1956 Polish speedway season
# 1956 Polish speedway season

The 1956 Polish Speedway season was the 1956 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.

## Individual

### Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1956 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held over three legs.

* Rzeszów, 5 August
* Leszno, 19 August
* Bydgoszcz, 4 November

| Pos. | Rider | Club | Total | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Florian Kapała | Rawicz | 44 | (14,15,15) |
| 2 | Edward Kupczyński | Wrocław | 36 | (13,12,11) |
| 3 | Stanislaw Tkocz | Rybnik | 33 | (11,13,9) |
| 4 | Mieczysław Połukard | Bydgoszcz | 26 | (10,2,14) |
| 5 | Jan Malinowski | Bydgoszcz | 26 | (7,11,8) |
| 6 | Tadeusz Teodorowicz | Wrocław | 24 | (5,7,12) |
| 7 | Joachim Maj | Rybnik | 20 | (9,11,0) |
| 8 | Eugeniusz Nazimek | Rzeszów | 18 | (9,9) |
| 9 | Marian Spychała | Rawicz | 16 | (2,4,9) |
| 10 | Henryk Żyto | Leszno | 15 | (2,2,11) |
| 11 | Rajmund Świtała | Bydgoszcz | 15 | (1,6,8) |
| 12 | Janusz Suchecki | Warszawa | 15 | (7,8) |
| 13 | Kazimierz Bentke | Ostrów Wlkp. | 12 | (7,5) |
| 14 | Jerzy Błoch | Wrocław | 11 | (3,2,6) |
| 15 | Józef Wieczorek | Rybnik | 10 | (10) |
| 16 | Marian Jankowski | Ostrów Wlkp. | 8 | (4,4) |
| 17 | Andrzej Krzesiński | Warszawa | 7 | (7) |
| 18 | Marian Mielcarski | Bydgoszcz | 5 | (5) |
| 19 | Zdzisław Jałowiecki | Częstochowa | 1 | (1) |

## Team

### Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1956 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the ninth edition of the Team Polish Championship.

**First League**

In First League, matches were held with two teams, with it playing it matches return. Teams were made up of six drivers plus one reserve. The score of heat: 3-2-1-0. The matches consisted of 12 heats. For winning a game a team received 2 points, draw - 1 point, lost - 0 points. The drivers from main squad started in match four times. The quantity of small points was added up.

The 2 competing teams shall each consist of 7 drivers: 6 drivers having programmed drivers and the seventh driver being a substitute, as follows:

* Home Team (Helmet colour Red and Blue): No 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15,
* Away Team (Yellow and White): No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

Table

| Pos | Team | Match | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Górnik Rybnik | 14 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ? |
| 2 | Ślęza Wrocław | 14 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ? |
| 3 | Gwardia Bydgoszcz | 14 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ? |
| 4 | CWKS Warszawa | 14 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ? |
| 5 | Kolejarz Rawicz | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ? |
| 6 | Tramwajarz Łódź | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ? |
| 7 | Unia Leszno | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ? |
| 8 | Budowlani Warszawa | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ? |

Medalists

| Górnik Rybnik | Joachim Maj, Stanisław Tkocz, Marian Philipp, Józef Wieczorek, Jan Błonkała, Bogdan Berliński, Paweł Dziura, Lucjan Siemek |
| - | - |
| Gwardia Bydgoszcz | Mieczysław Połukard, Jan Malinowski, Rajmund Świtała, Marian Mielcarski, Zbigniew Raniszewski, Andrzej Mielcarek, Zbigniew Sander, Witold Kamiński, Bolesław Bonin, Antoni Kowalski, Feliks Błajda |
| Ślęza Wrocław | Edward Kupczyński, Tadeusz Teodorowicz, Alojzy Frach, Jerzy Błoch, Konstanty Pociejkowicz, Zdzisław Biela, Horvath, Alojzy Frach, Mieczysław Kosierb, Roman Wielgosz, Tadeusz Chwilczyński, Adolf Słaboń |

**Second League**

In Second League, matches were played with part two teams, with it playing it matches return. Teams were made up of six riders plus two reserve. The scoring of a heat: 3-2-1-0. Mecz consisted with 9 heats. For winning a game a team received 2 points, draw - 1 point, loss - 0 points. The riders from the main squad started in the match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.

North Group

| Pos | Team | Match | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Włókniarz Częstochowa | 14 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | ? |
| 2 | Stal Gorzów Wlkp. | 14 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ? |
| 3 | AMK Katowice | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ? |
| 4 | Resovia Rzeszów | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ? |
| 5 | Sparta Śrem | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ? |
| 6 | Gwardia Poznań | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ? |
| 7 | Start Gniezno | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ? |
| 8 | Kolejarz Piła | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ? |

South Group

| Team | Match | Points | Won | Draw | Lost | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stal Świętochłowice | 14 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ? |
| Ostrovia Ostrów Wlkp. | 14 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ? |
| Stal Rzeszów | 14 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ? |
| LPŻ Lublin | 14 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ? |
| Gwardia Katowice | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ? |
| Górnik Czeladź | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ? |
| Ślęza Wrocław II | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ? |
| AMK Nowa Huta | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ? |

Play-Offs Match was played in Ostrów Wlkp.

| Date | Home | | Away |
| - | - | - | - |
| 4 Oct | Częstochowa | 37:16 | Gorzów Wlkp. |
| 4 Oct | Świętochłowice | ? | Ostrów Wlkp. |
| 11 Oct | Częstochowa | 35:19 | Ostrów Wlkp. |
| 11 Oct | Świętochłowice | wo. | Gorzów Wlkp. |
