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Who’s in for NBJ then?

I think this will be decided by which of 4 poor reserves have a decent meeting.

Yeah I forgot that they haven’t done 4 meetings yet so have a little bit of Leeway.

He’s on 4.75 after 4 meetings effective tomorrow I think and Halder is 4.63.

The inevitable has happened and the date has changed!! Now on Sunday 25th August at Sheffield. So that’s now the 3rd NL event in a row that the date has changed for and I had time off work to attend but now I am unable to attend due to work. They obviously think that fans’ lives only revolve around speedway

RTD’s average is too high for Halder.

Campos is much better at Smallbrook than RTD. Whilst RTD has been nothing special this season and his average has dropped by half a point.

I think Sealey averaged about 1.70 in his season at the Warriors.

Edwards in for Jenkins makes them stronger imo with how good Edwards is round Smallbrook.

Certainly haha. Well if the NL Fours turn into a debacle there then nobody will turn up for the NL Pairs there!

It might finish on Saturday you mean!

When will British Speedway work our that they cannot change dates at late notice?! I have time off work on the 7th to go to KL and now don’t know if I’ll make it to Stoke. Others will be in the same boat with now being committed to working and will have booked hotels etc.

Not fair for either Cradley or Belle Vue fans.

Regarding group B, BV should progress but it’s totally open between the other 3 imo. Kent are missing Kemp. Plymouth have Wilson & Stoneman plus an in form Andrews and if Campos knows any track then it’s KL! Plus you can’t discount Mildenhall with Ayers in top form and Edwards & Atkins are no slouches either.

The draw has been done. Group A: Cradley, Leicester, Stoke & Isle of Wight. Group B: Plymouth, Belle Vue, Kent & Mildenhall.

I didn’t read much tbh but I know he’s trying to make it a 12 heat final rather than the previous 8 heats. And (by NL standards at least) that it’s actually going ahead as planned!

The Fours do not have priority but Pipe is publicising it on Facebook.

Wallinger & Leek out and Atkins & Butcher in. We all told you about Wallinger but Leek can feel unlucky seeing as he’s averaging 4.93 with BP in all comps. Atkins is a very good rider but a reserve duo of Kelly & Butcher puts a lot of pressure on Kelly to continue his nice start in his debut season imo.

Totally disrespectful to both the NL as a whole and his own 2 riders who have chosen to ride for 2 teams. Also don’t forget that Bowtell has been touring around for an NL spot so his riders obviously don’t agree with him!

Plymouth have won 6 out of 7 meetings between the sides at Smallbrook since the Devils dropped back down to the NL

Nobody has sufficiently explained how davies has attained that average. Interesting. You would assume that Bailey would’ve appeared in the declaration once those two’s averages go up! Phillips has achieved that from 4 meetings also. All NL riders get a new average from the first 4 league meetings of the season if they ride in all 4. Phillips has 31 points from 17 races.

Rolling averages don’t exist in the NL. It is about interpretation again! It doesn’t say ‘2 per team based on current average’ or ‘2 per team based on initial average’ in order to clarify the impossible difference. However at Cradley they have x3 riders on a 2.00, unless Davies gets a made up average.

All that does is once an unattached rider has 4 meetings and inevitably gets a 2.something average, it stops then being able to ride as an unattached rider! But generally aren’t considered good enough for a full-time place!

His Championship average is assessed so doubt it counts. The real issue is teams are now ignoring the x2 2.00 rider rule.

Surely not?! He’s an Aussie