Barrow Boy 2
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1 hour ago, lisa-colette said:Interesting! No judgement from me but most people have put Redcar top, I'd love to know the reasoning why you have put them 6th?
Hi there Lisa.
You might or might now know that each season I produce My Top 2O Riders lists which are based on their most recent results. I have simply applied their previous season's efforts to see how they might continue into 2023. I know that some will improve but based on how they finished up my 2023 prediction is based on this.
Regards BB
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1-Poole
2-Glasgow
3-Oxford
4-Plymouth
5-Scunthorpe
6-Redcar
7-Birmingham-
8-Edinburgh
9-Berwick
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On 2/2/2023 at 9:30 AM, Barrow Boy 2 said:As it stands but with some teams still to complete it looks like Oxford are looking most likely to come out on top. They have 4 riders who are established front runners wheras such as Leicester who will certainly be up there again only have 2 but have perhaps riders who will improve. Will be interesting to see how things develop.
1-Oxford
2-Leicester
3-Belle Vue
4-Kent
5-Workington
6-Berwick
7-Mildemhall
8-Edinburgh
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On 3/8/2023 at 10:04 AM, 4BM said:It’s a strange one with the number 6 spot this year as a lot of good riders down there, some on artificial averages. Just checked Lewis Kerr and with certain matches not counting towards his average in his time at Sheffield (Play offs, League Cup final) his last 10 rolling would be 6.72 (7.54 inc bonus points) if all matches counted, that’s against his actual end of season rolling of 4.71. Like Kings Lynn with their compact second strings I can see Kerr, Howarth and Bellego all possibly having stints at number 6 during the season, think most teams will see movement between 2/4/6 especially once riders have bedded in and received an actual average for this season
All meaningful matches should be included in riders averages. What's the difference between a K/O Cup and a League Match? True averages would then apply and be the same for all.
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On 1/24/2023 at 4:28 PM, 1 valve said:Lions will then operate R/R
Why can't last season's teams be used. It is after all last season's competition.
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21 hours ago, szkocjasid said:Not sure I agree with that for a couple of reasons:
1) these older riders can assist the development of their team mates & be a target for developing riders to beat. I.e if you can beat Ben Morley, then you're teaching Champ reserve level.
2) do you remove all riders who aren't "developing" Elliot Kelly, Josh Embleton, Danny Phillips & Tom Woolley for example?
I do agree they should get rid of the "development" name & just call it the National League.
I said such older non developing riders should be allowed to ride and did not suggest that they should be prevented. I agree that such riders do provide help and guidance to the youngsters.
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18 hours ago, TTT said:Out of interest who do you prefer out of Nicki P or Lindgren?
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On 12/24/2022 at 8:54 AM, Lenny Lion said:Knowing the Thompson family as i do I don’t think Dan will drop the Cubs once he has a Championship place. The boys just love to race their bikes & the Cubs is another opportunity to do that .
I feel the key to this is Dan & Joe can now both drive so there is less pressure on their parents to drive them to matches which allows them to run their family business more effectively .
I think the boys will do NDL away matches & Dan will mechanic Joe’s matches for Scunthorpe on their own which keeps costs down & means Darren can earn money from working aswell .There are better riders in the BNL than the twins who are older and still improving. They should not be prevented from riding while they are so young, They need every opportunity to ride. After all they are still developing and it is a Development League. Having said this there are quite a lot of oldies who are obviously no longer developing but should not be deprived of their inclusion. Perhaps it would be better to drop the word developing and simply call it The British National or Conference League.
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As it stands but with some teams still to complete it looks like Oxford are looking most likely to come out on top. They have 4 riders who are established front runners wheras such as Leicester who will certainly be up there again only have 2 but have perhaps riders who will improve. Will be interesting to see how things develop.
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On 12/2/2022 at 11:26 AM, Sings4Speedway said:Nailed It! IOW promote the club for its own best interests running on days and peak times that will generate the best crowds, putting on events that generate the most interest, not just on the night but across a season. They also run events that suit the track they have. Mildenhall can produce some incredible racing when the track is predictable its possible to watch 4 riders throw bikes at each other lap after lap and cross the line almost together (however when its patchy and unpredictable then the incessant number of fallers and delays is tiresome for many).
