2012 Season

[T.N.T.]

With the season nearly finished and the AGM set to take place, here is an idea I have drawn up that would not only inject new blood to the sport, but also help bring back some of the top riders every now and again in a squad system.

 

POINTS LIMIT;

25 points for 5 riders.

Each track also has three reserve riders as #8, #9 and #10

 

STAR RIDERS;

Each team to select 5 star riders. Only ONE can hold an 8+ average

One Star Rider cant have an average greater than the 2nd rider from the 5 team riders.

One Star Rider cant have an average greater than the 3rd rider from the 5 team riders.

 

In ALL Elite League matches (18 home and 18 away) the team will consist of 7 riders of which 2 are Star Riders.

 

A team can use a Star Rider instead of one of the 5 team riders as long as his average is lower than the rider they are replacing or the 5 lowest riders remain under the points limit.

 

Should a team only be able to track one Star Rider due to injuries, FIM Meetings or unavailable then the team may operate r/r for any of the star riders apart from the top two.

 

 

THE NEW BRITISH KNOCK OUT CUP;

 

ALL Elite League teams and ALL Premier League teams (10+14 = 24 teams) are placed into four groups of six (10 home / 10 away) with each group containing at least two EL tracks.

 

Elite League teams cant use any Star Riders in this competition (unless they are replacing a rider with a higher average) and they track any two of the reserve riders (8,9 or 10)

 

Premier League teams can bring in a new rider in these matches .... or operate r/r for a 2nd heat leader

 

 

 

EXAMPLES; Wolverhampton

 

STAR 1 - 9.21 Fredrik Lindgren

STAR 2 - 6.92 Adam Skornicki

STAR 3 - 6.54 Nicolai Klindt

STAR 4 - 5.00 Patryk Dudek

STAR 5 - 4.00 Mikkel Michelsen

 

TEAM 1 - 8.04 Tai Woffinden

TEAM 2 - 5.09 Ty Proctor

TEAM 3 - 4.00 ?

TEAM 4 - 3.84 Ludvig Lindgren

TEAM 5 - 3.75 Ricky Wells

 

RES #8 - 3.00 Joe Haines

RES #9 - 3.00 Ashley Morris

RES #10 - 3.00 Brendan Johnson

 

 

ELITE LEAGUE TEAM; F Lindgren, Woffinden, Skornicki, Proctor, 4.00, L Lindgren, Wells

 

KNOCK OUT CUP TEAM; Woffinden, Proctor, 4.00, L Lindgren, Wells, Haines, Morris

 

 

 

POOLE; Example .....

 

STAR; Holder 9.30, Watt 7.71, THJ 5.38, Vaculik 5.00, 4.00

 

TEAM; Ward 8.94, Doyle 5.28, Gafurov 4.42, Newman 3.00, .... 3.00

 

 

 

 

OPTION TWO; Instead of a KO CUP featruring ALL tracks, ELITE goes 9 home and 9 away plus EL KO CUP while the 5 Riders plus reserves ride 9 home 9 away in a British League and a BL KO CUP ..... Guaranteed 20 home matches for all EL tracks

 

If more EL matches are needed, make two groups of five (4 home 4 away) with the top two from each group featuring in semi finals then a final. .... 24 guaranteed matches, upto 32 matches if reach all finals. .

 

 

 

ANY VIEWS ?

Edited October 1, 2011 by T.N.T.

[T.N.T.]

OTHER TEAMS; Examples

 

BELLE VUE;

 

STAR; Jason Crump 10.00, Schlein 8.43, Gjedde 6.88, Screen 4.64, ... 4.00

 

TEAM; Hougaard 6.22, ... 5.00, Cook 4.57, Kling 4.09, ... 4.00

 

 

 

 

BIRMINGHAM;

 

STAR; Karlsson 8.12, Kasprzak 7.97, Fisher 6.02, Ostergaard 5.10,

 

TEAM; Barker 6.53, Nermark 6.17, King 6.09, ... 3.00, ... 3.00

 

 

 

 

COVENTRY;

 

STAR; Greg Hancock 8.77, Prez Pawlicki 6.95, Larsen 6.42, Smolinski 5.33, Piotr Pawlicki 4.00,

 

TEAM; Harris 7.57, Kennett 7.45, ... 3.64/1, Auty 3.32, ... 3.00

 

 

 

 

EASTBOURNE;

 

STAR; B Pedersen 8.21, Kylmakorpi 7.61, Gustafsson 6.49, ... 4.00, Taylor Poole 3.67.

 

TEAM; Bridger 7.03, L Dryml 6.03, Woodward 5.80, Lahti 3.00, ... 3.00

 

 

 

KINGS LYNN;

 

STAR; K Bjerre 9.06, Holta 8.00, L Bjerre 5.25, Topinka 3.59, Complin 3.00

 

TEAM; Iversen 8.00, Allen 5.99, Masters 4.03, Risager 3.63, Sitera 3.09,

 

 

 

 

LAKESIDE;

 

STAR; Andreas Jonsson 9.67, Shields 6.70, J Davidsson 6.61, Ljung 5.60, .... 4.00

 

TEAM; Richardson 7.66, Robson 4.96, .... 4.79/1, Mear 4.59, ... 3.00

 

 

 

 

PETERBOROUGH;

 

STAR; Andersen 8.27, Buczkowski 6.05, Gomolski 3.73,

 

TEAM; Batchelor 8.18, Sundstrom 6.78, Jensen 4.00, ... 3.00, ... 3.00

 

 

 

 

 

SWINDON;

 

STAR; Korneliussen 7.44, Janowski 6.06, Zengota 5.57, Meidzinski 5.57, .... 4.00

 

TEAM; Nicholls 7.44, Stead 6.17, Gathercote 4.18, Jensen 4.00, J Sedgman 3.00

 

 

 

 

These are only examples of how it could work

Edited October 2, 2011 by T.N.T.