ReginaldSpeed

Fully disagree with the way young riders just get replaced due the numbers. From just a paper based, number point of view I get it though. Sign a rider with a 25% reduction at the start of the year then sign a more experienced one later on and you basically get another point to play with (2 points in this case). But from a real life point of view, I thought Drew was part of Leicester with his relationship with the Leicester sponsors etc, you won’t get that if you keep changing your team, that relationship between fans and riders won’t be there because the team keeps changing and on track riders like Drew will stop team riding and feel the need to shove their teammate out of the way on the first bend in heat 2 to keep their place. Sure things with be interesting in the Berwick pits now with the team manager there mind you..

Am I right in thinking Gate 1 got a paid win in 13 of the 15 races? Gate 1 only lost a race to an opponent in heat 4 (Sam Hagon 2nd, beaten by Tai) and Heat 12 (Drew, paid 2nd, beaten by Holder).

8 day rule doesn’t apply if riding at number 1. I understand it does apply if riding at other positions

BSN is fantastic, wasn’t able to make it last night in real life as was in France, but plugged the laptop in to the hotel tv via a hdmi and worked great. Thank you BSN for making that possible

Should be a good meeting - Both teams look strong, not sure if Birmingham actually having grobauer instead of R/R makes them stronger or more likely weaker? Edinburgh could win this as their ‘rising star’ Edwards is fresh full of confidence from his 18 point max at West Row on Sunday and Josh Pickering is also in form at Sheffield

Rather confused with this decision - not disputing that Lawson is a better more experienced rider then Edwards but Plymouth have no chance of making the plays off considering they are racing away to 3 of the top clubs where even with Lawson they have no chance of winning. Home win to Newcastle was nailed on whatever the team. yet this decision is going to cost (assuming Lawson is on £1.5k a meeting) around about £6k more than having Edwards for these meetings yet will put very little in terms of numbers on the gate for a single home match? After Eastbourne this seems poor financial management which is ironic given the main team sponsor! Maybe this is linked to next year being that the novelty of Crump will have warn off and Pederson retiring?

1) Leon Flint (8.8) 2) Jake Mulford (3) 3) Luke Rudduck (6.67) 4) Henry Atkins (5.86) 5) Greg Blair (4.5) 6) Sam Mcgurk (3) 7) Nathan Ablitt (3) Total: 34.83

For 2021, National league riders have now been asked to supply and pay for their own rear tyres which are £42 each per meeting, whereas, last year they were commonly supplied by the club. Simultaneously, i've heard price money rates have been slashed in half to £10 a point for a reserve. Additionally all tyres are only to be ANLAS, even in the amateur ‘national league’, despite there being stockpiles of MITAS tyres already in the country not used from 2020, many in the hands of small privately owned and operated spares vans who now do not have a market for them. Presumably, BSPL Ltd. receive a healthy incentive from the monopoly of ANLAS tyres in the British leagues (as I have heard the MITAS deal was generous). These new rules will hit the young riders who are trying to make a start in the sport in revised Conference League, by prize money going directly to pay for tyres. Following Rob Godfrey's article in the Speedway Star, if he is truly ‘subsidising’ the national league and wants more upcoming riders, surely he should allow other tyre brands or only used tyres (like in the youth rounds used to) so the National League riders do not lose a fortune racing NL speedway?

Great start to team building with two reliable heat leaders who can both improve, especially Ruddick, but, I don’t personally see either of them as the No.1. Great to see Mildenhall staying positive despite the points limit reduction and they deserve a lot of credit for this. Fair play also as they must have given Kinsley a good period of notice that he was being released in order for Kent to be able to change and build their team around him as a 8.00 rider.

More positivity and forward thinking from Eastbourne - can the management take over the BSPA, as they actually seem to know what they are doing!

Kent Royals page in forum states that Kinsley has in fact made the switch to Kent... so the above skipping a league in between rule obviously doesn’t apply

Unfortunately makes sense as he had the highest average in the team, and with the points limit being reduced was always going to be difficult to accommodate everyone. Also, I was under the impression you were unable to skip a league? IE you can’t do national and elite, must do the national and championship or championship and Elite? But will the amount of times the rules have changed probably changed again!