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Well worth the weeks wait for that announcement !!!!! Sheffield need to take note how the professionals do it !!!!!!

I wonder what annual payments Poole make to these riders year on year, the assets system is complete and utter bo-locks and should be scrapped. Even more a mockery when a riders only makes a handful of appearances then becomes an asset then 25 years later that club gets a loan fee

Lewis Kerr it is then.Can't say i am really overwhelmed by that.He has to be at reserve if not he is totally lost in the 1-5.Needs to up his game massively next season especially away from home.

For me, it's about value in the average, the likelihood to increase to it and riding position in the team. I like Lewis and have nothing but respect for him to even get back on a bike, nevermind race in the top league. However I don't see him getting a big increase in his average, especially if he's in the top 5. Proctor on the otherhand, on 4.42 I could see adding a point to his average, especially if he starts at reserve. He never should have been asked to be 2nd heatleader for us last season. Build a team that can add around 4 points plus to it's starting average and you've got a chance to get somewhere.

Some riders to be announced at the Talk-in at South Gosforth CIU Club on Tuesday (3rd Dec @7pm).

I liked a tweeted pic of my brothers wife,,,, that doesn't mean I'm riding her.

On that average somebody will take the risk and he will probably improve on it quite a bit, it was only the season before last that he averaged 6 something and was a major part of Lynn finishing clear top of the table. I just think we need some freshness in the 2020 team which means two or three changes.

Actually it's not but a week of announcements about announcements culminates in the announcement of a reserve (or that's what most people think). At the very least I would have expected one of the top 2 possibly 3 riders but as I only watch occasionally from afar my opinion will be dismissed. just seems to me in this social media obsessed world Lynn are about 2 decades out of date. Glasgow seem to have it right

Think again Dumbo

The national league has hardly enough fans now..It would be crazy to reduce the standard......Youngsters can learn from the older riders in the teams,,and it is so important,there is this level to bring them on,to the point they can progress to the higher levels

I do wonder about being a steal, that’s two years now he has supposedly been a steal and hasn’t.

I think Ty would be the first to admit 2019 didn't go the way anyone had hoped, but he didn't drop to reserve for either us or Peterborough. As someone said previously, one of the keys to success in league Speedway is signing riders who will up their average - There is no doubt in my mind that Ty will increase his in 2020.

Ha ha ha, what a Richard. Still all decent fans know what to do re any threads it, or its next name, sets up next season.

1. Jason Doyle 8.96 2. Dimitri Berge 4.14 3. Rasmus Jensen 7.86 4. Nick Morris 5.38 5. Troy Batchelor 8.82 6. Stefan Nielsen 3.81 7. Ellis Perks 3.48 0.05 Remaining

I think those who've seen him round Owlerton would understand. He just seems to have a really knack for riding Owlerton. With Auty, he's just never particularly good round our place over last few seasons. Whether that's down to how the tracks preprared, machinery ect I don't honestly know. But all I can say is from the perspective of a Sheffield fan having watched Auty and Berge round our place I would 100% have Dimi over Auty.

