1948 to 1959 Speedway in Rybnik has existed since 1930. The club competed in the inaugural
1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of
RKM Budowlani (builders) Rybnik. They won the silver medal during the
1950 Polish speedway season. As
Górnik Rybnik the team won three consecutive titles in
1956,
1957 and
1958. The team included riders such as
Stanisław Tkocz and
Joachim Maj, who was
Polish champion in
1958 1960 to 1969 The 1960s was not only the most successful for the club but the most successful decade of all time for any club. As Górnik Rybnik they earned a silver in
1961 and then embarked on seven consecutive gold medal wins in
1962,
1963,
1964,
1965,
1966,
1967 and
1968. Four of these wins were achieved under the new name
ROW Rybnik because in 1964, the
multi-sports club ROW Rybnik was formed as a result of a merger between two local clubs RKS Górnik Rybnik and KS Górnik Chwałowice. Furthermore, three of the club's riders won the five Polish Championships;
Andrzej Wyglenda (1964, 1968 and 1969), Stanisław Tkocz (1965) and
Antoni Woryna (1966).
1970 to 1989 The 1970s was much less emphatic but the club still managed to win their 11th and 12th gold medal wins in
1970 and
1972.
Jerzy Gryt won the 1971 Polish Championship and Andrzej Wyglenda won his second in 1973. The 1980s resulted in a gradual decline and the team suffered relegation in
1982 but by the end of the decade they had recovered to win a silver and a bronze medal in
1988 and
1989 respectively.
1990 to 1999 After a silver medal win in
1990 the club underwent a name change to Rybnicki Klub Motorowy (''Rybnik's Motorcycle Club'') in 1994. The remainder of the decade saw very few highlights.
2000 to 2009 When the
Ekstraliga was introduced in 2000, Rybnik were in the
1. Liga. They won the 1. Liga in
2003. In 2009, they reverted to the historical "ROW" prefix as
RKM ROW Rybnik.
2010 to present In
2013, they changed name again, to
ŻKS ROW Rybnik, the same season they won
2. Liga. In
2019, they gained promotion back to the Ekstraliga but were relegated the following season (2020) and have struggled since. They currently race as
KS ROW Rybnik. == 2025 Squad ==