Berwick 2026

[Bandit59]

16 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

Has been letting us down for the past two months but wants to continue to let us down instead of us getting a guest. If you’re injured as much as you say you are, don’t ride then use it as the excuse.

Totally agree 

[mogmacrash]

It really is a strange situation, and one where the team manager should step in. 

Openly admitting an injury is causing him to ride below par, and carrying on because he wants to be in a cup final (where he would no doubt struggle again)

I'm sorry, i'd be looking at a replacement (one who can ride Plymouth would be a bonus)

[StevePark]

10 minutes ago, mogmacrash said:

It really is a strange situation, and one where the team manager should step in. 

Openly admitting an injury is causing him to ride below par, and carrying on because he wants to be in a cup final (where he would no doubt struggle again)

I'm sorry, i'd be looking at a replacement (one who can ride Plymouth would be a bonus)

Scunthorpe tried to do that with Danny Phillips a few years back and the SCB refused and they had to keep using him.  The same would happen here, I believe, as it's too late to make a change to the line-up (i.e sacking a rider). If he says he's fit, then there is nothing they can do about it.  Give him his three rides as quickly as possible and use the other reserve is about the best they can do. 

Having said that, Jack is not helping his team one bit and is being rather selfish in this matter by the looks of it. I would surmise that he will probably not get a team place in Northumberland in 2027, because of his actions.

Edited 14 hours ago by StevePark

[crescent girl]

6 minutes ago, mogmacrash said:

It really is a strange situation, and one where the team manager should step in. 

Openly admitting an injury is causing him to ride below par, and carrying on because he wants to be in a cup final (where he would no doubt struggle again)

I'm sorry, i'd be looking at a replacement (one who can ride Plymouth would be a bonus)

 

6 minutes ago, mogmacrash said:

It really is a strange situation, and one where the team manager should step in. 

Openly admitting an injury is causing him to ride below par, and carrying on because he wants to be in a cup final (where he would no doubt struggle again)

I'm sorry, i'd be looking at a replacement (one who can ride Plymouth would be a bonus)

Were he to be sidelined, there could be a different guest each meeting, each able to specialise at one or other if the tracks.    But Jack's average isn't too high just now: 3.12 for both legs.......

[mogmacrash]

34 minutes ago, StevePark said:

Scunthorpe tried to do that with Danny Phillips a few years back and the SCB refused and they had to keep using him.  The same would happen here, I believe, as it's too late to make a change to the line-up (i.e sacking a rider). If he says he's fit, then there is nothing they can do about it.  Give him his three rides as quickly as possible and use the other reserve is about the best they can do. 

Having said that, Jack is not helping his team one bit and is being rather selfish in this matter by the looks of it. I would surmise that he will probably not get a team place in Northumberland in 2027, because of his actions.

 

[mogmacrash]

 If he is declared unfit surely the Bandits could use guests? I can't see it making a massive difference anyway but anything is better than nothing.

[szkocjasid]

On 9/7/2026 at 4:37 PM, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

Has been letting us down for the past two months but wants to continue to let us down instead of us getting a guest. If you’re injured as much as you say you are, don’t ride then use it as the excuse.

 

On 9/7/2026 at 7:21 PM, Fromafar said:

Seems a strange statement to make.Is he not letting the club down riding with a debilitating injury .Cant see Stuart Dickson being over the moon.

100% agree, if he was going for sympathy & excuses for form, that only works if he stopped riding.

Because of the guest rule, he's not being a team player & helping Berwick by carrying on.

No-one wants to hear about a rider being in pain, I wouldn't want to watch him racing if I knew he wouldn't be able to sleep at night afterwards.

[szkocjasid]

10 hours ago, mogmacrash said:

It really is a strange situation, and one where the team manager should step in. 

Openly admitting an injury is causing him to ride below par, and carrying on because he wants to be in a cup final (where he would no doubt struggle again)

I'm sorry, i'd be looking at a replacement (one who can ride Plymouth would be a bonus)

I guess the team manager could ask him to step down because of his injury, but if the rider wants to ride, what can you do?

From a health & safety point, can the match doctor refuse to allow him to ride, if he felt it was a danger or Smith crashing & injuring himself further or others, by not being fully fit?

[lewy]

1 hour ago, szkocjasid said:

I guess the team manager could ask him to step down because of his injury, but if the rider wants to ride, what can you do?

From a health & safety point, can the match doctor refuse to allow him to ride, if he felt it was a danger or Smith crashing & injuring himself further or others, by not being fully fit?

Loads of riders carry on with injuries nothing new here. 

[Fromafar]

2 minutes ago, lewy said:

Loads of riders carry on with injuries nothing new here. 

Yeh! But they don’t publish a”War and Peace” about them while still wanting to ride.