Marky_Mark

It has gone quiet, but now other teams are announcing I think it looks like some sort of combination of: Connor Mountain Luke Harrison Zaine Kennedy Declan Kennedy MPT Nathan Ablitt

I can’t see many available spaces left for Drew if he isn’t at Scunthorpe

A lot of assumptions that Zach is signing?

Pathetic running of a sport that he is a director of….

And if Ipswich and/or Sheffield don’t get new owners then it leaves Belle Vue, Leicester and Kings Lynn with nothing to run?

I don’t think Connor is riding this year but Luke Harrison on 4.97 would fit nicely?

Ah thank you, in which case I stand corrected. Does mean Poole would have been a point below the limit

All this talk of Beau Bailey but it’s now becoming clear that he was never going to fit into the team with a 5.00 point average? Anders starts the season on 7.38 and if he pulled out late and is now replaced with Zach on 7.34 then Poole would never have had 5 points available for the number 2 position and therefore Gilkes was probably always in the team. Poole 1. Richard Lawson 9.58 2. Dan Gilkes 4.59 3. Lewis Kerr 6.77 4. Fraser Bowes 5.63 5. Zach Cook 7.34 6. William Cairns 3.81 7. Cooper Rushen 2.00 = 39.72, with Anders it would have been 39.76. Therefore there was never an extra 0.41 to have had Beau instead of Gilkes .

But I suspect the rest of the team was initially signed to leave a Drew Kemp (7.88) sized gap?

But there aren’t many riders available on a similar average?

Not many options left for Drew if he doesn’t want a Sat track. Scunthorpe, Oxford or Poole?

Still trying to think outside the box, what’s the state of play at Wolverhampton, Rye House, Kent (Sittingbourne) Do they still have tracks down?

I hear you but as you say the stadium is a money pit and they have the choice of some income v no income

What reason is given though? It seems strange knowing how much Bob loved the speedway that it’s just a straight no?

Bradford has a track ready for use?

You could have Gusts (5.49) in place of Heeps with a 2 point rider at number 7 = 39.88

Any idea where Harrison is off to then?

He may well be but not been announced yet but Jeppesen, Vinnie and Tate have, and with Anti and Hook heavily rumoured wouldn’t leave much if Batch signs too?

I’ll go for: Cooper 2.00 New foreign rider - 5.00 Batch - 7.10

If not Zach Cook then what are the remaining options? Drew Kemp? Batch? Palovaara?

Maybe it’s because they are going up to the premiership? 🤷‍♂️

I don’t think there would be any sort of panic if it’s just a case of replacing Tobias. Lots of riders available between a 4 and 5 point average

Surely it’s looking like this? 1. King 2. Tobias 3. Barker 4. J Thompson 5. Nicholls 6. Alfie 7. 2 Pointer

How about Bradford or Eastbourne? Both have tracks already there unused ?

Klindt?