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This rule has affected, is affecting, us. However whilst I totally agree it's an awful rule, I get why it's in place. Imagine "cough" cough" certain promoters bringing in ringers in the latter stages of the season to win the league for them. As usual the many are hampered by the "dodgy" few, who spoil it for everyone.

Awesome performance by the Stars. The form team going into the play offs and fingers crossed they can bring home their first top league title!

But someone did so it was changed and now genuine cases are being punished

I can do these for £39.99 or 2 for £74.99

It's about time the BSPA told riders to make up their mind where their priorities lye,then sort out our leagues with what's left.Its the only way forward as even our young talent will be enticed abroad much quicker in their career.

Hope you enjoyed your "free practice"

Like TJ 2, 3, 0 MPT 3, 3, 0, 1 Riss 2', 0, 3, XT There all at it

Scunny needed to have started on the 28th to have a chance

Surely if your full team is available thats what it should be .We are always moaning about rider shortage and in this case not necessary

The Somerset team manager admitted to doctoring the track on TV Shame as it spoilt the entertainment value of the meeting.

Heat five from match two http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/_mobile/news.php?extend.35414

To be fair (and I am not sticking up for the BSPA) I dare say it’s been written like that because teams in the past have brought in ringers for the play offs and cup finals.

woooooosschh!

Can't see Belle Vue winning now with Dan Bewley out , Kings Lynn have a chance but the favourites are Somerset in my view. I would imagine if Kings Lynn are top the would choose Belle Vue and if Somerset are top they would choose Poole.

Thanks Bald bloke..... I'm just hoping that Brundle doesn't post that its defo on.... Then I will know not to travel

A route taken by many a disgruntled speedway fan i fear. Miss- Sigh -Gone.

It seems strange that a club cannot replace a rider with season ending injuries after the cut off date. Some common sense would surely be in order in these circumstances...

Prob matt ford !

Yeah good lad that Rosco!!

On another thread another poster has just described the bloke from Monster as 'an absolute penis of a man'. I am unsure whether this is more perception than fact. But it does seem a reasonable conclusion from the evidence.

That is what is known as a joke, like many of your posts!

Despite his big upturn in form I think Callum Walker could be victim of this, with him effectively being rested so a guest can be used for Danyon. That gives you back 4 heat leaders and walker rr = 1 heat leader and 3 reserve rides. Which is far stronger then 3 heat leaders and, Hume rr = flint, walker plus 2 reserve rides.

I thought neil been doing the track in recent weeks been on holiday ?

VOR does not help his case when criticising JC for things over which he has no control (i.e. stadium seating) - his general bitterness, coupled with a total inability 'to let it go' tend only to make him a laughing stock amongst the more rational forum members.

Riss is a major boost for Kings Lynn and Simon Lambert is pretty good at home shame for Garrity but Riss is far better.

Surely thats mid morning form !!!

Speedway Heaven.... A Poole Thrashing :D

A couple of weeks ago, all we got from Poole fans was " We're top of the League", now all of a sudden after a complete thrashing they never wanted to win the league anyway!!!

Neither are Swindon.

Will the plucky under dogs Poole, defy all the odd and win the P/offs.

Kings Lynn are doing a job on us, simple as that. They are up for it and we went into the meeting not bothered. Top spot wasn’t in reach after the loss at Swindon. It really is as simple as that.

No, he was meant to be riding in Denmark but it is whether we would pay his Danish club some compensation type money so we could use him. How much would his Danish club want? What if it Polish club standard of money? No thanks. He didn't even do that well on BH Mon anyway!

Should be Noted it was at Glasgow last year though not Sheffield

You're right and I've pointed this out a couple of times in previous threads: the original dimensions of the speedway track at BP were in almost exactly the same proportions (width of centre green to the distance between the apexes of the corners) as those of the cycle track at Slater Street. A bizarre coincidence?

You're making things up, as usual. Racers and Royals has quote the rule correctly.

2018 rule 16.3.4 No Team changes will be allowed after 12TH August with the effective date being 15th August, except for riders returning to the Team after injury who must re-take their position, dictated by their MA with their replacement being released.

Monday night is absolutely not speedway night, except in Wolverhampton.

You would have thought he would have noticed it earlier and made plans to avoid it.

only the last two meetings

Vindicating cheating. . . . no surprise there then. . .. pathetic man.

Horror track troll still on patrol I see. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ thank god for decent Aces fans.

Actually I dont see an awful lot wrong with the set up we have currently. If only it operated with a little more sporting integrity. Top 8 being needed to ensure qualification and those below that have to sweat it out for a wild card pick (or have put themselves through the qulifiers as a safety net). Top 3 from the Challenge and 4 honestly chosen wildcards is also fine. The two real flaws I can see are 1) The strange way in which the qualifers were done and dusted so early in the season this year. It has totally spolied the drama and means that some riders know that they are in for next year when this years series was only at the half way point. Daft. 2) The independent nature of the 'picks' is just bogus. Despite what some here will claim. The picking of Holder last October was a sporting disgrace. Thankfully he has not helped to hide the blushes of those who picked him with a rush of 'form' and he should be gone by the year end. Sadly reputations have been tarnished irrevocably.

That extra speed is down to not using bar/fork cover I bet

Baldys a big girls blouse - does that count?

Not a pop at your post at all, the best compromise would have been for clubs to try and accept rearranged dates and not decline because their injured number 1 wouldn't be back or can't visit you then because we are due at xxx the next day and the latter was from a club that had less than 100 miles to travel from one club to the next. How many times have Glasgow, Edinburgh, Berwick, Somerset and Plymouth travelled the length of the country on back to back fixtures. The spirit of I'm all right jack is alive and well in the BSPA!

Another example of reserves winning meetings is now at Workington, a former no1 is now a reserve & beating riders that he couldn't do before. It is also about team building & Newcastle & Berwick are proving that you don't need no1's but strength in depth to win meetings as their reserves, between them, often score 15+.

Yet the Premiership is now actively trying to entice several Championship clubs to fortify it's rather pathetic current number. I wouldn't be surprised if fixed race nights are abandoned and the current strength of Championship clubs becomes the new top level, as Championship sides reduce their maximum averages even further. You have to go with what pays, which means going with their most successful race night/day for all clubs.

With Newcastle still to visit in league and cup, might be a good idea to run that as a double header, should be an easy 3 points and next round of the cup. And only 1 travel.

Name any other sport with a standing start where the athletes/drivers/Riders are allowed to anticipate the start? F1? No. WRC? No. Swimming? No Athletics? No MotoGP? No A standing start is about standing still and react to a start signal. It is not about chancing / anticipating the start. Transponders would solve this problem. You do allot of start testing and decide which reaction time should be the limit. This can the be monitored during the start and it would be easy to see if it is a good start or a chance start.

now i know you dont have a repuation for being the sharpest tool in the shed but i think if look,the time the decison was made Steve Worrall was declared fit interesting you dont mention the two fixtures home fixtures that you pulled on a Saturday earlier in the season? and who was it who had to take an NL guest to Glasgow one a Friday because you couldnt get a guest? and its also interesting looking back to last year who were we waiting for to complete meetings again? on yes,it was Workington was it 5 or 6 you had to run last September? obviously just adding Balance to the argument