Szczakiele 2024. Voting extended. PGE Ekstraliga Gala on October 11 (broadcast on CANAL+ Sport and CANAL+ online)
06.09.2024 11:59The tenth, jubilee voting for Szczakiele – PGE Ekstraliga awards summarizing the season of the best speedway league in the world has been extended to the end of the playoff matches for this season’s medals. Meanwhile, on October 11, the Ekstraliga Speedway awards will be handed to players and coaches. Then the PGE Ekstraliga Gala will take place (broadcast from 20:00 on CANAL+ Sport and CANAL+ online service).
At the season-ending PGE Ekstraliga Gala, as every year, we will meet the heroes of the 2024 season.
The eliminations have already concluded, allowing for the nomination of candidates for the Surprise of the 2024 Season in PGE Ekstraliga. The preselection of candidates (determined by the total number of fan votes on the Speedway Ekstraliga and CANAL+ Speedway Facebook profiles) resulted in five candidates being nominated.
In other Szczakiele 2024 categories, fans have been voting since September 8 on the ekstraliga.pl website and in the Ekstraliga App, choosing from the TOP-8 racers based on average race points after the regular season. In the coach/manager category, fans will vote for eight team coaches/managers, all of whom compete in the 2024 PGE Ekstraliga.
Additionally, the following awards will be presented: Race of the Season (CANAL+ Speedway Editorial Choice), Golden Szczakiel – Ekstraliga Speedway award, Team of the 2024 Season (DMP 2024), and the winner of the U24 Ekstraliga 2024.
Candidates for Szczakiele 2024:
Surprise of the 2024 Season (alphabetical order based on fan nominations on Facebook)
- Benjamin Cook (FOGO UNIA Leszno)
- Mads Hansen (KRONO-PLAST WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa)
- Michael Jepsen Jensen (ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz)
- Rasmus Jensen (NOVYHOTEL FALUBAZ Zielona Góra)
- Bartłomiej Kowalski (BETARD SPARTA Wrocław)
Best Junior of the 2024 Season (ordered by average race points after the 14th round, classified)
- Wiktor Przyjemski (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin) 2,067
- Oskar Paluch (EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów) 1,592
- Kacper Łobodziński (ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz) 1,362
- Krzysztof Sadurski (NOVYHOTEL FALUBAZ Zielona Góra) 1,098
- Jakub Krawczyk (BETARD SPARTA Wrocław) 1,063
- Jakub Stojanowski (EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów) 1,047
- Krzysztof Lewandowski (KS APATOR Toruń) 1,022
- Bartosz Bańbor (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin) 1,000
Best Coach/Manager of the 2024 Season (ordered by team standings after the 14th round)
- Maciej Kuciapa (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin)
- Dariusz Śledź (BETARD SPARTA Wrocław)
- Stanisław Chomski (EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów)
- Piotr Baron (KS APATOR Toruń)
- Robert Kościecha (ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz)
- Piotr Protasiewicz (NOVYHOTEL FALUBAZ Zielona Góra)
- Janusz Ślączka (KRONO-PLAST WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa)
- Rafał Okoniewski (FOGO UNIA Leszno)
Best Foreign Racer of the 2024 Season (ordered by average race points after the 14th round, classified)
- Leon Madsen (KRONO-PLAST WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa) 2,416
- Robert Lambert (KS APATOR Toruń) 2,270
- Anders Thomsen (EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów) 2,183
- Martin Vaculik (EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów) 2,116
- Max Fricke (ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz) 2,091
- Michael Jepsen Jensen (ZOOLESZCZ GKM Grudziądz) 2,077
- Jack Holder (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin) 2,000
- Benjamin Cook (FOGO UNIA Leszno) 1,976
Best Polish Racer of the 2024 Season (ordered by average race points after the 14th round, classified)
- Bartosz Zmarzlik (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin) 2,470
- Artem Laguta (BETARD SPARTA Wrocław) 2,333
- Emil Sajfutdinow (KS APATOR Toruń) 2,200
- Janusz Kołodziej (FOGO UNIA Leszno) 2,194
- Jarosław Hampel (NOVYHOTEL FALUBAZ Zielona Góra) 2,085
- Wiktor Przyjemski (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin) 2,067
- Dominik Kubera (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin) 2,061
- Patryk Dudek (KS APATOR Toruń) 2,014