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Has anybody got any links for live scores of the qualifier today?? Btw good luck to the 'Italians', i'd love to see Covatti at King's Lynn

Live scores updates for this meeting can be found by clicking here

Thanks for your reply. Surely one of the points of having averages changing during the season is so that someone who is struggling for whatever reason can drop down to reserve for a month to get a confidence booster. I know sometimes that seriously strengthens a side without them even having made a change, but at the end of the day that rider must have been doing something wrong (not neccesarily his own fault though) for him to end up at reserve anyway. I just can't see what was wrong with last year's system?? Yet again promoters seemed to have changed the rules for 'changing the rules sake'.

Do you know if this applies to the National League as well?? I must admit this does seem rather stupid. What was wrong with the current system? As someone could have a great year this year but just because they struggled last year, maybe with injuries, they will get to stay at reserve longer (Adam Roynon, Lewis Bridger...).

Is anyone able to text scores from this meeting? If you can, could you please PM me either here or on the speedway updates site. Thanks ... And good luck to the Hawks on their return

Has anyone been to the P & P and know the team then??

Here's my guess (assuming they will be sticking to the 40 limit like the NL & Brummies) : 1. Jerran Hart 9.04 2. Dean Felton 5.01 3. ?? 6.06 4. Mark Baseby 6.93 5. Harland Cook 6.15 (not heard anything about him for a year ot=r 2 tho) 6. Rikki Mullins 3.00 7. Aaron Baseby 3.81

From what I can remember from last year: Firstly once riders get a new average then they are issued every month. There was a cut-off point for meetings last year, I don't think it was 6 & 6, but I don't think it was 3 & 3 either, might have been 4 & 4.

I posted in the U-21 section earlier, but I shall here too seeing as you 2 mentioned it. Anyone able to text from Stoke tomorrow (Sat) please PM me here or on the updates site (the name is minus the 15) Thanks

Using your link I got to this page here which is for sportsmen and doesn't specify age. But will Heeps 'make a significant contribution to the development of their sport'?

I've just noticed IOW start with a challenge against Sittingbourne. From the press release: 'Meanwhile the Islanders opening meeting will be on Tuesday 19th April, a challenge fixture against a Sittingbourne Crusaders side'. I haven't really been keeping tabs on the Crusaders' situation, so.... Any idea on a team? Is there a viable promoter waiting in the wings? And how likely is it for 2012??

Just to add a bit more spice to the above 'argument' it's officially Sheffield to race tomorrow as BV are at Owlerton in a double-header with IOW later on in the season. Anyway as a fan of neither Scunny or Sheffield I can certainly sympathise with what June & Leoni has said (especially with 6 of the 7 being Saints) but if it financially keeps a NL side running, and develops some quality riders then surely that is the most important?

They're now on the BSPA site click here

Some comprehensive work there Mike ^^^ Anyway yet again it seems to me that NL fans have to wait, and wait when PL & EL fans knew several weeks ago. The whole 'we're delaying the AGM because we don't know whether Cov/Boro will be in' excuse can't even be used now, and seeing as the EL fixtures came out a few weeks ago, yet there still seems to be the possibility of them returning, dicredits that excuse when it was used earlier this winter. When it comes out in official channels that Thursday will be the realease date, then Thursday should be the release date! I'm just hoping that they're only one day late *ignores the fact they were supposed to be out weeks ago*

Good luck to Klaus, I must admit that I was sur[rised that no Pl teams picked him up. A rider with EL experience on a relatively low average the same as Lubos Tomicek, but lets hope the tour reminds someone of his undoubted potential. Good luck to the whole team as well. Hopefully they'll be as successful as last year

I didn't mean to offend I just didn't understand him. Cinekracingteam - Sorry if I offended you and as I now understand you, the fixtures were supposed to be out a week or two ago, but they weren't and it seems that no-one really knows when they will be out. But it shouldn't be too long

Well done to Grant & I hope Jase keeps up that form in the PL this year with the Devils. Btw does anyone know if Andrew Bargh was involved and what his score was??

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The final ride then (assuming Starkey's signing is just a formality) is Rob Smith (here) , on a permanent deal from Rye House. The line-ups page have him on a 3.00 average (here) , yet his 2009 average was 6.22 at the time Rye House last declared their team (here) & speedway info's site has him on 6.00 (here) . Tbh the average doesn't really matter now

I don't want to take over your thread, but does anyone know when the full fixture list is going to be announced?? btw OSS, IOW have an unnamed opponent on the 19th Apr & the US on the 26th

With the 5 already signed plus Starkey that leavess 6.21 and looking at last year's end averages (here) that means the possible following riders (excluding ones who already have a club obviously): Tom Brown 6.20 (he's retired though, hasn't he?), Luke Priest 6.08, Ricky Wallace 6.00 (unlikely), Ricky Scarboro ( ), Dan Halsey 5.56 (surely no seeing as he only stated on here about a week ago asking for a team place, however a snip of an average), Gary Beaton 5.52 ( ) and Richard Franklin 5.39. Priest looks the best of that lot, at Smallbrook last year he got 9+1 from 4 for Mildenhall & 9+1 from 6 for Newport.

Thanks Lorna. Just reading the link you gave (here ) it says Resch & Brendan at reserve, so will that mean Tom Hill is number 8, or is there a mistake ?

Thanks for your reply Malcolm ^^^ The Islanders have signed 2 more: John Resch & Tom Hill. See here . Hill's a good signing, especially at home, on a low average. But I'm not so sure about Resch. So who's the other 4? Starke, Smethills and Warwick equal 21.70 and with only 24.28 left 1 of them will definitely miss out. I hear that Dan Blake won't be fit for the start of the season, but does anyone know if Hopwood will be?

Just off the BSPA site, Mildenhall will race in the 2011 NL. Brilliant news for them and British Speedway as a whole. The new promotion is led by Chris Louis. Full article here

Please tell me theres yet another mistake on the BSPA site. It says Simmo's average is 8.90 (here) yet he ended last year on 8.05 (here) (according to their site, though that was October's average so really it should be slightly different but not 0.85). I checked the average's of the others from last year and Morris. Atkin, White-Williams, Young, Bates and Andrews will all start on last year's average with Lambert's increasing by 0.01 and Herne's 0.51. Even Herne's average seems a massive increase from what, 2 meeting maybe for Bournmeouth during October, yet Hornets rode then, and I don't think they were all injured! Is there something I've missed here, or is it a mistake? If it's a mistake we'll soon know.