szkocjasid 3,028 Posted May 16, 2023 On 5/14/2023 at 9:10 PM, szkocjasid said: 2.41 available to (temporarily) replace Killeen, Kinsley is was 2.13 / 2.08 with reduction. Personally I'd go for Kinsley for 28 days for a few reasons, 1) it would give him more track time to help the NL side 2) if Killeen is fit before the 28 days are up, he can ease himself back in with NL racing 3) Kinsley can't guest for a 2.00 rider, so Oxford would have to look elsewhere for guests 4) allows Kinsley to put himself in the shop window for another club (Scunthorpe) if he rides well, but isn't kept on Glad the promotion read my comments & agreed with me lol! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bojangles 594 Posted June 6, 2023 Oxford announced at the Chargers match tonight that Luke Killeen was told he'll be out of action for 12 weeks. However, he went to Poland to have the operation and Sparta are helping him with his recovery. Still sounds like he's going to be out for a while, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fromafar 10,363 Posted June 7, 2023 12 hours ago, Bojangles said: Oxford announced at the Chargers match tonight that Luke Killeen was told he'll be out of action for 12 weeks. However, he went to Poland to have the operation and Sparta are helping him with his recovery. Still sounds like he's going to be out for a while, though. While Luke might be an exciting prospect,what I have seem of him he is far from the finished article and will need to learn to stay on the bike.Too much out of control at times for me. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triple.H. 1,986 Posted June 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Fromafar said: While Luke might be an exciting prospect,what I have seem of him he is far from the finished article and will need to learn to stay on the bike.Too much out of control at times for me. Bit like another couple of Antipodeans in their early days over here. Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger Have to sift through some dusty old files to see if they got any better. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,028 Posted June 24, 2023 (edited) Incredible form shown by Henry Atkins moves him up into the top 5. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on with tougher races, although any points he loses out on should be equalled by Heeps upping his scores at reserve. Does mean r/r for Jenkins is weaker with Kerr no longer eligible for an extra ride. Edited June 25, 2023 by szkocjasid 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IronScorpion 1,407 Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) Atkins rides with a heat leader in 2 of his 4 programmed rides & against opposition heat leaders & 2nd strings so not much harder than before. He has done well when used as a R/R or RS rides. Edited June 25, 2023 by IronScorpion wrong riding order Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted June 25, 2023 Will he or his dad be moaning when he will only be getting 3 rides? Atkins has done well in his last 3 meetings and shows how poor Heeps has been to be booted to reserve. Heeps woeful at many away tracks. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,028 Posted June 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: Will he or his dad be moaning when he will only be getting 3 rides? Atkins has done well in his last 3 meetings and shows how poor Heeps has been to be booted to reserve. Heeps woeful at many away tracks. Not really Heeps started on 4.33 and has upped his average to 4.53 but still drops to reserve. It's Atkin's good scores that have put him at reserve. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,028 Posted June 25, 2023 4 hours ago, IronScorpion said: Atkins rides with a heat leader in 2 of his 4 programmed rides & against opposition heat leaders & 2nd strings so not much harder than before. He has done well when used as a R/R or RS rides. Number 6 to second string isn't such a big jump, number 7 to second string is a massive jump. Obviously depends how often reserves are swapped round too. Although Jason Edwards & Connor Bailey have both shown how much easier it is to score points at number 6 compared to 2 or 4 this year! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,643 Posted June 25, 2023 30 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: Not really Heeps started on 4.33 and has upped his average to 4.53 but still drops to reserve. It's Atkin's good scores that have put him at reserve. 31 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: Not really Heeps started on 4.33 and has upped his average to 4.53 but still drops to reserve. It's Atkin's good scores that have put him at reserve. Although that hides a significant uptick in his home form and an alarmIng drop in his away form. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,028 Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Not really Heeps started on 4.33 and has upped his average to 4.53 but still drops to reserve. It's Atkin's good scores that have put him at reserve. 2 hours ago, arnieg said: Although that hides a significant uptick in his home form and an alarmIng drop in his away form. Heeps 2023 league averages. Home is 4.63, away is 4.44. 2022 averages were 4.51 / 3.88. Obviously the averages on the SpeedwayGB website only show league matches & maybe there is a bigger gap using koc & bsn fixtures, but the stats don't back calls of his poor away form. EDIT: I've now noticed the averages have Oxford riders with 4 home & 2 away matches ridden, despite the team having ridden 3 home & away, so the averages I went by are bound to be wrong! Edited June 25, 2023 by szkocjasid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arnieg 3,643 Posted June 26, 2023 8 hours ago, szkocjasid said: Heeps 2023 league averages. Home is 4.63, away is 4.44. 2022 averages were 4.51 / 3.88. Obviously the averages on the SpeedwayGB website only show league matches & maybe there is a bigger gap using koc & bsn fixtures, but the stats don't back calls of his poor away form. EDIT: I've now noticed the averages have Oxford riders with 4 home & 2 away matches ridden, despite the team having ridden 3 home & away, so the averages I went by are bound to be wrong! 6.81 v 2.84 that's a huge variance http://www.gbspeedway.com/2023/riderperf.php?mc1=x&mc2=ta&mc3=pf&mc4=Oxford Cheetahs&rider=Cameron Heeps&league=B&sort=date&comp=All&club=Oxford Cheetahs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,028 Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, arnieg said: 6.81 v 2.84 that's a huge variance http://www.gbspeedway.com/2023/riderperf.php?mc1=x&mc2=ta&mc3=pf&mc4=Oxford Cheetahs&rider=Cameron Heeps&league=B&sort=date&comp=All&club=Oxford Cheetahs I saw that and couldn't understand how there was such a big difference between that & his "official averages" (before noticing a mistake) However my comments were originally saying he hasn't gone to reserve because of poor form, which I stick by. A big home vs away split on other competitions had no bearing on his average. Last year (league matches only) it was 4.51 vs 3.88, this year it's 6.00 vs 3.14. So while his away has dropped a little & is very poor to be honest, it's his big increase in home form that makes it stand out more! Edited June 26, 2023 by szkocjasid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SJA 40 Posted June 27, 2023 I'm looking at popping up for a couple of meetings during the summer. Does anyone fancy splitting the cost of a taxi to the track from the train station? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dornier 795 Posted October 11, 2023 Lewi Kerr announced he wont be back at Oxford 2024 they told him yesterday he's not in their plans Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