Statement from Heathens Speedway Supporters Trust. As you now know, Cradley Heathens will not be running next year. This is very disappointing for everyone but as a Trust Board we understand the reasoning behind the decision. We have been contacted and asked why the Trust haven’t stepped in so that Cradley can ride again next year. If only life was as simple as some people believe. As we said in our last statement, we haven’t been sitting idle; we have in fact been busy collecting facts. That’s facts with evidence that we’ve seen with our own eyes and not just gossip or theories. ▶ Don’t Ladbrokes want the extra revenue? Monmore Green can only be used logistically once a week for speedway. The truth is that Ladbrokes can make substantial staging payments by running dog racing in an almost empty stadium because of streaming it by satellite to different countries and the money they can make from betting. They don’t need the extra revenue from running speedway on an extra night. This is a fact as much as people don’t agree with it. Depending on how the National League (or whatever format it will take in the future) runs and how many teams are in the league we would need enough race nights to complete the season. With Wolves meetings, cup competitions and play offs there wouldn’t potentially be enough dates at Monmore and we would therefore be in the position of either riding at Perry Barr (depending on how many dates they have available) or forfeiting any remaining meetings near the end of the season. You wouldn’t book a holiday for 21 days if you could only get accommodation for 14 days! ▶ Why can’t we run at Perry Barr? The income decreases by around 40% riding at Perry Barr because it’s harder to get to for most people. The sad fact is that fans just don’t turn up at Perry Barr. Also, we’re not guaranteed that there would be dates available there for us to race. ▶ Have you ever wondered how much it actually costs to run a speedway meeting? Monmore Green has the highest rent in the league and that rent is the same whether it’s a Cradley meeting or Wolves. Medics and referees don’t just turn up to meetings, they have to be paid. A payment has to go to the BSPA for every meeting plus insurance, riders wages, programme production, track preparation and the list goes on. ▶ Why aren’t the Trust stepping in so that we can ride next year? The answer to this is twofold. Firstly, whilst the definition of a supporters trust is a democratic, not for profit organisation of supporters who is committed to strengthening the voice of supporters in the decision making process at a club and strengthening the links between the club and the community it serves it doesn’t say that we need to hand money over to achieve this. Secondly, when the Trust was set up the objectives were set then (and they are the same objectives we use now) and that is to, in the long term, find land so that the Heathens have a home of their own and short term objectives are to continue to raise funds, have good community links and keep members informed. When HSST announced that we would be one of the sponsors for The Heathens in 2019 we came under criticism for spending the Trust money. None of the Trust money was used. The 200 Club was set up for this reason and this is the only money that has been used (as the accounts at the AGM will show). So why now would we spend the Trust money (where the majority came from the work done by HSSC) and have none left if land were to be found. Two representative from the Board sat down with Chris Van Straaten and Nigel Pearson and had a very open conversation. We talked through the pros and cons of what was involved in running a team next year including all the hidden costs that no one thinks about. For example, did you know that it can cost anything from £250 - £1500 for a rained off meeting? If a meeting is rained off there are still certain outgoings that still have to be paid. At the end of day it didn’t come down to money, it came down to logistics. How many dates were available, how many meetings would we have, what would we do if we couldn’t ride all our meetings at Monmore and what riders would be available to make up a team for next year. Teams who have their own tracks can be way ahead of the game because they can dictate when they ride and how many times they can ride in a week. Sharing a track means that we have to wait and are constantly struggling to find riders to make up a reasonable team. Contrary to what some people have said, there is nothing up for sale because there is nothing to sell! We can have the Cradley name whenever we want it - we don’t have to pay for it so there is nothing for the Trust to buy. We will have the draw for the December 200 Club and then we will have a meeting with all 200 Club members sometime in Januay. HSST Board

The problem is Brian, immediately above the National League is a bottleneck, Championship Clubs on the whole prefer to have none UK riders in there Teams, so therefore the 9/10 point have nowhere to go except to drift out of the sport, as an example let me give you a couple of riders who you are familiar with, Tom Perry he is a British rider that can be exciting to watch but he is a classic example of nowhere to go, because of Championship clubs preferences for Imports, then the even younger and more recent Zak Attack, he has seen the light, he attempted the move up struggled early doors and may or may not be lost to the sport, he is a classic example of whats wrong with the Sport in the UK, but the BSPA in there wisdom do nothing to halt that drift away by young riders. There needs to be a clear path to encourage these young riders to stay and progress in the Sport, its not only a National League problem its a BSPa problem and by weakening the NL it is not going to solve this issue in fact it may worsen the problem by forcing a Club to close, and then that becomes an even bigger problem.. However the Chairman of the BSPA believes everything for the most part is fine, nowt wrong when people cant see whats in front of them.... except for a Blind man..

