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James Sarjeant. rising star

Personally imo if riders put Poland and another league or two before the UK which i can understand from a riders perspective as Zloty rules.But if they are dropped by their team or not getting many starts they shouldn't be allowed back to ride in the UK for the season.We can't be seen as a soft touch.Some of those may already be thinking if i get dropped by my overseas team i will always get a spot back in the UK.Don't let them take the mick.

We're alright just discussed with a mate and we are going to break Garrity out of prison.He certainly won't let us down

Promoting the young Brits in both leagues is a great move forward. 2021 is the first step forward after the grim reeper saw off 2020. Hopefully ,this is a new start where British Speedway is run for the benefit of the Sport as opposed to promoters looking after their own individual needs. Having Eurosport on board is another boost for Speedway... in particular Speedway on Quest for a broader section of the public to watch Speedway on the TV. Cautious optimism as far as I am concerned

A full field of sixteen for the Finnish Championship at Kauhajoki on 13th February.

2021 CHAMPIONSHIP BERWICK BANDITS AVE -2.50% 1 Aaron Summers 7.51 7.51 2 Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 7.46 7.46 3 Jye Etheridge 6.84 6.84 4 Daniel Gappmaier 6.32 6.32 5 Kasper Andersen 4.86 4.86 6 Kyle Bickley 3.78 3.69 7 Leon Flint 3.41 RSx3* 3.33 Actual Total: 40.27 1 to 6 Total: 36.77 Rising Star 3* 38.00 3.00 Remaining: 1.23 Team Total 39.77 41.00 BIRMINGHAM BRUMMIIES AVE -2.50% 1 Chris Harris 8.69 8.48 2 Eric Riss 8.41 8.41 3 Ashley Morris 5.45 5.32 4 Valentin Groubauer 5.38 5.38 5 James Shanes 5.31 5.18 6 Paco Castagna 4.93 4.93 7 Jack Thomas 2.48 RSx2* 2.42 Actual Total: 40.65 1 to 6 Total: 37.70 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 1.30 Team Total 39.70 41.00 EASTBOURNE EAGLES AVE -2.50% 1 Edward Kennett 8.61 8.40 2 Richard Lawson 8.31 8.11 3 Lewis Kerr 7.52 7.34 4 Tom Brennan 6.04 5.89 5 Kyle Newman 5.16 5.03 6 Drew Kemp 3.58 3.49 7 Jason Edwards 2.00 RSx2* 2.00 Actual Total: 41.22 1 to 6 Total: 38.26 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 0.74 Team Total 40.26 41.00 EDINBURGH MONARCHS AVE -2.50% 1 Sam Masters 9.03 9.03 2 Richie Worrall 8.24 8.04 3 Josh Pickering 6.98 6.98 4 Nathan Greaves 4.61 4.50 5 Kye Thomson 4.00 4.00 6 William Lawson 4.01 3.91 7 Joe Lawlor 2.00 RSx2* 2.00 Actual Total: 38.87 1 to 6 Total: 36.46 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 2.54 Team Total 38.46 41.00 GLASGOW TIGERS AVE -2.50% 1 Craig Cook 10.17 9.92 2 Ricky Wells 7.05 7.05 3 Ulrich Ostergaard 5.98 5.98 4 Justin Sedgmen 5.20 5.20 5 Broc Nicol 5.16 5.16 6 Sam Jensen 4.34 4.34 7 Jack Smith 3.12 RSx3* 3.04 Actual Total: 41.02 1 to 6 Total: 37.65 Rising Star 3* 38.00 3.00 Remaining: 0.35 Team Total 40.65 41.00 KENT KINGS AVE -2.50% 1 Scott Nicholls 8.34 8.14 2 Cameron Heeps 7.42 7.42 3 Paul Starke 6.48 6.32 4 Paul Hurry 5.87 5.73 5 Tom Bacon 