Roger Jacobs

"Assessed rider gradings are calculated as follows: - Riders new to Premiership League racing are categorised as follows: - a) a rider riding in a professional league in the previous or current season will be assessed on a Grading List. Based upon results obtained in all other professional Speedway leagues and given an Assessed MA accordingly" And ... before you ask ... there doesn't appear to be a published list of gradings. PS: I'm assuming they're classed as new riders because they don't have "current" CMAs.

SCB Regs: "010.2.3 Amended MA’s With the approval of the BSP LTD GC or Directors for: - a) riders who have been absent from British Speedway racing for more than 3 seasons (The MA may be increased or decreased)"

His ancient average is irrelevant - a completely different rider now in terms of experience. A not bad signing compared with some of the names that had been bandied about.

They should have held a competition for locals to suggest nicknames, and then vote on a shortlist. An excellent marketing exercise. Otherwise, alongside the Cheetahs, they could have chosen another cat nickname, e.g. the Oxford Ocelots

Kemp has a 4 point average - he's benefitted from the 25% discount for moving out of the RS pool. There's pressure on him, but he seems to like the Leicester track. PS: It's definitely worth using the correct word, rather than a number when you're talking about numbers :-)

Jenkins himself has said he's only the second rider to move out the Rising Star pool, so he must be getting the 25% discount, which means he starts at 6.

4.16 ... as stated on here, Jenkins would be a decent signing. He would have to start in the team - even so, a major improvement on Hume.

Except, it’s not a pretty mild opinion - he’s accusing Doyle of having no loyalty to or interest in Ipswich and their fans.

I consider myself to be a skeptic, but your words are absolute cynicism. How sad.

Via Bungay and Halesworth is a decent journey - and I believe the Doyles live in a village on the south eastern side of Norwich, which makes that journey more likely. Even so, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of his travelling is to/from Stansted.

Same here. I was told earlier this year by BSPA Office that the discount only counted for team building, but then Brennan started at reserve for Belle Vue ...

If Brits continue to get a discount, then he would start at reserve ...

I agree, but can't see how Hume would be left out given his popularity with the masses - he's an all round good guy, who's a guaranteed 100% trier - irrespective of his results. Nothing stops him from being liked, even his failures in the Final at Foxhall. PS: Barker wouldn't be a choice for me either.

Surely it would be Hume at #6 ...

The key word here is “all”. The League Champions have surpassed all rivals, the Cup Winners have defeated the selected few they faced … Congrats Scunthorpe! Ha Ha Shovlar

All 7 Ipswich riders did their best, which for some of them wasn't good enough. On Tuesday night, only 6 Sheffield riders put in a shift - it could have been so much easier for them if Holder had bothered to turn up. Hey-ho. A new day tomorrow, life goes on.

Oh, that tired old argument - Yawn. It's what other riders do ... it's part of speedway. At least he can look back at the first leg and the points he threw away ...

Not sure who you're watching? Hume was inside Jye Etheridge on Bend 2 and should have tried to move him over.

No improvement from Hume this season, after ending 2022 on 4.09 - and he was rubbish in Heat 4 just now, could have moved Etheridge over on Bend 2, but just poodled around.

At 27, he's definitely a slow burner. Just looks so awkward at Foxhall, and struggles to put together four consistent laps - thankfully he managed it once, against the hopeless Holder.

It's worth pointing out to people using this "reason/logic/argument": A speedway track is the same for everyone at every single speedway meeting ...

Lambert's average from 6 matches with KL is 9.60, but only two home matches so not enough to achieve a new Green Sheet (according to the Regulations), which is why he is shown as having an assessed average. Because the BSPL decided Lambert's 2019 average is an Established MA, I wondered why his scores this season haven't been added to his old figures to make a new Rolling Average. It turns out that the Regs say a Rolling Average is calculated on eligible matches from the last two seasons, so it begs another question: If Established MAs can only be based on eligible scores from the last two seasons, how did the BSPL decide that Lambert's 2019 average was an Established MA? They really do make it up as they go along, and definitely when it suits.

It's for the odd occasions when a team also uses R/R, i.e. so the guest can only take an R/R ride if the original rider's average is eligible.

The Guest rides under the average of the rider he is replacing.

Heat 5 = Lambert's winning time. Quickest of the night, and one of the fastest EVER at Foxhall. New nickname: Toothless Lambert