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James Sarjeant. rising star

Personally imo if riders put Poland and another league or two before the UK which i can understand from a riders perspective as Zloty rules.But if they are dropped by their team or not getting many starts they shouldn't be allowed back to ride in the UK for the season.We can't be seen as a soft touch.Some of those may already be thinking if i get dropped by my overseas team i will always get a spot back in the UK.Don't let them take the mick.

We're alright just discussed with a mate and we are going to break Garrity out of prison.He certainly won't let us down

Promoting the young Brits in both leagues is a great move forward. 2021 is the first step forward after the grim reeper saw off 2020. Hopefully ,this is a new start where British Speedway is run for the benefit of the Sport as opposed to promoters looking after their own individual needs. Having Eurosport on board is another boost for Speedway... in particular Speedway on Quest for a broader section of the public to watch Speedway on the TV. Cautious optimism as far as I am concerned

A full field of sixteen for the Finnish Championship at Kauhajoki on 13th February.

2021 CHAMPIONSHIP BERWICK BANDITS AVE -2.50% 1 Aaron Summers 7.51 7.51 2 Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 7.46 7.46 3 Jye Etheridge 6.84 6.84 4 Daniel Gappmaier 6.32 6.32 5 Kasper Andersen 4.86 4.86 6 Kyle Bickley 3.78 3.69 7 Leon Flint 3.41 RSx3* 3.33 Actual Total: 40.27 1 to 6 Total: 36.77 Rising Star 3* 38.00 3.00 Remaining: 1.23 Team Total 39.77 41.00 BIRMINGHAM BRUMMIIES AVE -2.50% 1 Chris Harris 8.69 8.48 2 Eric Riss 8.41 8.41 3 Ashley Morris 5.45 5.32 4 Valentin Groubauer 5.38 5.38 5 James Shanes 5.31 5.18 6 Paco Castagna 4.93 4.93 7 Jack Thomas 2.48 RSx2* 2.42 Actual Total: 40.65 1 to 6 Total: 37.70 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 1.30 Team Total 39.70 41.00 EASTBOURNE EAGLES AVE -2.50% 1 Edward Kennett 8.61 8.40 2 Richard Lawson 8.31 8.11 3 Lewis Kerr 7.52 7.34 4 Tom Brennan 6.04 5.89 5 Kyle Newman 5.16 5.03 6 Drew Kemp 3.58 3.49 7 Jason Edwards 2.00 RSx2* 2.00 Actual Total: 41.22 1 to 6 Total: 38.26 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 0.74 Team Total 40.26 41.00 EDINBURGH MONARCHS AVE -2.50% 1 Sam Masters 9.03 9.03 2 Richie Worrall 8.24 8.04 3 Josh Pickering 6.98 6.98 4 Nathan Greaves 4.61 4.50 5 Kye Thomson 4.00 4.00 6 William Lawson 4.01 3.91 7 Joe Lawlor 2.00 RSx2* 2.00 Actual Total: 38.87 1 to 6 Total: 36.46 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 2.54 Team Total 38.46 41.00 GLASGOW TIGERS AVE -2.50% 1 Craig Cook 10.17 9.92 2 Ricky Wells 7.05 7.05 3 Ulrich Ostergaard 5.98 5.98 4 Justin Sedgmen 5.20 5.20 5 Broc Nicol 5.16 5.16 6 Sam Jensen 4.34 4.34 7 Jack Smith 3.12 RSx3* 3.04 Actual Total: 41.02 1 to 6 Total: 37.65 Rising Star 3* 38.00 3.00 Remaining: 0.35 Team Total 40.65 41.00 KENT KINGS AVE -2.50% 1 Scott Nicholls 8.34 8.14 2 Cameron Heeps 7.42 7.42 3 Paul Starke 6.48 6.32 4 Paul Hurry 5.87 5.73 5 Tom Bacon 5.20 5.07 6 Ben Morley 3.81 3.72 7 Dan Gilkes 1.00 RSx1* 2.00 Actual Total: 38.12 1 to 6 Total: 36.40 Rising Star 1* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 