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6 riders in that team potentially will be missing over several weekends for official FIM U19 U21 and U24 events plus GP2 qualifying and main events, then various European championships, at times these young riders will be required more for these events and missing Poole and any other team that they may have signed for. Could be a reason not to sign a young team with potential

I agree but I also think Zach is in the same boat as Musielak now where he's maxed out his GSA tbh (7.35) I can see Zach spending a year at King's Lynn or Northampton if the points limit isn't 40.00 as I don't see how the Aces can fit both Cook's as well as Kurtz/Bewley in a 38 limit for example. After Bewley's reduction the 4 riders come to 31.75.

I like that - questions over Tate in heats 13 and 15 and a very young side but should do well again

R. Lawson 8.15 C. Rushen 5.01 W. Cairns 6.44 L. Harrison 5.70 T. Zischke 6.56 S. Lightcap 4.00 B. Landon/V. Muddle 4.00 Total: 39.86

Lawson Cooper Tate Mitch Mcdiarmid Harrison Slater/Landon Beau? would leave just over 5 for the last rider, so opens the door to a new 5point rider to start the season at reserve

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A new Aussie is usually the go to. Or maybe Brady Landon?

He does but is still a very young lad. It's happened before when they come over to ride together, its just a feeling as they don't seem to travel apart and both in the Ward camp. Both at Glasgow would be my guess. Which would be a crying shame for Workington if they get neither.

One of the "weird" plusses for Speedway is the actual lack of huge financial rewards for winning.. No team would put together a team of "World Beaters" as they couldn't afford it, or, even if they could, their own crowds would suffer, as watching them hammer opponents each meeting would become boring... It doesn't even need massive differences in team averages, just stop moving the sport backwards each season... And having a "Manchester United" that brings the largest crowds in when they visit can't be a bad thing for the sport.. Other "Minority" sports, like both Rugby codes, Basketball and Ice Hockey have their regular "top teams", who bring in good home fan turnouts when visitng other teams.. It should always be about moving the sport forward..

With nearly half of the top nine riders being Belle Vue 2026 riders, I can see us having to release lads once again to bolster our opponents.

Apologies i meant to add at the End of Season Awards on Saturday

What we need is consistency. As it is we may get three meetings on consecutive Mondays one month then one meeting the next month. I like the suggestion of one night a week for top-flight British speedway and one meeting every two weeks. We'd soon get into the habit. Eight teams would be perfect but I guess that six or seven would be possible too. Also, we could have some 'fillers' for the 'diehard' fans who would go whatever the meeting. Possibly three-team matches, local challenges, etc. Hope I am not getting too carried away but have the sense that some of the promoters are getting serious about presenting a more credible product! Just hope that there are enough of them to change what we have had to put up with for so long!

Agree. Probably have to adopt the Danish format with 6 Man Teams to get around it as well as limiting Heat Leaders to an x amount per team in order to share them around?

Why would a sport run on a day when crowds will be generally at their lowest? Monday may work best for the Aces, but there’s a reason why most of the Premiership clubs race predominantly on a Thursday. Louis referenced it a number of times, and Coleman re-iterated it recently that for the Witches crowd numbers on a Monday are significantly lower than a Thursday.

no, obviosly not, just what i heard

Where has it been announced? Just asking.

Tom isn't at Belle Vue, but Ben Cook could be, that i certainly can't comment on. Whatever i'm sure as every season Belle Vue will be strong with their usual top 2. I get the Lidsey comments, but i also think he is in elsewhere. As so many are saying, we are guessing, well most of us are guessing, as we don't know how many teams are coming to tapes yet, but Phil is right, if we go to 8 teams, where are the 14 extra riders coming from??

Just done the maths - 2.05 - so cold potentially have 4.05 to play with for a better reserve than Southwick. Any suggestions?

If you replace King with Harrison, how many points does that free up to upgrade Southwick from that lineup?

I agree with much of this but do think team strengths need equalising somehow - it works well in other sports. If Ipswich had been allowed to keep their side from 1998, not only would the 99 season probably have bankrupted them if they'd retained all riders, would other teams have actually stood a chance of competing either? There should be a much wider gap between Championship and Premiership.

I thought Luke Harrison was Poole bound

They are to be announced at the End of Season do on Saturday (24th) along with the names of the first signings for 2027.

Wasn’t Rowe rumoured to be off there aswell alongside Harris,Flint and Dan Thompson,so wouldn’t be room for Tate.

So a team of Lawson 8.15 Rushen 5.01 Zischke 6.56 Cairns 6.44 King 7.76 Lightcap 4.00 Southwick 2.00 Total 39.92 That team would definitely have the right balance and would be the team to beat again.

Is that official Phil?