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There must be a reason he was able to conpete. I don't get why it wasn't just explained what that reason is.

It wouldn't have been that difficult. All they had to say was that he has a British wife and citizenship (if that is the case) I'm surprised they didn't say that anyway.

Klindt became the rider everyone wanted at the start of the season by being rubbish in the PL. Now Tungate becomes everyone's most wanted by being rubbish in the top flight. Basically, if you want to get signed up you need to be rubbish - but not rubbish enough to be TOTALLY rubbish.

We are better than Rye, Leicester and Somerset. The others 4 are better than us and will be in the play-offs. Swap Tungate for Gappmaier. Same thing. Still better than those 3 and worse than the other 4. All we can hope for is to get some good home results to keep the locals happy. I think the signs are that if Adam scores a few we can do that.

Don't let him get to you, Sidney. We all know he's really a Swindon fan on a wind up. If you take no notice he won't keep coming back. They have said that riders can be reassessed based on matches they have had so far, so maybe a few more meetings for Poole could see him assessed down to around 5. Time will tell. As far as Swindon not getting Tungate it's hardly a disaster. Yes, he would have strengthened the middle but we only need a few extra points here and there and we can get the home wins. The performance against Rye House was good. Zak is improving all the time and with Adam and BWD showing they can put in decent scores too it's not the end of the World. Strange, isn't it, how key these 5 pointers are. Before the season it was all about who signed Klindt. Now it's all about who signed Tungate.

I believe Zengi is averaging about 4 for Poole at the moment. Maybe if he gets a few meetings in there we might be able to fit him in when KK comes back? How long is he in the Poole side for?

No. He is 0.08 too high. This is the problem with speedway in this country. By doing well at Belle Vue, Sedgy has ridden himself out of a job. Rohan Tungate will go there, get double figures most weeks, and find that he, too, has probably ridden himself out of a job next year because of his inconsistent away form. At least we can have R/R for Gappmaier now, and cover his rides a bit better than before.

To be fair, it wasn't a given right that we should have Rohan and knowing how well he goes at Belle Vue it's not really a surprise he would choose to ride there. I guess the real issue now, then, is whether or not Dany Gappmaier actually gets to ride in plenty of meetings. He does have potential when you look at his scores, but no point having him if he's not riding.

Tungate is brilliant at Belle Vue even when he is poor everywhere else. Not surprising he would choose there if the opportunity comes up, although he might ride himself out of a team place for next year if he scores too much. Is Sedgy too high to fit in at Swindon?

I've a feeling Jerzy Treszkowski was, technically, a Swede and riding on a Swedish license. the "proper" Pole at Swindon that year was Leonard Raba who did very little but then appeared on TV a few years later riding very well for the Polish team. Was in 1978 when all the allocated Poles came here? None of them really pulled up any trees. Boley Proch, at Reading, was probably the best, but he only came over after Blaszak was send home after being caught shop-lifting.

Whenever the 4H4A matches averages come into effect.

Doing a like-for-like change would be re-declaring. What's being said is that if the side re-declares, any rider who hasn't done 4H4A will be re-assessed.

I've no idea what average Jorgensen is on, but surely he's been declared in the King's Lynn side on their original starting average. So, once their 4H4A average comes into effect, he stays on whatever average he is on, unless they re-declare, in which case he'd be assessed with a top flight average. I'm just going on Skidder's post, where it states that riders with less than 4H4A remain on their starting average unless the side re-declares. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems straight forward to me. As stated, his average would be re-assessed if they wanted to re-declare.

No it wasn't. Normally, when a programme over-runs, so does the recording. Clearly BT Sport doesn't do this, so in future it's something to remember to do, but it wasn't obvious at all.

No. He'd be reasssessed to a Division One average if they wished to re-declare. I'm assuming he's been brought in on his Second Division average based on King's Lynn still being on their starting averages.

I saw nothing wrong with the graphics to be honest. Maybe they were basic, but they gave out the required information and that is all that is required. Yes, so really good graphics might give a "wow" factor to the presentation if done well, but I'd rather have the basic information there than hae them try too hard and come up with some OTT graphics that become intrusive. I thought the coverage was fine, with the only negative being the panning to the winner crossing the finishing line while there was still a race for minor placings. Presentation was good. Much better to have knowledgeable interviewers than the Grand Prix interviewer who just asks everyone how they are feeling about whatever just happened.

I think Steve Worrall is brilliant. It's great to see him do so well. When he was at Swindon as a draft rider all the talk was about Garrity and Newman, but he has surpassed both by a long way.

It was the other way round. The two that had moved went straight back to the tapes and the two that stayed still hung around at the pits. As long as the 2 minutes in put on straight away I don't see a lot that can be done about it.

My main problem was that the recording ended after 2 hours 30 minutes and didn't get the final. A few times the camera panned to the race winner crossing the line while there was still a race on for 2nd and 3rd. I've noticed this in some overseas productions of the Grand Prix too. Overall, though, it was very good. Yup.

Best thing about that proposition is that the stated Swindon team would probably win it.

It seems, to me, that the quoted rule is to prevent a side holding a rider back in order to introduce him later. Tungate has since signed for Somerset and been released, which had nothing to do with Swindon, so there's no real reason for the MC not to allow such a move on the basis of that rule. I don't think they would ever block such a move, even to poor old much maligned Belle Vue Aces, unless there was a real suspicion of a side trying to pull a stroke.

I don't know the ins and outs of what is going on at King's Lynn regarding Lambert/Bailey or any injuries so just went of what is on the website. With Bailey in they can fit in Tungate, but I don't know if that is likely.

Just looking at King's Lynn. It's not clear what average Simon Lambert will be on. It looks like he is in the declared side and on 3.00 but has only had one meeting with an average of 5.60 but in on 3.00. These are the averages on the BSPA site R. Lambert 7.91 Batchelor 7.91 Holder 6.82 Huckenbeck 5.95 Rose 5.67 Porsing 4.69 S. Lambert 5.60 (3.00?) Even with S.Lambert on 3.00 it still comes to 41.95. Tungate on 5.09 instead of Porsing it comes to 42.35. Are these the correct averages? Josh Bailey (2.00) is not listed in the 1-7 on the declarations.

As others have said, it's an average. Points/Rides x 4. Heat 15 being included is one reason that top riders have averages so much lower than they used to.

I was with my 13 year old son at the stall selling tee shirts and saw Martin Ashby stood close by. "That's Martin Ashby there," I said to him. "Where?" "There. In the black leather jacket," I said. "That guy there?" he asked. "Yeah." "But he just looks like a normal guy," said the boy, somewhat suprised. "Well he isn't" I said. Not sure what he was expecting. Not a "normal guy" apparently.