2.60 Team Total 38.40 41.00 LEICESTER LIONS AVE -2.50% 1 Nick Morris 8.38 8.38 2 Ryan Douglas 8.31 8.31 3 Kyle Howarth 7.14 6.97 4 Ty Proctor 6.84 6.84 5 Josh Bates 6.35 6.20 6 Dan Thompson 2.00 2.00 7 Joe Thompson 1.00 RSx1* 2.00 Actual Total: 40.02 1 to 6 Total: 38.69 Rising Star 1* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 0.31 Team Total 40.69 41.00 NEWCASTLE DIAMONDS AVE -2.50% 1 Ben Barker 7.24 7.06 2 Matthew Weathers 6.92 6.92 3 Max Clegg 5.05 4.92 4 Connor Mountain 4.73 4.61 5 Adam Roynon 4.00 4.00 6 James Wright 4.00 4.00 7 Jack Parkinson Blackburn 2.00 RSx2* 2.00 Actual Total: 33.94 1 to 6 Total: 31.51 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 7.49 Team Total 33.51 41.00 POOLE PIRATES AVE -2.50% 1 Rory Schlein 8.69 8.69 2 Danny King 8.66 8.45 3 Steve Worrall 7.57 7.39 4 Stefan Nielsen 4.51 4.40 5 Ben Cook 4.00 4.00 6 Zane Keleher 4.00 4.00 7 Danyon Hume 3.00 RSx3* 3.00 Actual Total: 40.43 1 to 6 Total: 36.92 Rising Star 3* 38.00 3.00 Remaining: 1.08 Team Total 39.92 41.00 PLYMOUTH GLADIATORS AVE -2.50% 1 Jason Crump 12.00 12.00 2 Bjarne Pedersen 10.37 10.37 3 Steven Goret 4.00 4.00 4 Zach Cook 4.00 4.00 5 Dillon Ruml 4.00 4.00 6 Alfie Bowtell 2.98 2.91 7 Luke Ruddick 3.00 RSx3* 3.00 Actual Total: 35.35 1 to 6 Total: 37.28 Rising Star 3* 38.00 3.00 Remaining: 1.72 Team Total 40.28 41.00 REDCAR BEARS AVE -2.50% 1 Charles Wright 9.58 9.35 2 Michael Palm Toft 8.18 8.18 3 Jake Allen 7.26 7.26 4 Jordan Stewart 5.74 5.74 5 Anders Rowe 4.38 4.27 6 James Sarjeant 4.00 3.90 7 Jordan Jenkins 2.00 RSx2* 2.00 Actual Total: 41.14 1 to 6 Total: 38.70 Rising Star 2* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 0.30 Team Total 40.70 41.00 SCUNTHORPE SCORPIONS AVE -2.50% 1 Adam Ellis 9.74 9.74 2 Tero Aarnio 6.85 6.85 3 Thomas Jorgensen 6.47 6.47 4 Theo Pijper 5.49 5.49 5 Simon Lambert 5.16 5.03 6 Josh MacDonald 4.00 4.00 7 Jordan Palin 1.00 RSx1* 2.00 Actual Total: 36.58 1 to 6 Total: 38.08 Rising Star 1* 39.00 2.00 Remaining: 0.92 Team Total 40.08 41.00 1 STAR: Nathan Ablitt, Joe Alcock, Sam Bebee, Paul Bowen, Arran Butcher, James Chattin, Jacob Clouting, Sheldon Davies, Kieran Douglas, Kelsey Dugard, Josh Embleton, Archie Freeman, Dan Gilkes, Sam Hagon, Luke Harrison, Elliot Kelly, Connor King, Harry McGurk, Gregor Millar, Lewis Millar, Jake Mulford, Jordan Palin, Ben Rathbone, George Rothery, Danny Smith, Tom Spencer, Alex Spooner, Ryan Terry-Daley, Joe Thompson, Dan Thompson, Danno Verge, Mason Watson, Ben Woodhull. 2 STAR: Richard Andrews, Henry Atkins, Greg Blair, Connor Coles, Luke Harris, Jordan Jenkins, Joe Lawlor, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, Danny Phillips. 3 STAR: Leon Flint, Danyon Hume, Drew Kemp, Ryan Kinsley, Luke Ruddick, Jack Smith.  4 STAR: Tom Bacon, Josh Bates, Kyle Bickley, Tom Brennan, Nathan Greaves, Connor Mountain, Anders Rowe, James Shanes.

And he'll be first to the white line

I’d rather we brought back Henka

Are we sure that William Lawson isn't a rising star?

Luke ruddick to edinburgh perhaps? Instead of james... had a good 2019 nl season... and surely he counts as a 'rising star'

Amen to that. In fact, we should all be happy if the sport can see a way forward and not disappear altogether.

