Rider announced tonight if going by the Social Media hint is correct.  Jeppesen?

Yes, Poole thread should be Poole fans only, bad Lewy!

Averages are of course a nightmare in this situation and in no way have they been considered barring initial year 1 team building. To have any credibility each league should have its own rider averages that are used for team building moving forward. For a start there is a good chance the levels could be quite different so a rider could average 8 in the trophy and 5 in the NDL.  Then there is the other examples. New rider in the trophy signs on a 3, ends season on a 9. The following season he looks for a spot in the League competition too does he sign on as a 3 or a 9? With such short seasons averages won't be calculated more than twice during the trophy season anyway.  The concept of allowing teams extra fixtures and a way into the sport is sound enough but as ever massively hashed together with very little consideration of where the product should be moving forward.

A lot seems to be heavily reliant here on Magic.. If he turns up in April all guns firing then yep brilliant but if he has tinkered with bikes and engines in the winter and the damp cold wet nights in the 1st few months and you get a pre may last year Magic your bang in trouble i would say.. He started on an assessed 8, By the end of May he was on 5.28, by the end of July 6.04 and finished the season on 7.02.. 

Previously the trophy was for teams that were already in the league that wanted extra fixtures. Now the current league setup has said 6 teams is enough with regards to rider availability and fixtures and if anyone else wants to play they have to join a separate competition and wait to be invited into the league if a place becomes available in the future.  The league is already losing a few notable names and was already bolstered this year by hobby riders who were/are happy with a shortened fixture list. There will be plenty next season who only want a place in one of the competitions and only really those who have aspirations beyond NDL level will be looking for places in both.

If i was to hazard a guess wont it look something like : Kurtz, Bewley, Lidsey, Z Cook or Rew, Blodorn, Vuolas, Mulford