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Completely agree. If anything the meeting needs more 3 pointers to give the lads a confidence boost?

 

Perhaps I am just being overly negative and suspect I have been for some time. My love for the sport isn't fading but bizarre decisions and actions by Kent over the winter / start of the season have left me questioning when and where I choose to visit......

Come to Eastbourne :P
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Think he is a friend of the Baseby's so has eased himself in the door however if he turns in a decent performance he may be in with a shout if changes are to be made?

Does he still have an average? and if so anybody know if it would fit?

He averaged 3.68 for Sittingbourne. He did come back the next season and rode a few meetings but got seriously injured and I can't remember if it was enough to get a real average of 3.00 or he's still 3.68.

 

Edit: I've tried looking it up and the BSPA site has him ending 2009 still on his 3.68 average in the team declaration but he may have dropped to 3.00 and the team just not redeclared after that I suppose. I've found him riding officially in 5 league meetings that year and 4 trophy meetings. But he did ride a few meetings the season after for Plymouth but as he didn't end the season it's as if he didn't exist on the BSPA site, as this is back in the days of the NL not having published greensheets!

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Dan Berwick might not fit anyway then.

 

I will be taking in a few Eastbourne meetings this year especially as Sunday is a far more amiable day ditto Mildenhall if the track gets sorted.

 

As for Kent I think I will definitely be more choosy this season. The whole set up this year seems pretty half @rsed.

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Looking at the field of riders that has to offer for Kent and Eastbourne i would go to Eastbourne,

 

Georgie Wood (4th)
David Mason (steady and its his first meeting) good rider
Aaron Baseby (mid table)
Danny Ayres (top half of the table if he stays on)
Sam Darroch
Richard Andrews (winner)
Kelsey Dugard (mid to top half of the table)
Danny Warwick (Top half)
Tyler Govier (lower end)
Charley Powell (lower end has never ridden speedway)
Nick Laurence (lower end)
Adam Sheppard (lower to mid)
Marc Owen (3rd)
Niall Strudwick (lower end)
Bradley Wilson-Dean (2nd)
Dawid Wiwatowski
Res 17 Sam Heath


Come to Eastbourne Sings4Kings and ill buy you a programme. :party:

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The line up for the pairs is very poor and the organisers seem to want Danny Ayers to win as his pairing with Brendon Johnson looks far stronger than any other pairing,,Can only visualise a poor turnout for this. Still the Danny Ayers victory cellebrations should be worth the entry fee alone ,But i do not expect great racing...

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Good efforts Islander. So as it currently stands his average is either 3.00 or 3.68 or somewhere in between and even the BSPA may not know.

It may not matter though? Do I remember somewhere that your average gets re-set to 3.00 if you haven't ridden for 5 years?

Although if that is the case it wouldn't be re-set until the end of this season?

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The line up for the pairs is very poor and the organisers seem to want Danny Ayers to win as his pairing with Brendon Johnson looks far stronger than any other pairing,,Can only visualise a poor turnout for this. Still the Danny Ayers victory cellebrations should be worth the entry fee alone ,But i do not expect great racing...

Chapman and Shanes will be in the mix to win too.

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Come to Eastbourne :P

Sadly you make the offer, surely supporting a team means through thick and thin, not looking for the nearest winning team! Anyway with such strength in depth are you not going to be witnessing follow-my-leader racing as well?

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Sadly you make the offer, surely supporting a team means through thick and thin, not looking for the nearest winning team! Anyway with such strength in depth are you not going to be witnessing follow-my-leader racing as well?

Not really follow the leader less than at EL! Yes support through thick and thin but how long would you support them if there was no change?
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It must be a bit worrying for the promotion that the long tail in the team may cause the excellent support received so far at Kent could cause a drop in attendances.. In my opinion while the riders concerned will need time to improve ,,How much time can be afforded them ,Without the inevitable happening ?

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Credit where its due to Adam. He seems to be putting himself about and getting as many rides in as he can MDL, Eastbourne meeting etc and the more time on a bike the better.

It is hard to judge the bottom 3 when they have only ridden against one of the best bottom 3's in the league. There will be easier tests to come and its how they perform in these that determines what judgement is to be made.

Adam & Danno should have the edge over Jamie regarding experience of the away tracks however its the home performances that keep fans happy.

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Credit where its due to Adam. He seems to be putting himself about and getting as many rides in as he can MDL, Eastbourne meeting etc and the more time on a bike the better.

It is hard to judge the bottom 3 when they have only ridden against one of the best bottom 3's in the league. There will be easier tests to come and its how they perform in these that determines what judgement is to be made.

Adam & Danno should have the edge over Jamie regarding experience of the away tracks however its the home performances that keep fans happy.

You don't want to be saying oh we are beating the easy bottom 3s in the league. You want to be saying that you can beat our bottom 3 at Eastbourne they need to be good not just beating the nobody's!
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I will say whatever I choose to :neutral:

I will be more than happy to see the bottom 3 progress to mix it with most teams this season.

 

Eastbourne are the exception to the rule and I am not unrealistic. Kelsey has probably done thousands of laps of Arlington over the years, Georgie is a National Champion on the grass and clearly a natural motorcycling talent. Richard is the signing of the season given his current performances vs his average.

 

If Kent can get themselves into a competitive side home and away and are not haemorrhaging points from lower order I will be happy-ish.

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