Northampton 2027

[YeOldPitGate]

1 hour ago, TTT said:

I'd say Northampton look better if Belle Vue go...

2. Zischke, 3. Blodorn, 4. Klindt, 5. Z. Cook and 7. Hodder

2. Thomson, 3. Iversen, 4. Morris, 5. Lidsey and 7. Pijper

Personally think like Lynn to have any chance of scraping fourth they need someone like Throssell in on ideally 4.5 so that they have a super strong reserve all season.

[Fozzie4388]

I don't buy that Sheffield will be Successful if they have Chris Holder riding at 5 with the reserves that's a recipe for disaster.

Anyone could make the playoffs but more than likely will be Ipswich beating Leicester in the playoff final come October

[mikebv]

2 minutes ago, Fozzie4388 said:

I don't buy that Sheffield will be Successful if they have Chris Holder riding at 5 with the reserves that's a recipe for disaster.

Anyone could make the playoffs but more than likely will be Ipswich beating Leicester in the playoff final come October

Another exciting season ahead then?...

[Bagpuss]

21 minutes ago, Fozzie4388 said:

Anyone could make the playoffs but more than likely will be Ipswich beating Leicester in the playoff final come October

I prefer Leicester beating Ipswich 😁

[ouch]

38 minutes ago, mikebv said:

Another exciting season ahead then?...

It’s continuing the trend started in 2025 though at least last season the champions elect weren’t known until around summertime. 

20 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

I prefer Leicester beating Ipswich 😁

Wouldn’t everyone. 

[Daniel Smith]

2 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

I prefer Leicester beating Ipswich 😁

Not going to happen I know, but when someone new comes in giving it 'the big'n', thinking they have all the fixes for British Speedway, but then buy all the best choices to make their own product the best, I'm sure most will be hoping it all crashes and burns and they miss the Play-Offs. 

It's things like that, that rubbed fans and other promoters the wrong way with Sandhu, Ford and Frost.

Talk a great game but ultimately, only look after themselves. 

[Rob B]

On 11/13/2026 at 8:08 PM, TTT said:

Unless they pull a rabbit out of the hat then Belle Vue.

Granted they've still got Kurtz, But he still needs backup from 6 other riders who'll have to put up over 30 Points a night.

This time they won't have a No.5 scoring double digits every night according to ITK info. Possibly a weak reserve partnership as well unless a ringer is found @ No.6.

You really like getting egg on your face each year with your predictions. You don’t know anything yet. 

[Rob B]

21 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

 

 

I agree with @Daniel Smith McDiarmid's average should be 3.69.

@arnieg they don't count matches that take place after the play-offs have started, so McDiarmid only rode 5 matches that count, daft rule imo.

@Witches1998 I believe that's what they've done. It makes no logical sense to me, that McDiarmid is riding on a converted average from mid-season, rather than his final average converted.

It has happened before in the NL, Adam Roynon signed on a 6 (3 point ave doubled) but didn't get enough matches. They kept that average rather than using his final Champ ave doubled the following year.

Pretty lazy attitude by the rule makers imo, like they can't be bothered to give a rider the correct average.

Why would that fixture not count, it’s still an official fixture. Just because British speedway haven’t bothered updating the website .

[Rob B]

21 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Rob B

[szkocjasid]

35 minutes ago, Rob B said:

Why would that fixture not count, it’s still an official fixture. Just because British speedway haven’t bothered updating the website .

I agree the fixture should count, but my understanding of the rules is that it doesn't.

Probably to stop riders purposely lowering their averages after the play-offs have been raced?

[szkocjasid]

35 minutes ago, Rob B said:

Why would that fixture not count, it’s still an official fixture. Just because British speedway haven’t bothered updating the website .

I agree the fixture should count, but my understanding of the rules is that it doesn't.

Probably to stop riders purposely lowering their averages after the play-offs have been raced?

[RoundTheBoards]

1 hour ago, Rob B said:

Why would that fixture not count, it’s still an official fixture. Just because British speedway haven’t bothered updating the website .

Because it was a dead-rubber raced after the play-offs had been settled.

These meetings aren't counted in the averages as they are a dead-rubber, giving riders a chance to throw races and bring their average down artificially.

[TTT]

1 hour ago, Rob B said:

You really like getting egg on your face each year with your predictions. You don’t know anything yet. 

Read the post properly 👍

[szkocjasid]

14 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

Because it was a dead-rubber raced after the play-offs had been settled.

These meetings aren't counted in the averages as they are a dead-rubber, giving riders a chance to throw races and bring their average down artificially.

By that logic should they stop counting the averages from all "dead-rubbers"? As wether Northampton raced before or after the play-offs would have made no difference in them qualifying?

[PersonalResponsibility]

On 11/14/2026 at 7:08 PM, szkocjasid said:

Pretty lazy attitude by the rule makers imo, like they can't be bothered to give a rider the correct average.

Can't be bothered, or the actions of a sport who needs as many clubs as it can and are happy to overlook a little 0.5 points here and there to ensure it happens? We've already seen the U-Turn on ACU licence holders this winter, the rules have zero integrity.

[Rob B]

1 hour ago, RoundTheBoards said:

Because it was a dead-rubber raced after the play-offs had been settled.

These meetings aren't counted in the averages as they are a dead-rubber, giving riders a chance to throw races and bring their average down artificially.

You could say that about lot of meetings before the playoffs aswell, did the riders not  get paid either?

[RoundTheBoards]

5 minutes ago, Rob B said:

You could say that about lot of meetings before the playoffs aswell, did the riders not  get paid either?

I'm not saying whether it is right or wrong to discount dead-rubber meetings from riders averages.  I'm just saying that's the way it has been done in previous seasons, and so by discounting the after-date meetingfrom averages this year, at least they are applying consistency.

Of course the riders get paid.  But a rider may decide that losing several hundred pounds from his paypacket for the last meeting of 2026 is worth it to get himself a better opportunity for 2027.   It's been done before.

Alternatively a promoter wanting to use that rider on a lower average next year may be willing to pay him the difference to not score points.   That's been done before too.

[mikebv]

11 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

I'm not saying whether it is right or wrong to discount dead-rubber meetings from riders averages.  I'm just saying that's the way it has been done in previous seasons, and so by discounting the after-date meetingfrom averages this year, at least they are applying consistency.

Of course the riders get paid.  But a rider may decide that losing several hundred pounds from his paypacket for the last meeting of 2026 is worth it to get himself a better opportunity for 2027.   It's been done before.

Alternatively a promoter wanting to use that rider on a lower average next year may be willing to pay him the difference to not score points.   That's been done before too.

Probably all true...

And definitely all laughable..