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  1. 9 minutes ago, crescent girl said:

    Late change for the Chargers.   Sam Woods replaces Luke Killeen, who is awaiting issue of his UK passport.

    Bullets will enter this one cock-a-hoop, following tonight's big win, featuring a dream debut for 15-year-old Ace Pijper, at Armadale.

    That guarantees the home win tbh. It’s a shame as I was looking forward to how Killeen would do so hopefully his debut isn’t delayed too long with the other riders getting upto speed quicker. 


  2. 43 minutes ago, ljriley90 said:

    Sorry late to post here hope i can still get involved.

     

    1 J Thompson 8.52

    2 S McGurk 5.25

    3 N Ablitt 6.29

    4 H Atkins 5.86

    5 L Crang 6.41

    6 S Woolley 3.00

    7 J Alcock 4.36

    Total - 39.69

    Of course, anyone can still get involved!


  3. 45 minutes ago, racers and royals said:

    All those mentioned are riding in Polish league https://speedwayteams2022.blogspot.com/p/denmark-2022.html    the only one not is Ulrich and riders who ride in UK on Sunday`s regularly can`t commit to Poland. By the way Tarasienko is class- did you see him ride for Bydgoszcz last season ?

    Fair enough. I thought that’d be the outcome. There must be some random Brits who aren’t top flight standard but are worthy of signing up incase of an injury crisis though surely.

    I only regularly watched the Ekstraliga last season tbh but I intend to follow the 2 lower leagues as well this campaign. 


  4. 1 hour ago, racers and royals said:

    If you can name me 4 riders not riding for Polish teams who Lublin, Wroclaw, Grudziadz and Torun can sign to replace the banned Laguta brothers, Sayfutdinov and Tarasienko then i would be interested to hear their names.

    I knew that was coming! I’m not suggesting there are riders out there of the calibre of the Laguta brothers or Sayfutdinov, but at the least wouldn’t you rather have someone else in your squad to cover for an injury in the future? In previous seasons the team could track R/R, but now they’re already tracking R/R!

    But to answer your question (and I apologise if these have been signed by lower league teams that I haven’t noticed yet) but what about: Ellis, Thorssell, Pontus Aspgren, THJ, Loktaev, Huckenbeck, Wolbert, Smolinski, Harris, Ostergaard, Nikolaj Jakobsen or a couple of other Brits. These riders are comparable in standard to Tarasenko and would score a couple of points if Wrocław got Tai & Dan injured rather than using a U21 Pole. 


  5. 3 hours ago, mikebv said:

    Never really understood the seemingly dislike for RR by some people...

    It keeps the meeting, and therefore the whole league and sport in that country, credible..

    And means the actual team wins (not "six riders and a ringer" wins) thus maintaining true team spirit and the ethos of a proper team sport..

    And also provides the six men with the potential to earn more money...

    You could argue that an injury means you are down to five men but two injuries mean you are down to five too, and given the nature of the sport injuries happen all the time and at any moment...

    Poland in particular have true strength in depth so RR can be no disadvantage, and the Polish authorities will also be very mindful of the unmitigated disaster that would befall them and the sport over there, if they allowed "guests" similar to how they are allowed over here..

    You’re assuming that guests are the only alternative option. I assumed teams would’ve been allowed to sign another rider given the circumstances. 

    The problem with R/R is both injuries and out of form riders. As you say there can be 2 injuries in a meeting, but of course 1 injury is far more likely, and suddenly the side can be relatively very weak. Especially with the introduction of the U24 rider now who last season was often poor for a top 5 rider. Wrocław & Torun are lucky and still have 4 quality riders (or you could say unlucky as both would’ve felt a title challenge is more likely with their full teams). Compared to Grudziadz who are already relying on Nicki P and only need 1 other injury and KK to go 0, 0, 0 and suddenly they only have 2 riders left including their U24!

    One personal irritation about R/R is how it drags out meetings in England. However I’m sure the Polish meetings won’t be affected as badly by this. 


  6. 9 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said:

    So far announced i believe its Ablitt, Hagon, Spencer, Trigger, Foord and Kingston. Heard rumours of Jenkins but nothing confirmed as yet. Strong looking side but thats the benefit of fantasy speedway teams.

    Jack Kingston back is an intriguing one! Will he want a full-time return I wonder? 


