harris Sebastian Ulamek Under-21 juniors: Robert Chmiel Michal Schmidt Kamil Wieczorek Kacper Woryna Team Manager: Jan Grabowski
2014 Squad
Seniors: (Average points per: ¦ heat ¦ meeting ¦) Rafal Szombierski ¦ 1,760 ¦ 5,29 ¦ Roman Chromik ¦ 0,000 ¦ 0,00 ¦ Chris Harris ¦ 1,605 ¦ 6,50 ¦ Dakota North ¦ 1,804 ¦ 8,44 ¦ Ilja Czalov ¦ 1,489 ¦ 6,89 ¦ Vaclav Milik ¦ 1,871 ¦ 7,57 ¦ Dawid Stachyra ¦ 0,944 ¦ 3,00 ¦ Lewis Bridger ¦ 1,535 ¦ 6,78 ¦ Michal Szczepaniak ¦ 1,750 ¦ 7,50 ¦ Oskar Polis ¦ 1,381 ¦ 4,17 ¦ Kamil Adamczewski ¦ 0,333 ¦ 1,00 ¦ Under-21 juniors: (Average points per: ¦ heat ¦ meeting ¦) Marcin Bubel ¦ 0,727 ¦ 1,50 ¦ Robert Chmiel Michal Schmidt Kamil Wieczorek ¦ 1,000 ¦ 2,33 ¦ Kacper Woryna ¦ 1,915 ¦ 7,07 ¦ Team Manager: Jan Grabowski
2013 Squad
Team: (Average points per: ¦ heat ¦ meeting ¦) Roman Chromik ¦ 1,923 ¦ 7,86 ¦ Michal Mitko ¦ 1,810 ¦ 7,31 ¦ Lewis Bridger ¦ 2,258 ¦ 10,77 ¦ Ilja Czalov ¦ 2,346 ¦ 10,82 ¦ Vaclav Milik ¦ 2,171 ¦ 10,14 ¦ Christian Hefenbrock Viktor Kulakov ¦ 1,455 ¦ 5,38 ¦ Sam Masters Lukasz Bojarski ¦ 1,750 ¦ 6,00 ¦ Slawomir Pyszny ¦ 0,000 ¦ 0,00 ¦ Zbigniew Czerwinski Marcel Kajzer ¦ 1,833 ¦ 4,00 ¦ Remigiusz Perzyński ¦ 0,000 ¦ 0,00 ¦ Bartosz Szymura ¦ 0,000 ¦ 0,00 ¦ Mike Trzensiok ¦ 1,300 ¦ 4,00 ¦ Marcin Bubel ¦ 1,875 ¦ 6,50 ¦ Lukasz Witoszek Patryk Malitowski ¦ 1,267 ¦ 4,25 ¦ Alex Zgardziński ¦ 1,700 ¦ 5,00 ¦ Kacper Woryna ¦ 1,469 ¦ 4,21 ¦ Team Manager: Jan Grabowski
2012 Squad
Seniors: (Average points per: ¦ heat ¦ meeting ¦) Oliver Allen ¦ 2,115 ¦ 9,82 ¦ Roman Chromik ¦ 1,988 ¦ 9,81 ¦ Jacek Rempała ¦ 1,714 ¦ 7,77 ¦ Mariusz Firlej ¦ 1,549 ¦ 6,64 ¦ Adrian Szewczykowski ¦ 1,444 ¦ 5,79 ¦ Jason Doyle ¦ 2,200 ¦ 10,00 ¦ Pontus Aspgren ¦ 1,810 ¦ 6,80 ¦ Kenni Larsen Aleksiej Charczenko ¦ 1,321 ¦ 6,00 ¦ Linus Ekloef Patryk Pawlaszczyk ¦ 1,733 ¦ 7,00 ¦ Bartosz Szymura ¦ 1,417 ¦ 4,67 ¦ Marcin Bubel ¦ 1,067 ¦ 2,60 ¦ Under-21 juniors: (Average points per: ¦ heat ¦ meeting ¦) Łukasz Piecha ¦ 0,706 ¦ 2,00 ¦ Mikkel Bech Jensen ¦ 1,955 ¦ 9,50 ¦ Marc Randrup ¦ 0,286 ¦ 1,00 ¦ Matthias Thoernblom ¦ 1,575 ¦ 7,13 ¦ Mateusz Domanski ¦ 0,500 ¦ 1,00 ¦ Team Manager: Maciej Simionkowski
2011 Squad
Seniors: Daniel Pytel Andriej Karpov Roman Chromik Antonio Lindbaeck Ronnie Jamrozy Jesper B. Monberg Rory Schlein Adam Pawliczek Under-21 juniors: Aleksandr Loktaev Volodymir Tejgal Mateusz Domanski Kamil Fleger Lukasz Piecha Team Manager: Adam Pawliczek
2010 Squad
Seniors: Ronnie Jamrozy Mariusz Wegrzyk Nicolai Klindt Joonas Kylmaekorpi Daniel Nermark Andriej Karpov Under-21 juniors: Mateusz Chochlinski Mateusz Domanski Rafal Fleger Kamil Fleger Lukasz Piecha Slawomir Pyszny Bartosz Szymura Team Manager: Dariusz Momot
2009 squad
Seniors: Zbigniew Czerwinski Ronnie Jamrozy Adam Pawliczek Marcin Rempala Mariusz Wegrzyk Kyle Legault Denis Gizatullin Ricky Kling Under-21 juniors: Mateusz Chochlinski Kamil Fleger Rafal Fleger Piotr Korbel Michal Mitko Lukasz Piecha Slawomir Pyszny Bartosz Szymura Team Manager: Adam Pawliczek
Notable riders
Honours
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