hooper Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 just to add to this thread my son started grasstrack when he was 8yrs old he is 14 now and is looking to ride second halves and mascoting the belle vue aces again this year on a 500cc bike we started his grassrack career on a pw 80 then on to a mx65 machine then onto a 125 grasstrack bike then on to a 250cc 4 stroke grasstrack bike then we went on to speedway we started him on a 160cc speedway bike up at scuthorpe on there mini track when he first started he could even turn the bike now after 3 yrs of my own money and commitment travellling up and down the roads of britain he will be hopefully competing in the under16 this year money permitting but i agree with some on here more needs to be done to help the british kids in this country not just with tracks but with the overall financing of this sport no ones gets any help at all with anything there attitude is if you wanna do it then go on were not bothered so come on people help the kids there your future.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25yearfan Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Personally I believe it is equally or even more important that the NL produce riders of all standards for both the EL and PL. That imo is the way that the 3rd division can best benefit British Speedway. Any GP riders should be viewed as a bonus, after all riders of that ability would probably make the grade anyway. Very true Vince! Theres many riders who drift out of the sport after growing frustrated with it who would of made good 1st or 2nd Division level League riders had the system been better and had more opportunities like riders do in Denmark, Sweden, Poland and Australia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrystalCastles Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hmm, I think I'm right in saying that Tai had not raced competitively at 500cc before jetting into Scunthorpe (there's not an expression much used!) - so I think that our third division here can indeed claim a huge role in his development.. And, er, no-one would claim that Bomber was made into "a world class rider" by the CL but it was his - and all of his Team GB's contemporaries' - route into the sport: which is surely what we're talking about in terms of what we require from this tier of British Speedway.. Fair points i do accept what you are saying about Tai, but as HenryW points out i dont think huge would be the right assessment of how big a role they played in his development. He had talent, natural ability, skills before he rode on a 500cc bike in competitive league speedway. In fact from what i remember of that he was miles better than anyone else. No one claims that Bomber was made into a "world class rider",and yes it did give him his chance 100% agree. People on various threads are passionate about the development of brits,pointing to the attitude that we are rubbish at the top level, theres not enough brits, we havent had a world champ since loram, brits should be guaranteed team places etc. People want that too change which is great but the development of british talent should not just be about wether TEAM GB are succesful, & GB having a world champ. I dont think the purpose of the NL is to develop the next world champ, or for Team GB to be succesful. The opening post on this thread asked the question whether its done anything good at the highest level i.e. GPS, world and wether its serving its purpose. The purpose of the NL as you rightly say is about giving people an opportunity to race at a competitive level. The opportunity for kids to start racing competitively and in a professional league. I think any system does need to be reviewed and assessed, IMO. So that british speedway is progressive. I think british youngsters should have some input into a league that is about there development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrystalCastles Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 just to add to this thread my son started grasstrack when he was 8yrs old he is 14 now and is looking to ride second halves and mascoting the belle vue aces again this year on a 500cc bike we started his grassrack career on a pw 80 then on to a mx65 machine then onto a 125 grasstrack bike then on to a 250cc 4 stroke grasstrack bike then we went on to speedway we started him on a 160cc speedway bike up at scuthorpe on there mini track when he first started he could even turn the bike now after 3 yrs of my own money and commitment travellling up and down the roads of britain he will be hopefully competing in the under16 this year money permitting but i agree with some on here more needs to be done to help the british kids in this country not just with tracks but with the overall financing of this sport no ones gets any help at all with anything there attitude is if you wanna do it then go on were not bothered so come on people help the kids there your future.. Good luck, i hope your son gets the chance to ride in the Under16s this year. We as fans can see flaws in our system & more definitely needs to be done to help british kids, and there views need to be listened too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 ...If Tai jetted into Scunthorpe and sat on a 500cc bike without what he had been doing before then, he wouldn't have been anything like as good as he was, and more importantly if he had jetted in when he was 10 he would probably be racing BSB or MotoX now... Not sure about that... There have been a number of high-profile youngsters in the past frew years giving up MotoX for Speedway; and one name I apologise for missing before when listing GB internationals who began in the CL, was a junior champion at Road Racing and at MotoX but gave both of those disciplines up for Speedway. Lewis Bridger of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooper Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Good luck, i hope your son gets the chance to ride in the Under16s this year. We as fans can see flaws in our system & more definitely needs to be done to help british kids, and there views need to be listened too. thank you lets hope someone is reading these threads and has the balls to do somthing constuctive for the kids of great britain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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