On today a glass top coffee table covered in 70s speedway badges was sold for 100 quid...excellent.

I quite agree - but not if it means the team won’t be there next season.

Potentially add a condition where nobody over an average of 6 or something can be included. This then begs the next question, what happens this year if say Drew Kemp rides at reserve and averages 7+? Is he just going to hung out to dry mid season like Boxall and Armstrong were when this was previously trialled? Something will need to be in place.

Dan Bewley at No7 for Belle Vue a possibility if just U24 designation used I'd say that's why it's more specific and 'regulated'

Nailed on Lynn i think with him opting out of Redcar,this will keep him at the 3 league Polish rule with him doing Sweden too.

PLEASE sign max clegg... if hes eligible... so much deserves it and he came on leaps and bounds in 2019... isn't he a club asset? Or is that edinburgh

Agree with you again Najjer, do you remember "Keep it simple" already long forgotten... What is needed these young guns need to have races v their apposite numbers, have a minimum of rides per meeting & a minimum £ guarantee per meeting. Now (2021) would be a great time to reintroduce second half's - not like the old style riders taking or leaving it BUT an exciting & meaningful addition to the main event, what would be the cost? riders, bikes & everything else already in place & a sponsor to finance the final.

Dan Gilkes is surely ahead of all 4 of those?

I’ve thought about this and I think it’s a classic case of British Speedway over complicating things. Why have all this graded nonsense? Why not just say the no.7 is designated to British U24 riders and have done with it? Teams can pick their riders to suit no matter how good or bad they do, taking the lead from Poland in this respect. The intentions are very good but the execution is just missing in my opinion. Some may argue that could open up a bidding war for the best riders but that is likely to happen even with gradings come next year. The whole grading system just opens up such unneeded debates where teams will try and screw each other over by insisting their riders should be graded lower and opposing riders graded higher... we’ve been here before with that!

Eastbourne look to be the best team in the league by a long way imo,good luck!

Extremely sad news from Poland that Kamil Pulczynski has died in his sleep aged 28. Him and his twin brother Emil both rode for Torun as juniors. Lately Kamil had been mechanicing for riders such as Jason Doyle and Freddie Lindgren.

Sorry for the negitivity ,but what a circus, we all wait this long for these rules ,there will be another covid plandemic outbreak and ruin this kickoff for sure

And lots of doubling up and down....

More like Rising Damp

And the riders that have beaten him are way lower on the pecking order, supposedly. I don't have a problem with him being in the Ipswich line up,,, but on a more realistic average of 6. I don't see the point of having a rider that will clearly drop his average by possibly a quarter. As already said though,,, it may all be about bums on seats. Or maybe he will be somewhere else.

In the plumbing world these days.

Anders is Swindon based i believe and he's heading north

I was there that night at Leicester.. Coincidentally it was one of the last league meetings (in the UK), that I went to... Can't think why... Watching him 'paddle with his feet' around the track whilst getting lapped was a particular "highlight" that night. . Almost as enjoyable as the nigh on one hundred quid hole in my wallet after Petrol, Food, Drink and Admission for me and my lad.. Luckily, I have saved miles more by not attending since so he actually did me a favour. ..

Where yo lookin? He has this time as well... if it's wrong let me know it's easily corrected.. Taken off the old teams list and James won't be the rising star and that Edinburgh team will change... not unlike the Newcastle team where a young British rider had to be cut to accommodate a errrrrrm young British rider classed as a rising star.... nuts...

How about... Assuming it's Nick Morris who Wolverhampton drop, which seems most likely... 1. Brady Kurtz 7.54 2. Steve Worrall (c) 5.53 3. Charles Wright 6.51 4. Nick Morris 5.38 5. Dan Bewley 6.15 6. Jye Etheridge 4.35 7. Jordan Palin FTR (Or someone more experienced? Flint? Bickley?) Total: 35.46 (All Brits have gotten 2.5% reduction, I assume all Brits qualify for one?)

I wish Lewis all the best. But here comes the "but". For me, anyway. He's been out 4 years, thats a long time. I wonder how he is going to like a big fast grippy track, where you need fast bikes, and some fair size gonads. I doubt he has top equipment, if any yet ,and they don't come cheap. Also he seems to be in and out of love with the sport. So can he commit for a full season and give 100% ? Having said that i wish him all the best for whoever he rides for. .

