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A couple more thoughts 2) a home club needs a win to make play-offs, but referee calls it off - they only get 1 point & miss out on top 4/6 through no fault of their own! The reverse, it seems Glasgow pressured the referee to cancel their play-off match against Poole, so a team could do that if they only need 1 point & don't want to risk defeat. 3) is it possible riders / teams will feel encouraged to ride in poor conditions as they are desperate to get the match on? Also regarding your opinion of matches not having to be restaged, what if a club has a rain-off in April & has several blank race-days before September, surely they can fit the fixture in then? I may agree with you if the rule was rain-offs in September / October don't have to be restaged!

While teams may call off a match if they think there will be a poor crowd (for a variety of reasons) but no one would PLAN to race after the cut-off date as surely that would hit the crowd just as badly?

Certainly should be looking to up his average. Good start to team building!

Also makes a difference if a rider is at reserve or not in their last 10 matches. I definitely saw a few flaws when they changed the rules, I guess the promoters didn't!

Four issues with that, 1) season ticket holders lose out of matches not restaged. 2) how do they work out the match result, clubs could cancel meetings / say track it too dangerous depending on opposition, 3) riders miss out on matches & lose money, 4) clubs like Birmingham have to race so many fixtures in rent agreement

Averages should be easier to finalise than last season. Any rider who raced 10 league matches after racing Newcastle won't need their average changed.

I really hope it isn't.

Simplest way to do that would be to ignore heats 2,8,13&15 from average calculations?

Using 2022 team building rules (till new ones are announced) Leicester Max Fricke 8.55 Patryk Dudek 8.00 Nick Morris 6.48 Richie Worrall 6.15 Kyle Howarth 5.28 Connor Mountain 4.40 Dan Thompson RS Joe Thompson No 8 Total 38.86

100% agree with that, I often see flaws with new rules brought in & wonder why experienced promoters didn't?

Could not agree more, make a rule change to fix problem A, which causes problem B.

Last year it was a 20 match rolling ave, this year down to 10 matches. Not sure why they changed it tbh!

So it seems the Premiership Junior League has been forgotten about. The Southern section only completed 2 out of the scheduled 6 matches & no final has been raced. It's a pretty poor effort when you consider clubs only had to host TWO six heat junior matches this season but half the teams couldn't even do that!

Neutral final at Oxford? Probably the only track in the country that would get a food crowd when their own team isn't racing. Plus not too far for Poole & Leicester fans to travel to!

They could very easily have spilt the 3 tied teams, most wins or results from when the 3 teams net each other, heck even race times. Anything would be better than drawing lots. Even going straight to the final is better than drawing lots. While a run-off would've been fairest & best for the fans, I'm not sure you should change the rules for a competition after it has started (even though it feels like it happens a lot). So the real question is, were sensible, clear & concise rules already in place & if not why weren't the rules challenged before the competition even started rather than during the 5th round?

Less ludicrous than drawing lots though!

Fab news, providing it all goes smoothly. Never want to see clubs close. Hope the Monarchs can now find a new stadium for 2024.

I'd disagree with that, it would make the product weaker but not necessarily worse. Take a heat 4, Lawson & Ablitt vs Pickering & Hook, you'll likely get 2 riders miles behind the others. I'm not suggesting a 38 point limit is the way to go, but if every team was the strength of Birmingham & Newcastle i.e Auty & Pearson vs Starke & Complin the racing should be closer!

12 rides, Mildenhall are running r/r

Well done Lynn, pointless stopping Edwards getting 12 rides for Mildenhall, for the sake of getting ONE ride in the Pairs!

That's what Ipwsich thought they had done this year with Batchelor, Riss & Heeps, however be finishing well below the points limit they lost any advantage of signing riders on "false" averages

As for the Monarchs team. I'd be absolutely delighted if the run & not bothered who they'd sign as long as the Speedway continued.

Given the amount if money Birmingham lost this year, paying even the sane rates must be regarded as "silly money". I fear for the club if they pick an expensive team & get no extra bodies turning up!

I disagree, to get closer racing you want the gap from the top riders & bottom riders to be closer together.

Jakobsen will use his 2018 5.04 ave in 2023 because he didn't race enough matches this year to get a new ave, there is no alternative. If last night's match had counted towards the rolling aves (as it should have done) he'd have raced his 6th match & have a 7+ ave for 2023. So it seems Lynn calling off a match very early for forecasted weather that never came, will help them greatly in putting out a stronger team for 2023!