crescent girl Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Sam Masters will be riding for Poole as a guest (as will Eddie Kennett, who has somehow managed to keep his average safely below Fraser Bowes) while Drew Kemp will be back at #1 for the Bandits -- the position he held at the end of last season! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambo95 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 44 minutes ago, crescent girl said: Sam Masters will be riding for Poole as a guest (as will Eddie Kennett, who has somehow managed to keep his average safely below Fraser Bowes) while Drew Kemp will be back at #1 for the Bandits -- the position he held at the end of last season! Think Eddie has messed it up for next month. Home will be ok but looks like he is 0.04 above Bowes (5.09 compared to 5.05) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 14 minutes ago, Gambo95 said: Think Eddie has messed it up for next month. Home will be ok but looks like he is 0.04 above Bowes (5.09 compared to 5.05) I think that includes his 7 from 5 on Friday (the day after the cut off). His GSA will be 5.00 next month 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 What a farce and unacceptable. If Lawson has signed for his Danish club before us then there’s nothing to be done but considering he has ridden for Poole in previous seasons, it has to be said it stinks. Not acceptable and my guess would be it’s his final season in the skull and crossbones. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 5 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said: What a farce and unacceptable. If Lawson has signed for his Danish club before us then there’s nothing to be done but considering he has ridden for Poole in previous seasons, it has to be said it stinks. Not acceptable and my guess would be it’s his final season in the skull and crossbones. Yep. You either do all the meetings or you don't do any. No inbetween. I could understand if it was Poland, but Denmark?? Come on now 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 46 minutes ago, LisaColette said: Yep. You either do all the meetings or you don't do any. No inbetween. I could understand if it was Poland, but Denmark?? Come on now 🙄 Which meeting was scheduled first?... Wednesday is Denmark's priority night so presumably their meeting was on the calender first?.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said: What a farce and unacceptable. If Lawson has signed for his Danish club before us then there’s nothing to be done but considering he has ridden for Poole in previous seasons, it has to be said it stinks. Not acceptable and my guess would be it’s his final season in the skull and crossbones. IMO it should only be an NDL guest. A British rider missing a meeting that's been in the fixture list all season to ride in another league is a disgrace. If the CL fixture had been rearranged id have more sympathy. Why sign for a team in a wednesday night league when your bread and butter team use the same night as their preferred race night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 30 minutes ago, mikebv said: Which meeting was scheduled first?... Wednesday is Denmark's priority night so presumably their meeting was on the calender first?.. Trouble is Mike, when he signed for both leagues in the winter it was said he wouldnt miss any Poole home meetings as he was only going to ride in Denmark when we didnt have a home meeting that week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Triple.H. said: IMO it should only be an NDL guest. A British rider missing a meeting that's been in the fixture list all season to ride in another league is a disgrace. If the CL fixture had been rearranged id have more sympathy. Why sign for a team in a wednesday night league when your bread and butter team use the same night as their preferred race night. The Danes run a squad system. It's usual for a foreign rider to contract to complete a minimum number of meetings per season. Lawson missed his last one in June due to gastroenteritis and with Denmark having their season break during July, this week(29th) sees their resumption and his first (best?) opportunity to catch up! Edited July 27 by SteveLyric2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Just now, SteveLyric2 said: The Danes run a squad system. It's usual for a foreign rider to complete a minimum number of meetings per season. Lawson missed his last one in June due to gastroenteritis and with Denmark having their season break during July, this week(29th) sees their resumption. Yes but as he is British and his British team ride their home matches on Wednesdays, plus the fixture not being a rearranged one. The authorities should be taking action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 14 minutes ago, Triple.H. said: Yes but as he is British and his British team ride their home matches on Wednesdays, plus the fixture not being a rearranged one. The authorities should be taking action. I don't disagree, but the "authorities" are the promoters themselves... And the "authorities" have allowed teams (Poole being one with Zach Cook), to sign riders who already had Polish contracts before they sgned in the UK, so knew they would miss weekend meetings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 10 minutes ago, mikebv said: I don't disagree, but the "authorities" are the promoters themselves... And the "authorities" have allowed teams (Poole being one with Zach Cook), to sign riders who already had Polish contracts before they sgned in the UK, so knew they would miss weekend meetings... But the Polish league is a slightly different situation. They get their fixtures out early and have rightly or wrongly, first call on the riders availability. How many Wednesdays does the Danish league run on and how many of those Wednesdays didn't clash with a Poole home fixture ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, mikebv said: Which meeting was scheduled first?... Wednesday is Denmark's priority night so presumably their meeting was on the calender first?.. The 2026 Danish league fixtures were published in December 2025. At that stage nobody knew for certain that there would be a Premiership nor the likely number of fixtures so several riders of the required standard looked elsewhere for more fixtures/money. ( eg Zach Cook wasn't due to do CL this season) Edited July 27 by SteveLyric2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie4388 Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, Triple.H. said: IMO it should only be an NDL guest. A British rider missing a meeting that's been in the fixture list all season to ride in another league is a disgrace. If the CL fixture had been rearranged id have more sympathy. Why sign for a team in a wednesday night league when your bread and butter team use the same night as their preferred race night. This meeting has been rearranged though it was meant to be on June 24th but it was changed to the KOC meeting between the 2 sides 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 9 minutes ago, Triple.H. said: But the Polish league is a slightly different situation. They get their fixtures out early and have rightly or wrongly, first call on the riders availability. How many Wednesdays does the Danish league run on and how many of those Wednesdays didn't clash with a Poole home fixture ? How soon fixtures are out isn't relevant with fixed race nights... (Unless rearranged dates).. Denmark use Wednesday so using any rider with a Danish contract will always carry a fixture clash threat... The difference with this situation is that usually teams are happy to arrange meetings away from home without their best riders, but, on this occasion, the home team has their best rider missing..... Denmark will also see their league as being more important than either of the UK ones given the riders they have on their books this season... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 8 minutes ago, Fozzie4388 said: This meeting has been rearranged though it was meant to be on June 24th but it was changed to the KOC meeting between the 2 sides Which he also was going to be riding in Denmark for. Which i had no issue with at the time as i thought that was rearranged and this one was the original. So whichever was the original fixture, he should have been at Poole for not Denmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 19 minutes ago, Fozzie4388 said: This meeting has been rearranged though it was meant to be on June 24th but it was changed to the KOC meeting between the 2 sides Sorry I read a post that this was the original fixture. Still think he should be riding for Poole though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie Head Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 (edited) With the regular Danish league season running to the end of August, how many more Poole home meetings is RL likely to miss? Edited July 27 by Dickie Head Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitza Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 17 minutes ago, LisaColette said: Which he also was going to be riding in Denmark for. Which i had no issue with at the time as i thought that was rearranged and this one was the original. So whichever was the original fixture, he should have been at Poole for not Denmark. As I remember it the KO home meeting was swapped round with the league fixture, making both rearranged matches, that I'm thinking gives Lawson's danish side priority for their pre-scheduled matches. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted July 27 Report Share Posted July 27 Personally I think it stinks, Poole should be his priority. He has been great for Poole mostly but he missed the Cup meeting and now a league meeting. In my view this is unacceptable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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