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That's what I thought. An average reducing meeting. Bad decision from Chris Durno to disqualify Fricke.

Being frisked by security is the most fun the grannies who support Poole have had in years.

Was talking to a guy at Lakeside about this. He was saying the same thing about the fixtures being put in during the time the BSPA (Chapman) were looking after Belle Vue, and before the BSPA had made their choice on who to give the new Belle Vue franchise to. As soon as the new BV promotion took over, they contacted all the other promoters where there was a clash of dates to ask for a switch. Lakeside readily agreed to change, as did (I think) Isle of Wight, (There may have been one other). But Eastbourne and Birmingham refused point blank to change dates. It seems it's down to the hosting club to agree or not to a change of dates. They can either go the Lakeside and IOW route of changing date to ensure their fans get to see a full-strength visiting team (but possibly risk losing to that strong team), or they can go the Eastbourne/Birmingham win-at-all-costs route of guaranteeing a win against weakened opposition but denying their fans the chance to see the genuine opposition.

Regardless of Morley's suspicious performances, (flew round BV last year, trailed round at the back this year), there still should be no way Hurry can come in. Lakeside only have 7.48 available to replace Mason, and Hurry should be on a 10+ average. Something is bent here.

They've got 7,48 available to replace him (mainly due to Ben Morley's average dropping by 2 points thanks to some suspiciously bad performances that should be investigated). But no way should Paul Hurry be available on an average below 7.48!!! Hurry should be 10+

Richard Hall wasn't refused, he was just told he had to come in on a realistic average which didn't fit to replace the missing injured rider. Why Hurry is allowed in on an unrealistic average (and for team strengthening purposes, not replacing an injured rider) is anyone's guess. #Bent

At least you all now know why Lakeside performed so badly at Belle Vue and why Ben Morley just rode round looking disinterested. He had a target score he had to get below.

Except you're not right as you can't have the Basford's at reserve. Ben is in the top 5.

Extremely unlikely Clegg could have ridden for Buxton this afternoon anyway (without bringing start time forward) as he is at Workington tonight for Edinburgh, but I've been told that stipulations were made that he mustn't ride for Buxton until after the Cradley match...Whether that is true or mischief making I wouldn't know.

Clegg comes in on 10+, which is 2 points more than Perks. Hence they are also having to drop Lee Dicken and bring in a 3.00 rider. (William O'Keefe?)

Max Clegg. But the Wolves/Cradley promotion won't let him ride until after Cradley have been there today and collected their 4 points

Yes 12. Hence the Belle Vue and/or Coventry arrangement at the AGM, where whichever team was able to race would have the 12th place and if both were able to race they'd share a league place between them. They didn't fold. If they'd gone bust owing money the assets would go to the BSPA. But they haven't. They're still solvent (allegedly) and just don't have a stadium, so the licence and assets are just on ice. I think if they don't return to racing in the next 2 seasons they have to sell the assets to other clubs or they go back to the BSPA then.

You are wrong. Clubs hold riders' registrations not individuals. (Individuals haven't been able to hold riders' registrations since the late 70s/ early 80s when it was rumoured that John Davis was an asset of John Davis). Steve Worrall is registered on the Belle Vue retained list, so should ride for Belle Vue (But don't underestimate the power of the BSPA to get their own rules wrong and insist he rides for Newcastle instead)

Correct. Bewley was 16 when he joined Belle Vue last year. And while Tom Brennan and the other 15-year-olds had a couple of years in Speedway's youth leagues before NL, Bewley only sat on a speedway bike for the first time three months before he signed! We should be encouraging youth from whichever route it comes

Bad decision. Pedersen left a huge gap that Zagar took to pass him. Zagar then never moved off the inside. Pedersen turned into him. Same a a footballer hooking a leg around a defender and going down asking for a penalty. The referee was fooled by Pedersen.

The team declared at the start of the season is fine, and would still be fine if they increased their averages to go over 39. However the guests used to replace them have to be lower than the average of the riders being replaced and clearly Ayres isn't lower than Wajtknecht and Shuttleworth isn't lower than Mason. If you redeclare the team the newcomers have to be lower than the ones being replaced or comply with the 39 point limit. So the team named isn't a legal redeclaration either as it's 39.1 and the new riders are higher

The team is illegal whichever way you look at it. If you add the current averages of the 7 riding tonight they come to 39.10 which exceeds the points limit. If you take the 7 declared at the start of the season they would have been ok... Wajtknecht 8.59 Ritchings 7.04 Greenwood 6.82 Mason 6.54 Wallinger 3.32 Cupitt 3.00 Hampshire 3.00 = 38.51 However they are now using Ayres (9.00) as a guest for Wajtknecht (8.59) tonight - which is illegal, and Shuttleworth (6.60) for Mason (6.54) which is also illegal.

Don't know where you've got that nonsense from. The hand picked sprockets team is actually illegal as they are 39.10 which is over the 39 point limit. But it's nowhere near 55! (they would have been 38.34 at the start of the season). Plymouth are 38.67 So although the Swindon team is illegal, the averages are quite close. However I don't expect the match to be close.

Mason was OK riding at home on Friday and Lakeside haven't had a fixture since, so can only assume this is a tactical change, R/R rides for Wajtknecht and Bowtell should bring in more than Mason would have.

How low do Poole need to drop the averages before the changes?

Look at the state of Woffinden's ears. Makes his head look like an X-box controller.

If they'd tracked 3 NL riders they would be breaking the rules. Teams are allowed to track 1 NL rider up to a 4.00 average and 1 NL rider on a 3.00 average. That's exactly what they did (Andrews 3.07 & Couzins 3.00) , so no problems. However if you're suggesting that Spooner (who isn't in a NL declaration) should be in a NL declaration because the current Kent NL team declaration is illegal, then you would have a point.

Elite league averages were multiplied by 1.4 to give a comparable 2nd division average so that both leagues could use 2nd division averages. Therefore his 7.60 starting average is the equivalent of a real first division average of 7.60 / 1.4 = 5.43 He's increased that average. Your 50/42 conversion is a nonsense. 42 EL points last year is the equivalent of 42 x 1.4 = 58.8 (not 50). 50 is just the points limit for this year, an artificial lower limit set to make the leagues closer.

His 7.60 starting average (PL equivalent) is effectively 5.43 (EL equivalent) taking into account the x 1.4 average uplift. So if he's averaging 5.65 in the Premiership then he's upped his average slightly.

Perhaps not as bad as Kevin Jolly punching an opposing rider, but isn't interfering with the opposition riders from the centre green against the rules? What was he playing at?