Belle Vue 2027

[Aries]

3 hours ago, TTT said:

Picko to Belle Vue????

No info on him being back at Sheffield.

Good shout. Aussie, and his hard charging style is Taylor made for an NSS home track.

Doesn’t fit in anywhere else now not even Lynn if the proposed team is correct, and I can’t really see him not having a Premiership ride.

Edited 18 hours ago by Aries

[TTT]

3 minutes ago, Aries said:

Good shout. Aussie, and his hard charging style is Taylor made for an NSS home track.

Doesn’t fit in anywhere else now not even Lynn if the proposed team is correct, and I can’t really see him not having a Premiership ride.

Got to be somewhere imo because you'd think Northampton would've snapped him up otherwise.

He's too ambitious to just ride in the Championship imo.

[TTT]

Would leave 9.27 for a couple of 2nd strings, Ipswich managed to work around a similar situation so no reason why Belle Vue couldn't do the same.

 

1. B. Kurtz 9.22

2. 

3. Z. Cook 7.35

4.

5. J. Pickering 8.16

6. 3.00 (U21)

7. F. Hodder (RS)

[Col]

3 hours ago, Wee Eck said:

There is no requirement for Robert Lambert, of any other British rider, to ride in UK if he wants to represent GB. Nationality goes with your passport and the erroneous statement by BSPL/SCB has now (quietly) disappeared. And, as he has just signed to ride in Denmark, then I can’t see how he can ride in UK

So this is rubbish - https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/1280650/zuzel-brytyjczycy-stawiaja-sprawe-jasno-lambert-przed-wazna-decyzja

[Col]

9 hours ago, TTT said:

Nilsson (GP Rider) & Riss (Current Long Track Champion) apparently.

Nilsson last rode in British League for Leicester in 2017 where he averaged 7.05, as a current GP rider if he is not retaining that average he should surely be on an assessed 8.50.  Unfortunately I can't see Erik Riss doing many meetings with his health issues.

[Sir Sidney]

10 minutes ago, Col said:

So this is rubbish - https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/1280650/zuzel-brytyjczycy-stawiaja-sprawe-jasno-lambert-przed-wazna-decyzja

The news item that appeared on the SCB announcing the requirement appears to have quietly disappeared. 

 

Maybe the SCB decided it wasn't enforceable? 

[Sir Sidney]

7 minutes ago, Col said:

Nilsson last rode in British League for Leicester in 2017 where he averaged 7.05, as a current GP rider if he is not retaining that average he should surely be on an assessed 8.50.  Unfortunately I can't see Erik Riss doing many meetings with his health issues.

That's not what the regulations say. 

His previous average will no longer apply. On that basis the regs refer to a table which sets out which assessed average would apply. 

If Kim had been a SGP rider for two consecutive years it would be 8.00, but based on where he rode last year it should be 4.50. 

Of course, the regs for 2027 could change

[ouch]

The regs do not need to change for Kim’s average to be higher than 4.50. It’s as clear as day in the current rulebook. 

010.2.3 Amended MA’s

With the approval of the BSP LTD GC or Directors for: -

a) riders who have been absent from British Speedway racing for more than 3 seasons (the table in 10.2.2 will be used as a reference, the MA may be increased or decreased)

 

[Sir Sidney]

Just now, ouch said:

The regs do not need to change for Kim’s average to be higher than 4.50. It’s as clear as day in the current rulebook. 

010.2.3 Amended MA’s

With the approval of the BSP LTD GC or Directors for: -

a) riders who have been absent from British Speedway racing for more than 3 seasons (the table in 10.2.2 will be used as a reference, the MA may be increased or decreased)

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I guess we will see. No doubt whoever is signing him will have got that agreed before hand. 

 

[mikebv]

8 minutes ago, Sir Sidney said:

I guess we will see. No doubt whoever is signing him will have got that agreed before hand. 

 

You would think so..

However, the Aces signed Robert Lambert, legally according to the regs...

Then all hell broke loose!!.. 😃

Did I just hear "Independent Governance" anyone?..😃

Edited 16 hours ago by mikebv

[Sir Sidney]

6 minutes ago, mikebv said:

You would think so..

