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Only the Quest “highlights”. As with the Sheffield second leg, it was bloody awful.

You’ve just unknowingly set the agenda for the next AGM, the most important AGM for a generation - again.

It’s quite apt that the showpiece event of the whole season will end up being gate’n’go as essentially that’s what the league is now - a gating competition. Supporters up and down the country are more than happy with it and do not feel the need to badger their promoters about the quality of entertainment on offer.

Could have done a PL & NDL play off double but for the late fixtures and the Cairns signing.

Belle Vue always have last pick.

That’s correct. There was a rule that demanded RR for 4th or 5th missing riders. This is from the 2019 rule book. 18.8 FACILITIES B.1 absent rider 4-5 by MA. RR

Gutted about Ben as he was our top man when we last met the lions home & away. Paid 24 over the two meetings is big shoes to fill for his replacement but I fear it’ll be down to the remaining Aces to pick up this shortfall. Let’s hope it doesn’t cost us AGAIN. Bjerre 2005 Lost Fricke 2017 Lost Bewley/Cook 2018 Lost Kurtz 2021 Lost Fricke 2022 Won Wright 2023 Lost Cook 2024 ????

I think there will be another GP at Cardiff as well.

Well that was nice. Not sure what pleases me the most, the fact we’re in the final or that we scuppered Bates’ rigged plan for two healthy paydays. Given the ultimate importance of winning this tin pot, I’d have to say I’d rather have a fit & well Ben than qualify. The horror track predictably strikes again. I really thought our play off injury hoodoo was giving us a rest this year but it wasn’t to be. Once again it makes things more difficult to succeed. Ben’s paid 11 with a fine win in heat 13 last time we visited Leicester cannot be replicated but I hope the rest of the lads can up their game and limit the damage whilst covering for him. Do it for Ben lads, the nation is behind you.

There’s 6-8 supposed Aces fans that come out of the woodwork come play off time - they’re blonkers. They are mostly kept in check by true Aces fans or just ejected by security at NSS. Aces fans can react strongly to insulting/unjust comments about the team or cheering when one of us falls. Aside from that we’re just out for a laugh and to enjoy the racing. Hoping for this later….. Jack 12+1 Kyle 5+1 Chris 12 Josh 8+3 Harris 5 Jason 4 Dan 4+1 50 Brady 9 Norick 4 Jaimon 7 Ben 5 Dan 11 Anitti 4 Jake 0 40

You should be a promoter, if you’re not already.

Gating competition. Sheffields gating gloves seeing them through to a mouthwatering final with Leicester. A ray of light for fans tuning in is I won’t be watching and whenever I don’t watch it’s a great meeting apparently.

Well he’s 50% there.

Pickering will swing this tie in favour of the tigers. Over his last six meetings he has scored a colossal 88 points or nearly 15 per meeting. His average over these meetings is 10.06, a really rich vein of form - unfortunately for us.

Terrific year from him. The highest averaged rider currently participating in the premier league, over half a point above second placed Dan.

011.3 TEAM LINEUPS 011.3.1 Premiership League a) the top rider (by MA) must ride at #1 https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/p24_issue_33.pdf

31/08/24. We need to call the play off’s as otherwise clubs won’t have enough time for promotion and publicity plus Discovery’s needs the notice to organise OB. Can’t you wait a couple of days to see how the lions get on at Kings Lynn? No, it’s not enough time. Two weeks later. 13/09/24 Guess we need to crack on organising Leicester’s 1st leg on the 23rd. Should I let Discovery know where they’re going? No, we’ll sort it all on the 20th. A long weekend is all discovery needs to sort OB and the clubs involved can stick something on their website.

Of course it will be at Leicester as Discovery needs time to organise staff and OB vehicles as is the case with the semi’s - I’ve got that right haven’t I? Late Thursday night until Monday is no time at all for promotion and publicity that needs completing for commercial reasons, or has this thinking only lasted a week?

I still think it will be the tigers going to Leicester a week on Monday for the first leg of the final. Surprised there’s no promotion and publicity on the Lions website etc. Not even a thread on here yet.

Ipswich 43 total Belle Vue 39 total You must work for the SCB.

Brady Kurtz 9.18 Tate Zischke 4.57 Robert Lambert 7.61 Keynan Rew 5.79 Dan Bewley 8.52 Dan Thompson 3.11 Connor Bailey (RS) Cairns later. 38.79

I think Mark thought he was nailed on as an Ace when he brought him over and helped him settle in. I don’t blame Keynan for going for the better deal, I’d have done the same.

011.2.1 Rising Stars The criteria for Premiership Rising Stars is as follows: - • The age limit for Rising Stars for the 2024 season onwards is 23 years of age on the 1st of January of that year • The Rider must have a Premiership League average of 4.00 or below Nothing mentioned about any previous average. 010.2.1 Updated MA’s will be calculated monthly on a maximum of a 20 meeting rolling basis on all eligible meetings from the 2024, 2023 and 2022 seasons, up to and including 23rd of the month, to become effective from the 1st of the following month. There are meetings still to add to the GSA’s you’re using.

What a difference from when we (again) had last pick for the newly set up RS system. Nobody wanted Tom but we saw it different. From an RS to a +6 main team member with The Aces, great to see and glad he is now reaping the financial rewards. Top lad.

This was like a real life version of one of my posts. Rule book dispensed with prior to meeting - check Tedious, gate’n’go heats - check Deciding important meetings in the rain due to play offs - check Incomplete teams - check Multiple guests - check Dubious/ridiculous refereeing - check Rider missing whilst completing foreign league meetings - check Coverage on TV from a company that over promises and under delivers - check All happily overseen by a bloke charged with fixing our sport - check BINGO, we have a winner, the old bloke at the front in the badge covered anorak.