leander 495 Posted October 6, 2019 22 hours ago, NeilWatson said: Art 16.1 of the Speedway Regulations states: Fixtures shall take priority as follows: FIM Speedway Grand Prix Speedway Of Nations Speedway Grand Prix Qualifying Meetings FIM U21 World Speedway Championship Meetings FIM Speedway European Championship FIM Europe U21 Championship British Championships (Senior, Junior) BSPA Shared and Fee EventsOfficial Competitions: 1. SGB Premiership; 2. SGB Championship; 3. National Development League. (my emphasis) NB. Non-Official Competitions have no priority over any of the above. A Championship fixture should take priority over an NDL fixture at any time, regardless of when it was arranged. However it appears that this season an unwritten addition to Art 16.1 applies - 'the more important fixture shall take priority'. That is subjective, but might be seen as commonsense. The precedent was set when Richard Lawson rode for Ipswich last Saturday so the Danny Phillips decision followed that precedent. What should happen is that a 'Supplementary Regulation' be issued by the SCB clarifying that Play-Off fixtures take priority over other fixtures - if that has been done it doesn't yet appear on the SCB website. Yes but:- 16.1.1 Priority will be given to riders participating in the SGB Premiership League on Mondays and Thursdays. Priority will be given to riders participating in the SGB Championship League on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The regulation is in bold. So it seems that it's a case of "we know what the regulations says but if you shout loud enough we'll conveniently ignore it for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeilWatson 1,988 Posted October 6, 2019 1 hour ago, leander said: Yes but:- 16.1.1 Priority will be given to riders participating in the SGB Premiership League on Mondays and Thursdays. Priority will be given to riders participating in the SGB Championship League on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The regulation is in bold. So it seems that it's a case of "we know what the regulations says but if you shout loud enough we'll conveniently ignore it for you. 16.1.1 is in bold simply because it is a new regulation for 2019. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruffdiamond 6,115 Posted October 6, 2019 6 minutes ago, NeilWatson said: 16.1.1 is in bold simply because it is a new regulation for 2019. What about the new rules that aren't in the book yet, do they just leave that bit blank ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
June01 268 Posted January 18, 2020 Can anyone tell me why Nicol in heat 3 and Pickering in heat 12 went off 15 metres at this meeting please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heedthebaw 439 Posted January 19, 2020 2 hours ago, June01 said: Can anyone tell me why Nicol in heat 3 and Pickering in heat 12 went off 15 metres at this meeting please? Obviously touched the tapes or got excluded/ disqualified for time allowance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
June01 268 Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Heedthebaw said: Obviously touched the tapes or got excluded/ disqualified for time allowance Which? And you forgot anticipating the start. Edited January 19, 2020 by June01 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StevePark 2,740 Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) On 1/18/2020 at 9:39 PM, June01 said: Can anyone tell me why Nicol in heat 3 and Pickering in heat 12 went off 15 metres at this meeting please? Both missed the two minutes: http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/19results/edinburgh_04.10.19_res.pdf Edited January 20, 2020 by StevePark 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites