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South Africa v Poland

1995-96 Polish Invitation Team won series 5-0 Top Scorers Race - Final
UNOFFICIAL ??.10 : Brakpan South Africa 18 Polish Invitation Team 30 Ulamek, Prinsloo, Lechky, Skornicki
??.10 : Nelspruit (Glenwood Stadium) South Africa 20 Polish Invitation Team 27 Prinsloo, Tudziedz, Lechky, Skornicki
??.11 : Bloemfontein (Agricultural Showgrounds) South Africa 21 Polish Invitation Team 27 Ulamek, Tudziedz, Lechky, Compton
??.11 : Newcastle, Natal South Africa 15 Polish Invitation Team 32 Ulamek, Skornicki, Compton, Tudziedz
??.11 : Pietermaritzburg (Idube Raceway) South Africa 16 Polish Invitation Team 32 Ulamek, Balinski, Compton
This series of "international challenge" matches was a precursor of the following season's tour. Balinski was injured in the first match, so the Poles borrowed Hungarian-born South African Szilagyi. But by the end of the tour, South Africa were without their top two riders, and Balinski himself guested for the home team. In the match at Nelspruit, Deon Prinsloo lowered his own track record to 60.12 sec, and Baldwin acted as reserve for both teams.
South Africa Total Polish Invitation Team Total
Bevan Compton 5 3 8 7 5 28 Sebastian Ulamek 11 11 8 10 9 49
Karoly Lechky 4 8 9 2 - 23 Eugeniusz Tudziedz 6 7 8 9 10 40
Deon Prinsloo 6 6 - - - 12 Adam Skornicki 6 7 7 8 8 36
Damian Balinski * - - - - 8 8 Pawel Lecki 5 0 2 0 5 12
Andy Szilagyi 2 - - 3 2 7 Damian Balinski 2 - - 5 - 7
Grant Foley - 2 0 1 1 4 Andy Szilagyi * - 2 2 - - 4
Deon Swart - - 2 2 0 4 Darryl Baldwin * - 0 - - - 0
Grant Baynes - 1 2 - - 3
Darryl Baldwin 1 - - - - 1 * guest

1st "Test" at Brakpan 2nd "Test" at Nelspruit
South Africa
D Prinsloo: ef, 3, 3, 0 = 6
B Compton: 1, 0, 2, 2 = 5
K Lechky: 1, 3, ef = 4
D Baldwin: 0, 1, 0 = 1
A Szilagyi: 0, 2 = 2
Polish Invitation Team
S Ulamek: 3, 2, 3, 3 = 11
E Tudziedz: 2, F, 3, 1 = 6+1
D Balinski: 2, -, -, = 2+1
A Skornicki: 3, 1, 2 = 6+1
P Lecki: 2, 1, 1, 1 = 5+1
Ht 1: Ulamek, Tudziedz, Compton, Prinsloo (ef) 1-5 1-5
Ht 2: Skornicki, Balinski, Lechky, Bladwin 1-5 2-10
Ht 3: Prinsloo, Lecki, Skornicki, Compton 3-3 5-13
Ht 4: Lechky, Ulamek, Baldwin, Tudziedz (f) 4-2 9-15
Ht 5: Prinsloo, Skornicki, Lecki, Szilagyi 3-3 12-18
Ht 6: Ulamek, Compton, Lecki, Baldwin 2-4 14-22
Ht 7: Tudziedz, Szilagyi, Lecki, Lechky (ef) 2-4 16-26
Ht 8: Ulamek, Compton, Tudziedz, Prinsloo 2-4 18-30
South Africa
D Prinsloo: ef, 3, 3 = 6
B Compton: nf, 1, 1, 1 = 3
K Lechky: 2, 3, 3, 0 = 8
G Baynes: 1, 0, 0 = 1+1
G Foley: 2, 0 = 2+1
D Baldwin (res): no rides
Polish Invitation Team
A Skornicki: 2, 1, 2, 2 = 7+4
E Tudziedz: 3, 2, 2 = 7
S Ulamek: 3, 2, 3, 3 = 11
P Lecki: 0, 0 -, = 0
A Szilagyi: 1, 1 = 2+1
D Baldwin: 0 = 0
Ht 1: Tudziedz, Skornicki, Prinsloo (ef), Compton (ret) 0-5 0-5
Ht 2: Ulamek, Lechky, Baynes, Lecki 3-3 3-8
Ht 3: Prinsloo, Ulamek, Compton, Lecki 4-2 7-10
Ht 4: Lechky, Tudziedz, Skornicki, Baynes 3-3 10-13
Ht 5: Prinsloo, Foley, Szilagyi, Baldwin 5-1 15-14
Ht 6: Ulamek, Skornicki, Compton, Baynes 1-5 16-19
Ht 7: Lechky, Tudziedz, Szilagyi, Foley 3-3 19-22
Ht 8: Ulamek, Skornicki, Compton, Lechky 1-5 20-27
3rd "Test" at Bloemfontein
South Africa
K Lechky: 3, 1, 2, 3 = 9
G Foley: 0, 0, 0 = 0
B Compton: 1, 2, 3, 2 = 8+1
G Baynes: 0, 1, 1 = 2+1
D Swart: 1, 1 = 2+1
Polish Invitation Team
E Tudziedz: 2, 3, 3 = 8+1
P Lecki: 1, 0, 0, = 1+1
S Ulamek: 3, 3, 2 = 8+1
A Skornicki: 2, 2, 3 = 7+2
A Szilagyi: 0, 2, 0 = 2
Ht 1: Lechky, Tudziedz, Lecki, Foley 3-3 3-3
Ht 2: Ulamek, Skornicki, Compton, Baynes 1-5 4-8
Ht 3: Ulamek, Skornicki, Lechky, Foley 1-5 5-13
Ht 4: Tudziedz, Compton, Baynes, Lecki 3-3 8-16
Ht 5: Skornicki, Lechky, Swart, Szilagyi 3-3 11-19
Ht 6: Tudziedz, Ulamek, Baynes, Foley 1-5 12-24
Ht 7: Compton, Szigalyi, Swart, Lecki 4-2 16-26
Ht 8: Lechky, Compton, Lecki, Szilagyi 5-1 21-27

