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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.

He says he won’t be riding ‘next year’, so maybe we’ll see him back in the future.

1. Alfie Bowtell 9.24 2. Chris Widman 3.32 3. Taylor Hampshire 5.11 4. Danno Verge 4.83 5. Tom Brennan 8.41 6. Shaun Tedham 2.65 7. Chad Wirtzfeld 2.00

This looks the best Stoke side since they had Richie Worrall.

Depends how long he sticks around for.

What’s the thinking behind that?

Plymouth clearly the think he’s a 2.00 and are building their team accordingly.

Hurry’s on a very attractive average and every team needs someone to aspire to and less from the front. Especially as it looks like Bowen, Boxall, Stoneman & Thomas are all ruled out for different reasons. I must admit, I’m intrigued who the number 1 is going to be.

Ayres is a victim of the low Championship points limit when he’s not a 2 pointer and tbh he’s been lucky to have a loyal club like Mildenhall to not be a victim of the NL’s low point limit. As they could’ve easily chosen have chosen Kemp or Bailey as their number 1. It makes you think though that the team is essentially already signed and is very close to the points limit, to choose Ayres over Kemp.

So Bursill won’t be back unfortunately.

What other rules have been created Jayne please but unpublished?

Kind of! ‘fronted by club commercial manager Lee Chipchase and local farmer Greg Palmer – plus unnamed partners – in control of the operation, although Jolly is to remain a part of the set-up at West Row.’