NeilWatson

It’s not just you.....

Tom has ridden two seasons in the Championship, the NDL isn't classed as a 'professional league'.

Tom Bacon is a Peterborough asset and graded 4*, Jordan Palin is neither.....

Certainly is! Doh......

Correct, my point is that the conversion factor is 1.6, not 60% as you stated. CL average multiplied by 1.6 to get PL average, PL average divided by 1.6 to get CL average (or whatever the factor is, maybe 1.5) Posted before I read down to THJ's post

The conversion in that case would be 8 * 1.6 = 12.8, (or 8 / 1.6 = 5 CL to PL), however that may be a moot point given THJ’s post above.

If he’s an 8 I agree, if he’s 8.2 with a 1.6 conversion.... Maybe we’ll get the averages and rules soon :-)

If that’s correct it makes a mockery of any conversion factor for doubling-up or down.

Would Wilbur Hancock meet the criteria for a work permit?

It's the last achieved average in either league that's used, converted as necessary

Taken from this article Jason Crump would have started 2020 on an 8.20 average. Bjarne Pedersen's last EL average was 6.91. If the conversion rate is 1.6 the averages convert to 13.12 and 11.06 respectively, if the conversion is 1.5 as mooted on this forum those averages become 12.30 and 10.37. With an overall team average of 39 or 38 points for the top six, and the top two taking up 24.18 or 22.67, that would leave 14.82 or 16.33 for the other four riders. If these figuresare confirmed there will be great pressure on Crump and Pedersen to score big points every meeting.

Bjarne rode in the Elite League for Poole in 2016.

Confirmation from where?

That's correct, no mid-season change. Like you, I assume it stays at 1.6 for 2021 although I've not seen it written anywhere

That’s not the case, see http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35805

http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.35805

I expect he'll get a team place much closer to home.......

I can’t speak for the current rules, but the teams certainly used to be confirmed well before a meeting. In the case of late injuries etc teams could still be changed of course.

This may have been the case some years ago, but a few seasons ago a system of pre-validation of line-ups was introduced which prevented any issues persisting until race day.

Peterborough’s stadium is used by many other events through a normal summer, attracting crowds of many thousands.

Winner of the first ever race at the Showground. RIP Pete

The forthcoming AGM may introduce new team-building rules and procedures....

John, your confusion may be because one of the key parties in the Mildenhall noise saga is a gentleman by the name of Dave Coventry. This explains the references to ‘Coventry’ which have no relation to the speedway Club, formerly of Brandon Stadium.

You are correct It seems the original link I found was incorrect or incomplete. I remember that I was at the meeting as Peterborough Promoter, but it seems that's all I remember without help :-) https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/speedway-jesper-gets-the-all-clear-554227 It was a TV meeting 15th August 2005 Poole 44 1. Bjarne Pedersen 2, 2, 1', 2, 2' = 9+2 2. Matej Ferjan 0, 1', 1, 2 = 4+1 3. Ryan Sullivan 0, 3, 0, 1 = 4 4. Antonio Lindback 3, 2', 2, 3, 3 = 13+1 5. Leigh Adams (G) 2, 2, 3, 0 = 7 6. Tomas Suchanek 2, 0, 0 = 2 7. Edward Kennett R, 1', 3, 0, 1 = 5+1 Peterborough 46 1. Peter Karlsson 3, 1, 2, 3 = 9 2. Henning Bager 1, 0, T, 1' = 2+1 3. Jesper B Jensen 1', 1, 3, 2', 0 = 7+2 4. Sam Ermolenko 2, 3, F, 0, 1 = 6 5. Ales Dryml 0, 3, 3, 1 = 7 6. Daniel Davidsson 1, 0, 0 = 1 7. Lukas Dryml 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2 = 14 (courtesy Speedway Updates)

This is my source, but I don’t have more details to hand.