Coventry Bees 2014

[Jacques]

Yeah but there's a seperate thread for that Gemini and you've still got 3 years to go yet!! Pirate's occupancy of Poole stadium will likely become an issue before that!!!!!!

 

Massive overreaction.

 

 

I thought Ford and you Poole fans on here were telling us there is nothing to worry about. The future is "secure"!?

Edited February 28, 2014 by Jacques

[SteveLyric2]

 

Massive overreaction.

 

 

I thought Ford and you Poole fans on here were telling us there is nothing to worry about. The future is "secure"!?

The future is always 'secure'!! It doesn't mean there won't be an issue though!!?

[Richard Sherriff]

NEW ELITE LEAGUE FORMAT

Friday February 28, 2014

ELITE LEAGUE HEAT FORMAT:

Ht1: 1&2 v 1&2
Ht2: 6&7 v 6&7
Ht3: 3&5 v 3&5
Ht4: 4&6 v 2&7
Ht5: 1&5 v 3&4
Ht6: 3&4 v 1&5
Ht7: 2&7 v 4&6
Ht8: 3&4 v 2&3
Ht9: 6&7 v 6&7
Ht10: 1&2 v 3&5
Ht11: 3&5 v 1&4
Ht12: 2&6 v 2&7
Ht13: 1&5 v 1&5
Ht14: 4&7 v 4&6
Ht15: Top Scorers Heat

Top three riders by MA ride at No.1, No.3 or No.5
4th and 5th riders by MA ride at No.2 or No.4
Fast-track draft riders ride at No.6 or No.7

Tactical rides can only be taken by riders in positions 1 to 5 and are permitted between Heats 5 and 11 (the Tactical Zone), excluding Heat 9. First occasion when team is 10 or more points in arrears; second occasion when team is 12 or more points in arrears.

[SCB]

So it took them this long to come up with a format we worked out in November?

[houdi]

Nothing so far about Coventry's fixture change, hosting Poole on Monday the 14th April for the first Sky EL meeting!!

 

Tsk tsk Bees fans.

Let's hope Uncle Matt will be still be able to book an short overseas holiday break in Mid April then.

[Coventry_Bee]

Do you think this will have much effect on averages also we have Potentially number 1 and 5 are going to ride in 3 of there 5 rides together if i have read it right (if they are both in heat 15 that is)

[Woz01]

So how would you line up the Bees side? Would you be inclined to still have Hans at 1 to get a good gater in heat 1 but then either Harris or Hansen wouldl have the difficult number 5 spot. Someone suggested having your best rider at 3 because they have 3 rides between the tactical zone of 5-11. Some thinking to do for Havvy.

[A ORLOV]

Some thinking to do for Havvy.

Oh dear.

[SCB]

So how would you line up the Bees side? Would you be inclined to still have Hans at 1 to get a good gater in heat 1 but then either Harris or Hansen wouldl have the difficult number 5 spot. Someone suggested having your best rider at 3 because they have 3 rides between the tactical zone of 5-11. Some thinking to do for Havvy.

They get 3 TR opportunities at home, if you're using TRs at home I'd be worried.

 

Away I'd have Hansen at 3 as number 3 starts with 2 rides against heatleaders where he'll struggle. Get his hard rides out of the way early on then in the hat following his hardest heat you'll have Harris and Hans where you can use a TR. I'd also have Sarjent at 7 to get his 3 rides out of the way sooner, although it's less important as you can switch reserves anyway. I'd go with Howarth at 2 as two of his rides are used earleir and he's likely to be scoring less than Ryan earlier on.

 

Basically, get all the less productive heats out of the way sooner.

[Woz01]

They get 3 TR opportunities at home, if you're using TRs at home I'd be worried.

 

Away I'd have Hansen at 3 as number 3 starts with 2 rides against heatleaders where he'll struggle. Get his hard rides out of the way early on then in the hat following his hardest heat you'll have Harris and Hans where you can use a TR. I'd also have Sarjent at 7 to get his 3 rides out of the way sooner, although it's less important as you can switch reserves anyway. I'd go with Howarth at 2 as two of his rides are used earleir and he's likely to be scoring less than Ryan earlier on.

 

Basically, get all the less productive heats out of the way sooner.

The away number 3 also has 3 of their rides in the tactical zone. I agree having Kyle at 2 and Ryan at 4, Ryan will gain a lot of heat victories in heat 14 which could prove crucial, need experience in that heat.

[SCB]

The away number 3 also has 3 of their rides in the tactical zone. I agree having Kyle at 2 and Ryan at 4, Ryan will gain a lot of heat victories in heat 14 which could prove crucial, need experience in that heat.

