NeilWatson

16.2.6 AMENDED MA’s have been amended with the Approval of the BSPA GC or Directors for: a) Riders who have been absent from British Speedway racing for more than 3 seasons (NB. The MA may be increased or decreased). b) Riders who have been absent for more than 1 full season due to injury. c) Any rider who has been or is eligible to compete in the NDL (and has not represented another FMN, other than the ACU) will receive a 2.5% reduction on their MA. d) a rider who moves between the Premiership and Championship leagues and requires a converted MA, the conversion factor will be 1.5

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It's not interpretation, Art 16.2.5 says exactly that...... Let's look again at Brian Bongo who you suggest finished the 2019 Prem season on a 12.00 average. He also finished the Championship season on a 5.00 average. The rule states: 'The most recently established MA will be used. If a rider has an established MA in both the Premiership and Championship Leagues, established in the same season, that leagues MA will apply to that league.' So for team-building at the beginning of the 2020 season Bongo has 2019 established MAs in both leagues. Not surprisingly he doesn't get a PL berth but starts the 2020 CL season on a 5.00 average. Until the first GSAs for 2020 are issued that remains the situation, and should Bongo get an early PL call-up to cover injury he would come in on a 12 point average. As soon as Bongo receives a new 2020 CL GSA that becomes his most recently established MA and he no longer has averages in both leagues established in the same season. At that point, any previous average becomes irrelevant.

The rider would keep his previous PL average UNTIL THE FIRST CL AVERAGE OF THE NEW SEASON when the old PL average becomes irrelevant.

That’s not correct, Art 16.2.5 explains why. No ‘special dispensation’ needed.

7 home and 3 away apparently: http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/swindon19

At Peterborough we marched out to the Match of the Day theme tune, led by the starting Marshall (my Dad).

Vissing’s Swindon average is annotated with a *, signifying an assessed average. Art 16.2.5 of the Speedway Regulations shows that as Vissing doesn’t have an established average in both leagues for 2019 the most recently established average will be used - which will be the CL average.

The final Green Sheets for 2019 on the BSPA site (NOT the averages page), together with Section 16 of the Speedway Regulations, will give you most of the information you need. For riders without a 2019 average Club officials might approach the BSPA office for clarification of the appropriate MA.

That would give too much negotiating power to the Clubs with a large asset base The scale was a simple ‘£ per point’ calculator

I won’t quote figures - the loan fee scale is a confidential BSPA document and I still retain some respect for the organisation. In any event as I wasn’t involved last year I am not privy to the current rates so any figures I quoted may not be accurate - the scale had been unchanged for a number of years during my Promoting days and I knew it off by heart but I believe there was a change in 2019.

1 - No 2 - The loan fee is paid to the British Club that holds the rider’s registration, it is not connected to their nationality. 3 - Loan fees are indeed based on the rider’s average

A rider with what is perceived to be a ‘bargain’ average might be quite happy to start the season riding for £y (<£x in the 1-5) when he can have a potential seven rides a meeting.

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Adam lives in Leicestershire now

But minimum rider MA increases from 2 to 3.........

Art 16.3.2 - requires Directors approval.

The Ben Fund meeting usually precedes the season start of 15th March. It prevents fixture clashes (both UK and overseas), riders are keen to get on track and fans are keen to see action. That combination should ensure a good line-up, large crowd and lots of money for the SRBF.

As I recall, Jamrog rode in a few early season challenges in 2015 and performed so poorly we replaced him in the Coventry team without him making an official appearance.

The Green Sheets are formally adopted at the AGM, it’s possible that they may have changed since the ‘final’ issue currently on the BSPA site if an error was identified and amended at the AGM. There does appear to be a mismatch in the figures for Adam Ellis, but the official Green Sheet will take priority. ’Gambo’ on this forum produces the spreadsheet that calculates the GSAs, drop him a PM perhaps? EDIT: I see in fact that ‘Gambo’ has posted earlier this evening regarding this EDIT2: Birmingham’s official site is showing 7.96....

Nonsense. Promoters work to the official Green Sheets that you have been pointed to. The other averages on the BSPA site are at best a guide to current form, but have no bearing whatever on team-building, positioning, guests etc.

I don’t believe a >12 average is a bar per se, but it would be a big chunk of the team total

Should reach the play-offs with an eight man team........

There are exceptions to that, and Wethers appears to be an exception - no discount was applied for 2019 on his 2018 final average.

16.2.3 Riders new to SGB Premiership League racing are categorised as follows: - a) A rider riding in a Professional League in the previous or current season will be assessed on a Grading List. Based upon results obtained in all other Professional Speedway Leagues and given an Assessed MA accordingly. Riders new to SGB Championship League racing are categorised as follows: - b) A rider riding in a professional league in a previous or current season will enter on a 5.00 MA c) A rider who has never ridden in a professional league will enter on a 4.00 MA d) A new rider who is eligible to participate in the NDL will enter on a 2.00 MA 16.2.4 No rider with a current or previously assessed MA, other than a rider in Art. 16.2.3 d), can drop below 4.00 at any time during the season.