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It is quite straight forward , and obviously you have either not read or not understood the regulation. See earlier postings on this thread.

Actually I think someone who has read and understood the rulebook is better informed than Chris Louis.

For your position to be remotely credible you would have to concede that the League Cup matches took place without ANY team building regulations applying whatsoever.

Sources close to the Prime Minister tell me Newcastle have signed Charles Wright, Lewis Kerr and Erik Riss, so it all looks good for the Teesside Diamonds.

I don't see how you can argue that if you've actually read the regulation. [12.2] It states "A team's initial declaration .... FACT Cameron Heeps is in Ipswich's initial declaration. The section concludes with "...a transfer window opens after 25% of league matches ..." FACT 25% of league matches have not yet been ridden - therefore transfer window has yet to open. nb The 28 day nature of Allen's signing makes Zagar's position somewhat indeterminate from the regs as written. (Always a bad sign if you read the regs and still can't determine the correct outcome) Personally I think it is a daft regulation and the BSPL should put their hands up and admit they made a mistake, remove the regulation and allow team changes subject to the usual points limit/average restrictions.

And unusual in that it wasn't won from the gate.

Maybe it is time to replace the Speedway Regulations with some guidelines or a 'suggestion book'

I think we all expected a gate 'n' go fest but racing was pretty good. Liked the 'less busy' graphics. Difficult night for Kelvin but he was a true professional. My one beef was the refusal to acknowledge the existence of Artem & Emil. (I did fast forward thru a few bits so may have missed a reference, but in the preamble they clearly referred to ALL the world's best speedway riders - which simply wasn't true).

Restrictions on late season signings have been around for a long time, but the big impetus for more extensive restrictions came from Belle Vue fans after Wolves signed Tai Woffinden for the play-offs in 2016.

In general the guest facility will remain as long as the rider is injured. However if a rider retires or withholds his services a 28 day facility is the most likely outcome.

In which case they can't replace him until 25% of fixtures have been ridden.

But surely that is incompatible with the new transfer window rule on no changes before 25% of fixtures completed. Surely this can't be another new rule that hasn't been properly thought through

Mind you putting on 2 mins for rerun when fallen rider was still on the track at Brough today was probably a bit too over enthusiastic!

I'd say 500ish (I counted and there aren't many places to hide at Brough so probably a fair estimate).

Probably because he did a lot of his training in at Central Park with its 8.30 curfew.

What is interesting about this change in admission policy is how few clubs have the guts to admit what they have done. I looked at 2022 progs from 6 tracks (Inc Birmingham) and only one (Newcastle) actually stated what the 'new we rip you off' readmission policy was

Don't think so. Hundreds of sportsmen have childish temper tantrums and most end up with minor sanctions amounting to no more than a slap on the wrist. The most obvious example being tennis player Nick Kyrigos.

If somebody who was not a fan takes the trouble to acknowledge how much Nigel did for the sport, how much he'll be missed and what a great tragedy his passing is, then that is a tribute made all that more sincere by indicating where it is coming from.

Medic looked Worrall over but he came out for rerun

But some of us always start with the back page and work towards the front.

Both were listed in Oxo prog.

I think Mr Schroek has a long history of incomprehensible tactical moves - this is certainly an addition to the list.

Yes Google maps showed plenty of delays in the morning but most had disappeared or reduced by the time I set off and all of them had evaporated by the time I reached them.

Turned out to be pretty much the easiest journey I've ever had to Poole. Even Ringwood was free flowing.

Very much a local crowd. Long distance travellers tend not to book until they've seen a weather forecast (and by then Oxo had sold out). I think this meant quite a few Scunny supporters missing out on tickets.