It has happened before. If Pickering races in the Champ his 2027 Champ ave will be his most recent, not his 2026 Prem average. I agree it's a daft rule. But they don't think things things through when they make rules, do they? Most recent example would be Drew Kemp, he signed for Workington on his 2026 Prem ave converted, not his 2025 Champ ave for Berwick. He didn't have to miss a whole season to use a converted average.

Bloody hell

Monarchs could still fit in an 8.50 newcomer at 1. Rumoured on the Ipswich thread that Kim Nilsson could be coming in as a 6.00 in the Premiership, in which case he would be an 8.50 in the Championship (category 3 rider under SCB regulations)

Yep, definitely Dan, goatee different to his brother’s 😀

Probably all true... And definitely all laughable..  

I'm not saying whether it is right or wrong to discount dead-rubber meetings from riders averages.  I'm just saying that's the way it has been done in previous seasons, and so by discounting the after-date meetingfrom averages this year, at least they are applying consistency. Of course the riders get paid.  But a rider may decide that losing several hundred pounds from his paypacket for the last meeting of 2026 is worth it to get himself a better opportunity for 2027.   It's been done before. Alternatively a promoter wanting to use that rider on a lower average next year may be willing to pay him the difference to not score points.   That's been done before too.