5.20 5.07 6 Ben Morley 3.81 3.72 7 Dan Gilkes 1.00 RSx1* 2.00 Actual Total: 38.12 1 to 6 Total: 36.40 Rising Star 1* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 2.60 Team Total 38.40 41.00 LEICESTER LIONS AVE -2.50% 1 Nick Morris 8.38 8.38 2 Ryan Douglas 8.31 8.31 3 Kyle Howarth 7.14 6.97 4 Ty Proctor 6.84 6.84 5 Josh Bates 6.35 6.20 6 Dan Thompson 2.00 2.00 7 Joe Thompson 1.00 RSx1* 2.00 Actual Total: 40.02 1 to 6 Total: 38.69 Rising Star 1* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 0.31 Team Total 40.69 41.00 NEWCASTLE DIAMONDS AVE -2.50% 1 Ben Barker 7.24 7.06 2 Matthew Weathers 6.92 6.92 3 Max Clegg 5.05 4.92 4 Connor Mountain 4.73 4.61 5 Adam Roynon 4.00 4.00 6 James Wright 4.00 4.00 7 Jack Parkinson Blackburn 2.00 RSx2* 2.00 Actual Total: 33.94 1 to 6 Total: 31.51 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 7.49 Team Total 33.51 41.00 POOLE PIRATES AVE -2.50% 1 Rory Schlein 8.69 8.69 2 Danny King 8.66 8.45 3 Steve Worrall 7.57 7.39 4 Stefan Nielsen 4.51 4.40 5 Ben Cook 4.00 4.00 6 Zane Keleher 4.00 4.00 7 Danyon Hume 3.00 RSx3* 3.00 Actual Total: 40.43 1 to 6 Total: 36.92 Rising Star 3* 38.00 3.00 Remaining: 1.08 Team Total 39.92 41.00 PLYMOUTH GLADIATORS AVE -2.50% 1 Jason Crump 12.00 12.00 2 Bjarne Pedersen 10.37 10.37 3 Steven Goret 4.00 4.00 4 Zach Cook 4.00 4.00 5 Dillon Ruml 4.00 4.00 6 Alfie Bowtell 2.98 2.91 7 Luke Ruddick 3.00 RSx3* 3.00 Actual Total: 35.35 1 to 6 Total: 37.28 Rising Star 3* 38.00 3.00 Remaining: 1.72 Team Total 40.28 41.00 REDCAR BEARS AVE -2.50% 1 Charles Wright 9.58 9.35 2 Michael Palm Toft 8.18 8.18 3 Jake Allen 7.26 7.26 4 Jordan Stewart 5.74 5.74 5 Anders Rowe 4.38 4.27 6 James Sarjeant 4.00 3.90 7 Jordan Jenkins 2.00 RSx2* 2.00 Actual Total: 41.14 1 to 6 Total: 38.70 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 0.30 Team Total 40.70 41.00 SCUNTHORPE SCORPIONS AVE -2.50% 1 Adam Ellis 9.74 9.74 2 Tero Aarnio 6.85 6.85 3 Thomas Jorgensen 6.47 6.47 4 Theo Pijper 5.49 5.49 5 Simon Lambert 5.16 5.03 6 Josh MacDonald 4.00 4.00 7 Jordan Palin 1.00 RSx1* 2.00 Actual Total: 36.58 1 to 6 Total: 38.08 Rising Star 1* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 0.92 Team Total 40.08 41.00 1 STAR: Nathan Ablitt, Joe Alcock, Sam Bebee, Paul Bowen, Arran Butcher, James Chattin, Jacob Clouting, Sheldon Davies, Kieran Douglas, Kelsey Dugard, Josh Embleton, Archie Freeman, Dan Gilkes, Sam Hagon, Luke Harrison, Elliot Kelly, Connor King, Harry McGurk, Gregor Millar, Lewis Millar, Jake Mulford, Jordan Palin, Ben Rathbone, George Rothery, Danny Smith, Tom Spencer, Alex Spooner, Ryan Terry-Daley, Joe Thompson, Dan Thompson, Danno Verge, Mason Watson, Ben Woodhull. 2 STAR: Richard Andrews, Henry Atkins, Greg Blair, Connor Coles, Luke Harris, Jordan Jenkins, Joe Lawlor, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, Danny Phillips. 3 STAR: Leon Flint, Danyon Hume, Drew Kemp, Ryan Kinsley, Luke Ruddick, Jack Smith.  4 STAR: Tom Bacon, Josh Bates, Kyle Bickley, Tom Brennan, Nathan Greaves, Connor Mountain, Anders Rowe, James Shanes.

