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A further update from the Royals Facebook, as part of their match report. The second staging of the race saw Royals reserve Connor King make a flying start and lead the race holding on despite the pressure that he was coming under from Jason Garrad. On the last bend of the last lap, Garrad made a dive up the inside, collecting the unsuspecting King which sent him flying into the fence. An eerie hush descended around The Old Gun Site and Connor was clearly in some discomfort as the medics attended to the stricken racer. King was taken off the track in the ambulance and made his own way to hospital for further checks. Speaking a few hours after the meeting Kent manager Jamie Willis gave the following update on Connor’s condition. “Connor is okay considering the horrible crash. Obviously, he is battered and bruised and will take a few days to start to feel normal again. Providing nothing else comes to light after the adrenaline wears off, he’ll be back in the side for our trip to Leicester”. .

He seems to have come out of the crash reasonably okay. He has apparently been signed off for 9 days due to concussion protocols. There are some pictures on the Royals Facebook page showing the lead up to the crash, and also some of his bike, which appears to be a write off. He commented on Facebook. "I’m okay, going for checks today as lower back has tightened up."

Jack Kingston it is. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/ndl/kingston-joins-royals/

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D'oh!

Even though I quoted the regulations in one of my earlier posts I still managed to get the averages wrong for Sam Woolley and Joe Alcock.......As you say the number of points Kent has to play with will depend on how they perform on Sunday. Personally I wouldn't want the second heat leader to be an Australian, Turner may be a very good rider in the making but this is the National Development League. The question then is, who could they get in as a second heat leader? Or could they go big and replace Ablitt with Clegg? There's a 4.63 difference in their averages. It'll be interesting to see how this pans out.

Thank you Neil for your clarification.

Ok, I understood that. However, are you saying that if Kent redeclare that the redeclaration is based on the remaining riders averages used for the initial declaration? Their revised green sheet averages are not taken into consideration when a team is redeclared? For example, and just for discussions sake, Nathan's starting average for 2023 is 7.20 this drops to a GSA of 5, Kent wish to release him and replace him with another rider. Again for discussion purposes, Kent's declared combined average was 42, assuming one other rider had dropped from 8 to 6 and no other GSA changes, that would give Kent 4.2 points to work with. Kent do not wish to replace the other rider and the combined GSA for the team is now 37.8, therefore Kent can only replace Nathan with a rider of equivalent average and cannot use the additional points available due to the other rider's reduced GSA. This brings their combined GSA up to 40 and not 42. Unless. as I have stated in my previous posts, I have misunderstood the regs.

Can you please explain on what basis Alcock and King would have to be replaced? Maybe I'm misreading the regulations. 013.3 TEAM COMPOSITION A team’s declaration, initial and re-declared, is 42.00 with the minimum rider average permitted being 3.00. A maximum of two riders with a previous Championship League MA over 4.00, one of which must have participated in the NDL in the previous season. It must also remain under 42.00 points for the top 7 riders when re-declared, permanent or temporary, except that the maximum may be exceeded where the MA of the introduced rider is equal to, or lower than, the rider being replaced.

There have been 3 posts since I started typing this one! It'll be interesting to see how the management go forward. Can somebody clarify the average position for me please? The regs state that an established NDL match average will be issued when a rider completes 4 NDL fixtures irrespective of whether home or away and that average becomes effective 7 days after the 4th fixture. Kent's next meeting is on 14th May at home to Berwick so all of the riders other than Ablitt will establish new averages, effective from 21st May. Their next meeting after that is away to Leicester on 27th May. Would they be able to redeclare the team for the meeting on 27th May or would the new averages not be valid for redeclaration purposes until 1st June? Unless I have misunderstood the regs. All 3 matches qualifying for averages so far have been away, and 3 heavy defeats have been the results. Depending on the score in the home fixture against Berwick there could be room to drop Ablitt and replace him with Clegg. Using Ablitt's starting average of 7.20, the team combined average is currently 33.29, as per the rider statistics page on the British Speedway website Nathan Ablitt 7.20 Ben Morley 8.62 Tom Woolley 5.33 Connor King 4.67 Rhys Naylor 3.69 Joe Alcock 2.00 Sam Woolley 1.78 33.29 In terms of the remaining riders the only other change I could think of making is at reserve replacing Sam Wooley. Joe Alcock only rode 2 away matches last year before suffering his serious injuries, he rode well in the home cup match against Mildenhall with paid 9 from 4 rides. However he has been down on the deck quite a few times since that meeting and I wonder if those falls are affecting his fitness and confidence.

Doesn't say that in the match preview, Ablitt was injured in Kent's last match at Mildenhall. "Kent have a top class number one with the experienced Ben Morley, one of the best in the National Development League, plus a couple of last year's Armadale Devils. Their captain is Tom Woolley, skipper of the Armadale team last season, so he knows the West Lothian track well, as does their guest rider Danny Phillips standing in for the injured Nathan Ablitt." https://www.edinburghmonarchs.co.uk/news-centre/article/2023-05-03/monarchs-academy-aim-to-march-on?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Once again, you're talking out of your arse. The original paramedic cried off at short notice and the one who took over had completed a 14 hour shift before attending at Kent. Why don't you ever check the facts before spouting your rubbish.

He looked very fast today. Was excluded in one race when he and Ben Morley tangled crossing the line. He certainly wasn't afraid of taking the high line around bends 3 and 4. He's definitely one to follow, wherever he's riding.

Direct from the horse's mouth, season over before it's started. Shame for James but his long term health must come first.

Kent team manager - Jamie Willis

You obviously didn't read the press release properly. Here's the second paragraph Former rider and manager Morris, who will continue as FIM Race Director at Grand Prix and World Cup events, takes on the newly created position with the responsibility of overseeing all aspects of Premiership business. https://britishspeedway.co.uk/premiership/morris-appointed-premiership-ceo/

Ha ha! I'm the same, except I picked Plymouth as my son went to university there!

Team now announced in full Ben Morley 9.29 Connor King 4.16 Joe Alcock 4.36 Sam Woolley 3.27 Tom Woolley 6.78 Nathan Ablitt 7.20 Rhys Naylor 4.52 If my averages and maths are correct that totals 39.58.

Last season was my first season watching live speedway for many years, and this team is based around what I saw How about? 1 Alfie Bowtell 10.67 2 Rhys Naylor 4.52 3 Ben Trigger 6.00 4 Joe Allcock 4.36 5 Ben Morley 9.29 6 Connor King 4.16 7 Chris Watts 3.00 If my averages and maths are correct that totals 42 exactly. A couple of thoughts, if Ben Trigger were to sign I think that he could add a point to his average, he rode really well when he visited. Hopefully Joe has fully recovered from his injuries and can put a couple of points on his average. That, I feel would give the team a bit more strength in depth. However, it's all a guessing game at the moment.

Edwards is riding according to Mildenhall's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=618694299687084&set=a.578587147031133

https://www.facebook.com/younglionsspeedway Meeting rearranged for 9th October, according to Young Lions Facebook.

Rescheduled for 11th October, according to Plymouth's Facebook

Yes, apologies. For some reason I had it in my head that only reserves could take 7 rides, but with RR and a TS he could have had a 7th ride.

Who else could he have put in? Basso had 6 rides prior to 15, and Scotty appears to have had 7, not sure if his 2 minute exclusion counts towards his total rides? There must be a rules expert who can confirm whether that is the case. Your only other heat winners were Harris, Jenkins and Kemp