East End Fan 426 Posted June 17, 2021 14 hours ago, teaboy279 said: Also worth noting that the Kent promotion aren't complaining about losing money every meeting. That's because the team is built to a budget. Far better to finish bottom half of the table but still have a club the following season, then to win all the trophies and have to close. I am sure Workington fans would hand back those historic trophies to have weekly speedway again. Well said, Teaboy, I completely agree. Winning everything is nice, but if it puts the club in the Poor House, what is the good ? This year, I am very happy just to enjoy the racing win or lose. Rider availability is much more difficult now that we are not in the EU, so any team needing a new rider will struggle unless exceedingly lucky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinBSN 617 Posted June 17, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 1:45 PM, dave1075 said: Looking at current averages for the 1st June, if you take Tom Bacon (5.28), Paul Hurry (5.72) & the spare 1.94 for team building it totals 12.94. Maybe the management could look at persuading Adam Ellis (8.00) & Gino Manzares (4.00) to come on board. Another option might be Bradley Wilson Dean ( seeing he is here for the GP Qualifier at Glasgow) by persuading him to stay over for the season & also looking if Ellis Perks has changed his mind to race this season. Not sure on what their current averages would be. Adam Ellis has signed somewhere in the Championship so could well be Kent. But I can't see how he's got an 8 ave? Didn't start the season in championship so should be a conversion of his 6.49 premiership which is 9.74? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,247 Posted June 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, HGould said: Any Kent fans help me? Was planning on coming to Leicester meeting and got Tickets, having missed rained off fixture and got a few days booked in Tenterden. Been told that Leicester on 22nd June and Poole on 29th June are now OFF and Kent website seems to show that but no explanation. http://www.kent-speedway.com/fixtures21 Kent Next match on website is KOC tie in early July. Can't see that being a big Crowd with a big deficit to make up. Will we be offered a Refund or to move to another Fixture Whats happening at Kent? I can't think of any acceptable reason why you wouldn't be offered a refund if you contact the club and ask. Im getting the sneaky suspicion with Kent marking the next two meetings as OFF, Eastbourne to make an announcement tomorrow that Speedway might go on hold until July. Sad as it sounds theres no point continuing to run if everyone is making losses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave1075 56 Posted June 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Marshall07 said: Adam Ellis has signed somewhere in the Championship so could well be Kent. But I can't see how he's got an 8 ave? Didn't start the season in championship so should be a conversion of his 6.49 premiership which is 9.74? I stand corrected, but I noticed that Adam Ellis’s final average in the Championship for Birmingham in 2019 was 8.00 & was under the impression that everyone’s average was based on their final average from the 2019 season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinBSN 617 Posted June 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, dave1075 said: I stand corrected, but I noticed that Adam Ellis’s final average in the Championship for Birmingham in 2019 was 8.00 & was under the impression that everyone’s average was based on their final average from the 2019 season. Wouldn't surprise me if they just allowed that to happen tbh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HGould 2,213 Posted June 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, Marshall07 said: Wouldn't surprise me if they just allowed that to happen tbh! Very few options on 9 points plus. He would be eligible to guest on that figure though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinBSN 617 Posted June 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, HGould said: Very few options on 9 points plus. He would be eligible to guest on that figure though How bad is Heeps injury? Replacing Bacon and Heeps could bring Adam and a 4/5 pointer in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobC 664 Posted June 17, 2021 Kent v Poole rearranged for 27th July, I believe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
