Well I would imagine his last average was probably a bit higher than Gilkes and probably wouldnt get enough reduction for him to fit.

Time to replace the announcer. My programme looks like I’ve got Parkinson’s every time I visit Ashfield from correcting his mistakes, but tonight has been remarkably bad. Great event and cause, but you literally cannot trust a word he’s saying.

Can’t believe no one has made a thread on the match so here’s my tilt… On a very cold night the two clubs popularly tipped to finish bottom of the league fought it out but it wasn’t much of a fight , more like Bears v Pickering ! On this performance Bears will be ok with Klindt making an instant impact and the rest of the Bears getting solid score throughout and it could have been more without a mechanical issue for Jenkins. Scunthorpe , Pickering apart , were woeful, hard to believe two of them practised at Redcar the previous week. Expected more from MPT  , Lambert and Mountain very disappointing  but Pickering was exceptional after his first ride. Scorpions might do well at home but away ? Bears we’re rock solid but was very impressed how the two reserves rode, Pijper and Scott, both battling with riders far more experienced than they. Good that Wright was also in attendance. Pity about the electrical fault, not sure the meeting should have continued without the red lights working but they got away with no incidents although the delay did lose a few fans on a freezing evening . Despite the one sided score there was some good racing on a decent track with dirt on the outside and slick on the inside but glad we don’t have flag starts every week.    

If its only a rumour why worry😅

I wonder how much of a percentage discount he would get?

And they’re already working on the team for ‘27, almost certainly will be a big hitter at 1..