And he'll be first to the white line

I’d rather we brought back Henka

Are we sure that William Lawson isn't a rising star?

Luke ruddick to edinburgh perhaps? Instead of james... had a good 2019 nl season... and surely he counts as a 'rising star'

Amen to that. In fact, we should all be happy if the sport can see a way forward and not disappear altogether.

On today a glass top coffee table covered in 70s speedway badges was sold for 100 quid...excellent.

I quite agree - but not if it means the team won’t be there next season.

Potentially add a condition where nobody over an average of 6 or something can be included. This then begs the next question, what happens this year if say Drew Kemp rides at reserve and averages 7+? Is he just going to hung out to dry mid season like Boxall and Armstrong were when this was previously trialled? Something will need to be in place.

Dan Bewley at No7 for Belle Vue a possibility if just U24 designation used I'd say that's why it's more specific and 'regulated'

Nailed on Lynn i think with him opting out of Redcar,this will keep him at the 3 league Polish rule with him doing Sweden too.

PLEASE sign max clegg... if hes eligible... so much deserves it and he came on leaps and bounds in 2019... isn't he a club asset? Or is that edinburgh

Agree with you again Najjer, do you remember "Keep it simple" already long forgotten... What is needed these young guns need to have races v their apposite numbers, have a minimum of rides per meeting & a minimum £ guarantee per meeting. Now (2021) would be a great time to reintroduce second half's - not like the old style riders taking or leaving it BUT an exciting & meaningful addition to the main event, what would be the cost? riders, bikes & everything else already in place & a sponsor to finance the final.

Dan Gilkes is surely ahead of all 4 of those?

I’ve thought about this and I think it’s a classic case of British Speedway over complicating things. Why have all this graded nonsense? Why not just say the no.7 is designated to British U24 riders and have done with it? Teams can pick their riders to suit no matter how good or bad they do, taking the lead from Poland in this respect. The intentions are very good but the execution is just missing in my opinion. Some may argue that could open up a bidding war for the best riders but that is likely to happen even with gradings come next year. The whole grading system just opens up such unneeded debates where teams will try and screw each other over by insisting their riders should be graded lower and opposing riders graded higher... we’ve been here before with that!

Eastbourne look to be the best team in the league by a long way imo,good luck!

Extremely sad news from Poland that Kamil Pulczynski has died in his sleep aged 28. Him and his twin brother Emil both rode for Torun as juniors. Lately Kamil had been mechanicing for riders such as Jason Doyle and Freddie Lindgren.

Winners and losers I just don't get this any more we will end up with some super stars riding in possibly 3 league's and some with no team place

And lots of doubling up and down....

Batchelor for Pedersen?

Just stand a policeman behind him at the starting gate, he will be gone like a shot...

In the plumbing world these days.

Tom Brennan would make a good reserve pair with Kemp.

Can see why they were so keen to keep that team. They look like a professional Club with a plan. You can be sure Poole Leicester and Glasgow will be right at the top too I think.

Where yo lookin? He has this time as well... if it's wrong let me know it's easily corrected.. Taken off the old teams list and James won't be the rising star and that Edinburgh team will change... not unlike the Newcastle team where a young British rider had to be cut to accommodate a errrrrrm young British rider classed as a rising star.... nuts...

