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Erm.... That would be 15% 3/(2 x 10) = 15% The thing is, we generally only hear about the tests when there's a positive. We know that in August 4 riders were tested at each of the Belle Vue and Poole meetings with no positives, but generally we don't get told about tests where none were positive, and of course this is how it should be to maintain randomness.

Is Chapman even allowed to sell the club? If Chapman has taken a bung to get out of the Showground (and I'm not suggesting he would... perish the thought), but if he was the kind of dodgy character to take a bung, then surely there'd be something in the agreement saying he can't sell the club. There'd be no point in paying-off someone to get his speedway team out of the Showground if he could just then sell the club to someone else wanting to go straight back in

Not really. Cocaine is the most widely used recreational drug after cannabis.

Hearing that Sayfutdinov, King and Ellis are nailed on. Could also keep Doyle with something like this potential league winning side.... E Sayfutdinov 10.10 J Doyle 9.12 D King 7.05 A Ellis 5.57 K Rew 4.00 B Barker 3.96 D Thompson RS = 39.80

I don't think they are. Consider Ellis's last 2 years' form around the NSS. League & Play offs. 0,3,1,2 =6 0.1',0,1 =2+1 2,2,0,3,1 =8 0,0,0,2 =2 0,2,2,1',0,1' = 6+2 NSS AVERAGE = 4.17

Blodorn is a BV asset. A teenager who is improving all the time. Would be one of the first names in their teamsheet for me along with other assets Bewley and Lidsey. What I find odd is everyone falling for the hoax story of Ellis to BV, just because he's been seen in the GP pits a coupe of times with Bewley. I can see Ellis at Ipswich. Ellis won't be at BV as he doesn't have the speed for the NSS.

Wright's latest 20-match rolling average is exactly 8.00 His average over just this year's 13 matches is 8.56 . That's nearer 8 than 10.

The point being that the Premiership would collapse if only 5 teams were going to take part. A sixth team was needed. One option was to encourage a team to move up (Birmingham) but if this didn't happen the only other option was for the remaining 5 promoters to create a sixth team from somewhere. (Northampton). With it looking that Birmingham will be the sixth team, there's not much enthusiasm for anyone wanting to throw money away creating a new team just for the sake of it.

The proposed "new track" is Brafield, but I doubt it happening now. With Wolves and Peterborough closing, Brafield was a fallback option for the BSPL to keep the Premiership at 6 teams. But with Birmingham looking likely to move up and become the 6th team, Brafield won't be needed.

As I said, they could have Sayfutdinov, Doyle and Rew this year as Rew was not an Ekstraliga rider in 2023, but they won't be able to have all 3 in 2024 when Rew rides in the Ekstraliga, if the 2 rider limit remains.

Not a chance. Currently 39 points for the top 6. It may go up slightly to 40 or 40.5, but no way will it be 42 for the top 6. Assuming the rule remains about a maximum of 2 Polish Extraleague riders, Rew has to go if Doyle & Sayfutdinov stay.

Exactly. The Workington promoters were at BSPA HQ this week where their application to enter the Championship for 2024 was accepted. It was the only option open to them since Godfrey and pals have decided to scrap the NDL in 2024. Godfrey doesn't like stand-alone clubs in the NDL in case they make money. So the NDL has been scrapped to force Workington, Mildenhall (& Kent) to move up to the Championship or close. Workington are moving up. Mildenhall & Kent are gone.

Yes. Sam's mother is Martin Dugard's sister Charlotte.

Yes. Martin Dugard is his uncle.

6 teams in premiership. 9 in championship. No NDL. Just 15 teams in the whole country. Wolverhampton, Peterborough, Mildenhall and Kent closed.

I would imagine they are.

I'm hearing Sunday 15 October provisionally for the NDLRC

AFAIK, when you give a sample, they first test the specific gravity to make sure it is genuine pee, not appletise or a mix of 10% pee 90% water. If you have tampered with the sample (given them appletise or water) then you get a second chance to give a genuine sample. Having given a genuine sample, it gets tested by a basic "dip test". If this is negative, the procedure is over. If it's non-negative, a sample goes away for the proper testing. The sample is split into two vials "A" and "B". The "A" sample is tested. If it is negative the procedure is over. If it is positive, the rider can pay to have the "B" sample tested. If I was guessing, from the little information we have, I'd guess that Morris tried to give a fake sample, and then refused when given a second chance to give a real sample. Hence he never gave a sample and was banned accordingly. Richie Worrall gave a sample which was non-negative. There's no option to do a second sample. The sample taken will be sent off to be analysed fully. If I were Richie Worrall, and I was convinced I was clean, I would do exactly what he's done. I'd get a private test done just to make sure I hadn't had food or drink spiked without my knowledge. If my private test was clear, I'd at least have peace of mind to believe that the SCB full test will be clear.

I read somewhere on here someone saying that you always hear about positive drug tests, but we never hear of any meetings where tests were done and all was OK. Interesting that this is now on the SCB website During the month of August two events were selected for Alcohol and Drug Testing...• Belle Vue v Workington - NDL - Friday 25th August 2023• Poole v Birmingham - Championship - Wednesday 30th August 2023At both event's four riders (two from each team) were randomly selected and in all cases all riders produced a negative result.The SCB will continually select fixtures for random testing.

How would you rank Britain's best tracks? I'd go.... 1. Belle Vue 2. Peterborough 3. Redcar 4. Workington 5. Glasgow 6. Scunthorpe 7. King's Lynn 8. Sheffield 9. Berwick 10. Poole 11. Oxford 12. Leicester 13. Birmingham 14. Ipswich 15. Edinburgh 16. Wolverhampton 17. Mildenhall 18. Kent 19. Plymouth

Has the interest in the closeness of the battle for the 4th play-off place crashed the BSPL website?

So Cardiff 2024 is 17 August

Can't use Lambert as a guest because he's on an assessed average.

I assume it's Killeen

There's no guessing. He's signed for Oxford and makes his debut on Friday against Plymouth.