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Dan has now got Polish commitments and will miss some Saturdays, last Saturday being an example, so while he may well outscore Chris, Glasgow have made the right long term decision.

Are Berwick required to offer Edinburgh three dates in the next 28 days for a restaging. After next Saturday,their next three Saturdays are Glasgow (BSN) at home and Workington home and away in the KO Cup. Similarly Edinburgh and a date for the restaging at Armadale.

No longer getting BPs behind Dan Thompson this year should boost his Green Sheet figure - last year his CMA was 8.00 which included BPs.

Doesn't quite rival the unmasking of Kendo Nagasaki !

£121k was paid out to 33 beneficiaries in 2024 and the Ben Fund has assets of nearly £2M which suggests it could sustain its donations for approx 15 years without any further income.

While it seems a sensible approach, will there be too many unknowns. Will Northampton and perhaps Ipswich be successful enough this year to continue in a Premiership level league? Will Sheffield be up for sale or sold. If the latter will the new owners opt to stay I the top tier or want to drop down. Similarly which league will Leicester want? The rider talks could turn everything on its head if they opt out of racing in Britain if terms aren't to their liking. Really we can't let them hold us to ransom, even if it means going to one league and a "ground zero" approach. These guys may have to face the reality of British Speedways being part time and think about getting a day job. How many work during the close season? Not to many I'd guess. Something has to change!

You would need more riders rather than more money

Sadly no. Teams seem to make random selections. While most have reserved a date for the BSN Final, less thought seems to have gone in to a date for the semis. Glasgow don't seem to have nominated a semifinal date but June 12 looks to be the only free Friday and Edinburgh, Scunthorpe, Redcar and Plymouth are all racing that night so you've got to hope they don't get any of them - they can't get Edinburgh as they are in the same section - new rule for this year. Scunthorpe curiously show June 5 for the BSN semi, the same night as the SGP in Manchester. Not sure any team would agree to that one.

Glasgow, Oxford, Scunthorpe and Plymouth are all racing on July 3,so if you beat Redcar then you've got to hope you get Poole or Berwick/ Workington in the semi. Can't see Scunthorpe beating off Poole and then Oxford but as Glasgow race Plymouth then one must make the semis. Glasgow look to have July 10 free but Edinburgh race Plymouth that night. A co-ordinated approach needs to be made on Reserved dates, possibly having all blanked out in one week.

While it is good that clubs have Reserved dates for the BSN and KO Cup finals, it's less clear when the semi finals may be, much less any rain offs.

Remember the play off semi final against Oxford at Ashfield when he left Pijper in against Boughen. The pair crashed with Pijper possibly lucky not to get excluded. However he wasn't fit enough to go in the rerun and Complin was brought in. He put in a great ride which turned the meeting in our favour and took us to the final, the one we won. CB got out of jail that night.

It's the same number ie 40 but not the same strength.

That's just nonsense but go ahead and your bluff will be called.

How about a major league of nine?.It's called the Championship!

Accounts for 2024 suggest BSPL made a loss of around £100k.

Can see how you've arrived at this figure - 7.39 less Brit discount as per the final Green Sheets. BUT they are wrong! 7.39 is Nagels final figure and Flint is 7.13 which with Brit discount would be 6.95., Their figures have been transposed,.

Really? And don't they pay handsome bonuses for certain wins?

May be bonus points should be the deciding factor, rather than heat wins. Afterall in a Golden Heat second and third outweighs a first place. Just a thought

Surely the meeting should be rerun, possibly on Sunday. It wouldn't delay the competition in any way as the final is likely to be at Poole on Oct 22 and either Redcar or Glasgow on Oct 24.

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As both Pickering and Douglas opted out of the Championship this year to concentrate on Poland, I don't see why you expect them to ride next year.

Can't see ANY GP rider being prepared to ride in the UK on a Friday or Saturday night. Nor any other Premiership rider not currently doubling down - guys like Blodorn and Lidsey for example. If they wanted/were able to ride in the UK on Fridays and Saturdays this year I'm sure they would have found a Championship berth.

Nothing against them. Could have spent a couple of hours juggling the teams to make them more equal but tried to pick riders that had some association with the team. The point I was trying to show is just how watered down the teams would be. I'll ask again , how much would you pay to watch two teams at this level? And following on how much per point would riders expect. Can't see this ending well...but ending quickly!

Could swap Nagel for Howarth to balance things up. Teams are a rough cut to demonstrate how much the standard would be watered down, rather than absolutes . Can't see Sheffield being too pleased being shorn of their stars.