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The recommendation is to turn down the proposal. The actual hearing hasn’t happened yet.

When he first came onto the scene I also thought he had prospects and would turn into a good rider. But he seems to have got worse every year since then.

A weekend track within respectable travelling distance might work out for him though.

I see the point about the 3rd heat leader but realistically the way the team is built Morley & Wood will always get heat 15 and will always be competitive. So it’s only in the 3 races that the 3 & 4 race together that we might be lacking in but RTD & Verge should be able to comfortably beat opposition second strings and reserves at home and with having 2 big hitters you wouldn’t expect to track a high averaged 3rd heat leader to rival the likes of Jenkins or Phillips anyway.

Proud to support a team with such an honest promoter and promotion team Best of luck to the lads this coming season. Like I’ve said previously, it’s a fantastic top 2 and some great characters throughout and looks a useful team on paper that should stay clear of the bottom to continue with the improved results that came once Bowtell arrived this season.

And then they go and spoil it...

Best top 2 in the league Bring back the NL Pairs haha.

Kelsey’s average is 3.35.

Could Kelsey Dugard be the final rider??

I’d like to see the team completed with Tedham, Widman, Brennan & Ethan Spiller. Or Tedham, Widman, Atkins & Lawlor. I think either would be a balanced and very strong team with some great characters in it. Or if Alfie came back then him alongside Tedham, Widman and Walker. It would seriously lack a third heat leader but make up for it with the best top 2 in the league and Walker always does well on the island.

I think that was said more to cover Birmingham (and to an extent Eastbourne) than open the door to Rye.

An excellently built team that, again, will be very exciting to watch at the NSS. Palin & Rathbone both look decent 2 pointers and like S4K has said, I can see them both having very good season but possibly going under the radar by one or two others. Bickley & Flint are as good a top 2 at all the tracks that anyone will manage to field. Looks like a play-off team at this early point in the season.

Surely at least one of Hume, Bacon, Shanes or Davey will feature so could it be strength in depth with Ostergaard at number 1?!

Look how old he was! I'm not advocating Smith's potential over Flint's or vice versa, they both have a decent chance of becoming top flight riders.

It's far too early in Smith's career to say he won't be good enough. He's even ridden in the Premiership before!

Smith is synonymous with Belle Vue, Flint isn't. Now the intention might to nurture Flint into choosing the Aces as his top flight side but it still puzzles me why that's at the expense of alienating Smith.

So they’ve literally chosen Flint over Smith.

Tbf Ben’s said himself that he nearly has a Championship place signed up.

It’s fair that Bursill is a 2.00 as he’s never had an average ever. However Sheppard has achieved a real average in the past as well as being declared in teams so surely he should come in on 2.whatever he finished on in the last season he rode enough meetings to get an average.

Any details on Elliot Kelly?

So Brady isn’t a number 1 yet but Jack is

Yes to all 3.

It was dangerous that day but that was the last meeting before racing stopped for a few weeks to sort out the track. Reports after that were much better.

There will still be decent young riders missing out though. Already Smith, Bailey & Kemp have all suggested this.

True and one of the best 2 pointers. It’s already shaping up to be a play-off side.