Oops. Missed heat 8

[TesarRacing]

More good sponsorship news for the Bees:

 

http://www.coventrybees.co/news.php?extend.2591

Edited March 6, 2014 by TesarRacing

[Gemini]

Brilliant news and 15 years is an amazing record. Coventry must be doing something right. Perhaps Mick should have a word with the Leicester promoter who seems to lose his sponsors pretty quickly.

[Woz01]

So let's have some predictions, where do you think we will finish? I'm going to say 3rd, solid top 5 and in my opinion the best reserve pairing. Looking forward to watching this side this season.

[Falcon Hammer]

Possibly a bit higher than last year!

[mdmc82]

Hard to say without seeing them on track but going to go for 5th.

Alot rides of Garrity but he will be missing for some meetings as well as Harris & Howarth

[Game On]

So let's have some predictions, where do you think we will finish? I'm going to say 3rd, solid top 5 and in my opinion the best reserve pairing. Looking forward to watching this side this season.

4th for me.

[dj350z]

Hard to predict this year - which is good for the sport. I would go with 4th too!

[21st century heathen]

I've been over to see your lads today.

 

Andersen - First time back out there on the bike but didn't look rusty. Plenty of showboating for the cameras and fast laps for Hans.

 

Howarth - He looked pretty quick and very comfortable on track apart from one 'moment' caused by losing his steel shoe. He'll be very important to the Bees this season for sure but I don't think anyone should have any particular concerns about him.

 

Fisher - Frankly he looked slow and didn't do too many laps. Based purely on what I saw today there would be a slight concern here because at that speed I can name a few NL draft riders that would take points off him. Next week's outing at B'ham should give us all a better idea though.

 

Hansen - Not as fast as Andersen or Harris when they were flat out but he did look quick when lapping at the same time as Andersen. He wasn't really losing much ground to him. The question mark over him may be his racing rather than gating or speed though.

 

Harris - It was a stop-start practice for him. His practice starts looked okay and I wonder if all the stop-start stuff was down to tweaking the clutch set-up? When he did do back-to-back laps he was looking pretty lively.

 

Garrity - Pick of the bunch for me. Of course all-action style riders like him can look good on their own but for me he looked genuinely fast with all the hanging off the bike stuff. He's going to be a thrill a minute to watch and I can't wait!!

 

Sarjeant - Sarj looked quicker than I expected too. I wonder if he's got better kit than ever before. He did plenty of laps with the Bees (and some with the Storm) and didn't look at all out of place. Certainly looked quicker to me than Fisher. He knows Brandon inside out so might just spring a surprise or two.

 

And speaking of springing a surprise or two I wouldn't be knocked over if Coventry finish 3rd/4th this season.

[Woz01]

I've been over to see your lads today.

 

Andersen - First time back out there on the bike but didn't look rusty. Plenty of showboating for the cameras and fast laps for Hans.

 

Howarth - He looked pretty quick and very comfortable on track apart from one 'moment' caused by losing his steel shoe. He'll be very important to the Bees this season for sure but I don't think anyone should have any particular concerns about him.

 

Fisher - Frankly he looked slow and didn't do too many laps. Based purely on what I saw today there would be a slight concern here because at that speed I can name a few NL draft riders that would take points off him. Next week's outing at B'ham should give us all a better idea though.

 

Hansen - Not as fast as Andersen or Harris when they were flat out but he did look quick when lapping at the same time as Andersen. He wasn't really losing much ground to him. The question mark over him may be his racing rather than gating or speed though.

 

Harris - It was a stop-start practice for him. His practice starts looked okay and I wonder if all the stop-start stuff was down to tweaking the clutch set-up? When he did do back-to-back laps he was looking pretty lively.

 

Garrity - Pick of the bunch for me. Of course all-action style riders like him can look good on their own but for me he looked genuinely fast with all the hanging off the bike stuff. He's going to be a thrill a minute to watch and I can't wait!!

 

Sarjeant - Sarj looked quicker than I expected too. I wonder if he's got better kit than ever before. He did plenty of laps with the Bees (and some with the Storm) and didn't look at all out of place. Certainly looked quicker to me than Fisher. He knows Brandon inside out so might just spring a surprise or two.

 

And speaking of springing a surprise or two I wouldn't be knocked over if Coventry finish 3rd/4th this season.

Thanks for that I was just about to ask how it went. Fisher will get it right by the time the season starts he is too experienced not to. Others have also said Garrity and Sarjeant were on the pace, they are a big reason why I think we will make the play offs this year. I think Hansen will surprise a few this year, he will certainly get the scores at Brandon. Its a big year for Howarth and the one where I think he will make the next step up but it might take him a little bit of time to get used to Brandon. Hans will be decent as our top averaged rider and can Harris be decent back up, we know he is capable and is due a decent season.

 

Looking forward to seeing this team in action, looks exciting in terms of racers and actual potential for the season ahead.