Kerryxo

There was 9 rider changes in CL last season, according to the green sheets; which doesn't account for all injured riders covered by R/R and/or guests. It shouldn't come as a surprise that there are changes of team/rider during the season, this one is just more planned than normal.

He's been confirmed on the British speedway announcements: https://britishspeedway.co.uk/championship-rider-announcements/ I don't make the rules. I'm merely a deluded fan that decided to collate this year's list 😊

Although, having watched some of his international rides, it was like a totally different rider turned up in Glasgow.

Sorry for the slow update. Christmas night out yesterday, with slow recovery 😆. 11 places left, broken down to: Berwick (2, points available: 7.33) Edinburgh (3, points available: 15.55) Plymouth (4, points available: 24.63) Poole (2, points available: 6.32) ----- Riders from this years CL yet to have a team (excluding those confirmed not racing CL this year): James Pearson (5.51) Matic Ivacic (4.00) Jack Smith (3.73/3.64 🇬🇧) Jason Garrard (2.00) Paul Starke (3.45/3.36 🇬🇧) Nico Covatti (7.82) Ben Barker (5.98/5.83 🇬🇧) Patrick Baek (4.00) Connor Bailey (5.10/4.97 🇬🇧) Ben Trigger (3.08/3.00 🇬🇧) Claus Vissing (6.34) Sam McGurk (2.00) Celine Liebmann (4.00) Paco Castagna (7.11) Connor Coles (3.33/3.25 🇬🇧) Max James (2.00) Adam Roynon (3.55/3.46 🇬🇧) Sam Hagon (4.85/4.73 🇬🇧) Michael Palm Toft (7.80) Nathan Ablitt (5.04/4.91 🇬🇧)

Mad dash for school run & get to work. Will update Oxford team/points this afternoon, sorry!

Bump

Oxford still have it on their website and social media that Ashton is with them for 2025. If/as/when this changes, I can update the confirmed list on the front page.

Got it, thanks both 😊

Got it, thank you 😊

In a moment of madness, I've taken the plunge. A few confirmations already, so have added to the list. Please feel free to comment any other confirmed signings/averages and I'll keep the list up to date. List is on the assumption these teams will all come to tapes this year & no new additions to Championship. Will update as we go along 😊

SGB Championship - 2025 Team Average: 40 pts Berwick Bandits 1 - Peter Kildemand (8.50) 2 - Danyon Hume (4.87) 3 - Drew Kemp (6.46) 4 - Bastian Borke (4.84) 5 - Craig Cook (8.42) 6 - Sam Hagon (4.73) 7 - Dayle Wood (2.00) Total Average: 39.82 Edinburgh Monarchs 1 - Justin Sedgmen (7.92) 2 - Victor Palovaara (5.00) 3 - Kye Thomson (6.53) 4 - Oskar Polis (6.00) 5 - Paco Castagna (7.11) 6 - Jonatan Grahn (5.00) 7 - Max James (2.00) Total Average: 39.56 Glasgow Tigers 1 - Cruz Chris Bomber Harris (9.07) 2 - Ashton Boughen (5.03) 3 - Dan Thompson (7.36) 4 - Leon Flint (6.68) 5 - Kyle Howarth (7.27) 6 - Freddy Hodder (2.00) 7 - Max Perry (2.00) Total Average: 39.41 Oxford Cheetahs 1 - Sam Masters (9.15) 2 - Jonas Knudsen (4.97) 3 - Jordan Jenkins (6.21) 4 - Dan Gilkes (5.08) 5 - Cameron Heeps (6.37) 6 - Mitch McDiarmid (4.00) 7 - Luke Killeen (3.85) Total Average: 39.63 Plymouth Gladiators 1 - Nicolai Klindt (9.88) 2 - Mitchell Cluff (5.00) 3 - Joe Thompson (5.63) 4 - Alfie Bowtell (5.07) 5 - Ben Barker (5.83) 6 - Lasse Fredrikson (4.67) 7 - Ben Trigger (3.01) Total Average: 39.09 Poole Pirates 1 - Richard Lawson (9.17) 2 - Anders Rowe (6.11) 3 - Zach Cook (6.23) 4 - Tobias Thomsen (4.41) 5 - Lewis Kerr (7.76) 6 - Paul Starke (3.36) 7 - Matt Marson/William Cairns (2.00) Total Average: 39.04 Redcar Bears 1 - Charles Wright (8.37) 2 - Jake Mulford (4.27) 3 - Danny King (7.88) 4 - Jason Edwards (6.18) 5 - Erik Riss (8.33) 6 - Tom Spencer (2.03) 7 - Ace Pijper (2.93) Total Average: 39.99 Scunthorpe Scorpions 1 - Stevie Worrall (7.93) 2 - Simon Lambert (5.83) 3 - Connor Mountain (5.65) 4 - Luke Harrison (4.32) 5 - Jake Allen (7.33) 6 - Zaine Kennedy (4.27) 7 - Declan Kennedy (4.00) Total Average: 39.33 Workington Comets 1 - Troy Batchelor (8.46) 2 - Fraser Bowes (5.00) 3 - Antti Vuolas (6.40) 4 - Jye Etheridge (4.98) 5 - Tate Zischke (6.96) 6 - Jacob Hook (4.19) 7 - Vinnie Foord (3.90) Total Average: 39.89

Thanks 😊. And a prem team is out the question? If there was any prem team in Scotland/closer to home, I'd be keen to travel (work full time mon-fri and have mum duties, so further out as a treat - but not feasible for regular visits) - I imagine there's lots of fans north(and -ish) of the border who wouldn't normally support glasgow in champ, but would travel to see some of the bigger names of prem. Also, my view for next year: Bomber & Pearson. Smith's ave is 3.73, would place him good at 6 - would that be enough for a confidence boost and see him produce the points he did when he initially signed..? Rowe's a steal at 6.27 - would be gutted if he has signed for Poole.

Can I ask - and sorry if this has been asked before - why do Glasgow only run one team? If Oxford can run 3 in a shared track, why can Glasgow not have at least 2?! IMO would be great for attracting and retaining new fans, especially if the 2nd team was prem.

BSN reporting that Jenkins & Heeps were both scheduled for practice laps tonight; so I imagine for Scunny. If not, for the rerun.

Watching on TV - just wanted to check stream hasn't started for anyone else. Made this mistake before watching a black screen 😆 Edit: started. Patience is a virtue 😆.