Same in west of Scotland, Berwick colder, Glasgow wetter

I agree, I've always said that the only obstacles to overcome are injuries as well as hoping Torun don't withdraw Emil's starting permission.

Emil turned down heat 15 coz he had bike issues earlier during the meeting.

Would not be averse to giving him a chance at least.  A young enthusiastic local Scottish lad is surely worthy of a bit encouragement.  Monarchs are likely to be quite strong at #6 all season anyway so Stene's job would "only" be to score 2 points against other reserves and it's job done.   Possibly there  may be other NL alternatives from further south who may be available and may be willing to travel but question is would anyone else be likely to contribute more than 2 -3 points per match.  Just a thought.

Programmed rides only (i.e. four rides each), including bonus points. Not difficult. As explained by people who made the effort to find out, Doyle and Sayfutdinov were chosen for Heat 15. I don't know how Thompson gained the final place in the Sanders event, having been tied on Paid 9 with those two, but Sayfutdinov even turned down  Heat 15, and maybe Doyle decided he was happy with just one more ride after his earlier fall.

Fair enough I hadn't realised heat 15 didn't count so I stand corrected on that. But Doyle was still on paid 9 same as Thompson. I would have liked to see the best riders from both teams in those extra heats.