Very pleased to have Jye back to solidify the team's home scoring. The Jye who rode home and away against Plymouth, and played a (very) big part in winning the Premiership for Sheffield in their last match, will do very nicely.
Of course they should, that was the plan as the stadium developed. But the Wolves/Panthers closures forced a consolidation of tracks and l suspect a great deal of pressure was put on the new Comets to move up 'in the best interests of the sport'.
Which it most probably is, just that the promotion are now finding it tough to adjust, and put together a team to match their budget while holding their own on track.
Having a good asset-base is a handy revenue stream each season, as every unused asset commands a nice little earner in a loan fee from the club they do go off and ride for!
It has been careful to avoid ties between clubs with the same race-night. There will be a few off-night meetings this season, with four Friday tracks, three doing Saturday and two racing on Wednesdays. As a matter of interest, Poole, Edinburgh and Berwick have seniority on these nights, and won't need to move off-night......
Sadly, the cost would be too much to have tests at every meeting. But it would do no harm to have more-frequent random testing.
As an aside, remember we only hear about the tests that come back 'non-negative' - - l know of several meetings in the season past at which random tests were carried out, with all results turning out negative.
Of course, a five-point-plus middle-order lad (like Anders Rowe) would be signed up in jig-time if he let it be known he was available for £25 per point less than the (vastly-inflated) going rate........