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I agree. Both would've been good options, but I'd say Harris is on par.

But Shanes has a position in a higher league whereas Ayres doesn't yet.

He goes well round there tbf!

Maybe he means permanently, so my guess is Cradley. But he is from Manchester so maybe BV.

Hopwood said in the Speedway Star that he'll be riding at a new track, so that's not Eastbourne.

I hope Stoneman gets fixed up because he showed very good potential last season and in his first stint in the sport before his serious injury. Yeah it is. His home and away averages weren't too dissimilar either. Plus he's a grasstracker too so a big circuit might suit him better than Eastbourne did.

What's Plymouth's official twitter? I can only seem to find fans ones or old ones that aren't updated anymore.

The convenience of the supposed random NLKOC draw, eh!! Local derbies in Stoke vs Buxton, Kent vs Eastbourne & Isle of Wight vs Plymouth!

Greaves & Govier signed. That leaves 7.04 for 2 riders and I hope Cupitt is back and the best rider on 4.04 or below is Harris imo. He's a rider on the up as well! It's just unfortunate that Stoneman won't be back.

Good luck to Baseby. He had an impressive season last year!

They were called Scunthorpe when riding at Scunthorpe, Sheffield when riding at Sheffield and Scunthorpe/Sheffield when riding away.

I thought the BV/Cov side will literally be the same 7 riders all the time.

Hopefully they're well supported and enter the NL in 2018.

I think we need some details on the BV/Cov sharing.

Skornicki and a 2 pointer.

I did it on my phone. I'll do the colour editing on my laptop later.

My thoughts exactly. Both good individual signings but it's intriguing to see how they'll make up their team.

The racing is brilliant at Scunthorpe and I, and other neutrals, go for the fantastic racing. But at the end of the day the majority of fans that turn up every week will be Scunthorpe supporters and they want their team to win. Sport is about entertainment but also supporters want to watch a successful team, so Scunthorpe may have a great track but they can't solely rely on that, which has reflected in attendances in the last couple of seasons.

Both young and promising. Both started at Rye House in 2015 under Andrew Silver alongside Hume and were raw. Hunter was the number 8 that year so he didn't ride that much. Hunter averaged 3.47 and Bowtell 3.95. Both started last season in the main body of their teams for practically the first time and Hunter suffered several injuries at Rye to halt his progress but was widely regarded as the only promising rider of their bottom end and rode at number 4. Bowtell moved to Mildenhall and seemed to struggle a bit tbh but he had a month at reserve midseason which seemed to get his year back on track and he ended the season well at number 2. I don't think the change of track helped Bowtell. Both had steady seasons last year for different reasons but both have shown glimpses of potential and their averages are both on the up.

Bowtell & Hunter announced. So Lakeside could use them as second strings and a strong top 3 of something like Morley, Mear & Wajtknecht or use Hunter as a star reserve, dependent on the points limit.

He said that the NHS waiting times means he won't be fit and he can't afford to go private.

My point was that the Dugards are probably waiting until the points limit is set so that they can sign further riders. There's no point in having a quality number 1 on a big average but then the points limit decreasing. They've signed 3 riders so it's hardly as if they're slacking and those 3 were obviously in all permutations. Look at Rye House last year! The secret to a good team isn't about having a good number 1, it's about finding riders who can improve their average which is why the Eagles thought it's important to sign up Brennan & Wood quickly (and they must rate Coles too) as opposed to signing top end riders first. Having said all that, it's obvious that Eastbourne and other clubs will have spoken to more riders than the Ines they've signed so they won't have to pick up the scraps, they'll just pick up the phone and offer a contract because the details will have already been discussed!

Isn't that exactly the point? Wait until the points limit is set.

Drury says he'll be losing '3, potentially even 4' of the 2016 Brummies. One is Perry but the other 2 look like Wajtknecht and Ritchings. So it should be JPB, Smith, Hume and Bacon plus 3 more. I wouldn't be surprised if the one he's undecided on is Bacon because he did so well last year there looks to be the least room for average improvement from him.

No, Arnie is right. All rides count towards your averages but averages are multiplied by 4 to make 12.00 a maximum. Points/rides*4