I agree, he is at least on par. Good lad with caring parents.

Why change the habit of a lifetime? All joking aside, if it means the difference between a team winning and losing then a promoter will not hesitate in trying to sign them.

Because I thought he was a Brit... my bad I will change it forth with...

Oops THJ. Why has Ryan Douglas got a reduction?

Kent have signed Paul Hurry and Ben Morley to replace Nico Covatti and Rob Ledwith Hurry 5.87 & Morley 3.81

Good chance Schlein could be bound for Birmingham.

The likes of Mountain and Rowe would give us one strong reserve.

Think that will apply to all teams.

Blame Poland for that one.

2023 for that lad mate

Won’t be Scott for certain. A certain sponsor would not approve

About 20 years too late, but, better late than never... At last it appears that those who have routinely year on year helped reduce the sport to an almost irrelevance at domestic league level by using such a ludicrous operating model and business plan, have either been outnumbered and have no choice but to lump it, or have finally seen the hand in front of their face reality that whatever they did to help their own team win a title, it made zero impact to the sports long term success, as basically, it mattered not one jot to so many given the lack of a credible offer that they provided each week... Getting the GB team successful consistently has to be the overriding priority of the BSPL, with all three of their leagues providing an end to that means, with hopefully also the assistance of Poland and Sweden in providing places for UK riders deemed sufficiently good enough to get those place offers as they progress.. Teams full of UK lads has to be the target for the sport over here to once again get the publicity it so badly needs, and there really is no better way for a sport to awaken the public's consciousness towards it than bringing national success into their homes via the TV and media regularly... Lets hope it's the start of promoters finally bringing some reality to what their roles really are, (which is to grow the sport as a collective), and the end of them feeling that their own team winning any UK speedway title was 'the be all and end all', because it truly isn't... Good luck to all who are giving it go and let's hope any bumps in the road are taken as such and don't get used as an excuse for any abandonment of the scheme.. Who knows, maybe in a few years time the domestic titles in the UK will have credibility due to being ran 'properly' and the teams that win the comps gain some 'proper' national coverage (and financial rewards), for their endeavours, and it will be all down to having generated interest in the sport through having plenty of British world class riders dominating the sport at the highest level.. It will be a long old road, but the journey has to start somewhere...

Yes but he's not certain to get many starts at Bydgoszcz. Zengota, Tarasienko, Gala & Lyager (U24) are certain starters. Grajczonek, Bellego & Berge will be sharing starts throughout the season so Josh will need to get fixed up in another country as well to keep the race fitness up and stuff.

That's as I understand it

Apparently Leicester have recalled him to replace Ellis Perks and that's why he's been released by Newcastle

But they are, Premier League allowed 3 subs from 9 on the bench, EL five subs from the bench, however this doesnt alter the fact that the BSPL like to put its spoke in the National League wheel, a wheel which it has little idea about how its run and tries to ride rougshod over whenever it doesnt like whats happening, such as not allowing so called ghost teams, a Ghost team will always attract a few more supporters than the Junior team of a senior team, those supporters simply will simply stay away. As an example Wolverhampton rode in the Conference League watched by one man and his dog, they changed the name to Dudley Heathens and we all know what happened then.. If a promotion wants to ride its junior team under a historic name whats the harm it it ?, BSPL answers on a post card please.

Isn't it just one for 2021? Then two thereafter?

This is why our speedway is on its kneees. BSP decides they want to change the rules after they said they wasnt going to change .... I can see why Dmanagement at Glasgow are up in arms . This club is run by people who want thier club to win at all costs a little like Poole did but they cheat ,money isnt a problem for this club because they have good business acuman, and the company they run makes millions so speedway for them is about winning what they didnt check was the due giligence on what is a cartel the BSP , if they had of done they mite have chosed an other sport in Glasgow to waste their money, but they chose speedway and this is where i make my point . These people who run Glasgow can see great opportunities ,well did untill now . So its time for the TEAM at Glasgow to put themselves forward to be chairman of said BSP and turn this sport round before its to late . We need good people to run speedway not like our current chairman Robert Godfry who when questioned by Dmanagement specialist Nigel Pearson in an interview some time back asked GODFRY where did your team finish in the league that season . Our Chairman GODFRY ............. couldnt answer that question , so what chance do we have of him making our sport better . So its time Dmanagement of Glasgow put yourselves forward to take control of our sport please and turnit round .