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And if he makes the final, he'll miss the meeting at Oxford too. Really don't know why we didn't get dates in July for our aways at Poole and Oxford during the Danish summer break. Something we did last year.

New averages don't take effect until June 1 so no change to our riding order.

Does KJP have a Danish meeting this Wednesday?

Is that the same piece that appeared in last week's Star?

This kind of thing explains why supporters sadly are less likely to travel to away meetings.

It was wrong on Updates. Not sure why as Harris passed Hausl and was a fair distance ahead of him at the finish.

Not for those eligible for Concessions!

Not so sure about that. I think we should bring forward our league meetings with Edinburgh rather than trying to arrange Scottish Cup meetings. As it stands a rain off of either fixture ( at Ashfield on July 31 and Armadale Aug 7) would mean going off your normal race night for the restaging to ensure it's raced before the cut off. If we want extra meetings how about a home and away with Workington? Might be easier to arrange.

Unless they make the play offs.

Sorry that's too complicated. How about making RR available to two riders above the replaced rider and two below, rather than one above and three below

You might be right but what makes you think that ? We have four away meetings in the blank month, half our total away league fixtures, - at Scunthorpe Poole Berwick and Oxford, tracks Simon Lambert generally goes well on - and need some strong performances to at least have a chance of a BP. Time to make the change.

Agree with this assessment. He seems a quiet guy and is struggling, just like Ashton Boughen, another quiet young guy. We need a different managerial approach on occasions like this.

KJP currently has a figure of 5.00 excluding BPs (Green Sheet equivalent) after five meetings .

Not all changes are that good. Remember Matic Ivacic and before him MB Andersen?

Agree and thought the race should have been restarted.

Going back to 1965, the last season without guests, some teams notably Long Eaton and Cradley were getting murdered regularly at home and crowds were only saved by the novelty of former NL teams appearing on their track for the first time. Nowadays it would be financial suicide.

Does the 75% rule apply to Rider Replacement ? This would reduce Dans figure to about 6.6 or thereabouts, meaning Sedgmen's average would be too high to take a RR ride. Haven't worked out exact figures but the principle applies whether tonight or later in the season.

Whose bright idea was that? A really poor call that may cost us in the first couple of months.

Indeed! but it highlights the unnecessary pressure being put on our younger riders, many of whom don't cope too well with it. CB and PL have a lot to answer for.

And where is this level of expectation coming from? Cami Brown in December 2025 “It’s sensational that we can bring in Mario who won a gold medal for Germany in the Speedway of Nations 2 last year. He’s one of the hottest prospects in world speedway."

Might be wrong but I don't believe CB gets to make these kind of calls. Someone described him as the Meeting Manager and that's possibly the most accurate description of his role. As for SD, that ship has long sailed.

A lot of pressure on the reserves. A successful team needs riders to improve their averages. Chris and Kyle are unlikely to but Leon certainly will converting BPs for finishing behind Dan T into actuals. KJP looks likely too but will run up BPs - 5+3 is a good score but it's still only 5 points. Mario is likely to be a project, so we really need Freddy and Sam to score well and Cami needs to be decisive in splitting their rides into five and three when necessary.

Morris is a good choice of guest for Leon on Friday and possibly Jason Edwards for the away leg. However cover for Mario seems more problematic. Have we really listed KJP as the higher of our two 5.00 riders? It's a very poor call if we have, meaning the RR rides are taken by KJP with the reserves sharing the other three. Guests are very limited as there are surprisingly few in the 4+ category particularly on Friday when Redcar (Pijper, Mulford and Scott) are already riding, leaving Simon Lambert and Kyle Newman as options, not great.

Good question! There doesn't seem to be another Cooper Rushen on the horizon so I guess it's "stick" rather than "twist". Freddy had a whole season at Berwick in 2024 as there was no answer then either. Really 2026 is a make or break year for him and Sam Hagon too. As there are no obvious replacements, by implication the same is true for Tigers season. Interesting times!

With the league looking so competitive this year, I'm not sure we can wait till August. Indeed making the playoffs isn't a given. Edinburgh and Berwick are likely to be the only tracks he sees twice.