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Rare photo of the Polish team in South Africa (from Christian Weber) 1996-97 Programme

1996-97 Poland won series 4-0 Attendance
OFFICIAL Sat 09.11 : Brakpan South Africa 32 Poland 52 400
Sun 10.11 : Klerksdorp South Africa 31 Poland 52 800
Fri 15.11 : Brakpan South Africa 28 Poland 54
Fri 22.11 : Kimberley South Africa 40 Poland 43 1,200
South Africa Total Poland Total
Deon Prinsloo 8 8 9 11 36 Rafal Trojanowski 11 11 11 10 43
Karoly Lechky 8 9 2 13 32 Slawomir Drabik 9 11 11 5 36
Bevan Compton 5 6 7 10 28 Mariusz Wegrzyk 6 10 8 11 35
Warren Meier © 6 6 2 2 16 Waldemar Walczak 10 9 9 4 32
Grant Baynes 3 1 4 4 12 Robert Mikolajczak 4 3 13 8 28
Darryl Baldwin 2 1 4 0 7 Krzysztof Jablonski 0 8 2 5 15
Deon Swart 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Skornicki 12 - - - 1
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South Africa 1996
Deon Swart; Karl Lechky Snr (Team Manager); Grant Baynes; Deon Prinsloo;
Warren Meier (Captain); Darryl Baldwin; Karl Lechky; Bevan Compton

Heat Details

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1st.Match at Brakpan
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
9 Warren Meier 3 2' 6
10 Grant Baynes 1 3
11 Karoly Lechky 1 3 3 8
12 Bevan Compton 3 5
13 Deon Prinsloo 1 3 1 8
14 Deon Swart 0 0
15 Darryl Baldwin 1 2
SOUTH AFRICA 3 5 6 10 12 13 17 18 20 25 26 27 28 32 32
POLAND 3 7 12 14 18 23 25 30 34 35 40 45 50 52 52
1 Slawomir Drabik 2 2 2 0 9
2 Krzysztof Jablonski 0 0 F 0
3 Mariusz Wegrzyk 6
4 Robert Mikolajczak 1 4
5 Waldemar Walczak 2' 3 10
6 Rafal Trojanowski 3 2' 0 11
7 Adam Skornicki 2 12
2nd.Match at Klerksdorp
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Deon Prinsloo 3 2 8
Deon Swart 0
Grant Baynes 1 1
Karoly Lechky 3 T 9
Bevan Compton 2 6
Warren Meier 3 6
Darryl Baldwin 1
SOUTH AFRICA 1 5 6 23 26 27 29 31 31
POLAND 5 7 12 37 40 45 49 52 52
Slawomir Drabik 3 3 R 11
Krzysztof Jablonski 2' 1 3 8
Robert Mikolajczak 0 3
Mariusz Wegrzyk 2 1' 10
Waldemar Walczak 3 3 2' 9
Rafal Trojanowski 2' 2' 2 3 11
3rd.Match at Brakpan
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Karoly Lechky Fx 1' 2
Grant Baynes 1 2 4
Deon Prinsloo 1 1' 3 3 9
Deon Swart R 0
Bevan Compton 1 2 2 2' 7
Warren Meier R 2 F 2
Darryl Baldwin 1 1' 4
SOUTH AFRICA 1 2 3 6 7 10 13 13 16 17 19 22 23 28 28
POLAND 5 10 15 18 23 26 29 34 37 42 46 49 54 54 54
Slawomir Drabik 3 3 3 R 11
Krzysztof Jablonski 2' F - 2
Robert Mikolajczak 3 2' 3 13
Waldemar Walczak 2' 3 1' R 9
Rafal Trojanowski 3 X 2 3 11
Mariusz Wegrzyk 2' 3 2' 1 8
4th.Match at Kimberley
Heat No. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Karoly Lechky 3 3 3 3 13
Deon Swart 0
Deon Prinsloo 3 2 2 2' 2 11
Warren Meier 1' 1' 2
Bevan Compton 3 2 3 1 10
Grant Baynes 2' 1 4
Darryl Baldwin 0
SOUTH AFRICA 3 6 11 14 16 19 23 24 27 32 33 34 36 40 40
POLAND 3 6 6 9 13 16 18 23 26 27 32 37 41 43 43
Slawomir Drabik 3 R 5
Krzysztof Jablonski 2 5
Mariusz Wegrzyk 1 3 11
Robert Mikolajczak 3 2' 8
Waldemar Walczak 0 4
Rafal Trojanowski 3 10

Contributors : Christian Weber, Roger Stevens, David Austin

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