Young Stars 2026

[Son of Shaleman]

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.

[Binman]

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

[ONTWOMINUTES]

Lambert needs as much track time as possible so this will bring on his potential.  

[boroboy25471]

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. 

[boroboy25471]

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. 

[boroboy25471]

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. 

[szkocjasid]

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?

[Diamonds85]

3 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

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?

No they wouldn't, all fans truly care about at the end of the day is winning... The vast majority anyway. You're not going to get numbers through the door because there's a team of developing riders if they're getting battered every week, it just doesn't happen.

[Diamonds85]

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Nice to hear some info from someone who's actually involved and knows what's happening and not just someone not in the know who makes cra p up to make themselves feel important... Thank you

[Binman]

4 hours 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. 

Fact there is now riders without a team deemed now not good enough for the new NDL change the name drop the D