Eastbourne and Leicester look the teams to beat imo... Assuming Leicester's last signing is a decent one

How about... Assuming it's Nick Morris who Wolverhampton drop, which seems most likely... 1. Brady Kurtz 7.54 2. Steve Worrall (c) 5.53 3. Charles Wright 6.51 4. Nick Morris 5.38 5. Dan Bewley 6.15 6. Jye Etheridge 4.35 7. Jordan Palin FTR (Or someone more experienced? Flint? Bickley?) Total: 35.46 (All Brits have gotten 2.5% reduction, I assume all Brits qualify for one?)

I wish Lewis all the best. But here comes the "but". For me, anyway. He's been out 4 years, thats a long time. I wonder how he is going to like a big fast grippy track, where you need fast bikes, and some fair size gonads. I doubt he has top equipment, if any yet ,and they don't come cheap. Also he seems to be in and out of love with the sport. So can he commit for a full season and give 100% ? Having said that i wish him all the best for whoever he rides for. .

Because I thought he was a Brit... my bad I will change it forth with...

Kent have signed Paul Hurry and Ben Morley to replace Nico Covatti and Rob Ledwith Hurry 5.87 & Morley 3.81

The likes of Mountain and Rowe would give us one strong reserve.

Blame Poland for that one.

Triple world champion? Let’s hope so.

agree that the PL wouldn't appear to be what it says on the tin. it would appear to exist only to provide enough fixtures for the double up riders. league fixtures alone it's 20 PL and 32 CL one big league is only 34 in total

Someone will be without a team place now anyway. Redcar already had to bin 2 riders, one being a young Brit so the new rule really done wonders there.

When he rode for BV Cubs in 2019, he started the season at no7 and scored a 15 point max in his first meeting. It was only a matter of time, but he quickly got to no 1 and stayed there till the end of the season. Cracking rider with excellent support, but the Thompson twins are just a smidge behind him. In the 500cc finals last year and 2019 the regular 4 riders were Palin, Thompson twins and Freeman.

So six ‘future stars’ for the top league......Kemp, Rowe, Flint, Palin, Brennan, Bickley?

I’d be interested to know how many new riders are going to be required for the 5 year plan to last that long. Looking at the youth rounds entry list we will run out of riders before 5 years is up as no one new has taken up the sport last year or this!

NO. There are greater problems with the bigger clubs snapping up the top riders in each points band. If say there is a band 5 - 6.5 you know the poorer teams will get the 5+ riders, whilst the richer clubs will get the 6+ riders.

I'm clinging to the hope the vaccine will be well rolled out by then and we can nearly get back to normal by May.Afterall they are giving the vaccine to the speedway fans first,the over 80's now the over 70's soon be the over 60's and that's just about the fan base covered. Any old/new fan is good news to have at the speedway,so hope you do make it back

I would imagine there will be spots for riders like Bridger and youngsters alongside him, if anything this whole situation is going to see riders like Hartel and other modestly talented European riders not riding over here which isn’t a bad thing IMO. I don’t think we should be discouraging or turning away any British riders who are good enough and want to ride in our leagues.

But they are, Premier League allowed 3 subs from 9 on the bench, EL five subs from the bench, however this doesnt alter the fact that the BSPL like to put its spoke in the National League wheel, a wheel which it has little idea about how its run and tries to ride rougshod over whenever it doesnt like whats happening, such as not allowing so called ghost teams, a Ghost team will always attract a few more supporters than the Junior team of a senior team, those supporters simply will simply stay away. As an example Wolverhampton rode in the Conference League watched by one man and his dog, they changed the name to Dudley Heathens and we all know what happened then.. If a promotion wants to ride its junior team under a historic name whats the harm it it ?, BSPL answers on a post card please.

Isn't it just one for 2021? Then two thereafter?

Don't think he will need his forensic accountant to add up his sensible post's

Another poor post by fan power news