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TBH the points limit is pathetic considering the surplus of riders from last year with two less teams. I also wish there were no rules that highest on the averages has to be #1. RS & lowest average of the other 6 have to be 6 & 7. Otherwise position completely at discretion of TM... bring some craft back to it.

Why would KLS retain Ben Cook who decided he was too injured to ride for them most of 2025 despite the fact he kept riding for Leszno when NKI & Lawson are surely available?

Masters returns & takes on captain duties.

Link?

So it's Douglas, Masters, Becker, Howarth & Kemp ... add Flint to the mix... wait did Wolves ever have that team?

It seems a sensible team to me but nothing will or can be announced until the powers at be declare the rules for top tier league speedway in the UK for 2026.

My team would beat yours.

TBH having looked at a few permutations, I think I'd go with.. Kurtz Vuolas Blodorn Lidsey Bewley Zischke Mulford

My avoidance of signing Klindt has nothing to do with his Polish/Danish/Swedish activity, he's just flaky and always has been.

I've been a fan of NKI for years, but he's not getting any younger. Zagar is a year younger, has more of a relationship with Belle Vue and is on a lower average. Wouldn't touch Klindt with a barge pole.

Second week of December usually.

I have not had chance to read anything yet today... Just briefly saw the schedule on socials this morning and thought i may have a new Polish GP to go to. Have been to a GP at all the Polish tracks which regularly host a GP.

Łódź was indeed a nice surprise! Hopefully there will be decent Ekstraliga fixtures nearby on the Friday & Saturday. Łódź is fairly northern I think... I'll have a look on maps later.

Meh....

Dudley Wood Road to Loomer Road at 11:20 pm on a Sunday... 59 minutes according to Google.

I doubt you could do that from Cradley Heath to Stoke 95% of the time.

I'm sure there are more but I can only think of Lidsey who rode Ekstraliga, Eliteserien & Premiership in 2025.

But if you have a stronger #1 you can't retain the strength in depth, that's the nature of team building under a points limit.

Blodorn's favourite UK track is Leicester. Aces only lost the fixture I went to see at Beaumont Park by 2 points due to an incredible ride by Fricke to split Kurtz & Bewley (after being passed Kurtz fell to give a further point away).

You'd rather watch Kurtz ride the NSS than Bewley... go see a shrink! No finer sight in the sport than Bewley throttle jockeying the NSS... (Sorry Ipswich fans). Plus he's more likely to miss the gate than Kurtz.

Out him is harsh. I wouldn't have Blodorn prioritised as a must retain, but if his average fitted then fine. A year at another Premiership track wouldn't do him any harm, if his average didn't fit with Aces team building plans.

Not convinced Blodorn is a shoe in for Aces next year with him taking up aU24 berth in Ekstraliga with Toruń. He's not really progressed as expected.

Would imagine Musielak will be on allot of people (Stars fans aside) want list as he struggled at Perry Barr and starts 2026 on a 6.3ish average. But it's not just UK where his average has gone down, in Poland's second tier he topped the averages a few years back with in excess of 10:00 (2.26 a ride) he's now not much over 8:00 (2.07 a ride). Still in his time as a Tiger he was always unbeatable at Owlerton on my (rare) visits.

I'd love Brennan to be back in Red & Black next year but if Ipswich are losing Sayfutdinov then they'll surely retain him.

Bewley has a better away average, 8.25 compared to Kurtz 7.76, is better to watch at the NSS and is more willing to team ride. But if Aces can keep both they surely will. Absolutely no point in preserving with Zischke for a year if they are to abandon him now when he's on a 3.00 reason, but h's on a 3.00 average for a reason because the reserves were what let Belle Vue down. Would have to look at the RS list when it's published to see if there is anyone preferable to Mulford. Cairns didn't really impress in his only NSS Premiership outing. Would only consider Lidsey if Kurtz/Bewley spearhead isn't possible.