mikebv

It was a great meeting today at the NSS... I didn't go but Nigel said so.. Said there were some great races, all "out of the top drawer"... Pity they chose this as the TV meeting then.. On a track that generally doesnt deliver great racing.. Though to be fair tonight, it hasn't been as poor as usual.. But that isnt really a measure to be impressed by is it?

Can Chase The Ace ride a bike? Maybe he could swap jobs with one or two of the team?...

I presume the "helmet cam" is on his chest....

He used him as a brake...

A very poor 4 laps from him in total.. Gifted a point by his young reserve team mates riding, and then promptly lost it... Great to see Douglas up and seemingly ok...

Didnt Bewley win heat one?

Gate 3 has been poor hasnt it? Not been following the detail but it has seemed it.. So why put a tac sub off it?

I read his engine isnt quick enough for the NSS... Or Monmore too it would appear.. Every season BV have a poor engine room which costs them... Amazing how wrong they get it EVERY single year..

Great on board action there... Of a front wheel....

Looks like Dan v Wolves again...

Why have the Aces not gone with RR and keep Etheridge at reserve?

Very unlucky Jye there... No one could have predicted that he needed to ride the inside for four laps...

Kelvin Tatum "Pundit"....

You can actually imagine that some Promoters will see Newcastle going as an opportunity to sign a few more riders... And then also have a few "spares" for injury cover or poor performance... All to win competitions that they undermine to a point of being virtually meaningless by the very operating model that they produce... I would suggest that the only success in Speedway is by working together, deliver every team that starts a season ends it too, and comes back to the tapes next year...

They haven't noticed the demise of a good many over the past two decades it would appear.. And if they have, it hasn't prompted them to look at making the radical, fundamental changes the sport needs.. The best they could come up with this year is packing a load of Div 1 heat leaders into the 2nd Div.... Whilst allowing a huge imbalance of that resource from team to team... A marvellous plan... A master stroke.... Best wishes to Rob Grant and Newcastle Speedway, dealt an appalling hand by others, it would appear, so no failure attached to their collective efforts I would suggest..

It is a strange conundrum with both Worrall's.. It seems that every season for a long time "something happens" to them and at the end of the year it is generally decreed that "we have to bring them in as they are on a bargain average, and they are much better than that"... And then by the end of the next season it was proved crystal clear, once again, that they weren't...

Several riders I have spoken with in the past said usually they agreed a "fixed fee" of '£X' when guesting, with a '£'s per point' figure also agreed for every point they scored past a pre agreed amount... A basic for them as well as an incentive to do well..

Well Lawson made a huge difference didn't he? Good job Morris didn't ride as they would have got three or four more... Dan Bewley v The Opposition... Becoming a bit of common theme that isn't it? Seems to score circa 35%, and more, of the points each match... Good job they have got him... As they cannot rely on anyone else...

And given the best reserve and the lowest second string are pretty similar, maybe no guest for him at all? Two rides for the second string, and two for No7.. And a No8 from the league below to replace the No7..? Two rides for No6 and two for No8.. And if two riders missing then only a guest if injury related, not fixture clashes, as that is avoidable.. In fact, maybe dont run any meeting that two riders from one team will be missing? Rearrange it... So many convoluted nonsense regulations have to get brought in due to a lack of strong leadership that prevents the need for them in the first place...

All those regulations needed... When just one was required... "You can't sign a rider that isnt available (if fit), for all your matches"..

It was quoted that 6 away matches would have cost them £25k to £35k... Meaning not much less than £6k needed per match. That's £12k plus the VAT to pay seven riders for two matches from your home income. (£14.4k or so?) And that's before you pay the rent and ancillary meeting costs.. What would that be in total? £17k or so? £18k? For the 2nd Division of a sport with such a small following that is a lot of outgoings.. No wonder not many make money..

If you have seven riders and two have an off night you are struggling.. Because that's sport.. Being allowed to bring in competitors from other teams on a "ringer" basis has no place in a proper sport...

They know best.... Thought that this was blatantly obvious to everyone as it can clearly be seen by the uber successful sport we have today that they run...

?? They pretty much all double up and guest as much as is humanely possible to get as many rides as they can...

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