However, the Aces signed Robert Lambert, legally according to the regs...

Then all hell broke loose!!.. 😃

Did I just hear "Independent Governance" anyone?..😃

As we know, the regs have so many inconsistent and contradictory rules ( inside edge anyone?) that anything is possible 

[Col]

So Nilsson finished 4th in the Polish National League (3rd tier) in 2026, higher than Ellis, Flint, Masters & Lawson.  Also finished 9th in the Bauhausligan (Elitserien) averages higher than Dudek & Woffinden.

How on earth can he be on a 4.50 assessed average, it's preposterous!  Are Thorssell, Milik & Lahti also available on such ridiculous assessed averages as they only rode in the National League last year?

Edited 14 hours ago by Col

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

45 minutes ago, Col said:

 Are Thorssell, Milik & Lahti also available on such ridiculous assessed averages as they only rode in the National League last year?

Yes if their profile meets the criteria

[TTT]

52 minutes ago, Col said:

So Nilsson finished 4th in the Polish National League (3rd tier) in 2026, higher than Ellis, Flint, Masters & Lawson.  Also finished 9th in the Bauhausligan (Elitserien) averages higher than Dudek & Woffinden.

How on earth can he be on a 4.50 assessed average, it's preposterous!  Are Thorssell, Milik & Lahti also available on such ridiculous assessed averages as they only rode in the National League last year?

It's amazing what you can save if you shop around lol.

I'm just surprised that every Club isn't doing the same tbh considering the points limit.

[Col]

Then every team should be on the phone to Lahti & Thorssell.  All this it is doing is forcing British riders loyal to British Speedway out of the top league.  Good call BSPA.

[Wee Eck]

15 hours ago, Col said:

So this is rubbish - https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/zuzel/1280650/zuzel-brytyjczycy-stawiaja-sprawe-jasno-lambert-przed-wazna-decyzja

In a word, yes. My belief is BSPL was trying to force Robert to ride in UK and, until ACU stepped in, after intervention from Robert, SCB agreed. The decision was then quietly reversed….until today’s disingenuous press release which is trying to pretend that the powers that be are making an exemption for Robert. 

[Aries]

1 minute ago, Wee Eck said:

In a word, yes. My belief is BSPL was trying to force Robert to ride in UK and, until ACU stepped in, after intervention from Robert, SCB agreed. The decision was then quietly reversed….until today’s disingenuous press release which is trying to pretend that the powers that be are making an exemption for Robert. 

If the aim was to get one rider back in to British Speedway then I don’t understand the point of it. As good a rider as he is, who would seriously want to sign a rider that didn’t really want to be here and was effectively forced to?

Glad this nonsense has been put to bed. He’ll come back if he wants to. 

[Deanomachino]

The stoking of the fire between teams has been sadly lacking in modern speedway but Ipswich’s pillage of belle vue riders has certainly awakened that, Belle Vue fans are rightly reacting to it and it’s generating a real want to attend BV v Ipswich meetings next season, on the other hand does anyone know if the other 4 teams are still running 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

1 hour ago, Wee Eck said:

In a word, yes. My belief is BSPL was trying to force Robert to ride in UK and, until ACU stepped in, after intervention from Robert, SCB agreed. The decision was then quietly reversed….until today’s disingenuous press release which is trying to pretend that the powers that be are making an exemption for Robert. 

 

1 hour ago, Aries said:

If the aim was to get one rider back in to British Speedway then I don’t understand the point of it. As good a rider as he is, who would seriously want to sign a rider that didn’t really want to be here and was effectively forced to?

Glad this nonsense has been put to bed. He’ll come back if he wants to. 

I don't think that Lambert was the aim of this move (No regulation should be written with 1 rider in mind anyway)

I believe this would be more looking at the likes of Cairns and Rushen - even Rowe,Kemp,Flint etc as well as any potential future 'superstars'

So as and when a prospect makes it they simply cant drop the UK

They will need the UK on the way up - backing,nominations etc and it is a albeit clumsy way of looking to secure their ongoing participation