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Morley and Ablitt were the two Kent riders who finished ahead of him, both scoring paid 13, so wouldn't get too worried about his seeming lack of form.

Two fall/ exclusions and generally on the pace in his other two.

While the final might be a minor "pot of gold", the three team sections must surely need teams to race some fixtures on their alternate race night . Not that beneficial. Glasgow, Redcar and Scunthorpe are all Friday tracks and there must be a fair chance that Edinburgh will be the sixth placed team.

Is the Glasgow v Plymouth meeting being streamed. It is just shown as "Live Stats" in the BSN fixture list.

Basso should have been at five.

At present you can't get two riders going into bend three side by side. It's too square for the one on the outside to have a line to ride. Widening the entry would help.

Certainly widening the entrance to bend three which has always been a bit square.

Ashfield Allied owns Ashfield and is Glasgow Speedways parent company. It made a small profit in 2022 and is unlikely to have any other income, so presumably the Tigers pay rent

Really think clubs should have dates shown as Reserved on their fixture lists so that riders dont arrange other things - riding abroad, holidays, weddings - we've had all of then recently.

Might be wrong but don't think the BSPL took this line with the two Wolves riders who had booked a holiday in the thought to be blank week due to the World Team Cup. They got guests with an average of 25% less than the riders they replaced.

Do we even have 3.61? As it's a non Speedway absence isn't it 75% of the average, circa 2.7?

Wasn't Peter Facenna prepared to stream meetings if sufficient volunteers were prepared to come forward to run it.

If we're thinking about shaking things up - and I think it's now too late - we need to change the structure of the team to have a stronger number six. This would require two changes. Brennan and Complin out - but no idea who to bring in - so dont think this is a goer at all. We need to stick with what we have, or make changes with next year in mind. We still have nine league meetings left, enough for a new rider to get a "proper" average for next year.

After a long delay to fix the air fence panels, Oxford certainly getting the following heats run promptly. Wish we could do this as Glasgow. Could have done with watering the track while the fence was being repaired, although is this allowed in the current H&S regime?

Quite agree with you Fromafar , we certainly shouldn't go for the fixed Mon/Thurs race nights. A combined league will have a lower standard than the current Championship so don't know how fans of Premiership sides will react to that.

Our expectations in recent years have often been unrealistic. Some reckoned Nowak would achieve a 7.00 average but didn't seem to understand that riding at two, partnering Chris Harris, he would need to score 7+3 in most meetings. Right now his GSA is 5.50 while his CMA is 6.90 - figuers from the BSPL site. Fully accept that his riding doesnt have the same zest as previously but let's keep our expectations in check.

If we go to a combined league next year, will we retain the Monday/Thursday fixed race nights. Don't think that would be popular with some Championship sides. If we don't then I can't see any Premiership riders who aren't riding in the Championship this year - guys like Kurtz, Lidsey, Ellis, Doyle at al - riding in the UK next year. So we're essentially dividing up the riders in the Championship's nine teams among however many teams want to join the new combined league. Rider control looks both inevitable and necessary. Points limit could be as low as 30!

I think that Harris, Nowak and Vissing were always in the plan for 2023 and when Brennan and Basso were confirmed, the 40 point limit meant there were only six points left and neither Hume nor Bailey could be fitted in. Pijper on 2.00 and a 4.00 rider was the only fit available. Whether Complin was always the first choice as the 4.00 is uncertain.

Quite understandable but weather forecasts are now beginning to impact on attendances and often they are well off the mark

We had Plymouth and Birmingham last week though Plymouth was rained off. No date for that has been fixed but we could do it the night before we go to Poole for our league meeting at the end of August. In the past we rode on Thursday night's to let southern teams do Glasgow/ Edinburgh/ Berwick tours though this is no .longer possible Thursday's are reserved as a Premiership night. Plymouth had Edinburgh and Berwick this weekend - both rained off. Are tours jinxed? It certainly seems that way.

Not sure the promotion had a grand plan for him as he was intially without a track. Isn't Redcar fairly similar to Ashfield, round and banked? Might have been better to go to a different type of track had it been possible.

All three and peak holiday time, being the Fair weekend. Better than the Brit Junior turn out but still not great. Twenty two heats and few home based riders so substantial travelling expenses. Can't see how this meeting can have broken even.

Banding is far too blunt a tool, with riders with the highest average in each band being the most sought after. Don't think GP riders would be involved in the one "big" league, just riders who would only ride in Britain. Unless the league has the same fixed race nights as the Premiership.

Not necessary as he wont get the eight league meetings required o get a "proper" average, so would still start 2024 on an assessed figure.

The 2019 loss was 98k but that was after Allied Vehicles subsidy of £182k, so £280 k shortfall. Capital investment is depreciated over the exoected life of the asset so each year bears part of the capital cost. Any word on the turn three stand?