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Err.

But it does substantially reduce their options. For example Benjamin Basso and other rising Danish stars would appear to be ruled out.

In one respect it should be easier this season as rearranging fixtures will be less problematic because fewer riders have commitments in other leagues, which normally make it so difficult to find new dates. For example only three riders appear regularly in GB and the Elitserien (Becker, Ellis and Kurtz) Only Adam Ellis rides in the Championship and Elitserien Bar a single appearance by Leon Flint no rider active in GB has ridden in the Alsvenskan this season

I thought you were being a tad melodramatic, until I read it. It basically translates as "man who disagreed with me died" Do I detect the hand of the notoriously thin-skinned Mr Godfrey?

Fajfer is currently 10th in Elitserien averages, above Janowski and Fricke.

Plenty of us at the match were discussing this during the interval. The other option would have been Woodhull in ht 13 leaving Coles for heat 14

The track was pretty shocking, the last 8 heats were largely won by the riders who missed the holes.

You have my commiserations, I travel a lot, and trying to minimise the risk of being left high and dry by late fixture changes is wearing.

We're you planning to come back via Birmingham?

There are some excellent talents in today's bottom 8. Just because they didn't perform on a slick and bumpy track doesn't mean they aren't very promising riders for the future.

Very level-headed performance from Andersen. Basically missed the gate 4 times out of 5, but picked off his opponents with little difficulty.

What am I missing?

Unless Newcastle speedway is not VAT registered then you can forget the VAT as it is fully reclaimable input VAT i.e. the cost to the business is Nada, Nothing, Zero.

Coles at reserve - bloody 'eck

The link takes you to DSL only averages. Use drop down 500cc and Div 1 to get D1 Aves. From those it is correct that Basso's DSL average (exc bonus) is higher than Kildemand. He is also above Thomas Jorgensen and Bjarne Pedersen in the DSL. However it is worth noting that the race format does skew averages so that a 6pt average achieved riding at no 1 is worth more than a 6pt average riding at number 5.

Bachelor and Heeps riding in the same team tonight, this might be interesting.

I think you've understated just how good Pickering was tonight.

I saw him at Fjelsted in 2018 or 19. Looked pretty good to me and is certainly rated.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/card-surcharge-ban-means-no-more-nasty-surprises-for-shoppers

But it will be for those clubs that don't have sufficient time, capital and expertise. Hence Neil Watson's comment and the large number of clubs that settle for the Barber's fairly safe and pedestrian offer.

I am aware of one club that went down this road. They lost a shed load.

Poole run a good operation, with much more variety in their product range than most tracks. Isle of Wight have been the market leaders (I think they were the first to do facemasks by several months, and you can get Warriors coffee and underpants!). However contracting out undoubtedly remains the best solution for many clubs. Unfortunately since the passing of Dave Rattenbury there have been few alternatives and perhaps jaybea would benefit from a bit more competition. But sadly with the declining market size we are unlikely to see new entrants to the market.

A rule bought in mainly at the demand of fans on forums like this. There were several examples (not all involving Poole) of riders being dropped to accommodate a team change then reinstated a few days later when new averages meant that the dropped rider could be fitted back in.

I think jaybea's business model must be pretty robust as jaybea have been the main provider of speedway merchandising to tracks for the last two decades. There can also be a considerable difference between buying online and buying at the track. Some have nice shops (Belle Vue) others are just a table on the terraces. Several tracks were completely without trackside purchase opportunities until recently due to covid regulations. The real problem is that as fanbases contract the market for club branded items shrinks to the point where it becomes uneconomic to run anything other than a print on demand operation.

And I bet that's exactly what all the clubs who did it themselves and lost money thought too.