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Schrammy has had a couple of poor meetings this season, but still upped his average. I also think he will increase it more.

Just a quick question? Does anyone know the rules regarding who is eligible to ride NL. if a rider has a 3.5 PL average, can they ride NL? If so, what average would they have? Would it be 7?

Forgot to mention, that the riders that seem to come on the most, or have the best seasons are the guys like Lewis Kerr who get to ride all the time in more than 1 league.

Not sure, but riders should be able to ride in more than 1 league. I'm good mates with Chris Schramm who had a terrible start to the season after coming back from a broken back, but he has said to me that he needs to be riding more to improve. He could only ride in the PL which meant he had 1 or two meetings a week and sometimes none at all. I don't know all the rules, but maybe a rider in the PL could ride in the NL on double their average or EL on half their average. So that way someone who is low on confidence/out of form/coming back from injury could get more rides, but also Riders like Barker can be getting lots of practice in two leagues. I think in Chris's case he ended the PL season on something like 3.5 average, but he's under the impression he cant ride in the NL as his average would be too high.

It looks like he had a CL average in 2004 of 9.78 and a PL average last season of 4.9. People have mentioned on here that there is a 0.6 conversion rate if he doesn't have a PL team place which would make his NL average 8.17. It has also been said that it is whichever average was the highest, so I'm guessing it would be 9.78. I'm not sure the rules are that clear, but if he could ride for Mildenhall, I'm sure he would do a good job.

Schramm finished on a 4.9 average I think. Was riding well before he broke his back at Newport. Only got about half a season at Sheffield after that and definitely wasn't back to his best. I think he needs more rides to rebuild his confidence and should easily improve on his average given a chance.

Thanks for your help. Yes Damon it was Chris Schramm I was thinking about. I have spoken to him and he is desperate to ride, but no Pl teams are interested. I just wasn't sure if NL could be an option to keep him riding.

Can anyone tell me what the rules are for a rider with a 4.9 prem average, but no team this year? Could he ride NL? What average would he be on? Cheers