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I thought the racing was good at Shawfield even when racking up big scores as we had racers like Mick Powell and Jesper Olsen so it wasn't from the gate. Ashfield is a good track and is there to be raced on but interestingly Justin Sedgmen commentating on the BSN stream during one of the many gaps in racing at the abortive Poole meeting reckoned with the banking it took a bit of getting used to but once dialled in you had a good home advantage. Possibly this explains why we again have good racing and big home wins. Don't think there's anything to fear with the new points system. When used in the past the aggregate bonus point had little or no effect on the league champions. From memory only Exeter benefited from it ...and just once. In any case with the play offs it's a bit of an irrelevance.

Four league meetings?

What are the current rules about getting a "proper" average, as opposed to an assessed one? Is it still 4H and 4A?

Redcar had the right approach doing the "big bang" and announcing the entire team at once. Make a big night of it. Seem to remember us doing it at a STARS night at Hampden - and that was our league winning side!

Different figure show different things. The gap between his home and away averages is concerning, considering he wasn't at number one for any of them.

A whole array of averages to quote from. 9.08 seems to be the GSA figure including BPs as shown on the BSPL website, the figure excluding BPs is 8.33 - lower than the 8.52 used for team building purposes. His season long average, based on 18 meetings comes in at 7.85 or 8.59 if you include BPs. His home averages are shown as 8.89 and 9.60 while his away figures are a less impressive 6.56 and 7.33. Take your pick !

What figure do you have for Connor Bailey? 4.43 less Brit reduction takes him to 4.32 which doesn't fit. Harris 8.75, Basso 8.52, Brennan 6.70, Pijper 2.00 and 2 @ 5.00 = 35.97, so only 4.03 left. Needs to be a 4.00 rider.

Riding at number five is no different to riding at number one. You meet the same opponents and race in heat 13. It was moving out of the easier number four position that was Bens problem in the latter meetings this season.

Indeed hence my "pay" comment.

There are large intra company payments/receipts between Tigers, Ashfield Allied, Tigers parent company , and Allied Vehicles so could possibly include notional rent.

Are you sure we don't "pay" Ashfield Allied , our parent company.

8.35 is insufficient to accommodate Harris (8.98 less Brit Reduction of 0.22 makes him 8.75). Even if Theo Pijper qualifies for a reduction his 4.32 still doesnt create enough room for the decidedly unwanted Harris. Anyone know of Theo's status?

Remember Bernie Lacrosse beating Ivan Mauger in the second half at The White City. Sadly he never repeated this form. It is to be hoped that Ace is shown the same patience as BobbyBeaton got in his first season.

Seemed to work ok for Poole this season.

May be but wasn't that a very much weakened league second time around?

Trevor Redmond rider/team manager/promoter for the Tigers in the Provincial League season but probably no one since.

And Middlesbrough too. The five non league tracks each staged a meeting in the Preliminary Round of the World Championship in 1965. Mainly contested by tracks number sixes and sevens - though Tommy Sweet man and Eric Hockaday rode in these meetings - each rider had two meetings with the top dozen or so going through to the Qualifying Rounds which were held at all BL tracks. Previously the PL tracks had staged preliminary meetings ahead of the NL rounds and this repeated this format , though it wasn't required again. Leo Ramm rode in a few second halfs at Glasgow and Cowdebeath in 1965 but never made either team. I believe he subsequently became a taxi driver in Edinburgh

Take it you're not meaning Les and Aidan Collins.

As Basso is shown as 8.52, it looks like Glasgow's last meeting at Plymouth isn't included - after all the aggravation and restaging involved !

Why does Tom have to be the next one? Wouldn't be too worried whether he's next or not as long as he's signed. Not sure that spreading the signings out over a week or so actually achieves anything. Don't think they make the local papers.

They've all been removed!

And Martin McKinna who only rode for Glasgow.

Curious that you have Basso as 8.52. Has the away meeting at Plymouth been excluded from the calculation?

From another website It seems certain that guys who ride solely in the Premiership (Doyle, Kurtz, Holder etc) wouldn't be interested in this new set up. So essentially we have all the riders in the Championship, probably around 80, to fill out 16 teams - 5 per team at a bit of a stretch. Would an NL rider be drafted in at number six?This would be a huge watering down of team strengths. Essentially 10 teams @ 42 shared among 16 teams (10 x 42 ÷16 = 27) add in an NL reserve at 2.00 and you still don't come to 30.