Alan_Jones

Up to and including Sunday, April 06, 2014 1 Milton Keynes 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 49 22 4 2 Castleford 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 9 2 3 Long Eaton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 18 1 4 Rye House 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 26 46 1 5 King's Lynn 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 15 0 6 Stoke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 21 0 7 Belle Vue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Coventry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Sheffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCORING SYSTEM: Win - 2 Points Draw - 1 Point Loss - 0 Points

Why would we? We said from the start he should be on a 7,we'll be saying in October he should've been on a 7. Anyway, he should be on a 7. That's 7, not 5, 7.

5-12 in the NL & PL, 5-8, 10 & 11 in the EL

I thought it was sheep in New Zealand...

He is in the current team declaration. http://www.speedwaygb.co/14issues/el_issue2.pdf

On the basis that the resultant prison sentence will give him time to mature?

What, exactly, is your point? As you say, Jason is a Rye House asset and will therefore ride for Rye House in all official fixtures. Irrespective of that, there's no way that last night's knockabout should have taken precedence over a league match.

As if they didn't have enough problems, Coventry.

In terms of putting a spanner into the speedway works, the PL is rapidly becoming the new EL. They are continuing with an over-complicated play off system that teams struggle to shoehorn into the end of the season. They've now added extra "conference" matches that add to inequalities in league performance between teams. They failed to buy into the "young" rider programme, whatever the reason for its introduction, and, despite always having had the better of the doubling up system, we now have the ridiculous situation of PL teams insisting on riders appearing in a meaningless challenge when they should be riding for their other team in a league match.

For those that don't like the standard programme layout, there are printable blank alternatives for the 2 league formats here; PL - https://db.tt/VspwPlys EL - https://db.tt/a86hHiwx

Indeed. Will be supplementing my digital copy with the printed version. Three thumbs up.

The original date for the LC match clashed with the U21 final on April 15th.

Doesn't look like updates are covering this so I'll be tweeting results @aej50

Believe it. The Regulations State that the Ref "exercises supreme control of a Meeting" from the time they enter the stadium until declaring the meeting closed. They are free to consult the CoC, TMs and Captains but the final decision is theirs.

Wouldn't be OK for anyone, anywhere at any time.

Give Brady Kurtz the correct average, maybe?

No discount for seats, only standing.

Richard Hollingsworth quoted in today's SStar; "Discussions are still taking place. We had an agreement with a pair of riders 6 weeks ago but sadly things changed last week and now we are having to explore our options." ... "We are in discussion with a couple and hopefully we can sort out our line-up for our opening fixture by the weekend."

More complicated than that, but irrelevant in this case as shared events take precedence over all leagues.

BSPA shared events always take priority over league competitions.

Sam Simota will be the temporary replacement for Alex Davies.

That could actually make an improvement, it's really that bad.

No, Boxall.

With 2 bikes that look as though they may make it to the end of the season as well.

Rob Godfrey has been told that that visas are issued 10 days after applications are submitted and that Ryan Douglas is 2 days behind Jason Doyle, whose 10 days are up next Friday. Interesting to see Doyle listed for the ERC when it's widely assumed that Tier 5 visas only allow riding for the sponsoring club.