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The SCB really need to look into this.

The averages would fit for a change next month if Poole preferred Jenkins / Fredriksen / Battye to Bowes. Think Berwick would be most likely to drop Fredriksen.

Whole Poole are massive favourites with Bowes in the team, won't be quite as dominant when he goes to reserve. I still expect them to win the treble, if they can get past Berwick. In the past they've strengthened up already strong teams, that's why I'm surprised Bowes is still there.

Think Poole are favourites, especially if using r/r for Bowes, with strong looking reserves.

Riders will want to earn money, so won't like being told not to guest. From a Berwick perspective, they could hope more regular racing will help keep the riders on form. There's so many guests these days, riders racing for one team, then against them the next day doesn't shock me.

Can't be any more expensive that running with Wright, King & Riss last year. It's not obvious who to drop if trying to fit in Wright & Klindt, some are so inconsistent it's hard to judge who to keep.

I'd imagine after turning his season around at Berwick, Jenkins would want to stay?

The points limit would stop that happening, unless of course they allowed a squad system? Could be beneficial for certain riders who don't want to commit to a full seasons matches over here?

How could that ever work? Only 5 GP standard riders willing to ride in Britain so you ban them all?

Withholding his services & a 28 day ban then?

I think Berwick will be the happier of the 2 teams, but would still fancy Poole to progress if they had a full strength team at Berwick. I'm a bit surprised Poole have stuck with Bowes for so long, normally quick to make changes.

I don't think a rider can miss a match due to riding abroad & then not ride abroad, so surely it'd have to count as an injury causing him to miss the Poole match?

To defend Oxford here, they signed two 2 point something reserves, so can't expect too much of them, although Wood has done far better than expected. But he's been more up & down recently. For me their biggest issues are at the top of the team, Masters & Rowe down on last year's form & potential trump card Riss missing a lot of the season. Also thought McDiarmid would've improved more in his second season. As for Jenkins, in hindsight he may have done better than Kennett, but why would Oxford have signed a rider averaging below 4 in 2026 to replace a heat leader?

can't imagine any scenario where Jenkins doesn't stay at Berwick

But it was acceptable for the paying public to lose out when Klindt didn't turn up for Plymouth last year, or when riders are "banned" for being ill / non-speedway injury, Rushen for example after being injured because he didn't declare the injury when he crashed. In these situations the paying public losing out doesn't bother the powers that be. Although my hope would be, that Lawson / Poole knowing there's no facility would lead to him racing for Poole! If you're cool with facilities here, we'll have to agree to disagree.