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Michael Lee is the only example I can think of.

I had Leicester above The Aces but that was before the final. Ipswich were easily above us before their injuries kicked in. We’re usually mid table in the home league table.

Brown envelopes have clearly changed hands especially in the Jenkins/Ipswich case. They’ve put their argument forward (better terms £££) and been given commercial reasons to “poach” him even though he wasn’t a rising star this year, but can be now he’s sign for Ipswich.

There’s no shame in being a moneybags club, if such a thing can even exist in UK speedway. Enjoy it, own it but don’t deny it. It’s not meant as an insult.

Well I guess it depends on which horse you’re getting the information straight from.

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Rowe opts out of RS https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/p21_issue_21-1.pdf Rowe opts back in https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/p22_issue_1.pdf

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It would help him win GP’s at the technical indoor tracks like Cardiff.

This has been me the last 24hrs since I found out we have a place at the top table. Taken nearly 100 years. It is true isn’t it and not just BS? Does that mean the cheating stops or do we need to start cheating to fit in?

Poole did that with Crump whilst The Aces were in the process of being rescued. Left us in the mire a bit that season. Ipswich cut from the same cloth, unfortunately.

Oh yes, forgot about moneybags Ipswich. 😡

Surely they will keep Tom.

It’s only 3.91 for the first month, then it reverts to 5.21. I fully expect Anders to be kicked out at this point and replaced with a rider 5+.

Just get one of your riders reassessed to make it fit, like before.

Many thanks for the full and frank explanation. I understand now why you refuted the rule breaking - maybe. It obvious again that rules mean as much to fans as speedway does to the main stream media or big ticket sponsors. The only silver lining is we can add the Glasgow number 4 into the mix to be our RS next season.

Why? The way I see it using the rule book and published facts is below. If it’s another Ipswich under the table rule change I wasn’t aware of then I apologise. Any links would be appreciated as I can add it into my old set of rules. 010.2.2 Any other (non British) rider with an established average, cannot drop below 4.00 in the Premiership or Championship Leagues at any time during the season. This happened with Kenyan last year where he spent almost all season below 4 but for team declaration purposes he remained a 4. James’ PL average was below 4 but due to him being a (young) Aussie like Kenyan he was uplifted to a 4. 4 is bigger than 3.74 which was the average of the rider being replaced which is not allowed if applying the rule book.

He is Australia and doesn’t have the UK family connections of say Connor Bailey, if he had he would have been an RS. He was illegal and it was just another case of team building rules being sidestepped for Ipswich again. James is an Aces asset so if the witches want this one, they’ll have to pay.

Regarding Rew, The Aces won’t get anyway near what Ipswich are offering. We could have upped our offer but we spent it on the Colts and bringing on juniors. Enjoy Tom. As Birmingham CEO Nigel Tolley said: “When you look at the stats, Tom is one of, if not the fastest progressing young British rider since Covid. “His performances meant he was the first ever Rising Star to move into the main body of a team, and even last season he produced some really big scores as a second string for Belle Vue.

Best riders Belle Vue have recently snapped up Brady 7.50 Ben 6.00 Max 4.80 Jaimon 4.00 Tom 4.00 Norick 4.00 Dan 3.00. The fact most weren’t interested in them at the time we signed them made it easier for us to “snap them up”.

The form of the lions leading up to us meeting on the final was pretty much identical to The Aces. Perception of the two teams skewed how each teams form was judged. Leicester were on point whilst The Aces were just being The Aces. wwwwlwlwlw wwwwllwwlw

Please let us know how you would do it? You mentioned we need to change the weather but hand on heart we’re going to struggle with that.

If I owned a club and there was several hundred away fans at £20+ a head, I’d be celebrating with them to ££££..

I agree. Are Polish 1st division riding all fixtures on a Thursday or just the TV ones?

It’s actually our fault (The Aces) as we brokered a deal so as to allow Dan to return in 2022. The BSPL scuppered it as they didn’t like Dan signing for us at the eleventh hour when all other teams were complete and unable to take advantage of the polish league lads at such short notice. Dan leaked this on social media and got a swift rebuke from Godfrey. We then rushed Zagar through, which again irked the BSPL as they had laughed saying good luck with getting that visa sorted any time soon. We didn’t know the future plans for the polish leagues and the issue with Thursday wasn’t there back then. The BSPL were happy to agree to the deal the following season and take advantage of a new batch of riders.