crescent girl

While it aint nobody's business but the new promoter's, the red herring of 'no floodlights' isnt really relevant for a list of six or seven fixtures, is it? The sun doesnt set in Cumbria until well after 9pm in the summer months -- so there's 16/17 weeks in May, June, July & August to run evening meetings.......

Regulation 010.2.2 (a) states that a rider new to the Championship who has appeared in Danish, Swedish or Polish League racing in a previous season will enter the Championship on a 5.00 average. End of.

Really? Despite a 4.76 effective CMA for the Champions? Better than Messrs Hume, Mountain, Kerr, Barker, Heeps, Nielsen, Sedgmen -- and just below that of Hans Andersen or Cookie..... I'd submit Jye is unlucky to have been sidelined by the Aces, but given their history of having twice invited him back after previous instances of 'resting' him, he might not be on the Premiership sidelines for too long. Meantime, the FTS Bandits will benefit from his undivided attention!

I think -- given a reasonably injury-free season for a change -- Berwick will be in the play-ofs.

That's in English law. Glasgow is subject to Scots Law, quite a few differences. On subject, a blanket advertising campaign for a specific meeting actually does work if the blanket's heavy enough and placed properly -- but the product on that night has to be really slick, really entertaining to ensure a good proportion of the folk attracted to that specific meeting want to come back.......

If allowing Commonwealth riders to take their traditional place in British speedway again was to be one -- maybe the only -- good thing about Brexit, l'd not complain....

Wasn't it Tate Zischke who crashed out? Sedgy was in the podium photo, Zischke missing?

I thought well of Batch that night. He hàd càught the làd on the third lap, but wàs clearly aware it would be his first Championship point, and sat behind him to the flag.

No, they wont discount an assessed average, l believe Still a 4.00.

Lee is still on his assessed 4.00 for team building, as his Newcastle scores have been expunged.

Thanks almost entirely to Nathan Ablitt refusing to travel to their last match at Armadale. I think it's safe to say, Mister A won't be getting resigned!

Well, he COULD make a start in the first meeting, slide gently off and they could have a facility for the rest of the year!

Aye, right

Makes sense, he lives there, works full-time at their stadium and was a valued heat-leader for the Chargers last season. Having said that, he's already proved popular as a Bandit, not least by refusing to give up when behind, and would certainly be welcome as a Bullet.

Luke and brother Dec were both held up from racing in the first half of last season while the UK passport office weren't issuing any passports because all their staff were processing Ukrainian refugees -- it was much the same reason that delayed issue of a work permit/visa to Berwick's Jonas Knudsen. Many people on here may remember Frank Killeen, who was a rambunctious second-halver at Belle Vue and Wolverhampton in the 1980s -- Frank emigrated to Perth during the 1990s and his two sons were born there. Both hold UK nationality, and now have British passports.

Now l agree a 16-year-old getting a CL berth isnt always going to mean he'll be winning a GP in five seasons or so (and in Dan's case he had a really bad injury and a Covid year to contend with, too!) but my point was, no-one should be written off as not being up to standard until after he's been given his chance......

Something l read -- more or less word-for-word -- when Dan Bewley, Tom Brennan and Leon Flint were introduced to CL racing as very raw, 2-point, 16-year-olds.... All theee raced at the Cardiff GP this year, and one of them even won it!

While the current (team-building) averages are based on 'last ten' matches, once the season starts won't the rolling averages will go back (thankfully) to a 20-match schedule, as the 10-match thing was dreadful? So, TJ will almost immediately have an average based on the first match with Berwick, plus his last 19 at Scunny or wherever. Roo-Boy's figure will be from Poole's 2021 season, and might rise a tad I'd think that Leon's average over his last 19 might drop initially, as might Jye. Jonas wont get a 'proper' CMA for at least three more outings. Plus, l suspect the two reserves will be ready and willing to each grab their chance in this squad with such a solid 1-5, and with other teams certain to have some less-experienced 2-pointers up against them, each has a fair chance of scoring well enough to duck the chop. The squad has not been created to be changed, this is a solid (old-fashioned if you like) 1-7. Bring it on!

For anyone interested in numbers, I calculate the averages of the FTS Bandits' announced line-up as 39.99.

'Fraid not...... Rowe is 5.08, James W is 5.51 and JJ 4.72. Per the official BSPL list. You got a drawing board to go back to?

Your thinking about Mike Hunt!

Nope, its all rides in official matches....

Jye is 6.29 or so..... Also, won't Lee Complin be stuck back at his assessed 4.00, with his Newcastle results removed?

Well, let's have some fun. There are fractionally over ten points left for team-building. Go!

I reckon Paul is now 5.11 (after taking his UK reduction off)