Son of Shaleman Posted Friday at 06:37 PM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 06:37 PM Nothing new in having an ‘old hand’ as rider/coach. It was commonplace in division two days. Also Lynn need to be competitive to get a big enough crowd to pay the bills. Also, if you read the Kent eagles track review in the Star, you will see how they lament not having such a rider when they came up against a grippy track at Lynn. Not that it was very grippy but it was by Iwade standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binman Posted Friday at 07:28 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:28 PM 49 minutes ago, Son of Shaleman said: Nothing new in having an ‘old hand’ as rider/coach. It was commonplace in division two days. Also Lynn need to be competitive to get a big enough crowd to pay the bills. Also, if you read the Kent eagles track review in the Star, you will see how they lament not having such a rider when they came up against a grippy track at Lynn. Not that it was very grippy but it was by Iwade standards. Yes so rename the league and tell all the waiting riders to find something else to do this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONTWOMINUTES Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago Lambert needs as much track time as possible so this will bring on his potential. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boroboy25471 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago On 1/27/2026 at 11:10 AM, Mr Blobby said: Blame Leicester, Oxford and Lynn for that one. They pushed for it. I can 100% assure you that Lynn did not push for a 42 limit. Don’t know where you got that from. Lynn were 1 of 2 clubs who voted against the higher limit. The higher 42 limit nearly had the league down to only 5 clubs. We lost a full team and didn’t have a clue where we were going to get any Heat leaders from, as they’ve either decided not to race NDL in 2026 or they have managed to fit into the other 5 teams because of the higher limit. Believe me, we came very close to not having a team in the NDL in 2026. Simon Lambert and Jake Mulford coming in has made sure we can come back to the tapes for another season at this level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boroboy25471 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago On 2/5/2026 at 10:40 AM, Dave_minall said: Absolutely ridiculous. He had over a 7 point average for Scunny in the championship in 2024. He has one bad year and drops down to the NDL? Makes an absolute mockery of the sport. Some poor lad doesn't have a team place now because they want a number 1. I get the "rider coach" part but he doesn't have to take a team place to do that. Can you tell me, which ‘young’ rider is losing out on a team place because of Simon ? All the other heat leaders have either decided not to compete in the NDL in 2026 or they’ve already got team spots. There was no way I was going to run with just one heat leader, 3 second strings and 3 reserves, especially when all the other clubs have 3 heat leaders and a couple of teams 4 heat leaders. We wouldn’t have been able to compete had we not have brought Simon and Jake in. I’m sure no one wanted to see the league reduced even further and also this way we can still give rides to 5 other riders over the season and 2 of those are starting their first full seasons at NDL level. So let’s look at the positives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boroboy25471 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago On 2/5/2026 at 11:08 AM, Mr Blobby said: The rider coach thing is just a cop out for having him in the team. it’s a job for the boys kind of thing as he’s in with club there. It’s no cop out at all. Had we not of brought Simon in to this team it was highly likely there would not have been a young stars team in 2026. Simon will be a fantastic rider coach. Even Jake Mulford will learn more from Simon. I like to have a rider coach in my teams whenever it’s been possible. In 2007 at Redcar I had Mark ‘buzz’ Burrows and in 2015 at Buxton I had Tony Atkin. 2 great captains and rider coaches. Every team should have one at this level, for the younger ones to learn from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 10 minutes ago, boroboy25471 said: Can you tell me, which ‘young’ rider is losing out on a team place because of Simon ? All the other heat leaders have either decided not to compete in the NDL in 2026 or they’ve already got team spots. There was no way I was going to run with just one heat leader, 3 second strings and 3 reserves, especially when all the other clubs have 3 heat leaders and a couple of teams 4 heat leaders. We wouldn’t have been able to compete had we not have brought Simon and Jake in. I’m sure no one wanted to see the league reduced even further and also this way we can still give rides to 5 other riders over the season and 2 of those are starting their first full seasons at NDL level. So let’s look at the positives. Given it's a "development" league, would fans not turn up to see a weaker team, if the club were obviously building for the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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