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Ok. That amused me.

Yes. I was correct.

They said "If Picko comes in on 7.76, the 6th rider will only have an average of 0.04". But there would be 3.04 left for the final rider, so to make that mistake they've presumably either counted Killeen as a 3.00 or allowed for Etheridge twice.

Sounds like you've counted Killeen as a 3.00, but he's the rising star. The 37 point average is only for the top 6 riders. Killeen doesn't count. The 6th rider (Etheridge or other) has to have a minimum of 3.00. And there's a maximum of 7.80 left for the remaining rider, which is enough for Pickering's 7.76

It means they have a maximum of 7.80 left, and Pickering is 7.76

Is anyone going to run Northampton? It was a real possibility to make the 5th team if Ipswich failed, but with Ipswich looking like running, is there still the same energy out there to make Northampton happen? or is everyone happy with 5 teans?

Wouldn't

Weren't the Polish press recently trying to spread stories around that Richard Coleman (Mayfield Sports Events) was spreading himself too thinly? Weren't they suggesting he couldn't possibly run the 2026 SGP series as he was obliged to be at the MotoGP events at the same time? They must think it strange if someone who is already badly overstretched would be wanting to run a British Speedway team...

Didn't have rising stars in the early 90s

Garrity spent far less time inside than Nelson Mandela did. He must've been a proper wrong 'un. Though to be fair, prison must've worked. He never reoffended, and they let him run a country.

Though one did miss a year or two after a further drugs ban. So was O.J. Simpson.

Someone else who made a mistake in his youth, but was given a second chance and went on to become a world champion. Sounds like a good mentor.

You seem to know a lot about what he did. I'm starting to wonder if you were there!

When was your last trip to Northampton raceway?

Prison is there to punish and rehabilitate. He's done his time, now we've got to hope the rehabilitation works. He has experience in two things - Speedway and crime. If we don't want him to return to crime, we need to push him down the path of an honest future. Sadly it seems the "Holier Than Thou" brigade want to push him down a path of crime, so they can say "I was right".

No problem. Not sure why you thought it was a league of 4, but happy to help.

Guess we find out after Jan 6th. Press release just said "at least 5 teams" but also seemed hopeful that Ipswich would join. My guess would be a team at Northampton raceway.

AGM is 6 January. Hopefully Ipswich will be sorted and become the 6th team

No one said a league of 4 teams. It's a league of at least 5. Could be 6 if Ipswich get sorted.

ARC own Newcastle Greyhound Stadium. The same guys who closed Birmingham and kicked speedway out of Central Park, Sittingbourne.

Sheffield.

Oh guys. Look what you've done. You've upset Bluey. How was he meant to know that his reliable source in Poland was so unreliable and clueless? You're ruining his Christmas by signing all these G.P. riders!

Fricke, Holder, Bewley, Kurtz, and a G.P. rider at Ipswich too?

Birmingham aren't running because their stadium was demolished from under them. Not because Nigel Tolley spat his dummy. If Birmingham stadium was still there, then Nigel Tolley would still be there.

That makes absolutely no sense. Meeting opposing teams twice in a league which runs roughly April to September means meeting twice in 6 months regardless of whether it's a 9 team league or a 6 team league. What you're suggesting is that the CL season lasts 16 weeks and the PL season lasts 10 weeks, which is nonsense.