Fortythirtyeight

Might be because out of 40 you have listed only one doesn’t ride in a team and that’s because he’s packed it in. As for some of them listed, NO they shouldn’t be in a development league as they are beyond that level and , by their own admission, get nothing out of it….read Jason Edwards piece in the S/S . Anders Rowe rides in Poland , the Premiership and the championship and you want him to ride in the NDL ! You said there was enough riders to fill 14 teams, there isn’t !

But all of those are in teams now ! Where are these others you seem to think are waiting in the wings for the ‘14 ‘ teams your producing out of thin air ?

What ‘additional costs’ ? If the club has a permit in existence then there aren’t any. They get the same points money / basic wage guarantee, most are put up as guests by club hosts at no cost to the club so no different to equivalent brits. If anything they are willing to put up with more hardships to try and make it than a lot of Brit youngsters who some times demand way more than they are currently worth but I do agree, the rules with averages dont help the middle order riders, perhaps grading is the fairer way ?

Then you need to open your eyes. The British youth rounds are the lowest in numbers there have been for years as very few are taking up the sport. Yes, there’s few good ones coming through , mostly now moving into 250’s , but not many, and where are there replacements? You need to look at the ages of those that are around , not many of team racing age. One club who enquired about running in NDL was informed they probably wouldn’t be considered as there wasn’t enough riders of the right quality to fill another team. Yes, the rules are an issue but more so the lack of proper schools where kids can get on a bike and try the sport.

Nothing against Clegg, he can still do a job for any championship side, but he’s had 12 years in a ‘development’ league. As for non brits in the NDL….this is a reflection on how many brits are taking up speedway , we can’t fill the teams we have and we have so few to start with.

All depends what insurance cover is provided as different types of session ( only one rider on track at a time, club ‘closed doors’ practice , ‘open’ practice, etc ) require different insurance levels and therefore different levels of medical cover.

Nailed it.

League?….not a lot of teams to beat if the other two don’t confirm.

Kerr as well ? ……according to the speedway star.

With Armadale being a doubt I can see a couple of their riders heading to Berwick as a few have been lost to Workington. Danny Phillips is a Berwick asset isn’t he ?

So where does Jack Thomas fit in ? Main Body ? Or reserve ?

You can’t see anything out of those glasses and why ? He isn’t going to have any home track advantage !. Although he really should be adding to it this season, plenty of talent but too many ‘F’ and ‘EF’s’, hope he makes it to that ‘next step’ this year.

You’ve obviously never raced !

It’s the team manager edition you will need to watch.

If Comets are looking for local lads Ben Rathbone now lives in Workington.

Have a listen to Bears Live TV, that will give you a couple of starters, but the clue is already there.

As King has gone to Redcar, he certainly hasn’t gone for the money. More than one rider has recently agreed to sign for a club but then made excuses and signed for someone who has waved the ‘ cheque book ‘ , and it isn’t Glasgow !

Maybe that clubs being honest with their supporters about finances might stop some of them winging about the lack of this and the lack of that and not signing the likes of a Tai Woffinden instead of an Ashley Morris ?

Any rider who improves his average by 1:5 points has done incredibly well. I’m sure that if he just improves on the assessed 2 the club and the fans will be happy. Remember Tom Wooley ? the Redcar fans loved him.

Well I know the match took place as I was there but it may not have been on the date published.

Not exactly a surprise with the current cost of living. The ‘ Free ‘ bit will benefit some but the club still has to pay the council the bills and no doubt a slightly higher wage bill so a rise was to be expected. Still cheaper than some championship clubs and you get second half racing every week so more races for your money.

Shows you how daft speedway rules are when Ashton Boughen gets lumbered with a 4:95 Average after just a month of league racing and Killeen is still on a 3

22 April Redcar    23- 13 Teesside 29 April Teesside 12- 24 Redcar 13 May Teeside 18-18 Berwick 20 May Armadale 5-29 Redcar 21 May Berwick 18-18 Redcar 1 July  West Lothian 20-15 Berwick 2 July Berwick 26-10 Teesside 8 July Armadale 16-20 Teesside 8 July Redcar 23-12 Berwick 22 July Armadale 7-26 Berwick this was the last set of results given out officially, I’ll dig out the results I know after 22nd July.

Redcar and Teesside results from the team managers and the teams Facebook pages, which are quite good .Some others off the only 2 updates given by the ‘ league co-ordinator ‘. Most of the refs didn’t know the rules so didn’t bother taking details or just gave out wrong results. I can troll back and get the last lot of results but won’t have scorers or heat details.

Jenkins may not ride in the NDL if he gets a Premiership place combined with Poland and Kiean Boughen is no where near NDL standard yet.