Woz01 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) Will be held Sunday 23rd March at Brandon. Edited September 22, 2014 by woz01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 with a new name (no'League' in the title) - and a new format?! Â Presumably that will allow some riders from last /previous season(s) to take part?! Â I wonder if Holder/Lindgren/Hancock etc will be asked to take part? ....and will they agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) with a new name (no'League' in the title) - and a new format?! Â Presumably that will allow some riders from last /previous season(s) to take part?! Â 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. Â But I'd only invite riders tat was involved in last years elite league Edited January 19, 2014 by Phil The Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pedaler Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) "...a re-vamped Elite Riders’ Championship featuring a host of star names."  So WHO exactly are the 16 "Star Names" left in British Speedway?  What is the qualification criteria for these "Star Names"? Edited January 19, 2014 by The Pedaler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LeicesterLion39 Posted January 19, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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!!! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalan Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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!!! You want it kept as a second rate event then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblueboy Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) 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!!! Edited January 19, 2014 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicesterLion39 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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. Yes but what about the other 13???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) Despite the EL being weaker than before surely we still have 16 riders riding in Britain to make it a top field. Â Woffinden, Ward, Iversen, Zagar, Bjerre, Andersen, Kildemand, Batchelor, King, Harris, Cook, Pedersen, Doyle, Schlein, Pawlicki, Janowski. Â May have missed some obvious ones but wouldn't this line up be decent? I agree drop the price, 20 quid would be fair. Â Edit: Missed the likes of Karlsson, Watt and Kylmakorpi. Edited January 19, 2014 by woz01 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Despite the EL being weaker than before surely we still have 16 riders riding in Britain to make it a top field. Â Woffinden, Ward, Iversen, Zagar, Bjerre, Andersen, Kildemand, Batchelor, King, Harris, Cook, Pedersen, Doyle, Schlein, Pawlicki, Janowski. Â May have missed some obvious ones but wouldn't this line up be decent? I agree drop the price, 20 quid would be fair. Â 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!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamfence Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 You want it kept as a second rate event then?So the world champion and the former under 21 world champion are second rate? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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 Â 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-) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy robin Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 with a new name (no'League' in the title) - and a new format?! Â Presumably that will allow some riders from last /previous season(s) to take part?! Â 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!!. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz01 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 So basically a glorified individual meeting with hopefully some world class riders taking part. Â 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 I will be there and i'm sure a lot of others will as well esp. after a winter of no speedway. Â Good change of venue to Brandon and also pleased to have it moved to March Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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