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You use the higher of his old NL average or his current PL average doubled, if a rider has missed one or more NL seasons but ridden PL.

You're spot on Alex and its a bad idea in the NL especially as you'd be taking rides away from the weaker/younger riders who need as much track time as possible rather than putting a heat leader in a race that he can win easily.

I think this years experiment worked. Teams outside of the top 3 were still pushing to make the Gold Cup (Buxton brought in JPB, Coventry tried to fit in as many meetings by the cut-off as they could and look how Rye hit form late on) and it kept the league competitive despite Birmingham looking like league winners for a long time.

Is Jacobs definitely riding this year?

I just pressed report on my post. So I don't know who did it.

Hopwood might start at number 1.

I had to ask 3 times!

Does Bowen have the relationship with this management like he does with Len though.

Who do you suggest at number 1?

Lee Payne?

Who? I don't think it'll stay that low, but its not impossible.

If the limit is still 36, how about Zach, Bacon, Bowtell and Hunter or Zach, Dugard, Bacon and Parker?

Perry says he wants to end the season as number 1, doesn't that infer that he won't start as number 1...

Does Holub's meetings that he competed in last year count for his rolling average or does he start from 0 meetings this year?

He's still very young and has the years and talent on his side to improve. Like many riders when they start out in the NL, all he would have to do to add that point you speak of is to learn to stay on the bike when in a scoring position.

What's the rumour about who your number 7 will be? I've barely seen it mentioned.

Didn't CVS say that Howarth starts on his EL average?

Ayres and Chapman were given special dispensation by the BSPA this year to double-up by virtue of them only recently starting the sport. So this may be extended to Payne.

So under 2015 regs he isn't eligible to double-up (by virtue of being over 25), so he is no longer eligible for the NL and therefore isn't eligible for the number 7 role. So are we to assume a rule change that we haven't been told about?

So how does that work if, for example, King's Lynn's 4th meeting is away on a Monday and then have a home meeting on Wednesday but they had to declare their line-up to the away team 5 days (or whatever the actual number is) prior. But then the averages change, so would the riding order also change?

Yes you can.

Surely Kerr, Rose and a 3 pointer will complete the team at 42.41?? And that looks a good team imo!

Yeah, he turns 16 next September.

More than a rumour. Applied to the league to join, last week!

Riders on an average over 9 could still ride, he was using it as an example. You can't have a limit over 40 as it would make a 12 team league far too uncompetitive. 40 is the max it can go to imo. But I'd prefer 38 or 39 and I think we're looking at 37-39.