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I've heard it's Danny King, Steve Worrall, Richard Lawson, Ben Cook, Zach Cook, Drew Kemp, Nathan Ablitt

Danny and Steve now confirmed.

Top 3 not in any order Plymouth Leicester Oxford bottom 3 Berwick newcastle Birmingham brummies

But that was how the RS system was billed, as a non stop conveyor belt. It was obvious too many that it wouldn't happen/work and that it was just capitalising on a particular year with a stronger crop of riders than usual. If a system for succession is put in place then stick to it and do something to actually help it succeed. As ever the great 5 year masterplans get dropped after a year or two because they are flawed, ill conceived and poorly regarded by the idiots who introduced them in the first place.

Funny I remember the series being bigger than that..I was much younger though. I'll file it away with curly wurlys and monster munch.

Probably suits both clubs , Poole get an established heatleader who probably won’t ride for us anytime soon. Glasgow get a young rider with potential to become a heatleader win win.

Personally I think it is unfair to have a team knowingly go into half of their meetings with only 6 riders. It allows them to choose between r/r or a guest they know goes well around an away track. Not really what I want to see, it would be much like Peterborough last year when Ulrich got injured and then continued to run with 6 riders, knowing he was out for the season.

To be honest a rider only doing home meetings wouldn't be the most ridiculous thing about UK speedway!

Someone did suggest that speedway should be targeting the older generation like pensioners because they have a bit more disposable cash than people with mortgages and a family, and are happy to take grandkids along and thats where you get your next generation of supporters from. Whether that would work is anybodies guess tho. Birmingham have been excellent at catering for the kids over the last few years but if the parents can't afford to go or have lost interest then you will eventually lose that generation. It's an old-age problem that the sport has never solved...

Some pics of the Neuenknick meeting 07.04.1985 https://www.speedway-yesterday.de/html/body_neuenknick-85.html#Neuenknick1985

RTD may be in the team, but I think it would be alongside Rothery & the 2 Millars rather than replacing them.

like poole keith said why do our supporters take the bait all the time all you doing is feeding them ignore

At least it’s their own money they are using.Unlike other Promotions that went to the wall ,leaving their debt behind.

Happy with those left overs all day

I like a strong number 1, a decent second heat leader to back them up and solid through rest of the team. There's no right or wrong way as the difference between Poole and Peterborough in 2021 will tell you.

They did have one 8 point rider per team rule in the top league a fair few years back. I think Coventry had to choose between Hamill and Hancock?? So if enough promoters want it more spread out it can be done.

Yeah I've never liked them, seen many in Glasgow and none were successful. Parker and stancl, Parker and bird, Parker greives and stancl. Problem was the James cockles, Cory Blackman's and Lee Dickens at other end of the team

The NDL should be about developing riders. Last year there was some great entertaining racing watching the Colts… hope formore of the same in 2022. it was great watching the young uns develop

I bet trackprat and phillipsr are seething

Will it ever end ? er no the ‘thin end of the wedge’ has now brought in a system where riders can earn good money by just having 2 teams. I’m sure the current stock of riders will be concerned if the U.K. was ever to produce more riders to fill all their teams. The alternative is obviously money - to pay riders enough to ride in just one league but as mentioned it’s maybe too late now.

Not bad for so called left overs

The BCP have started a consultation on the 'Local Plan Issues and Options' from today until March, will be interesting with the football club releasing details of their new ground soon.

They could but would have bankrupted the club!

What did they pay Crump last year.

Never heard that one but he was very difficult to pass. Arms and legs everywhere but great to watch. One of my favourite 60’s riders.

Is that a hint as to the riding order issued on the Twitter account today? Cook, basso, Brennan, Nicol, ulle, Hume, bailey.

Seriously? Rent issues. Just been confirmed as sorted out. Rider announcements this week apparently.

Havin just been on the British speedway website, I notice that Poole have no riders mentioned for the 2022 season, can anyone confirm this and if so what are/could be the reason.

No there was no rule it seems , but its easy to see why some may see it as an advantage , there were other teams that benefitted from some rules that were adjusted to suit the situation with covid at the time not just Poole

But he couldn't ride because of covid restrictions in Czech, were there any rules for that at the time? I don't think there were, that's why the committees own discretion was used imo.

Indeed if they'd have come 6th they'd have still won the playoffs.

Not sure the Ipswich track itself is an issue,, the lighting maybe.

Even if that particular result was quashed Poole would still have ended up top of the league and gone on to win the playoffs. Some folks on here are really being petty by saying that Poole cheated their way to the title. They were streets ahead of every other team in October/November.

It's difficult not to when they come out with all this jealousy and lies

So why did the ref allow it

2021 league champions and ko cup champions

Top six written all over it that septet..... Edit. Can you confirm that it is Jason and not Phil you have listed at No 4....?

Fair play for taking it on the chin fella. Others would throw the toys out.

And there's the beauty/frustration of Excel. Using the actual figures (as pointed out), after the the 2.5% reduction, it adds up to 42.0015. Round up/down to hundredths, and it's 41.99. Absolutely my error not spotting that, and just reading the total given by Excel, but it shows the anomalies that can creep in. Glad everyone has had a laugh

For me, if Tai rode for the Aces and only did home meetings.... I would take his home average and divide it by 2 to calculate his overall average.. eg. If he went unbeaten around the NSS all season and got a 12 point average when it is divided by two it becomes a 6.... That would be fair......

Takes one to know one.

You can't sign a rider who only wants to ride home matches jts an absolute non starter.

Agree.Don’t think he even knows what he is on about now

Give up mate. You’ve taken a position that most agree is bizarre but you feel like you need to stick with.

I think you could be right. The sport is just being patched up now, just to get the next match, week or season complete. No long term plan. Stop trying to attract new fans without worrying why the old ones have vanished. The old ones more often than not used to introduce the old ones. You couldn't sell the sport on Dragons' Den the way it's set up at the moment. Imagine trying to explain the team set ups, or what is the top league and what is the second tier. Why have so many riders riding for different teams have the same name? It is pathetic. It's like that parrot in the Monty Python sketch.

Maybe call the stand the legends stand and do a online vote to establish ten riders who deserve a place and have ten large photo boards mounted in the stand. be handy if you are meeting someone at the stadium as you can say I’ll be in the south stand in the Chris Morton section. a club of such heritage in a modern stadium should remember the history like they do for Peter craven.

Whatever team you support, if you think the BSPL raising Woffinden's average so he can't return to Britain would be right then you need your head checked. Nothing should allow this opportunity to be passed up.

The more you hear about the cronies that make up the BSPL Ltd. the more I wonder whether they are the root cause of British Speedway's continuing decline ? We have the crook at Eastbourne who has disappeared owing riders thousands of pounds getting off scot free, and been instrumental in getting Eastbourne Speedway closed down ... yet Chris Morton is banned from being a promoter for ..... being involved in building a Nation Speedway Stadium, which the BSPA frankly showed no interest !

Thanks. Normally we still made the Sunday meetings at Hyde Rd, will have to ask my parents why they didn't take me to this one Also missed the Peter Craven meeting in the same year (won by Andy Smith) for some reason as well.

I will support speedway but be nice to see a winning team and trophies/be seen as a threat to other sides.