KK62 68 Posted February 5 The rule has made it a closed shop as no unattached rider will get a guest booking as clubs will take the easy option of giving the spot to a guest reserve. With only 10 matches anyway , scattered over seven months , there is little opportunity for ANY youngster just starting out to impress as we have heard nothing about the other proposed events. Combine this with the rule in the youth championship of a specific cut off for a birthday thereby eliminating a few new youngsters because they are the oldest in their school year yet some of their classmates qualify it simply makes life even more difficult to get the chance to progress. Very disappointing decision by someone who is supposed to be all about development. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W9 Lion 222 Posted February 6 17 hours ago, KK62 said: The rule has made it a closed shop as no unattached rider will get a guest booking as clubs will take the easy option of giving the spot to a guest reserve. With only 10 matches anyway , scattered over seven months , there is little opportunity for ANY youngster just starting out to impress as we have heard nothing about the other proposed events. Combine this with the rule in the youth championship of a specific cut off for a birthday thereby eliminating a few new youngsters because they are the oldest in their school year yet some of their classmates qualify it simply makes life even more difficult to get the chance to progress. Very disappointing decision by someone who is supposed to be all about development. Err, announcements have been made, http://www.leicesterspeedway.com/news.php?extend.32433 LEICESTER will switch to Sunday afternoon racing for their home fixtures in the National Development League this season. Fixtures for the third tier are currently in the process of being finalised, but the club can confirm the Lion Cubs have scheduled matches at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park for Sundays at 3pm. The move has been made in order to provide maximum rider availability both for the Cubs and their opponents bearing in mind Championship commitments. Skipper Joe Thompson has a Championship team place with Plymouth, who will be racing at home predominantly on Saturday evenings, and Max James is racing for Edinburgh who have various Saturday away matches. Another key reason for the switch is that it opens up greater opportunities to make use of the new mini-track for second half events featuring 250cc and 125cc riders, which would otherwise be constrained by time on a Saturday evening. Leicester’s first home NDL fixture of the season is expected to take place at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park on Sunday April 7 (3pm).The club will also be staging a round of the new National League Riders Development Series individual competition. This will take place on Sunday August 4 (3pm). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fortythirtyeight 840 Posted February 6 6 hours ago, W9 Lion said: Err, announcements have been made, http://www.leicesterspeedway.com/news.php?extend.32433 LEICESTER will switch to Sunday afternoon racing for their home fixtures in the National Development League this season. Fixtures for the third tier are currently in the process of being finalised, but the club can confirm the Lion Cubs have scheduled matches at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park for Sundays at 3pm. The move has been made in order to provide maximum rider availability both for the Cubs and their opponents bearing in mind Championship commitments. Skipper Joe Thompson has a Championship team place with Plymouth, who will be racing at home predominantly on Saturday evenings, and Max James is racing for Edinburgh who have various Saturday away matches. Another key reason for the switch is that it opens up greater opportunities to make use of the new mini-track for second half events featuring 250cc and 125cc riders, which would otherwise be constrained by time on a Saturday evening. Leicester’s first home NDL fixture of the season is expected to take place at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park on Sunday April 7 (3pm).The club will also be staging a round of the new National League Riders Development Series individual competition. This will take place on Sunday August 4 (3pm). That’s on the Leicester site, which most people don’t read and that still doesn’t tell you any details…. Like who is in it ?, how many rounds ? Who qualifies to ride in it ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mc131 365 Posted February 6 5 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said: That’s on the Leicester site, which most people don’t read and that still doesn’t tell you any details…. Like who is in it ?, how many rounds ? Who qualifies to ride in it ? Details on british speedway website open to top 2 available riders from each club. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W9 Lion 222 Posted February 7 19 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said: That’s on the Leicester site, which most people don’t read and that still doesn’t tell you any details…. Like who is in it ?, how many rounds ? Who qualifies to ride in it ? Your original post was that we had heard nothing which as they previous couple of posts have pointed out is not the case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TMW 533 Posted February 7 I’m just glad to have been part of the NL in its hay day ! Great Days ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sings4Speedway 3,247 Posted February 15 Had a brief look at the sparse NDL fixtures for 2024 and was disappointed to see there is a fixture scheduled for the 11th October! Obviously there are likely to be rain offs etc but just two fixtures currently in September and the rest knocked out by the end of August makes sense. I can understand why any side would want to delay hosting Edinburgh for a s long as possible but October feels extreme... 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islander15 1,065 Posted February 17 (edited) On 2/15/2024 at 1:46 PM, Sings4Speedway said: Had a brief look at the sparse NDL fixtures for 2024 and was disappointed to see there is a fixture scheduled for the 11th October! Obviously there are likely to be rain offs etc but just two fixtures currently in September and the rest knocked out by the end of August makes sense. I can understand why any side would want to delay hosting Edinburgh for a s long as possible but October feels extreme... What’s the chances that it doesn’t get staged if neither side can win the league? Edited February 17 by Islander15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoundTheBoards 271 Posted February 17 29 minutes ago, Islander15 said: What’s the chances that it doesn’t get staged if neither side can win the league? I'd say zero chance of it not being staged, since it is Belle Vue v Edinburgh. Belle Vue always complete their fixtures at the NSS, and as BV and Edinburgh are 2 of the stronger NDL teams, there's a good chance that one of them will be in with a chance of winning the league. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
