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A race card with the current line up plus a blank one just in case; http://bit.ly/1FlV9RR

Riders don't have to be injured to be replaced by a guest in the NL. "any other reason, e.g. Work, school, holidays, etc." is the additional rule for that league.

Rockets Ed Kennett, Luke Bowen & Danny Maassen with guests Richie Worrall, Carl Wilkinson & Danny Ayres and the ever present R/R.

Looks like the latter to me. He was quite impressive as no.8 at the double header compared to some of the reserves we've had this season.

...and Maassen...

17th & 18th October.

If anyone pulls out of the NLRC in the next few days I hope BWD gets the offer of a place. It's a shame that the best entry we've had for years is likely to be missing one of its top attractions.

The Rockets only have 4 riders available, Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen, Luke Bowen and Danny Maassen all carrying injuries, and Ed Kennett carrying the team. Kasper Lykke is due to have his knee operation today and Robert Lambert is in plaster for a few weeks until he has his scaphoid break reassessed. Dan Greenwood is sitting out the rest of the season.

Golden heats.

From the BSPA web site; THE draw has been made for the National League Riders Championship which is being staged at Rye House this coming Saturday (September 26, 7.00pm). As follows: 1 Kyle Hughes (Rye House) 2 Liam Carr (Buxton) 3 Danny Halsey (Mildenhall) 4 Ben Morley (Kent) 5 Adam Ellis (Birmingham) 6 Lee Payne (Stoke) 7 Max Clegg (Cradley Heath) 8 Zach Wajknecht (Birmingham) 9 Connor Mountain (Mildenhall) 10 Darryl Ritchings (Coventry) 11 Tom Stokes (King’s Lynn) 12 Danny Ayres (Kent) 13 Robert Branford (Rye House) 14 Ryan Blacklock (Buxton) 15 Marc Owen (Eastbourne) 16 Jon Armstrong (Stoke) Reserves: 17 Alfie Bowtell (Rye House) 18 George Hunter (Rye House)

blah blah blah, PiratesPiratesPirates, hmmm...

Is that the world on the street?

That's why the cheering will often be stifled by a mass intake of breath when people realise the seriousness of an incident. the applause as the rider finally makes his way back to the pits, or even takes an ambulance ride, is usually far more enthusiastic than the initial cheer. As for the oft quoted "nobody wants to see a rider injured", sadly, that isn't true either. As for Poole being louder, having a bigger crowd will do that.

They get their leagues and fixture lists sorted before we do. Riders can organise themselves earlier and, now we have the International Speedway League Bureau, their fixtures are inscribed in the calendar before ours.

125cc Dan Thompson 3 3 3 3 = 12 1st Joe Thompson 3 2 2 3 = 10 2nd Mickie Simpson 2 0 3 2 = 7 3rd Bailey Fellows 2 3 3 X = 8 4th (F) Danny Curl 3 1 1 2 = 7 Alex Goldsbrough 2 1 2 1 = 6 Taya Thirtle 0 0 2 2 = 4 Jay Farish 1 1 F N = 2 Corbin Pavitt N/S Sheldon Davies N/S Jack Shimelt N/S 150cc Nathan Ablitt 3 3 2 3 = 11 1st Jason Edwards 3 3 3 3 = 12 2nd Taylor Hampshire 2 3 0 2 = 7 3rd Sam Hagon 2 1 3 0 = 6 4th Sam Stead R 2 2 1 = 5 Keiron McCoy 2 1 1 1 = 5 Mason O'Rourke 2 R 1 1 = 4 Jacob Clayton 0 R 0 2 = 2 James Laker 1 N 0 R = 1 250cc Tom Brennan 3 3 3 3 = 12 1st Champion Kyle Bickley 3 2 3 3 = 11 2nd Jordan Jenkins 2 2 1 2 = 7 3rd Charlie Brooks 2 1 2 2 = 7 4th Kean Dicken 1 0 0 1 = 2 Alex Spooner 0 1 1 0 = 2 Sam Bebee F 1 0 0 = 1 Joe Boatman N/S 500cc Jack Parkinson 3 3 3 3 = 12 1st Champion Jamie Halder 2 2 3 2 = 9 2nd William O'Keefe 1 2 1 3 = 7 3rd Jack Thomas 3 2 3 3 = 11 4th (X) Lewis Whitmore 2 2 1 2 = 7 Lewis Miller 1 1 1 2 = 5 Mitchell Beckett 0 0 0 1 = 1 Sam Chapman 1 0 0 0 = 1 Sam Wooley 0 0 1 0 = 1 Kyle Roberts N/S Macauley Leek N/S Stephen Whitehouse N/S

Theiranus...

Speedway is a £4.43p sport...

A few rider withdrawals meant they consolidated some heats and cancelled five of those programmed.

39 heats completed in 2 & a half hours at Rye House today.

40 riders in 40 heats + 4 finals. Preview here; http://www.ryehouserockets.co/news.php?extend.1142

It's a PL average under 6.

19.9.1.2 An ex PL rider declared in a NL team at the start of the season will be ineligible to remain in the NL (unless SR 19.9.2.2 applied) should he join a PL team at any time. 19.9.2.2 A current PL rider Under 25 years old with a PL MA of 4.00 or below at the start of the season.

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New thread started here; http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=80367

It started off as the 4th round but was rained off in June. The new date meant that it would be the 6th and final round but then when Northside was vandalised and their round postponed it moved into it's current position of 5th. The weather forecast on the day looks reasonable so lets hope the awful weather over the next few days doesn't do too much damage. The later 5pm start may put off some of the northern entrants but it may benefit those that do appear with a more consistent track surface than that provided by the usual 2pm start. No preview on the Young Lions site yet, but expect about 40 riders and heats across the 4 classes plus 4 finals, all run in a little over 3 hours. The racing has got better with every round this year and it was a classic 500 final that ended the Redcar meeting. Let's hope for more of the same on Sunday.