Binman Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 What's everyone's thoughts hopefully more even maybe only 1 overseas rider let team of do we not have enough riders in the uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmon Posted October 24 Report Share Posted October 24 14 hours ago, Binman said: What's everyone's thoughts hopefully more even maybe only 1 overseas rider let team of do we not have enough riders in the uk Are you from Rye House? Wasn't it them that broke the British rider rule in the old '2nd Division' (can't remember actual name). NO, NO, NO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petecc Posted Saturday at 03:25 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 03:25 PM Limit the number of times a club can use guests for a rider retired or withholding services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted Saturday at 07:29 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 07:29 PM 9 hours ago, edmon said: Are you from Rye House? Wasn't it them that broke the British rider rule in the old '2nd Division' (can't remember actual name). NO, NO, NO. You are correct. It was Rye House in 1988 who brought foreigners Peter Schroeck and Jens Rasmussen into the second division. A massive disaster for British Speedway from which it has never recovered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted Sunday at 12:07 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 12:07 PM 16 hours ago, RoundTheBoards said: You are correct. It was Rye House in 1988 who brought foreigners Peter Schroeck and Jens Rasmussen into the second division. A massive disaster for British Speedway from which it has never recovered. They had plenty of opportunities to not allow what eventually appened to actually take place.. Journeymen after journeymen, coming over and taking up places, using a revolving door and a short term outlook, whilst UK riders, who could have been developed, gave up.. What we have today, ie not enough UK riders, started there, but, even though it was glaringly obvious as to the end result, it never got rectified... Where once riders doubling up was used as a development tool, it is now used to fundamentally keep the sport going in the UK... An amazing lack of leadership and capability shown down the years . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted Sunday at 12:20 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 12:20 PM (edited) If they had Put me in charge of the whole national league like i should of been 13 years ago and we would never have got in to the non entity it has become today, unfortunately thst ship has sailed for me now Edited Sunday at 12:35 PM by THE DEAN MACHINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted Monday at 01:47 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 01:47 PM On 10/25/2026 at 12:20 PM, THE DEAN MACHINE said: If they had Put me in charge of the whole national league like i should of been 13 years ago and we would never have got in to the non entity it has become today, unfortunately thst ship has sailed for me now Are you Jason Pipe in disguise ?😄 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted Monday at 03:56 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 03:56 PM 2 hours ago, Fortythirtyeight said: Are you Jason Pipe in disguise ?😄 Jason got the job at the time and I’m sure he did a good job to the best of his ability 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted Tuesday at 11:12 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:12 PM I would go to 6 rider teams, 5 rides each. Encourage unattached riders to take guest bookings. Ideally the NL & Champ should be closer together to help riders stepping up, so don't lower the NL points limit. Having such a weak NL won't help riders make the step up to the Champ. I don't mind experienced riders like Lambert or Bowtell in the NL, give the next generation someone to aim to beat, once you can beat them, you know you have a chance at stepping up? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therefused Posted Wednesday at 09:11 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:11 AM 9 hours ago, szkocjasid said: I would go to 6 rider teams, 5 rides each. Encourage unattached riders to take guest bookings. Ideally the NL & Champ should be closer together to help riders stepping up, so don't lower the NL points limit. Having such a weak NL won't help riders make the step up to the Champ. I don't mind experienced riders like Lambert or Bowtell in the NL, give the next generation someone to aim to beat, once you can beat them, you know you have a chance at stepping up? the championship should be the league that gets weakened. Year on year the championship gets closer to the premiership but further away from the national league. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted Wednesday at 11:46 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:46 AM 2 hours ago, therefused said: the championship should be the league that gets weakened. Year on year the championship gets closer to the premiership but further away from the national league. Join Leagues Nothing should be artificially weakened, that has been the downfall of the sport over the past 20 years. It has resulted in some poor number 1s in all divisions and riders at reserve that are nowhere near the required grade. A few years ago there were genuinely good riders not getting a chance at Champ level, no silly season is here and its what 2.00 riders are the best of a bad bunch and be headed for slaughter. They literally only feature because of a low team building average. If you want a new rule for next season bring back minimum 3.00 and make riders earn their places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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