Wolves cancel the contract of Piotr Pawlicki

Wolverhampton speedway today sensationally cancelled the contract of Piotr Pawlicki.

The Polish star, new to the team this season, has been superb on track.

But the 19-year-old has missed a number of club matches – a common problem with Polish riders who are frequently under intense pressure from their home federation – and Wolves owner Chris Van Straaten declared today: "Enough is enough."

Pawlicki pulled out of tonight's Monmore Green Elite League clash with Leicester this morning – the club received a number of messages saying why he would be missing -- and it proved the last straw for Van Straaten.

"Enough is enough," he said. "It's just not fair on the team, the promotion and most importantly the supporters.

"It's with a heavy heart we have made this decision, it cannot be allowed to go on and it's probably because he is such a wonderful talent on a speedway bike that we have allowed it to go on this long.

"We haven't seen him since August 4 in Wolverhampton colours and we will now use the rider-replacement facility."

Leicester will also use rider-replacement tonight, having lost Jason Doyle to a shoulder injury.