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Where Brexit doesn’t help is in the added cost and time for European riders who now need a visa so while not directly ruling them out if it takes 4 weeks and £2k to sort then it certainly impacts mid season or short term changes

If you class the drone footage from Ashfield as absolute then I wish I had your xray vision, it certainly shows how close all 3 behind Worrall were going over the line but it in no way is it ‘absolute’ in showing who got it either way

Totally agree not sure why a super heat is needed after a first meeting yes if the bonus needs decided after the second off course have one. Theoretically you could have 2 teams race to a draw in both the home and away matches yet if 1 wins both super heats they get 5 points to the others 2 overall that doesn’t seem quite right. in saying that if they are off the drama and quality of that one tonight let’s have them on every match

One small addendum is Lee is suspended for 30 days pending his hearing where any further punishment may or may not be given. So the 30 day suspension is potentially not final punishment.

Came from the Monarchs promotion I co-ordinate the match previews for the Monarchs website so had it confirmed so it could be added to the preview that went up around half an hour ago

Sam Hagon guests

Surely as a neutral it was better to see Pijper cover 3 of the 4 rides than a lesser rider cover all 4

Could be wrong but from memory that changed last year when the transponder equipment went in

I’m just going off what I was told by someone involved in the management at Berwick that they are aware of a couple of clashes and aren’t concerned

Don’t panic As is often the case with that poster what they know and what they think they know are completely different. Drew may miss a couple of meetings but this was known by Berwick and facilities are allowed in those instances.

I would imagine the Monarchs argument centered around the wording of rule 10.2.1 which states rolling match averages are made up from last two years fixtures which would give Max an average of sub 2.8 It isn’t in the scb regs that I can see so can’t remember the exact rule but I assume the rolling average for team building uses a set amount of meetings giving the 4.21 figure. Does raise the question on if Max’s average would drop to the lower figure after the first cut off after he rode a league meeting this year.

I think Birmingham made a mistake not signing him, he’d be on a 3.53, is a fan fav there and rides Perry Barr like a championship heat leader so would be good for 5 or 6 at home most weeks alongside 3 or 4 away at most tracks I’d say

Your second point about not arranging it that way is spot on If it needs a double header the easiest way (and it’s still a bit of a pain) is charge people the full price on entry then offer a partial refund as they leave before the second match. Edinburgh did that for a double header last year. The main downside was seeing a queue prob 200 deep that weren’t staying for the second match which was pretty disheartening really.

Bit of a false equivalence unless you also list the amount of meetings being shown, as this is going up again next year the price per stream isn’t far of the same

I could be wrong (and apologies to Phil if so) but the article in the Peterborough paper is written by ‘Holeshot media’ who I think is Phil Lanning. Given his experience and ties to the Tigers I’d be very surprised if he’s let slip something he shouldn’t have or wasn’t allowed to.

Meeting off now Monday 7.30pm

Remember though with the new rules for no8 that they can replace anyone at any time so Smith could have some of Pijper and Complin’s rides (as long as they have 3) and the same for Oxford Killeen could replace Atkins or Boughen in rides if they were struggling also

I’m sure if you could find one for the promotion they’d be happy for you to get in touch

That’s correct, r/r at 1 for Monarchs, Howarth was booked but pulled out and no one else of even similar calibre was available/willing

Each mini league is classed as a seperate entity so riders can guest for one team in each

I would imagine that’s due to the variety of lines, I may be speaking out of turn for Sam but I always feel like he likes to hit the front and control the race certain tracks like Ashfield it isn’t always obvious where riders will try to pass you from. Either that or maybe he just likes bamming up Tigers faithful

Seen him in the pits after (and spoke to Kyle) and Zach is battered and bruised but could have been a lot worse. At first viewing I thought his fall was a cert to be a shoulder or collarbone injury but he seems to have avoided the worst

Top average rider in the championship this year prior to yesterday, hardly ‘finished’ but then sure facts would never get in the way of your prejudice

Bastian Borke also misses out due to Danish commitments Ben Morley stepping in

R Worrall confirmed as Bandits guest tomorrow