Premier League Pairs - Friday 11th July

[Arson fire 4,785]

No danny hasnt rode required meetings for newcastle yet to be considered. ..unless rules have changed

whats the criteria regarding meetings then??

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,695]

whats the criteria regarding meetings then??

not sure - the fag packet it was wriiten on was dropped and blew away. wink

[2ndbendbeerhut 1,781]

BSPA shooting themselves in the foot again?! How many people going to Cardiff would have made plans to include this if their team was announced as riding? But as noone knows then might as well make it a Sat/Sun trip instead?

[screm 8,050]

whats the criteria regarding meetings then??

 

What you mean there`s a criteria !!!!!!!!.

[2ndbendbeerhut 1,781]

whats the criteria regarding meetings then??

Whoever turns up?!

[racers and royals 8,712]

Trouble is the BSPA can`t win-announce the teams now(would have to been calculated at the June cut-off date of 23rd May -and some punters would have said that`s too early to reflect current form and scoring. The other alternative is wait until nearer the date-ie 23rd June cut-off and announce the next day. Which is still 3 weeks before the meeting.

[Arson fire 4,785]

It's on tv anyway so we are just gonna watch it in Cardiff in the boozer, rather than drive across.

Edited June 12, 2014 by Arson fire

[CaptainAudi 147]

What's the requirement? 8 meetings or something like that?

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,695]

Trouble is the BSPA can`t win-announce the teams now(would have to been calculated at the June cut-off date of 23rd May -and some punters would have said that`s too early to reflect current form and scoring. The other alternative is wait until nearer the date-ie 23rd June cut-off and announce the next day. Which is still 3 weeks before the meeting.

As the rolling averages for either month would contain meetings from 2013 then neither can really be considered a reflection of current form so makes no difference either way IMO.

 

May as well announce the qualifiers and let them get on with promoting to the fans from those teams rather than a last minute when people have made other plans.

[smod 145]

I believe you'll find the qualifiers are already known, the three riders each club's pair is to be selected from are known and we will be advised who is racing very soon.

 

Maybe the BSPA website tomorrow, at the usual time?

 

(Danny King won't be involved, he has raced insufficient matches).

[crescent girl 1,904]

Confirmed tonight: Berwick's e-newsletter tells us:

 

Despite a few worriers (OK, moaners) when our strength-in-depth squad was first announced that without a heavy-hitter carrying a big average at No 1 we would have "no chance" of getting into the big PL events such as the Fours or the Pairs in 2014, we are happy to confirm your Bandits will indeed be involved when the ten top Premier clubs line up their best twosomes at Somerset next month, on Friday 11th, the night before the Cardiff GP!

 

Our pair (which will be drawn from Claus, Kevin or David) will be in Group B, alongside Edinburgh, Somerset, Plymouth and Sheffield.

[Marksman 528]

So by that information, Group A will consist of Ipswich, Newcastle, Peterborough, Redcar, Workington.

Newcastle still qualify without Danny King included.

[2ndbendbeerhut 1,781]

Using June GSA If its the top 3 that count for qualification:

 

WORKINGTON 24.81

Josh Grajczonek 9.23

Ricky Wells 7.84

Rene Bach 7.74

EDINBURGH 24.20

Craig Cook 10.7

Max Fricke 6.59

Sam Masters 6.91

SOMERSET 23.96

Nick Morris 8.67

Pontus Aspgren 7.41

Olly Allen 7.88

PETERBOROUGH 22.88

Ryan Fisher 8.04

Ulrich Ostergaard 6.84

Lasse Bjerre 8

PLYMOUTH 22.46

Ben Barker 9.32

Rasmus Jensen 6.73

Adam Roynon 6.41

REDCAR 22.06

Richard Lawson 8.71

Carl Wilkinson 6.09

Aaron Summers 7.26

IPSWICH 21.94

Richie Worrall 8.07

Rohan Tungate 6.7

Morten Risager 7.17

BERWICK 21.70

Claus Vissing 7.77

David Bellego 6.92

Kevin Doolan 7.01

SHEFFIELD 21.57

Simon Stead 9.39

Andre Compton 4.78

Leigh Lanham 7.4

NEWCASTLE 21.23

Ludvig Lindgren 7.37

Lewis Kerr 6.36

Stuart Robson 7.5

GLASGOW 20.70

Kevin Wolbert 7.69

Theo Pijper 6.78

Rusty Harrison 6.23

SCUNTHORPE 20.61

Nikolai Klindt 7.33

Ryan Douglas 6.71

Josh Auty 6.57

RYE HOUSE 20.51

Eddie Kennett 8.9

Steve Boxall 5.75

Luke Bowen 5.86

So looks like Glasgow, Scunthorpe and Rye House miss out

Edited June 12, 2014 by 2ndbendbeerhut

[george.m 3,063]

Surprised Glasgow aren't included.

We could have had a couple of guests.

[Paulco 7,072]

whats the criteria regarding meetings then??

Depends on whether you're flavour of the month within the BSPA inner sanctum or not . We had Craig Watson ride in this for us one year before he had ridden a league match for us .