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I’m sure injuries will see a lot of these riders employed at some stage during the season.

Agreed Hawk127 speedway teams now need to be built around the Eastbourne model - 3 heat leaders (higher average riders) and the rest as local as you can get.

Seems the sport likes deadlines when it suits them but not for announcing teams.

People on here seem to think the Premiership is a strong league! Compare this team to the Poole team last season and there’s not a lot of difference.

It will leave the likes of Poole BV and Wolves adrift and will hasten their sale. The bspa are clinging to the wreckage of ‘Elite’ speedway where most of us know it’s going to be CL standard across the board very soon. The riders then need to decide what’s in it for them and faced with one league it could result in mass retirements as it won’t pay if they want to remain full time.

Manoeuvring to get Tungate to a track he likes!

Just need a few more clubs nearer to them for a bit of local rivalry.

They pulled the plug mid season due to mounting losses and I suspect they are in dispute with the bspa over money owed to riders amongst others. A naive promotion faced with the change of race night they didn’t expect to impact so badly on their business The place is a speedway venue and with the lack of clubs in the area it surly will come back one day.

It’s a weaker league and needs NL riders to step up otherwise what’s the point. The team you start with is never the team you finish with these days.

An injury to your 2nd or 3rd averaged rider and the tail gets even longer.

At least other teams will know that heat 2 will be a walk over for them !

Edwards should be a heat leader this season and Spooner is popular at Kent so Len will show loyalty over points gaining. He knows he has a gem in Gilks and can build the team on a low points limit. There’s a glut of number ones this year due to reduction of points limit and clubs. It is, I’m sure intended to force riders into the Championship but these clubs appear to want untried overseas riders above the homegrown boys again this year.

Simply need more clubs in the NL and considering the dearth of clubs in the south Rye House should be allowed to join.

Trouble is Richard that opportunities in the CL are few and far between especially as it’s such a northern based league.

A bit unfair to expect Ablitt to be a no. 2 with no NL experience !

I thought the lower points limit was there to stop the likes of Cook coming into the CL. The league will still be too strong for some of the young riders expected to move up from the NL.

If that’s the case then no wonder the cost of racing is out of control!

Yes and he continues to live in his own little ‘speedway bubble’ . He is the owner of assets that will probably never ride in the UK again sadly.

If Rye House were to settle their bills and monies owed to riders the bspa might let them rejoin a league.

The sad thing is that when Rye won the league in 2005 and 2007 the place was rocking. Its never been very pretty but the viewing was good and although still a gaters track did produce good racing. Since the airfence went in its changed a lot and viewing is difficult. Track changes have taken away the technical element and it’s too flat out follow the leader.

Kent have applied to run on Saturdays next season.

So the bikes are dangerous and holding back better racing. I wonder if a better track surface would make them safer.

Clearly no idea of what the NL has tried to represent. Teams like Mildenhall and Eastbourne have young riders who should be moving through the sport but are probably going to be stuck in the roadblock that the CL has become due to doubling up being so extensive in this league. Alfie Bowtell has suddenly become a high scoring reserve for Lakeside but needed patience from the team for him to develop. Supporters of the PL and some CL think that riders appear out of nowhere and some have done little to give riders in the UK a chance. Its all coming home to roost now for some as affordable riders are getting thin on the ground.

In crowd terms Poland has always been the exception even going back to the 70’s they were 10 times UK crowds. Sweden had low attendances until the ‘Rickardson’ effect but now attendances are starting to decline as are their riders.

You can have the best footballers cricketers but not guaranteed to win anything. Do the same in Speedway and you win everything so there is a big difference. Promoters are very much aware of this and try and keep it balanced for everyone.(something US sports do)