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A further question: Is IRR available for an EDR riding in the top five? The rules on facilities for EDR only allow other EDR riders or riders with lower PL average (and no current EL average) so that would suggest to me the answer is no. BUT the IRR rules make no reference to excluding EDR riders, so that makes me think the answer should be yes. To take an example, suppose Kyle Newman is injured in his opening ride next time Poole ride. Can he be replaced by Andersen, Holder, Buczkowski and Pedersen or will Kurtz and Ellis have to take all the replacement rides?

I've looked everywhere, but as far as I can tell I don't have Peter Karger, so I have no need to get rid of him.

It's the clash we've all been waiting for: Karger v Etheridge

He does, but Peter Karger is only a few points better - and that's largely because he has the benefit of racing in heat 2 as a reserve.

Well I tried, and I was wrong!

I rather think we were waiting for you to explain it to us - oh wise one.

Will it be periscoped?

However his other four scores in league matches this year have been pretty undistinguished:6 & 3 in the Elitserien 8 in the Allsvenskan 4 in the Bundesliga

Except this one: http://www.eastbourneeagles.co/news.php?extend.938

Yes once upon a time the Racers had a good team manager:- Bob Radford wasn't it?

Nothing new here. Lakeside and Rye House did it last year with Ed Kennett, generally giving preference to home fixtures regardless of league.

May 2015 Elitserien attendances: average under 2000 from 9 matches So far this year (8 matches): average over 3000. - could just be the weather (very warm and sunny at the moment) but it will be interesting to see if it can be sustained.

Easy to see it is a typo - that is Riss's average for home guest replacement. Alarmingly it was wrong on the previous issue as well!

The Masarna Vetlanda meeting was a little underwhelming - heat 15 was the best race. The entire Vetlanda team was comprised of riders not active in the UK!

The last thing we need is one less team or one less track. Suggestions of Cov riding and Leicester have many drawbacks, but keeping Cov going would count as a positive. It is a good job not all Leicester fans are as bitter as you. (And yes I remember that day in late October 1983 well)

As I pointed out on another thread recently this is what they used to do in Poland - last twelve matches discarding the best two and worst two scores. Would not only remove scores like the ones of Glasgow riders on Sunday but would make it far more difficult for teams to depress their combined average by riding crap.

You can - it's known as the 'purposive approach' to judicial legislation. It is very common in Inland Revenue law. Pepper v Hart [1993] is the landmark judgement in this area. However that is clearly not the approach taken by the SCB/BSPA this season. We have already had two examples where the strict literal approach has been used (Jade Mudgway and Belle Vue's use of rider replacement at Swindon) so after due consideration I agree with you.

Martin Scarisbrick is the first name that comes to mind, remember his heroics in the fours final? Anders Mellgren, the only non-Dane to win the Youth Gold Trophy, is a more contemporary choice. Going back further how about Bobby McNeil?

6pm odd start time (but convenient for me). A chance to see Dan Bewley is certainly a strong draw, and looking forward to seeing Georgie Hunter back in action.

I would expect so but I can't find it in the rules!

Another new factor is money laundering. There have been several examples of football clubs being used for money laundering (most recently Blackpool), and electronic ticketing is one of the processes put in place to demonstrate compliance with the legislation. BTW I once acted for a speedway promotion that was subject to an Inland Revenue investigation - the questions seemed endless.

Fundamental problem is the reserves. Bates and Sarjeant currently have the lowest combined GSA of any EL EDR pairing. As we have seen over the last two and a bit seasons the teams with strong EDR pairings are the ones that do well. Bates and Sarjeant both look to be improving, and it is no reflection on their efforts, but basically they are both number 7s and no amount of restructuring will change that. Theoretically they could sign someone like Bachelor or Cook and that would give them a powerful top three that might just carry the long tail, but riders of that calibre are unlikely to materialise. The Polish version of Kenny Bjerre is probably the best hope. As for last night, it was more a case of Cov being poor rather than Swindon being impressive. Stand out performance that deserves a mention was Charles Wright who recovered from two iffy opening rides (including a fall) to register a win and a paid win over Chris Harris.

Correct - although you might add that Newman (or his replacement) could still take a reserve ride to replace Bjarne.

You can tell it's under new management - Len would have called this off yesterday. Good luck with the weather

Elections next week will lead to a new timetable for planning meetings, but it looks like the next one probably won't be till late May/early June