M.D

I do agree with this and yes I can understand it from all the perspectives you've given. Im an Eastbourne fan for over 40 years and yes I do look at things more from a riders perspective over the years than I used to. Eastbourne did sign up for this league and while I respect your view point with the fans and how they are treated in British speedway, in this instance, I think its part and parcel of running in this league and that we should be developing riders to move/double up no mater what time frame this come in.

Richard, I do understand what your saying but have you looked at things from a riders perspective? Rider 'A' is riding in what is a development league for speedway, not covering his costs in this league but wants to build a future career in the sport. Rider 'A' halfway through a season gets a chance to move up and is far better prepared than his first chance last season. Should he be stopped from progressing by league rules and thus stifling his development and a chance of fulfilling his dream of becoming professional rider because it may or may not effect his semi pro club? Mark.

I understand both points but the NL is a semi professional league and as such a development league for British league speedway however professionally the NL is run these days. If a young English rider is given an opportunity to step up and race in either of the top two leagues then this should be respected by the NL, after all, isn't this the ethos of the NL or have we lost sight of this now?

Only one fixture clash as it stands I believe..

No worries, thought I may have misread it myself..

No disrespect, but how did you come to that figure from his twitter post that said £26500?

https://www.formaniteagles.co.uk/fixtures/

Oh I don't know, Baseby will end up as the third heat leader in that line up..

baseby 8.65 Wood 7.61 Brennan 7.21 Powel 5.62 Dugard 3.50 Edwards 3.00 Brooks 3.00 38.59 At a guess

Never really in doubt, its my hunch and only a hunch, but when Tom is ready to move up to the CL then Eastbourne may follow suit..

I watched Kelly for two seasons at Eastbourne in his prime, what that guy could do on a bike most could only dream of. Bob Dugard stopped him drinking for a short while, took control of his money and gave him pocket money, he was virtually unbeatable during that time but then went back to his 'fun' lifestyle..

I agree with you on this one Steve, a bit uncalled for..

Jon has never been a traveler, I think etiquette dictates that promoters are refrained from posting on this site..

Fair play for pointing that out, clears up a lot of the conspiracy theory's, including myself..

The ban is aimed at penalising the club as well..

13 from 5 rides tonight for Eastbourne..

I think he can go far in the sport too, was on a new engine Thursday, glad he is being looked after at Sheffield because he is a top lad with bags of potential.. I have noticed this, even with Sheffield winning and in control he only seems to get 3 rides apart from 1 meeting. Hopefully with the new gear he is on he can get some more track time and prove to be a good investment for Sheffield in the future..

Apart from the third ride incident, how was Georgie looking?

Eastbourne was purposely built for speedway with the stock car track added later, started the speedway track in 1929 with Charlie Dugard taking full control in 1935.

A solid seventh from Team GB

I completely disagree with this, Georgie's performance at Kent on Monday was down to mechanical gremlins and a complete one off for this season. I think the time is right for him to start to move up and the greater experience he gains in the championship is exactly what he needs right now and will improve him as a rider and his national league form if anything. He's more than capable of scoring points in the championship and he has done well to earn an opportunity to race at a higher level and I expect it will be the start of a good career for him at a level higher than National.

I think Georgie Wood could step up and improve a fair bit, he's a prospect imho

Nothing is broken..

Not confirmed as yet but he has been air lifted to hospital for X-rays..

Jake was lined up for Kings Lynn so I guess he's free again..