As with everything at present the costs are going to be the decisive factor, if the stadium is available for X dates at the right rent then calculations could be done to run a 3/4TT, individuals, pairs, challenge matches or whichever at any riding level the club chooses under NORA........but it will all be down to cost.
Is the reason for the meetings taking too long to run the number of restarts caused by accidents etc. Is Mildenhall a difficult track to race on for novice riders who quite often crash out and cause injury and fence repairs which cause delays.
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Can riders take part in all 3 leagues?
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On 11/20/2022 at 3:33 PM, Big Al said:Mountain's a bit of a puzzle for me. Didn't seem to impose/improve much in the CL over 2021 but always looked very useful riding for Sheffield and not just in heats 2 & 8. Maybe he will stay at Sheffield?
But the fans voted him to be the most improved despite his average dropping.
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Just read about all the improvements that are to be made. New track lighting being one of them. Been banging on about this for ever it seems. Swindon's track equipment has also been purchased.
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This my final list for 2022 which this time includes riders who were not riding at the end bit did enough when they were to warrant inclusion. To qualify all riders must have ridden in at least 10 matches.
01 Alfie Bowtell
02 Jason Edwards
03 Dan Thompson
04 Connor Coles
05 Jack Smith
06 Jordon Jenkins
07 Ben Morley
08 Kyle Bickley
09 Joe Thompson
10 Adam Roynon
11 Henry Atkins
12 Nathan Ablitt
13 Lee Complin
14 Danny Phillips
15 Harry McGurk
16 Luke Crang
17 Sam Hagon
18 Tom Woolley
19 Richard Andrews
20 Greg Blair
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This is my final list for the 2022 season which includes riders who were not riding at the end but did enough when they were to warrant inclusion. The only requirement is they must have ridden in at least 10 matches.
01 Ryan Douglas
02 Sam Masters
03 Ben Barker
04 Richard Lawson
05 Josh Pickering
06 Chris Harris
07 Scott Nicholls
08 Eric Riss
09 Steve Worrall
10 Richie Worrall
11 Craig Cook
12 Nick Morris
13 Tom Brennan
14 Danny King
15 Kyle Howarth
16 Troy Batchelor
17 Hans Andersen
18 Charles Wright
19 Benjamin Basso
20 Lewis Kerr
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Here is my final list for 2022. This time I have included riders who may not have been riding at the end but did enough to warrant inclusion. To qualify such riders must have done 10 matches during the season. Most recent form is taken into account for all riders.
01 Jason Doyle
02 Tobias Musielak
03 Max Fricke
04 Brady Kurtz
05 Chris Harris
06 Jack Holder
07 Richard Lawson
08 Sam Masters
09 Matej Zagar
10 Nicolai Klindt
11 Adam Ellis
12 Luke Becker
13 Benjamin Basso
14 Nick Morris
15 Lewis Kerr
16 Ryan Douglas
17 Danny King
18 Michael Palm Toft
19 Steve Worrall
20 Eric Riss
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I understand that the Leicester Supporters Club Members voted Connor Mountain to be their team's most improved rider despite his closing average being less than his starting average. 4 other riders did in fact improve with the most improver being Nick Morris who was my choice for the award.