  7. Copying over Diamonds85’ team from the other thread so that it doesn’t get missed. 
     

    1  Alfie Bowtell 9.78
    Ben Trigger 3.57
    Henry Atkins 5.86
    Sam McGurk 5.25
    Ben Morley 9.18
    Archie Freeman 3.00
    Max Perry 3.00
        39.64

    Really wanted to get Joe Thompson in for Ben Morley, but it was a whole point under the limit, so I'd have been behind before  I even started!!


  8. On 4/2/2022 at 11:37 AM, secsy1 said:

     

    Safe riding for everyone's team, lets have an injury free season and good luck for every rider and team selector.

    1. Dan Gilkes             10.3

    2.Joe Alcock              4.36

    3.Ben Morley              9.24

    4.Josh Embleton       4.83

    5.Sam McGurk          5.25

    6.Sam Woolley         3.00

    7.Ace Pijper              3.00

    Total                          39.98

    You’ve got 3 Kent riders. So you need to take one out please. 


  9. It’s back! I wanted to wait until April and all teams had announced their riders. So build a team upto 40.00 points and the highest end of the season average wins!

    Only 2 riders from each club are allowed in your team. Averages can be found on the 2022 teams thread or BSPL site. 

    Can everyone who has posted their team on the old thread, please post on this new one.

    Previous results were:

    2021: 1st Hawks1975, 2nd Islander15 & 3rd Iron Scorpion  

    2019: 1st Iand, 2nd Flipper11 & 3rd DJC.

    2018: 1st Hunters, 2nd SKJ & 3rd CUFC_Brummie.

     2017: 1st Eagles69, 2nd Islander15 & 3rd SKJ.

    2016: 1st Halifax Tiger, 2nd John Leslie, 3rd Turn Two.


  10. On 2/17/2022 at 12:45 PM, RoundTheBoards said:

    Do you mean nationality-wise or ability-wise?

    In terms of nationality I don't know if Luke was born in England or Australia, but he'd qualify as British because his parents are British (being the son of the former Belle Vue and Wolves second-halfer Frank Killeen - known as "Fearless Frank" or "Frank the Fence" depending on how he was going at the time).

    In terms of ability, I don't know if riding in an Australian State Championship still allows him in the NDL on a 3.00 average.  (presumably it must).

     

    I meant in terms of nationality. That’s interesting to know thank you. And his ability is irrelevant as anyone can ride NL, there is no minimum standard. 

    On 2/17/2022 at 4:10 PM, mac101 said:

    Comes in pretty much the same as Connor Bailey has British passport 

    Yes I meant how is he eligible for a British passport. 

    12 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

    If true, not sure why Oxford would take him on loan? The purpose of their NL team should be to build an asset base for future Cheetahs riders, not Wolves riders! I wouldn't want to use a rider on loan from a club who he's never ridden for!

    Oxford need a reasonable team to get thru fans to watch it and it’s a new venture so they were of course starting from scratch. If he’s riding for the Chargers then there’s a clear avenue for him to ride for the Cheetah’s Championship side too which benefits then and obviously could form part of a good future relationship with Wolves if Oxford need any riders in the future. 

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  11. 4 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said:

    More shock comebacks in the team but Stoneman and Jenkins is a powerful top 2 and strong middle order with Hopwood and Hagon. Clouting will benefit from a change of track. Will run the numbers un a minute and see how close or far out it actually is?

    So the latest i can find are

    Jenkins 9.56

    Hagon 5.75

    Clouting 4.30

    Stoneman 8.22 (2019)

    Hopwood 7.16 (2018)

    Total 34.99

    So looks like just needs a point reduction on Hopwood and a pair of 3 pointers will fit?

    I can’t remember for certain, but didn’t Hopwood ride for Plymouth after IOW in 2018? His IOW ending average was 7.16 but 7.37 at Plymouth. 

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  12. Welcome back Ben Hopwood! It feels like ages ago he rude but it was only 2018. 

    A strong top 3 of Hopwood, Jenkins & Stoneman. Good luck to Stoneman who deserves a decent run after several nasty injuries. Hagon will continue to improve. But it could be a very long tail. 

    Has anyone seem confirmation of Hopwood or Stoneman’s averages because they must be getting reductions to be within the points limit?

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