Marksman

The upcoming fixtures on the SpeedwayGB website have been updated I noticed.. All fixtures prior to 17th May have been removed.. But are still on the Fixtures/Results page though.

Correct, and I think people posting about him probably think this too, he is miles away from being ready. I believe he has only rode 1 senior meeting on a 500c bike! It's not beyond the realms of possibility of him actually signing though based on Plymouth's signings so far and his links with Gerry Sims etc.

Yeah well of course, that's obvious! I mean his qualification as a EU national would be significantly easier in him gaining a T2 sportsperson visa

I'd imagine he will have Dual Nationality perhaps? He's Swedish born which will qualify him for a passport. Although I've no idea if that automatically qualifies him to race in a post-Brexit Britain?

Plymouth's race night looks like it's going to be on a Friday, according to their updated website page - https://plymouth-speedway.com/contact

If Plymouth are to enter the Championship in 2021 their options for riders seem fairly limited apart from some of ex Rebels of 2020. Schlein? BWD? Anders Rowe? etc. Would of thought Ben Barker would be a candidate but was quickly snapped up by Newcastle. Adam Ellis and Rasmus Jensen are others I can think of but most of these options won't be cheap and 8+ averages. Seems to be a lack of 4,5,6 and 7 point riders available.

http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/files/downloads/c19_issue_34.pdf British riders listed get 2.5% deducted from those figures

Probably not too much, looking at it they should both be able to track their existing teams. Eastbourne definately, depends if Connor Bailey is classed as British for Glasgow.

Lewis Bridger then? Average will be under 6.5

Sad news if Somerset don't reappear in 2022, I hope they will in some form. Starting the Cardiff weekend off at Somerset on the Friday, was one of the true highlights of the season, seeing those grass banks full of different team colours defined the sport as I new it growing up.

Putting the clubs license on ice still costs £5k from what I remember? Unless it's changed, but that's what the Workington promotion did, with the intention of sitting out a year and never to be seen again...

Warsaw GP moved from the 15th May to 7th August - https://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/8714/2021-pzm-warsaw-sgp-of

Interesting race format for the Last Chance qualifier and Final. Nice to see it being mixed up a little, NSS is certainly wide enough for a 6 rider race.

So Australia rode their 4 heats against the teams who finished in the top 4, Russia, Poland, Denmark and Sweden.. If they'd got to ride against GB and the Czechs they would of been making the top 3 easily, just shows how ridiculous calling a meeting part-way through is. Mark Lemon was quite right to be a bit pissed off!

Re-staging at 11am local (10am UK) tomorrow if it doesn't go ahead tonight!