DOUBTS have surfaced over Polish reserve Kacper Gomolski’s position with the Swindon Robins.

The youngster had been signed on loan from Peterborough to join Brit Ashley Birks in the Elite League champions’ bottom two for the defence of their title, but the club have yet to receive start permission from his Polish side Tarnow via the BSPA.

The Ekstraliga champions have made Gomolski their number one junior for 2013 in a league with a Sunday raceday, but with their Thursday reschedule day clashing with the Robins’ regular race night, Tarnow will only give the rider start permission on a weekly basis during the season. That would mean Swindon would not know if the rider was available for a Thursday meeting until the previous Sunday evening.

An international calendar was put in place by the FIM which detailed fixtures in the British, Polish, Swedish and Danish leagues, with those fixtures in place and agreed between the clubs. The FIM stated if any conflicts arise following the completion of the list, the club named in the fixture first, in this case the Robins, should be given priority.

The Robins are now considering their options, much to the frustration of co-owner Gary Patchett.

“We are disappointed, but Tarnow have history in this respect and they seem to have no regard for what has been put in place by the FIM or by their federation,” he said.

“If the club can’t abide by the protocol set-out by their federation then something needs to be done, but we can’t force someone to ride here, even though we know this situation has nothing to do with Kacper.”

Gomolski does have start permission for tomorrow’s Elite Shield first-leg with Poole at Blunsdon, as well as the second leg the following day, however Birks is set to miss the away leg due to commitments with Scunthorpe and will be replaced by Somerset’s Kyle Newman. Both Newman and his fellow Rebels rider Nick Morris will then travel straight from Wimborne Road to Somerset after the meeting for the Premier League club’s clash with Plymouth.

The Robins have confirmed tomorrow’s meeting has beaten the freezing temperatures and is set to go ahead, with all children under 11 admitted free and the first 100 young fans handed a free air horn.