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Is Sunderland located within Europe

Would question whether a visa is actually required by any EU nationals, including Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, in the first place. Perhaps the GBE documentation requires updating to reflect EU employment criteria.

Obviously you don't

Always thought Michael Lee was overrated and imo was the worst culprit for continually pushing the tapes to gain an unfair advantage at the start. Was quite pleased when some refs eventually cottoned on to this and scuppered his start antics. Once this happened, his results tapered off and he resorted to being a petulant victim of these "nasty referees"

One excellent facet of the Speedway Star that is being ignored on here is the superb display of photos, both past and present. I've yet to see anything on the net that matches quality and volume of illustrations appearing in the Star on a weekly basis

Buy the Star for factual information, including authentic data directly from the various Promotions, and quite happy to continue to do so. Enjoy the gossip and diverse opinions that appears on the BSF, but I am aware that there is a mixture of fact & fiction. No-one can be certain that the views expressed on here are representative of the majority of punters that regularly attend meetings or buy the Speedway Star. If I was Philip Rising, I'd pay more attention to the circulation figures for the magazine than the inane witterings of certain posters on here

Replace Davies & Benko with Nick Morris & Damien Koppe.. Might have to move fast as Somerset will probably be sounding out Morris

Reported in this week's Star that Daugavpils have signed Franc. Don't they race on Sundays ?

Why not find out for yourself, or are you mentally incapable or just plain lazy ? Tell you what, go and check the PL Greensheets on the BSPA website and you'll discover that Rasmus Jensen still has an assessed average of 7.00.

Really ? Tell that to Kenneth Hansen, Jesper B Monberg, Rasmus Jensen, Peter kildemand, Nikolaj Busk Jacobsen, Ander Thomsen,and Mikkel Michelsen who all rode in Division 1 matches in 2013. Bloody good amateurs eh

Brady Kurtz rode in thirteen Danish League 1 matches and two Danish Elite League matches for HSK Holsted in 2013. Await to see if an unattached Danish rider with similar experience would also be given a 5pt assessed GSA. If a Dane was assessed at 7.00, I believe this could be interpreted as discriminating against EU Nationals by the BSPA.

Not true. Centre of Edinburgh to Stadium 24.3 miles Centre of Glasgow to Stadium 28.0miles Courtesy of AA

Are you now going to regularly attend meetings at Trashfield ? Surely you're not a wee Glory Hunter

Take it you guys never buy a programme at Shielfield, otherwise you would know how to spell Matthew Wethers

One concern re Fox was the following statement in the Official Press Release:- It is true that he is currently injured, but he will be fit by the end of this month. “I broke my clavicle in the middle of last month, I was told it would take four weeks to heal and I wouldn’t need surgery. When I went back on Tuesday I was told it would need surgery. But I should be ready to start riding and training again in three weeks, by the start of the new year.”

The full details will no doubt appear when the 2014 PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM DECLARATIONS & GREENSHEET AVERAGES are issued on the BSPA website, I believe that individual clubs can submit their proposed team declarations to the BSPA for homologation by the Management Committee any time prior to the commencement of the 2014 Season. The Management Committee will no doubt be mindful of Kurtz's Danish League experience and the implications of assigning him a lower starting GSA than they would for an EU newcomer with similar professional league experience. Perhaps you should seek an update directly from the Somerset Promotion.

Where & when did the BSPA publish BK's "official rating" as 3.00 ? The fact that it appeared in a Somerset press release is as credible as your's & Cliffeboy's ramblings on here

But both rode in the Australian U-21 Championship Final in Kurri Kurri on 19th January, 2013. This is a National Championship restricted to Australian nationals aged under 21, btw

But he was recorded as being excluded from ht3 of Scunthorpe vs Plymouth 16/8/2013, having fell, so therefore he is on the record books for 2013, and this would be included as a meeting for recalculating his GSA. Riders who do not complete 3 rides in a meeting also have their scores included in GSA/Rolling Average calculations, so KK is not being treated differently from others.

Brady Kurtz appears to haven ridden twelve meetings in Danish Div 1 and two meetings in the top tier of the Danish Speedway League, for HSK Holsted in 2013. If a Danish newcomer had the same experience he would be assessed as 7.00 not 5.00 when entering the PL

Out of interest has the Somerset 2014, one to seven as detailed in their press release, been formally approved by the appropriate authorities ? The appearance on the BSPA Official Website of a Somerset press release does not confirm that the Rebels declaration has been homologated.

A three word reply is not a meaningful response. Would you be kind enough to provide a more detailed response as to why the criteria set out in SR 17.2.1 above do not apply to Brady Kurtz, inasmuch that he should be assessed as 5.00 ?

As observed by others, Sedgemen is a risky signing having recorded various scores between zero & 16 in the UK in 2012. Assuming that Fricke will be back, it means either Sneddon or Tabaka cannot be accommodated, with Jozsef likely to be the unlucky one, given the fitness doubts for 2014 after his horrific crash. Whoever the final trio are, it looks likely Monarchs will not have a recognised third heat leader at the start and this means they will not be considered as one of the "on paper" title challengers for 2014.

What is Brady Kurtz d.o.b. as according to one internet site, he was not 16 until September , so was therefore ineligible to compete in the PL ?? Another change in circumstances is that apart from appearing in the 2013 Oz U-21, he rode in two meetings for HSK Holsted in the top tier of Danish League racing in 2013. Maybe the above do not affect patriality, bit iirc, Cameron Heeps, did not participate in the Oz National Finals in order to ride in the NL & also start with a 3.00 GSA in the PL.

Posted on Monarchs Chatzone that Andrew Tully is taking a year out in 2014.