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Apparently Jason Bunyan has withdrawn as he feels it inappropriate for him to ride given that he has so firmly nailed his colours to the New Zealand mast, and that he should stand aside to give a young Brit (presumably Worrall or Newman) a chance

 

If thats true, I take my hat off to Jason :t: . Good to see someone is thinking of giving the Young Brits a chance. :rolleyes:

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Correct by all means have the top 8 brits seeded to this and then hold qualifiers its not rocket science. Richie Worrall should be in this meeting ahead of a lot of the other riders thats for sure. But if we had qualifiers and he didnt make it then so be it, and no he shouldnt be at Cardiff!

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Apparently Jason Bunyan has withdrawn as he feels it inappropriate for him to ride given that he has so firmly nailed his colours to the New Zealand mast, and that he should stand aside to give a young Brit (presumably Worrall or Newman) a chance

If true, then that's a marvellous gesture :)
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Glad to hear Worrall is in - he should be as he deserves it if there are no qualifiers. Personally with 32 rider semi finals you could easily seed the top 16 riders have the next 32 do two qualifiers and then so be it. I remember years ago there were quarters and semis before the british final but that was when the british final meant something. I remember being at Ipswich and Mark Loram tried to ride in the semis with a broken collerbone and couldnt turn the bike. He was out the british final that year.

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BSPA said they've tried every possibility to make sure riders aren't taken away from teams for league matches but indie some snooping and found this out. For the Sheffield semi final on the Thursday there are 2 Elite League matches thy are Birmingham vs Coventry & Swindon vs Lakeside, all of Danny King, Scott Nicholls, Chris Harris and Eddie Kennett have been out in the other semi final but Ben Barker, Ricky Ashworth and Simon Stead are all riding in the Sheffield semi, can someone please explain how this was worked out and why they seem to have taken riders away from teams who are in genuine playoff contention

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BSPA said they've tried every possibility to make sure riders aren't taken away from teams for league matches but indie some snooping and found this out. For the Sheffield semi final on the Thursday there are 2 Elite League matches thy are Birmingham vs Coventry & Swindon vs Lakeside, all of Danny King, Scott Nicholls, Chris Harris and Eddie Kennett have been out in the other semi final but Ben Barker, Ricky Ashworth and Simon Stead are all riding in the Sheffield semi, can someone please explain how this was worked out and why they seem to have taken riders away from teams who are in genuine playoff contention

 

Coventry and birmingham both have riders missing (barker and roynon) on thur

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SHEFFIELD (July 5): Tai Woffinden, Lewis Bridger, Ben Barker, Olly Allen, Simon Stead, Ricky Ashworth, Richard Lawson, Lee Complin, Andrew Tully, Richard Hall, James Wright, Chris Schramm, Derek Sneddon, Adam Roynon, Carl Wilkinson, Kyle Howarth.

 

RYE HOUSE (July 7): Edward Kennett, Chris Harris, Scott Nicholls, Danny King, Stuart Robson, David Howe, Robert Mear, Josh Auty, Craig Cook, Leigh Lanham, Jordan Frampton, Chris Mills, Simon Lambert, Ritchie Hawkins, Luke Bowen, Jason Bunyan Richie Worrall

 

Reserves: Kyle Newman,

 

 

Is it 7 go through from each semi and then two Wild Card nominations ?

 

 

If it is 7 each, then those are the 7 I think will get through although Lee Complin and Andrew Tully could be in with an outside chance at Owlerton ...... Craig Cook, Richie Worrall and Robert Mear at Rye House.

 

 

Can see at least 1 Wild Card being the rider who finishes 8th at Rye

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SHEFFIELD (July 5): Tai Woffinden, Lewis Bridger, Ben Barker, Olly Allen, Simon Stead, Ricky Ashworth, Richard Lawson, Lee Complin, Andrew Tully, Richard Hall, James Wright, Chris Schramm, Derek Sneddon, Adam Roynon, David Howe, Kyle Howarth.

 

RYE HOUSE (July 7): Edward Kennett, Chris Harris, Scott Nicholls, Danny King, Stuart Robson, Carl Wilkinson, Robert Mear, Josh Auty, Craig Cook, Leigh Lanham, Jordan Frampton, Chris Mills, Simon Lambert, Ritchie Hawkins, Richie Worrall, Kyle Newman

 

Line ups updated. Newman replaces Bowen at Rye House and Howe and Wilkinson change places as Howe has a World Long Track commitment at the weekend.

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SHEFFIELD (July 5): Tai Woffinden, Lewis Bridger, Ben Barker, Olly Allen, Simon Stead, Ricky Ashworth, Richard Lawson, Lee Complin, Andrew Tully, Richard Hall, James Wright, Chris Schramm, Derek Sneddon, Adam Roynon, Carl Wilkinson, Kyle Howarth.

 

If it is 7 each, then those are the 7 I think will get through although Lee Complin and Andrew Tully could be in with an outside chance at Owlerton ...... Craig Cook, Richie Worrall and Robert Mear at Rye House.

 

You're picking Roynon to do better than Complin at Owlerton... Not just because I'm a Berwick fan here but all I say to that is :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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You're picking Roynon to do better than Complin at Owlerton... Not just because I'm a Berwick fan here but all I say to that is :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

Going on what Roynon has done for Coventry in the last few weeks i wouldnt be at all surprised if he got through comfortably, he is on form at the moment.

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BSPA said they've tried every possibility to make sure riders aren't taken away from teams for league matches but indie some snooping and found this out. For the Sheffield semi final on the Thursday there are 2 Elite League matches thy are Birmingham vs Coventry & Swindon vs Lakeside, all of Danny King, Scott Nicholls, Chris Harris and Eddie Kennett have been out in the other semi final but Ben Barker, Ricky Ashworth and Simon Stead are all riding in the Sheffield semi, can someone please explain how this was worked out and why they seem to have taken riders away from teams who are in genuine playoff contention

 

I do believe the BSPA have tried to cause as little disruption as possible but in some cases there has been no choice. Ben Barker and Ricky Ashworth both share a position in the Brummies side and some may ask why they are both in the same semi, when the Brummies have a fixture on the same night.

 

The problem is on the Saturday it's Berwick v Plymouth, so both Ben and Ricky need to ride in the Thursday meeting. Its messes us up a bit, Rider replacment for Ashworth will make us weak. Smolinski's July average puts him ahead of Ashworth, so its only him, Auty X2 and Piszcz that can take a ride.

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Weather forecast is grim 70% chance of rain at Rye on Sat. What happens if its a rain-off ? My glass is half-full normally but Speedway weather this year is poo - so curious as to what the plans might be...

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