Happy Hunter

It will be a bus or train company then!

Need to sign up a new sponsor now!

In which case it might be better to name the changing rooms etc. after Dennis!

Does lionking mean a former co-promoter at Leicester? If so there are not many to choose from!

This is all I could find in last season's regulations. Teams must declare their Team prior to the start of the Season. Changes must be made at least 72 hours before the Start Time of the Meeting at which it is intended to be used.

I suspect that the delay in naming all riders (other clubs have to complete as well) is that Poole are waiting on the results of Darcy Ward's hearing on the 30th January - so don't hold your breath until then!

Was anything said last night about the visa situation Re Jason?

Fixtures out this morning!

What you have got to remember in all of this is that, like football, some fans think that they are better managers than the real managers and play fantasy speedway at meetings. You know how it goes - "If I were him I would put x out as a TR in the next heat" or " If I were him I would swop the reserve rides in heat Y".

That's up to date as far as the Lion's web site is concerned!

The Lions web site is hopeless - it still shows all the riders who rode last year - no mention of the ones we have signed let alone those we might sign! Check out the shop page as well - really exciting isn't it! It would be interesting to see the Speedway Star do a club web site comparison like they do for programmes.

Yes, it was reported that there would be changes so that the visiting no 4 does not have to wait until heat 5 for their first race. Guess we will have to wait until the SCB publish the 2015 Regulations. The 2014 Regulations were published in March.

Suggestion in this week's Star that wet weather tyres could be used. Not sure if it would apply just to Oz riders or everyone!

He averaged 4 (inc bonus points) riding last season at Leicester.

Might be more interesting than some of the racing even!

If memory serves me right DH said that it would give riders and spectators more chance to mingle or words to that effect.

Jason Doyle in this week's Star hints at changes to the track. The building of new rider's changing rooms has been mentioned by DH I believe.. As I said earlier this week - PR is not the promotion's strong point!

PR never has been the Lion's strong point. How can they expect people, apart from the very hardy supporters, to part with their cash for a season ticket when we don't know who will be in the team?

I don't think you can use Premier League averages to work out how well riders will do in the Elite League. Just as a by the way Tom Perry had a better Elite League average last season than Simon Lambert but the Lions got rid of Tom so what do you make of that?

Would have preferred Clegg to Lambert. Just checked their averages for 2014 - Lambert 4.13 (3.5 ex bonus points), Clegg 3.47 (2.87).

I think its about time that all of you who have been involved in this exchange should give it a rest!!!!!!! Hopefully you will all have something more to fall out over after tomorrow's meeting re the Fast Track Reserves.

Has anyone else received a duff copy of the Star this week with pages either missing or duplicated?

I will be more positive when I know who is in the team. At the moment all we have is a Pole who has no Elite League experience. I certainly would not think about buying a season ticket until I knew who was going to be in the team!

I see that there is one optimist on the Lion's Facebook page asking if the season ticket will cover the playoffs. Apparently it will!

Not sure if this helps the debate about rider's averages but here is the appropriate extract from the 2014 Regulations:- 17.3 RIDERS MATCH AVERAGES (see SR 16.2 for Definitions) and GRADINGS 17.3.1 Riders new to Elite League racing are categorised as follows: Cat 1: Riders with an “end of the previous season’s published average” in the Polish Ekstraliga, the Swedish Elitserien or any other Professional Speedway League, or any Rider subject to a Certificate of Sponsorship Cat 2: Riders not riding in a Professional League (excluding those in Category 3) Cat 3: Commonwealth and USA (to a maximum of 4 each season) Riders new to British Speedway Cat 4: Riders who have been declared on the British Speedway Fast Track Development Programme (FTDP Riders) 17.3.2 The Assessed MA's for new Riders to the EL racing is: Cat 1 as per SR 17.3.3 Cat 2 4.00 Cat 3 3.00 Cat 4 as per SR 17.3.6 17.3.3 Category 1 Riders will be listed on a “Grading Riders List”, published annually at the end of each season showing an Assessed MA based upon results obtained in all other Professional Speedway Leagues during that season.