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with a new name (no'League' in the title) - and a new format?!

 

Presumably that will allow some riders from last /previous season(s) to take part?!

 

I wonder if Holder/Lindgren/Hancock etc will be asked to take part? ....and will they agree?

Lets hope so. I'm sure they will live to take part to just before the GP.

 

But I'd only invite riders tat was involved in last years elite league

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It would depend on the price and the product available. This is supposed to be a 'flagship' event and not some event that can be ran by any club at their venue.

 

If your paying the £25, as was the price last year, then you want to see the best riders and if that means Hancock, Holder and Lindgren so be it.

 

As an aside, I hope there is some significant discount available for the shambles that was the 2013 meeting and encourage me to put this event in the diary.

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I wouldn't invite Holder, Lindgren or Hancock into it. They made the choice to sit out the Elite League this year so if they cant get the practise in before the GP's then tough!!!

Well if they are intending to still charge £25 for the meeting then there needs to be some more quality in the line-up!!!

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Well if they are intending to still charge £25 for the meeting then there needs to be some more quality in the line-up!!!

Why should they be involved? Its there choice too sit out Britain and there are still some quality riders in the Elite League this yr or has everyone forgotten Woffinden, Iversen, Ward etc.

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Despite the EL being weaker than before surely we still have 16 riders riding in Britain to make it a top field.

 

Woffinden, Ward, Iversen, Zagar, Bjerre, Andersen, Kildemand, Batchelor, King, Harris, Cook, Pedersen, Doyle, Schlein, Pawlicki, Janowski.

 

May have missed some obvious ones but wouldn't this line up be decent? I agree drop the price, 20 quid would be fair.

 

Edit: Missed the likes of Karlsson, Watt and Kylmakorpi.

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It would depend on the price and the product available. This is supposed to be a 'flagship' event and not some event that can be ran by any club at their venue.

 

If your paying the £25, as was the price last year, then you want to see the best riders and if that means Hancock, Holder and Lindgren so be it.

 

As an aside, I hope there is some significant discount available for the shambles that was the 2013 meeting and encourage me to put this event in the diary.

I still have the readmission ticket from last year's shambles and I can't wait to see the faces of the turnstile operatives when I present it for my discount because it will be a problem to get the BSPA to honour their promise of a discount no doubt!

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Despite the EL being weaker than before surely we still have 16 riders riding in Britain to make it a top field.

 

Woffinden, Ward, Iversen, Zagar, Bjerre, Andersen, Kildemand, Batchelor, King, Harris, Cook, Pedersen, Doyle, Schlein, Pawlicki, Janowski.

 

May have missed some obvious ones but wouldn't this line up be decent? I agree drop the price, 20 quid would be fair.

 

Edit: Missed the likes of Karlsson, Watt and Kylmakorpi.

You can probably forget the Poles - they will doubtless have to be in Poland for their club training sessions - and that may also be the choice of others signed to the Polish leagues?! There's at least 2 maybe 3 carrying injuries of some sort, plus the outstanding Visa issue of at least one!!

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A positive move imo, I'm looking forward to it B-) Let's see if the Stars can make it a one/two again :-D

 

I'll be more than happy to attend to watch "just" the riders who are committed to GB this season, it's a meeting all about supporting our teams' riders after all!!!! Will be great to see the World One and Three in action in person after a long winter B-)

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with a new name (no'League' in the title) - and a new format?!

 

Presumably that will allow some riders from last /previous season(s) to take part?!

 

I wonder if Holder/Lindgren/Hancock etc will be asked to take part? ....and will they agree?

No they shouldn't be asked as all 3 decided against riding in this country in 2014 so can't have their cake & eat it!!.

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It can't be called the Elite League Riders Championship with riders in the line up who don't intend gracing us with their presence this season so another vote for not allowing Holder, Hancock and Lindgren etc. These days I don't normally bother going out of my way to watch an individual meeting as I'm not really interested, but being as it's just up the road at Coventry I'll no doubt be there. Definately shouldn't be any more than £20 admission though. :)

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Surely they couldnt keep it at the end of the season after all the pull outs the last few years. Its either change of date or bin it altogether, it seems theyve consulted the riders who want it early in the season. The top riders want quality meetings against quality opposition early in the season and this is ideal for them.

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So basically a glorified individual meeting with hopefully some world class riders taking part.

 

Let's face it when Rory Schlein wins the ELRC two years out of the last three it says everything about the standard of heatleaders in the top flight these days.

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