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I would suggest if using the "fast track" format, that rather than count every heat equally, make heat leader races & reserve races count differently towards the averages.

I would prefer the old Elite league fast track format (2 reserve races) as you say you may get a 3-4 NL standard races per meeting, but to me that's a better alternative than the current system where you could get 2 heat leaders half a lap ahead of 2 NL riders (heat 4).

Part of me agrees with you, but then again, many clubs show no loyalty, so you could argue why should riders?

That could be stronger than their title winning reserves in a weaker league. That being said, I'd assume Pearson would be happy to return to Plymouth as his scoring improved post-Birmingham.

I'd normally agree with that, but would have been linient towards Oxford as they are racing in 3 leagues. Plus, as others have said clubs have previously chosen not to compete in the NLKOC. But if a team was only racing in one league, wouldn't allow them not to enter the KOC.

Just curious, would Oxford have been allowed to not enter the KOC in both leagues, cutting out a few fixtures?

Because he finished the season well (10 match rolling ave), he ended up with a 7.5+ average. So I couldn't see him matching that. I'd only go for him if there's no other options.

If you don't like the Spires, how about Oxford Silver Machine lol!

It's a long time since he's ridden at Foxhall and he's improved a lot since then. Even if it's not his best track, of he scores 5 points a match he's done how job, doesn't need to emulate his foreign scores to be considered a good signing.

Dimitri Berge would be a steal on 4.14

I'd certainly be using Jenkins as the RS. Masters could be the only other doubling up Cheetah, unless Dillon Ruml is Champ HL & Prem reserve.

That comes to 40.55 by my sums

I read what you said, just pointing out that contradicts the rules I read when it started & have not seen them updated since 2021.

How about? Ipswich Emil Sayfutdinov 10.10 Jason Doyle 9.12 Charles Wright 6.15 Adam Ellis 5.57 Patryk Wojdylo 5.00 Keynan Rew 4.00 Dan Thompson RS Total 39.94

My knowledge of the rules is that he qualifies for 2024 (under 25 at start of season) unless the rules have changed?

If you look at the averages of the best 7 "riding stars" they are fair aves for reserves imo, so shows the quality is there to continue with the RS system imo. If they all averaged below 3.00, I'd agree the system doesn't work in the Prem. J.Jenkins (4.21) D.Kemp (4.04) L.Flint (4.00) A.Rowe (3.76) D.Thompson (3.70) D.Gilkes (3.67) C.Bailey (3.57) Biggest flaw this year was clubs not using the best options, so a couple of riders may have been out of their depth. Even if there's injuries, still riders like Jack Thomas, Jason Edwards, Henry Atkins & Ashton Boughen waiting in the wings. Getting off topic now, So for Leicester, I'd go with Kemp as my RS.

He fits under the current rules, unless they've been changed?

6 rider teams would be a choice if they felt there wasn't enough quality to go around. But even keeping the 39 limit could ensure each team is competitive, if the mid-season signings return (Woffinden/C.Holder for example) with the dropped riders coming back (J.Holder/Ellis) there's more Prem standard riders to share out.

I wholeheartedly agree with the second part, but think the RS scheme works well for both leagues.

I honestly believe they made the rules so Josh Bates would fit (he was just under the qualifying averages in both leagues). But I think it's worked out ok tbh. If the rule was just U-21s, you could end up with riders well out of their depth in the Premiership. Plus they want to cater for any late starters in the sport I guess?

The rule was something like under 25 or 26 at the start of the season, so Kemp could have potentially 4 or 5 more seasons (unless he averages over 5.5) as a "riding star". That was the rule when it was introduced & I've not seen any changes announced since then.

Surely "we're" is refering to British Speedway in this case? If British Speedway is running one, two or three leagues? Then Oxford can decide which league to enter? Plus it says if we're running one two or three leagues, not of we're competing in one, two or three leagues.

Last year Flint fitted using Prem averages, but not Champ averages. So I figure they must use the Prem limit 5.50 average, for qualifying criteria?

As they haven't listed any changes to the RS criteria, I believe all of the 2023 "rising stars" are still eligible to remain in that role for 2024?

My top 20 of the season (weighted averages) 1. Ryan Douglas - 10.20 2. Richard Lawson - 9.95 3. Sam Masters - 9.86 4. Chris Harris - 9.69 5. Ben Basso - 9.62 6. Charles Wright - 9.53 7. Scott Nicholls - 9.47 8. Craig Cook - 8.87 9. Vadim Tarasenko - 8.59 10. Steve Worrall - 8.56 11. Danny King - 8.54 12. Rory Schlein - 8.53 13. Josh Pickering - 8.47 14. Lewis Kerr - 8.24 15. Richie Worrall - 8.03 16. Tom Brennan - 7.97 17. Michael P Toft - 7.95 18. Ben Cook - 7.87 19. Jake Allen - 7.64 20. Kyle Howarth - 7.61