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Electric6

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  1. Electric6

    Ipswich 2016

    King & Covatti are the stand outs in this team Risager as people have stated will be solid but not spectacular Sarjeant will excite, frustrate but should improve Kerr if recovered well will improve Castagna - lets not judge, as we saw with Covatti he improved - i think Castagna could get to 4.5-ish If Ritchings can achieve 3.5 then happy days - 2nd or 3rd at home infront of the other 3pter or consistantly 3rd away from home is the max you can ask for not sure if it fits but i would have sacrificed Castagna/Risager for Morris & Ellis
  2. Electric6

    Ipswich 2016

    I'm fairly happy with that team Would have preferred to have snatched Jacobsen from Rye House before Peterborough and used him instead of Risager Shame that Morris misses out, made a big impact on the team this year
  3. Electric6

    Ipswich 2016

    Is it as good as the Newcastle team? That is looking really good at the moment
  4. Electric6

    Ipswich 2016

    Let the fans build a consortium and take over if people aren't happy. Louis does a great job in my opinion
  5. Electric6

    A Way Forward For National League Racing?

    ffs it was used as an example, it wasn't looked at with usage of a map or knowledge of locations, who cares where stoke is anyway
  6. Electric6

    A Way Forward For National League Racing?

    teaboy i admit the 4 rider team might be far fetched but the nl & pl need to be bought closer together and the el pushed away from both gee jay - i get what you are saying an agree with most but as i have said above, the MDL can become the nursery class then these youngsters can be fed into the PL at the bottom and the cream will rise all the way to the top Speedway in its current guile cannot sustain 3 leagues
  7. Electric6

    A Way Forward For National League Racing?

    That's simple All premier league clubs have to track 2 British reserves. No draft, however the top runners in the national league go in on a 5 average the rest on a 3. Ellis and Wilson-Dean could quite easily go into the main body of a premier league team under such circumstances. Premier League teams should be put together on a 38 average maximum.
  8. Electric6

    A Way Forward For National League Racing?

    I think some of you are missing the point If you remove the 7+ pointers from the Premier League and make them go Elite League racing to make that League stronger Then the guys moving up from National League on +7 averages will not be racing against a certain level of rider every week Doing this would make the Premier League a stronger version of what the National League is ableit with foreign riders - BUT young brits will be racing against better riders than they are now - it would widen the gap between Premier League and Elite League racing which is what the sport needs Not many people liked the changes to Darts and look how strong that sport/game is now
  9. Electric6

    A Way Forward For National League Racing?

    If you take all the guys who averaged over 7 and put them in the Premier League Someone answer 1 - who moves into the premier 2 - who steps in and replaces them in the national league?
  10. Electric6

    A Way Forward For National League Racing?

    If you take those who score above 7.5+ out of the Premier League and place them into the Elite League and then Take those who score over 7.5 out of the National League and place them into the Premier You are not creating a massive divide between Premier League and National League - in fact you are making the Elite Stronger, the Premier League weaker by removing the top scoring riders, and creating more opportunity for National League riders to step up. Reducing the National league to 4/5 rider teams will allow in my opinion more clubs to field a youth/development side Maybe a different format where there are only 2 teams per meeting but 5 vs 5 would work better, as it would give more riders more heats! The gulf between the top riders in the National League and the bottom is massive - the names mentioned here could potentially be really good riders but perhaps over-hyped due to the level they are at - the above suggestions would allow more progress from bottom to the top.
  11. Electric6

    A Way Forward For National League Racing?

    There are not enough riders in the UK for a 3 tier system. The Top 20 riders in the current national league need to be in the Premier League full-time The Elite League needs to become the British League with the top 10/15 premier league guys racing in it (who are not currently in it) The Premier needs to become the National League with the top 20 national league riders The National League needs to become the Conference League under the format I have stated above
  12. Now what is the national league about? Should it be about teams winning titles and becoming the mini Poole of this league dominating or should it be about developing young British riders to progress up the ranks? I think the National League needs in essence a Major Revamp - I think it HAS to focus on the individual rider rather than the team and thus I would propose the following National League divided into North/South with more clubs asked to compete National League North - Birmingham Buxton Coventry Cradley Glasgow Belle Vue Edinburgh Sheffield National League South - Eastbourne Kent Kings Lynn Mildenhall Rye House Stoke Peterborough/Ipswich Poole The season should run from May 1st - August 31st Teams should consist of 4 rider teams with 1 reserve and the format should be 16 heats and 4 teams per meeting i.e. Eastbourne at home vs Kent vs Kings Lynn vs Mildenhall This would focus on individual riding, not team riding with the emphasis on individual rider developement whilst working towards a team goal. Each club get 14 home meetings and 14 away meetings. Top 2 from each division meeting in the "Grand Final" at a neutral venue Points awarded 4 for 1st, 3 for 2nd, 2 for 3rd and 0 for last place. This would offer any young rider plenty of meetings and experience and again with the emphasis of riding individually against 3 other riders who are not team-mates with the sole focus of winning, not looking out for your team-mate, not tactically riding etc. just pure racing, we could develop a set of riders with a winning mentality under this format.
  13. Electric6

    Ipswich 2016

    £10 for each one wrong then.... Maybe Speedworth themselves will take over The Wtiches and have a "Speedway" person in charge of running the side, they will be able to offset the running costs of the team against their own fiscal activities, and as said before, the potential revenue from food and drink sales etc. as well as exploring additional sponsorship revenues could make it an option. Also, if Speedworth own the Witches then they would be able to sell their Hospitality units per meeting to local businesses for Speedway only - not sure if the units at the moment allow those who have them to watch literally anything at Foxhall - but splitting them could turn over more revenue. At present Speedworth get Rent & Beverage Sales If they took control, they will lose Rent - potentially gain Sponsorship, Advertisnig, Hospitality, Ticket sales, Merchandise and maybe Sky money Also they will be able to cross-promote the Speedway alongside their other events Rent cannot be worth a lot if the Witches are still in business today, even if operating at break even.
  14. Electric6

    Ipswich 2016

    for every rider wrong I'll donate to Charity.... 1. Daniel King 9.39 2. Adam Ellis 4.67 3. Nico Covatti 7.55 4. Bradley Wilson-Dean 5.00 5. Lasse Bjerre 8.30 6. Ashley Morris 4.53 7. Zach Wajtknect 3.00 This isn't the team I would like BTW I would like to see
  15. Electric6

    Ipswich 2016

    a few things that need changes - someone to actively go out there and get more investment from local businesses - invest that money into team building / riders equipment - promote the sport more locally than just using the norm - generate some extra revene through more gate money Speedway is so very much like my sport I promote - there is no governing body, and everyone is in it for themselves instead of helping each other
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