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My Top 20 riders on current form as at 30.09.22 are now as follows:-
01 (01) Max Clegg-1200
02 (02) Dan Thompson-1090
03 (03) Jason Edwards-1060
04 (04) Jordon Jenkins-1055
05 (06) Joe Thompson-1010
06 (07) Kyle Bickley-990
07 (05) Ben Morley-950
08 (10) Jake Mulford-945
09 (09) Adam Roynon-925
10 (11) Jack Smith-920
11 (16) Connor Coles-915
12 (12) Henry Atkins-880
13 (15) Nathan Ablitt-830
14 (13) Lee Complin-790
15 (17) Luke Crang-785
16 (20) Danny Phillips-780
17 (14) Harry McGurk-775
18 (17) Sam Hagon-740
19 (18) Tom Woolley-720
20 (----) Josh Warren-680
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My top 20 riders on current form as at 30.09.22 are now as follows:-
01 (03) Ryan Douglas-1120
02 (01) Sam Masters-1100
03 (06) Richard Lawson-1070
04 (05) Josh Pickering-990
05 (07) Scott Nicholls-985
06 (12) Richie Worrall-980
07 (08) Chris Harris-970
08 (09) Eric Riss-965
09 (02) Nick Morris-960
10 (04) Danny King-950
11 (14) Craig Cook-920
12 (17) Steve Worrall-910
13 (11) Kyle Howarth-900
14 (10) Tom Brennan-890
15 (15) Lewis Kerr-860
16 (16) Troy Batchelor-840
17 (13) Benjamin Basso-830
18 (20) Charles Wright-825
19 (----) Hans Andersen-800
20 (----) Ben Cook-780
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My Top 20 Riders on current form as at 30.09.22 are now as follows:-
01 (01) Jason Doyle-1120
02 (08) Jack Holder-960
03 (02) Max Fricke - 950
04 (05) Brady Kurtz-940
05 (03) Chris Harris930
06 (04) Sam Masters-880
07 (12) Nicolai Klindt-875
08 (07) Tobias Musielak-870
09 (06) Luke Becker-840
10 (10) Matej Zagar-790
11 (15) Benjamin Basso-765
12 (11) Adam Ellis-760
13 (09) Nick Morris-755
14 (14) Richard Lawson-750
15 (17) Danny King-725-
16 (----) Frederik Jacobsen-720
17 (16) Steve Worrall-710
18 (13) Ryan Douglas-680
19 (----) Richie Worrall-670
20 (----) Charles Wright-660
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My Top 20 Riders on current form as at 31.08.22 are now as follows:-
01 (----) Max Clegg-1200
02 (02) Dan Thompson-1090
03 (04) Jason Edwards-1060
04 (03) Jordon Jenkins-1050
05 (05) Ben Morley-1020
06 (06) Joe Thompson-1000
07 (07) Kyle Bickley-990
08 (10) Natham Stoneman-950
09 (----) Adam Roynon-940
10 (08) Jake Mulford-915
11 (13) Jack Smith-910
12 (----) Henry Atkins-880
13 (12) Lee Complin-870
14 (09) Harry McGurk-850
15 (14) Nathan Ablitt-830
16 (11) Connor Coles-810
17 (18) Luke Crang-790
18 (16) Tom Woolley-750
19 (----) Sam Hagon-740
20 (19) Danny Phillips-690
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My Top 20 Riders On current form as at 31.08.22 are now as follows:-
01 (01) Sam Masters-1150
02 (04) Nick Morris-1090
03 03) Ryan Douglas-1070
04 (06) Danny King-1050
05 (02) Josh Pickering-1030
06 (07) Richard Lawson-1025
07 (08) Scott Nicholls-980
08 (12 Chris Harris-970
09 (10) Eric Riss-960
10 (16) Tom Brennan-930
11 (09) Kyle Howarth-920
12 (13) Richie Worrall-910
13 (14) Benjamin Basso-905
14 (18) Craig Cook-900
15 (----) Lewis Kerr-880
16 (17) Troy Batchelor-840
17 (15) Steve Worrall-835
18 (----) Ulrich Ostergaard-800
19 (----) Aron Summers-795
20 (11) Charles Wright-790
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My Top 20 Riders on current form as at 31.08.22 Are now as follows:-
01 (01) Jason Doyle-1110
02 (03) Max Fricke-1010
03 (02) Chris Harris-1000
04 (04) Sam Masters-920
05 (05) Brady Kurtz-900
06 (10) Luke Becker-880
07 (08) Tobias Musielak-855
08 (09) Jack Holder-850
09 (15) Nick Morris-845
10 (06) Matej Zagar-840
11 (11) Adam Ellis-810
12 (----) Nicolai Klindt-800
13 (13) Ryan Douglas-750
14 (14) Richard Lawson-740
15 (----) Benjamin Basso-720
16 (12) Steve Worrall-715
17 (17) Danny King-700
18 (07) Josh Pickering-695
19 (19) Michael Palm Toft-680
20 (20) Kyle Howarth-675
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This meeting is too cutthroat. It contains some of the best riders in the world all trying to get into the GPs. One bad ride early on makes them desperate. Would it not be better and safer if such an important meeting had semi finals and a final. This would give all riders more chances to keep an interest in the meeting therefore not making them so desperate.
Predictions for 2023
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Redcar do have a good team and could win out but Poole always seem to find a way.