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Not sure we should give the chance for a bit of practice to the mercenaries who have turned their backs on British Speedway. Fair play to Rory at least he has stuck by British Speedway and does his very best each season. Rather have him than the likes of Hancock who uses British Speedway to suit his purpose then walks away. About time British Speedway woke up to the fact that currently we are second rate as an Elite League and should ignore to so called expensive superstars as we simply cannot afford them at the moment.

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Not sure we should give the chance for a bit of practice to the mercenaries who have turned their backs on British Speedway. Fair play to Rory at least he has stuck by British Speedway and does his very best each season. Rather have him than the likes of Hancock who uses British Speedway to suit his purpose then walks away. About time British Speedway woke up to the fact that currently we are second rate as an Elite League and should ignore to so called expensive superstars as we simply cannot afford them at the moment.

 

Don't necessarily disagree with you but surely Poole used Hancock to suit their purpose too? Supply & demand and all that.

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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. :)

But it's not the 'Elite League Riders Championship' for 2014. It's called the 'Elite Riders Championship'.

 

That means an invitational competition to all riders across the Globe. I'm OK with that. It sounds as though it could be something similar to the Monster invitational in the USA.

 

Let's be honest, the ELRC has been nothing but a BSPA joke competition for many years with numerous withdrawals.

 

A new idea had to be had and this is a decent start. Hope the initial invites to to the GP bops first, then filter it down to the top average EL riders when GP riders refuse the invite.

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But it's not the 'Elite League Riders Championship' for 2014. It's called the 'Elite Riders Championship'.

 

That means an invitational competition to all riders across the Globe. I'm OK with that. It sounds as though it could be something similar to the Monster invitational in the USA.

 

Let's be honest, the ELRC has been nothing but a BSPA joke competition for many years with numerous withdrawals.

 

A new idea had to be had and this is a decent start. Hope the initial invites to to the GP bops first, then filter it down to the top average EL riders when GP riders refuse the invite.

Cant find a start time anywhere either ..Guess whose in it & guess what time its on !!

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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.

But Rooboy is topnotch around Swindon generally worth the admission fee on his own as long as he forgets to gate.

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Saw it tweeted somewhere that there would be Non Elite League Special Guests appearing.

 

If that is the case doesn't that make it just another invitational event?

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Absolutely ridiculous.

Then it wont be the EL Riders Championship.

 

Just move it prior to the Play offs at the end of the regular EL season and let the riders who WANT to ride in the EL compete for it.

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Absolutely ridiculous.

Then it wont be the EL Riders Championship.

 

Just move it prior to the Play offs at the end of the regular EL season and let the riders who WANT to ride in the EL compete for it.

It isn't the 'Elite League Riders Championship'!! Its renamed and abbreviated to 'ERC' with a new format - if you bother to read the announcement!!

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It isn't the 'Elite League Riders Championship'!! Its renamed and abbreviated to 'ERC' with a new format - if you bother to read the announcement!!

Means the same thing. No reward for working hard all year and being your club`s representative in the big EL Championship of the year.

 

To be fair the interest has waned from the riders for years now so just dressing it up into something that is just an open meeting.

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It isn't the 'Elite League Riders Championship'!! Its renamed and abbreviated to 'ERC' with a new format - if you bother to read the announcement!!

 

What a load of old tosh. If its the 'Elite League Riders Championship' then its open to the Elite league riders only.

If you want it to be a Open meeting then call it what you want, like Joe Blogs Invitation. But don't take the P....s out of the few supporters that are left......

 

If you want to feather the nests of some riders who can't be bothered to ride here, then so be it , but don't say its one thing and mean it's something else

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What a load of old tosh. If its the 'Elite League Riders Championship' then its open to the Elite league riders only.

If you want it to be a Open meeting then call it what you want, like Joe Blogs Invitation. But don't take the P....s out of the few supporters that are left......

 

If you want to feather the nests of some riders who can't be bothered to ride here, then so be it , but don't say its one thing and mean it's something else

Which bit of Skidder1 post is tosh. It is fact, it isn't the 'Elite League Riders Championship'. It is the 'Elite Riders Championship'. It's completely different and will be an invitational event.

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Which bit of Skidder1 post is tosh. It is fact, it isn't the 'Elite League Riders Championship'. It is the 'Elite Riders Championship'. It's completely different and will be an invitational event.

You are the one that hasn't read it properly it says the Erc is back at Coventry after being staged at Swindon in recent years so what other event has been staged at Swindon of cause it means Elrc read it again on the Cov website
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You are the one that hasn't read it properly it says the Erc is back at Coventry after being staged at Swindon in recent years so what other event has been staged at Swindon of cause it means Elrc read it again on the Cov website

Yep, read it on the Coventry website and there's nothing on there that says it's the 'Elite League Riders Championship'. It says 'Elite Riders Championship' with a "changed format" which would suggest an invitational meeting. If it isn't an invitational meeting, explain why 'League' has been dropped from the title??

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But it's not the 'Elite League Riders Championship' for 2014. It's called the 'Elite Riders Championship'.

 

 

Okay so why does it say the following on the Coventry website then if it is something completely different?

 

The ERC, last staged at Brandon in 2009, has traditionally been an end-of-season event and has been hosted by Swindon in recent years.

 

 

 

 

BANANAMAN....... Cant find a start time anywhere either ..Guess whose in it & guess what time its on !!

 

Patience, patience. :lol: There's still over two months to go and I'm sure there are a lot of riders to contact before the line up can be sorted out.

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Okay so why does it say the following on the Coventry website then if it is something completely different?

 

The ERC, last staged at Brandon in 2009, has traditionally been an end-of-season event and has been hosted by Swindon in recent years.

Because this new 2014 event has a new "format" and every press release has dropped "League" from the title. The only reason to do that is simply because it's become an Invitational meeting open to all

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Because this new 2014 event has a new "format" and every press release has dropped "League" from the title. The only reason to do that is simply because it's become an Invitational meeting open to all

So how could the Erc be staged at Cov in 2009 if it didn't exist as stated in the press release

Yep, read it on the Coventry website and there's nothing on there that says it's the 'Elite League Riders Championship'. It says 'Elite Riders Championship' with a "changed format" which would suggest an invitational meeting. If it isn't an invitational meeting, explain why 'League' has been dropped from the title??

According to the Gp website it is the Elrc

 

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