Sings4Speedway Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Just had a look at the green sheets and noticed the number of riders that are not eligible to guest in the NL this year. Can it be right or am i misreading them somewhere? As it stands NEG PLR Not Eligible to Guest as NL only Guest in PL, as rider declared in PL 1-7 Matt Williamson Lee Payne Zach Wajtknecht Tom Perry Darryl Ritchings Liam Carr Max Clegg Danny Ayres Nathan Greaves Josh Bailey Ben Morley Danny Phillips NEG Not Eligible to Guest as NL only Guest in PL as has achieved 4.00 or above in PL Adam Ellis Kyle Hughes James Cockle Luke Bowen Dave Mason Luke Clifton Jon Armstrong Ben Wilson Tony Atkin If this is the case then guest options are very limited this year...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statman Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 I think you'll find that the NEG refers to their eligibility to guest in the PL for a 3.00 rider rather than the NL The first group as they are members of the PL 'fast track' scheme, the 2nd group as they have averaged over 4.00 in PL at some point in their career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted April 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Got it (i think) "Guest in PL" is the key piece of the wording. For once it appears that the rules are there (just badly written). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reviresco Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Got it (i think) "Guest in PL" is the key piece of the wording. For once it appears that the rules are there (just badly written). Yes, the list does look very long this season - enhanced by the introduction of 'NL eligible' PL No. 7's this season, like Darryl Ritchings. As you say, the wording is clumsy and I woul'vde thought it would read better as: 'Not eligible to Guest in PL as a "NL only Guest", as.....' But then I thought the 'NEG PLR' indicated the riders declared as 3.00 No. 7's in the PL and not the ones classified as 'NEG'. as Statman says, so what do I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 The main problem for me is when a guest is a stronger rider than the one he is replacing ie Bowen allowed in to this league on a ridiculously low average .He will be getting guest booking s everywhere until he obtains his real average,, At least Adam Ellis who will also be to good for this league has come in on his true average from last year ,even though he is an even better rider now,,The gap between the top riders and the novices is now huge in this league 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 The main problem for me is when a guest is a stronger rider than the one he is replacing ie Bowen allowed in to this league on a ridiculously low average .He will be getting guest booking s everywhere until he obtains his real average,, At least Adam Ellis who will also be to good for this league has come in on his true average from last year ,even though he is an even better rider now,,The gap between the top riders and the novices is now huge in this league This has always been the case where guests are concerned though, Bowen's not the first and won't be the last rider to have a converted average lower than his ability. It works both ways though, a few years ago Kent took Boxall on an 11 odd figure that he was never going to reach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 This has always been the case where guests are concerned though, Bowen's not the first and won't be the last rider to have a converted average lower than his ability. It works both ways though, a few years ago Kent took Boxall on an 11 odd figure that he was never going to reach. Bowens put 0.33 on his average in 3 meetings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 NT doesn't count on averages though. (or at least they didn't) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 NT doesn't count on averages though. (or at least they didn't) Pretty sure he'll finish with a 9+ NL average, despite that poor score at Mildenhall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Yeah completely agree, he is class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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