* = 2.5% Reduction SGB CHAMPIONSHIP Berwick Bandits 1. Aaron Summers 7.51 2. Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 7.46 3. Jye Etheridge 6.84 4. Daniel Gappmaier 6.32 5. Fernando Garcia 4.95 6. Kyle Bickley 3.69* 7. Leon Flint 3.33* Team Total 40.10 Remaining 0.90 Birmingham Brummies 1. Chris Harris 8.48* 2. Jason Garrity 7.04* 3. Tomas H Jonasson 6.96 4. Ashley Morris 5.32* 5. James Shanes 5.17* 6. Paco Castagna 4.93 7. Jack Thomas 2.42* Team Total 40.32 Remaining 0.68 Eastbourne Eagles 1. Edward Kennett 8.40* 2. Richard Lawson 8.11* 3. Lewis Kerr 7.34* 4. Tom Brennan 5.89* 5. Kyle Newman 5.03* 6. Drew Kemp 3.49* 7. Jason Edwards 2.00 Team Total 40.26 Remaining 00.74 Edinburgh Monarchs 1. Sam Masters 9.03 2. Richie Worrall 8.04* 3. Josh Pickering 6.98 4. Lasse Fredriksen 5.00 5. Kye Thomson 4.00 6. William Lawson 3.91 7. James Sarjeant 3.90* Team Total 40.86 Remaining 0.14 Glasgow Tigers 1. Craig Cook 9.92* 2. Ricky Wells 7.05 3. Ulrich Ostergaard 5.98 4. Justin Sedgmen 5.20 5. Broc Nicol 5.16 6. Sam Jensen 4.34 7. Connor Bailey 3.03* Team Total 40.68 Remaining 0.32 Kent Kings 1. Scott Nicholls 8.14* 2. Nico Covatti 7.82 3. Cameron Heeps 7.42 4. Paul Starke 6.32* 5. Tom Bacon 5.07* 6. Rob Ledwith 4.00 7. Dan Gilkes 2.00 Team Total 40.77 Remaining 0.23 Leicester Lions 1. Nick Morris 8.38 2. Ryan Douglas 8.31 3. Kyle Howarth 6.97* 4. Ty Proctor 6.84 5. Ellis Perks 6.24* 6. Dan Thompson 2.00 7. Joe Thompson 2.00 Team Total 40.74 Remaining 0.26 Newcastle Diamonds 1. Claus Vissing 8.43 2. Matthew Wethers 6.92 3. Nick Skorja 5.00 4. Ondrej Smetana 5.00 5. Max Clegg 4.92* 6. Connor Mountain 4.61* 7. James Wright 4.00 Team Total: 38.88 Remaining: 2.12 Poole Pirates 1. Danny King 8.45* 2. Adam Ellis 7.80* 3. Steve Worrall 7.39* 4. Stefan Nielsen 4.40* 5. Ben Cook 4.00 6. Zane Keleher 4.00 7. Josh MacDonald 4.00 Team Total 40.04 Remaining 00.96 Redcar Bears 1. Charles Wright 9.35* 2. Erik Riss 8.41 3. Michael Palm Toft 8.18 4. Jordan Stewart 5.74 5. Kasper Andersen 4.86 6. Jordan Jenkins 2.00 7. Joe Lawlor 2.00 Team Total 40.54 Remaining 0.46 Scunthorpe Scorpions 1. Josh Auty 7.41* 2. Jake Allen 7.26 3. Tero Aarnio 6.85 4. Thomas Jorgensen 6.47 5. Danny Ayres 5.37* 6. Simon Lambert 5.03* 7. Jordan Palin 2.00 Team Total 40.39 Remaining 0.61 Somerset Rebels 1. Bradley Wilson-Dean 8.75 2. Rory Schlein 8.69 3. Ben Barker 7.05* 4. Josh Bates 6.19* 5. Anders Rowe 4.27* 6. Zach Cook 4.00 7. Nathan Stoneman 2.00 Team Total 40.95 Remaining 0.05

Wouldn't really be a fair cup then. Regionalisation in the league is enough I'd have said. Glasgow and Edinburgh are likely to meet at least 6 times. 3 home, 3 away. 4 of those in the league, 2 in the Scottish cup

Lewi got better as the season went on which is not a surprise considering the injury he came back from. Good to see Lynn sticking with a local rider.

In his case I wouldn't rule out any improvement. Charles Wright was never going to amount to anything more than a PL reserve a few years ago, he's now British champion. If Cook can manage a GP season then I reckon Wright could too.

I keep out of the silly talk on here about Poole dropping down a league. The fact is that for economic reasons they have and that’s that. Personally , I would of hatted it if Poole had to let Ward, Holder and Magic go but those days have gone and the league has been diluted tremendously. Remembering when Poole were in the 2nd div before the racing was great and riders and fans were as one. Now top riders ride in so many leagues, home and abroad whose riders are they really. Costs of flying foreign riders in are tremendous and crowds are reducing. Therefore, if you want speedway costs must be cut. Yes it was great watching the Premiership it was no where near the standard of the old EL. Also watching Somerset the racing was great and a lot closer. Plymouth in the bottom league also provided some good racing on their own track. Therefore, you can say my team are better than yours but speedway is speedway and the closer the racing makes it interesting. Well done to Swindon for winning the league but remember they enjoyed the lower league in the past and I for one enjoyed it most weeks.

Great to see the invitation to young rider Sam Norris, who appears to be making a very steady recovery from his horrific crash at Glasgow in the BYC round in the summer.

The NDL has been a good training ground because it had a mix of young riders learning their trade helped by the old hands who knew they would probably never move into the higher leagues but enjoyed racing and passing on their knowledge to the youngsters. Maybe there needs to be a limit on over 25 or 30 year olds in the league but they are an important part of the development of the young riders. The older riders also improve the standard of racing and help the stand alone clubs provide a spectacule that is worth watching on a regular basis. Making the NDL into a juniors only league would see it vanish faster than a GP rider after he is told how much he can earn in the Premiership.

I always advocated that over the last few seasons when the likes of Eastie, Kent and Birmingham were in the NL it was a perfect training ground for the likes of Brennan, Kemp, Flint and many others but there were some who said it wasn't a "development " league and costs too high, if it goes down the route it appears to be going it'll disappear and harm the prospects of future riders of the like. Hope I'm wrong!