Petecc 352 Posted March 21, 2021 2 home & 2 away fixtures + maybe a final. Is there any real point to this? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris116 755 Posted March 21, 2021 10 minutes ago, Petecc said: 2 home & 2 away fixtures + maybe a final. Is there any real point to this? The announcement is not even sure how many races will make up each fixture. Surely they should have sorted out how many riders are in a team and the race format before making the announcement? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS50 359 Posted March 21, 2021 Can see advantage of regionalization, but would have preferred home and away twice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gazzac 1,013 Posted March 21, 2021 39 minutes ago, Petecc said: 2 home & 2 away fixtures + maybe a final. Is there any real point to this? No 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunner85 603 Posted March 21, 2021 Anything that increases the number of rides juniors will get has to be a bonus. More track time equates to faster progress. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydog 156 Posted March 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Chris116 said: The announcement is not even sure how many races will make up each fixture. Surely they should have sorted out how many riders are in a team and the race format before making the announcement? I read that another way... didnt he say clubs would run junior races as much as possible even if there wasnt a junior league match? That was what I thought the 3 or 4 races was referring to... I also read it as meaning that the junior league is for the lower NL riders who arent doubling up or on the rising star list. So I'm guessing this is a level in between the current Development Leagues and the NL. That wouldn't be a bad thing, its just a shame about the nomadic teams that will be missing, and the resulting reduction in team places for those trying to get in the NL. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Technik 476 Posted March 22, 2021 It's a good idea in it's self But the question is will the riders support it. Racing for little or no reward on Monday or Thursday is a stretch if the riders or their traveling party have jobs to negotiate around Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,246 Posted March 22, 2021 Certainly sounds like a way of bolstering the shortfall in rides for the lower starred NL riders who have very few meetings already. That said i can't see even those turning up and racing in a second half for nothing. Nothing says closed shop like offering rides to riders who already have team places but it will at least give the chance to trial the new NL formats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triple.H. 1,982 Posted March 22, 2021 IMO the idea smacks of a quickly drawn up back of a fag packet plan to make up for the balls-up of telling the NL how to run their businesses 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flappy 1,594 Posted March 22, 2021 What happens if the Senior fixture is rushed through due to weather and subsequent junior meeting gets rained off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lefty 1,257 Posted March 23, 2021 14 hours ago, Flappy said: What happens if the Senior fixture is rushed through due to weather and subsequent junior meeting gets rained off? 1) the paying public feel short changed (again?) 2) the junior riders miss out and wonder why they bother? 3) the paying public wonder why there was a 25 mins interval between the meetings. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,763 Posted March 23, 2021 And a load of track grading or long pauses between re runs. All the usual garbage which people are fed up with. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
George Dodds 310 Posted March 23, 2021 14 hours ago, Flappy said: What happens if the Senior fixture is rushed through due to weather and subsequent junior meeting gets rained off? Probably the opposite to what happens if it's a sunny night, the senior fixture is completed without delay and the junior fixture goes ahead as planned. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,246 Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, George Dodds said: Probably the opposite to what happens if it's a sunny night, the senior fixture is completed without delay and the junior fixture goes ahead as planned. Sunny night usually leads to a delay as the sun sets on the wrong part of the track.....currently the junior riders are easily dismissed as they are riders without team places the new setup appears to be utilising riders who have NL places so these will be far less quiet about any cancellations are far less likely to return (or indeed lure there midweek in the first place) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
George Dodds 310 Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Sings4Speedway said: Sunny night usually leads to a delay as the sun sets on the wrong part of the track.....currently the junior riders are easily dismissed as they are riders without team places the new setup appears to be utilising riders who have NL places so these will be far less quiet about any cancellations are far less likely to return (or indeed lure there midweek in the first place) apologies for not finding the negative - will try harder in future. A competition - no matter how limited - has been announced which will provide extra track time for those riders who want to, and can, utilise it. Potentially the weather, injuries and delays in the preceding main meeting may restrict or even lead to the cancellation of these races. Alternatively they may not. These opportunities did not exist in previous seasons. It seems like a good thing ... you and many others may disagree. The World might end tonight (or on any subsequent night ... or day) - which could lead to the postponement of the Premiership Junior League. Then again it might not. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
