Panthers89 Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Riding for Cradley I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramanga Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 there was deffinatly talk of chris kerrs average being put back up to 7 maybe it was if he changed teams rather than stick with the team he started 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Panda Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Riding for Cradley I believe Correct he is at Cradley........... RP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Rob Godfrey has explained the rule changes, proposed by Alex Harkess, in the Speedway Star. New riders will, as we've found out, come in on 5 points, but they will have to have gained a 7 point average by the time their visa is due for renewal. That could be one, two or three years and if they don't achieve it they then have to qualify via the championship route. As an example, Scunthorpe are giving Taylor Poole a 3 year contract which gives him 3 seasons to reach a 7 point average. The best news though is that any new foreign rider, including Europeans, won't drop below a 5 point average for the next year which will protect the NL reserve. Existing foreign riders with an average will be able to keep it but the 5 point minimum will apply for the following season. As examples, Paco Castagna and Coty Garcy keep their 3 point averages next season, but if they haven't reached 5 by the end of the season, they come back in 2017 on 5. Also if Zach Wajtknecht gets an average better than Jake Allen and/or BWD, as long as it's below 5 he'll stay at reserve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Rob Godfrey has explained the rule changes, proposed by Alex Harkess, in the Speedway Star. New riders will, as we've found out, come in on 5 points, but they will have to have gained a 7 point average by the time their visa is due for renewal. That could be one, two or three years and if they don't achieve it they then have to qualify via the championship route. As an example, Scunthorpe are giving Taylor Poole a 3 year contract which gives him 3 seasons to reach a 7 point average. The best news though is that any new foreign rider, including Europeans, won't drop below a 5 point average for the next year which will protect the NL reserve. Existing foreign riders with an average will be able to keep it but the 5 point minimum will apply for the following season. As examples, Paco Castagna and Coty Garcy keep their 3 point averages next season, but if they haven't reached 5 by the end of the season, they come back in 2017 on 5. Also if Zach Wajtknecht gets an average better than Jake Allen and/or BWD, as long as it's below 5 he'll stay at reserve. At least that is sensible , I've long thought that foreign riders coming in on a 5 point average shouldn't be given an average that dips below that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScotsman Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Well done Alex. Such a clever man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 The best news though is that any new foreign rider, including Europeans, won't drop below a 5 point average for the next year which will protect the NL reserve. Existing foreign riders with an average will be able to keep it but the 5 point minimum will apply for the following season. As examples, Paco Castagna and Coty Garcy keep their 3 point averages next season, but if they haven't reached 5 by the end of the season, they come back in 2017 on 5. Also if Zach Wajtknecht gets an average better than Jake Allen and/or BWD, as long as it's below 5 he'll stay at reserve. Now if only someone (or a group of people) had come up with this great idea before!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Now if only someone (or a group of people) had come up with this great idea before!! If they had, they must be thick or biased or both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najjer Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Rob Godfrey has explained the rule changes, proposed by Alex Harkess, in the Speedway Star. New riders will, as we've found out, come in on 5 points, but they will have to have gained a 7 point average by the time their visa is due for renewal. That could be one, two or three years and if they don't achieve it they then have to qualify via the championship route. As an example, Scunthorpe are giving Taylor Poole a 3 year contract which gives him 3 seasons to reach a 7 point average. The best news though is that any new foreign rider, including Europeans, won't drop below a 5 point average for the next year which will protect the NL reserve. Existing foreign riders with an average will be able to keep it but the 5 point minimum will apply for the following season. As examples, Paco Castagna and Coty Garcy keep their 3 point averages next season, but if they haven't reached 5 by the end of the season, they come back in 2017 on 5. Also if Zach Wajtknecht gets an average better than Jake Allen and/or BWD, as long as it's below 5 he'll stay at reserve. Interesting that they've used Somerset as the example, to explain the last point - Any reason for this? All seems to make sense though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northyorksbear Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Interesting that they've used Somerset as the example, to explain the last point - Any reason for this? All seems to make sense though. I guess Somerset were used as they have two foreign riders on 5pt assessed averages 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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