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Jorgensen was in the Kings Lynn team at the start of the season. Would be harsh if a team who signed him part way through the season had priority.

Will find out if he is just missing due to being banned (does the 7 day suspension for being ill apply in the national league?) or if he is still ill at the next Birmingham meeting.

Seems so. I looked last Friday at the fixtures and didn't see a KOC or Shield match in the fixtures on the SGB website.

I think it all depends how you read it. I thought he was on about next season when he said 2019. Shows that different people read the same thing differently.

Just showing that even at the highest level there is some give so it's not only league referee's that could be stricter.

Greg was still mucking about when the timer reached zero at Cardiff and he wasn't excluded.

Always think it's harsh when riders get dropped after improving their average (when not injured). Would Riss have fitted in the team at the start of the season? Wouldn't fit.

This season (before Berwick matches) he had scored 98 points (and 10 bonus points) from 89 races (Glasgow program). It will also depend what scores from last season he is dropping.

Rory wasn't as good as usual but the same happens on all tracks. He won the Open and top scored for his team in the celebration 4's at Edinburgh but only scored half a dozen points or so when Ipswich were there so why didn't he score more for his Ipswich team? Despite the fact Glasgow could still have got a draw with 5-1's in the remaining heats they used their number 8 (who I am glad they used) so that says more about the Glasgow team manager than it says about a guest rider.

Interesting reading in the Speedway Star this week about the make up of the league (race nights) and fixtures.

I see Max has been racing well for Edinburgh since he signed as his average goes up 1.23 from 1st August. How many matches for the Monarchs has he raced this season to see that much of an increase.

Tai rode in both meetings in Sweden last week I think?

Don't think Nick has much to do with the Swindon track prep.

Seems that Berwick are the only team who cannot resign a rider from the previous years team more than a month into the season. Max doesn't appear on the Premiership averages on 12 July so does he have a Premiership average? Lakeside couldn't use the Premiership average at the start of the season and since he has raced 0 Premiership meetings for Rye House what has changed?

So another rider returns who rode for the team last season and we are more than a month into the season. Seems to be OK to come back on a lower average than you leave also.

I think there should be deadlines for KOC matches like your local golf tournaments (1st round by mid May, QF by end July, SF by middle Sept and final by mid October. Not to hard to do considering Ipswich last season had to wait about for 2 or 3 months waiting for others to catch up.

Didn't Craig get a paid max earlier in the season? Don't usually check their results but I think he was racing for them before the current break (beginning of July).

Shame the fixture wasn't on the fixture list earlier as you have lost the Berwick bus as it's going to Swindon instead. Was supposed to be Sheffield, Somerset and Cardiff.

Lucky you are not going to Edinburgh or flash-the-cash Tigers as your loan would then take 8 years to pay back. lollol

I think Kev provides the most entertainment in the team and has been the most consistent so would have to disagree.

Seen Heppy and Ian drive past when I was down for the Hibs football game. Track wasn't wet so suspect they were working on the track and not just washing the fence.

Go for it. what's the factor between the leagues (1.3)? 9*1.3 = 11.7 Need to drop someone else for that average

It gives 2 British riders a team place and it seems that Richie could get a team place elsewhere. I don't see the problem with Glasgow signing Craig as lets face it in the last month or so Newcastle received a 29 day facility for a rider who is taking time out the sport (instead of a 28 day facility), Peterborough signed a rider who was declared in their team last year (more than a month into the season), we have a probationary ref at the Championship 4's and we have 3 teams who cannot race when the original fixture was scheduled. And that's only in about a month (not including Scott N etc).

Just reading the website and it's on about us getting outgated. Need to take some pointers from Nicolai on that one. Mind I think when he was warned for jumping the start it was just as bad in the re-run which was let go. How many meetings do probation referees need to do to qualify?

Just watching the GP. Think this is the first GP since round 6 in 2016 that Tai has had 2 gate 4's in the qualifiers. Not bad considering you have a 25% chance in every GP (pretty bored with the meeting so far).