JamesB

I heard the same.

You have to give Louis credit, he has done pretty much everything he can with the track within the constraints imposed to improve the racing spectacle.

Once the decision was taken to strengthen with Brennan, then one of the 2024 cohort had to move on. I have been told and I have no certainty whether it is true or not that the original plan was for one of the other riders to move on, however the situation with Rew changed the plan.

OK, it’s a cold and boring Friday morning so I’ll take the bait…. 1. Louis has decided to strengthen the team by bringing in Brennan. 2. Therefore, in the same way as Belle Vue ‘somebody has to go’ to accommodate that strengthening. 3. Two clubs offered Rew a significant uptick on his points money. He was ‘keen to stay’ but expected Louis to move towards his new offered points money. 4. Any business when hiring an individual weighs up cost v benefit i.e. value for money and it would appear that in this case Louis decided that did not stack up for him as the owner of the business. 5. I have no issue with Rew wanting to increase his earnings and another team being willing to pay accordingly, that’s called Capitalism. I wish Rew all the best and hope that we see him back as a Witch at some point in the future.

I believe that his head was turned by two clubs offering a substantial up tick on points money. No issue with him looking after number 1 financially, as speedway is a short career. Hopefully, we may see him back in the future.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Rew is part of the team.

I agree and it’s very difficult to see where they could have improved the final 1-7. Brennan is an important addition and should strengthen what was already a strong 2023 team. You can argue the respective merits of the King/Rew/Ellis combination but not sure that any of the three options would be significantly stronger. If what I have been told is correct, then the final composition may have been down to the omitted rider being offered a substantially better financial package which the Witches were not prepared to match.

If King does ride at 2 and he gets gate 1 in heat 1, then I would hope that he would have the beating of some of the opposition heat leaders coming off gate 4. Holder minor for one. 😀 I have been told by a source which I trust that it’s Doyle and Brennan, however let’s wait and see.

Was it a truly an open pick for the remaining four or did the promoters/riders reach an ‘agreement’ on who will ride where. we will never know.

Could anybody with experience of transforming a handful of loaves and fish into a hearty meal for 4000 people please contact Mr R Hawkins ahead of this evenings meeting to pass on helpful tips on performing miracles.

If they choose not to sign a replacement then it would seem logical to continue to use 6.16.

I took that from Bald Bloke’s post on the KL/Ipswich thread. You may be correct but if you are, why would you use Kerr as a guest when you could use a guest with an average up to 9.00?

Now that the 28 days has elapsed, any guest for Musielak can only have an average that is not in excess of 75% of Musielak’s. Hence, KL can only use a guest whose average is 6.16 or lower.

Musielak no longer has a contract with Kings Lynn and the 28 days has passed. They can sign who they want up to the points limit they have available. If they choose not to sign a new rider and wish to use guests then they continue with the 75% figure they have to use under the regulations as they stand.

Right, ridiculous or illogical - it just highlights how badly worded some of the regulations/rules are. How can you declare a rider in your team who is not contracted to ride for you? That’s the same as the mighty ITFC declaring Ronaldo in their squad and hoping that he might be kind enough to turn up for the odd match.