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The 36 point limit wont allow a team.of no hopers. There are very few riders with the no hoper tag on 3 points Is what I meant but with the minimum limit and the over 25 DU rule you have to have a couple

He is fairly well off but he wont want to throw money at it. I assume he will want to make it pay for itself.

I don't believe I said anything about 7 no hopers as you say the points limit wont allow it. So you have to have at least 1 or 2.

They did say they would be taking Juniors from the training schools but if you don't have 1 or 2 no hopers they will be 7 trainees. Nothing wrong with that either.

Oh? I presume you are talking Clegg Phillips Greaves etc. All very well but, these lads need to want to come from up north drive past at least 4 NL Birmingham/Cradley, Stoke, Cov tracks to get to Eastbourne. Get real !

Who would you have signed to meet the statement?

I remember someone saying Luke Priest was a shining star until he nearly killed himself. Surely the sport needs to give back to these lads who have nearly paid the ultimate price......No!!!! much better to just toss them aside and move on to the next one

Working full time fro example from 6am to drive down to Kent and back, from Leicestershire, isn't a picnic either. He's just about young enough to do. You do have to bite the bullet......

However it does seem to put an inordinate amount of pressure on the lads.

That's a shame. He is such a nice lad and a good rider.

Wasn't disputing who will be in it I was disputing your logic, if you can call it logic, of not running PO's for the simple reason that teams don't want the dates. When the Gold Cup WILL HAVE to be staged.

Sorry. I thought you meant in the 'ringer reserve' sense but yes any rider has it in them to just take off but he looks a good prospect.

Proably when it was 3 home 3 away but since the 4 matches regardless it does make it more difficult

Well if they are in the Gold Cup. They will have to...

https://m.facebook.com/home.php?ref=bookmark&app_id=4748854339#!/groups/304054316459561 It's well documented that Loomer Rd was vandalised some 2 weeks ago and, with Dave Tatums backing, in an effort to alleviate the losses a group of supporters Speedwsy & Stox have galvanised to launch into fundraising mode. https://m.facebook.com/home.php?ref=bookmark&app_id=4748854339#!/home.php?ref=bookmark&app_id=4748854339&soft=more

That sounds better

From the press releases the track is unaffected. It's the stadium that has been wrecked the Ref's box etc...... You may have known in your own mind the relevance but thanks for sharing it

What's you're point?

Yes if you read the press release that says the money in reserve to run the Potters next year has been spent on repairs. Therefore leaving the club short of funds to run next season so Dave is unsure if he can make it viable or not. It's not the stadium that's in doubt it's the Potters

Maybe....maybe not. Sometimes you need to be careful what you wish for

Sad really http://staffslive.co.uk/2014/11/stoke-speedway-may-sold-vandals-went-wrecking-spree/

Wasn't there a similar problem with Todd Kurtz ar Newport?

I don't know about Cradley in those days in 1981/83 I'd never heard of speedway. What I do know is doesn't matter what league you are in. Surely winning is part and parcel of 'competition'. Maybe that's why the overseas youngsters have a more 'winning' attitude than ours as some promoters have said in the past. here you don't need to win in the MDL and NL just turn up. Is it only in this country where competition and winning is frowned upon?

The disparaty was caused by Worrall being on a false average due to a poor season in 2013 after breaking his leg. Had he ridden to his potential in 2013 he wouldn't have been eligable for NL. Similar situation to Adam Roynon. Maybe averages need to be looked at. Another example was 2013 Lambert (Simon) Who's PL ave put him in the no double up bracket but it went down in 2013 there making him eligable to DU in 2014 You will always get these anomilies if you are going to go on previous seasons form

What's wrong with wanting to win? Well run clubs with good support. Speedway is dying in this country lets have more Poole's and Cradleys.