Mr Blobby Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Not a great deal of passing but close racing and all the young guys gave 100%. Track wasn't ideal to be fair, with the rain falling all meeting. Special mention to Dan Bewley tonight more of that in the blue & gold please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 The age limit seems ridiculous, all of this crap about bringing on young talent but they won't let young riders ride?? Seems weird, this would have been a big night and a lot of experience for Joe Lawlor, but instead he's sat at home doing his homework now?? I just don't understand Also what average would William Lawson come in on? A 3.00? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyH Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Rambling time again.... First of all, well done to all 14 riders for competing on a wet track that got worse as the night progressed. Hope Dale Lamb is ok after his two falls, one when lying down. Belle Vue showed their team experience of regular meetings despite only having one heat winner - it helps that Dan won 6 heats with his last two starts very impressive! Well done young man! With good back up from Matt Williamson and Rob Shuttleworth especially, they won the match in ht 15 when Jye just tried too hard. For the Monarchs select Max had a good night but two poor starts cost him points in ht 13 & 15 - Max, you have four laps to pass, you will learn! Dale was unlucky with two falls, one when he laid the bike down. Mitchell looked decent, young Willie Lawson? A fall in one but looked decent on what I dont imagine will be modern machinery? Jye continues to baffle - some good starts, three wins then a fall in ht 15- he needs to take confidence from his wins. Lewis and Kev were well off the pace but picked up some gift points, the experience of a proper meeting will encourage them I am sure. For the Colts, Matt picked up a good score but only by meeting the Monarchs juniors and taking advantage of a Max fall. Good 7 points though. Holt got a couple and fell but looked steady enough as did Woolley. Shuttleworth backed up Dan well with 9 points, Lee Payne picked up 5 and was always not far off, Basford had a couple of exclusions. So what did tonight prove? There's no doubt Monarchs have three problems in the team, Max, Jye and Dan for various reasons. They probably felt some pressure tonight with the appearance of Mitchell and Willie but what did we learn? Lets start with Max - He's already picked up this last few weeks after a sticky start and only by being too impatient in ht 13 will he be annoyed. Dan? superb performance, it will be a problem with BV Colts fixture clashes but this young man is progressing by the lap. Jye? How do we criticize our joint top scorer tonight? Could Willie do a better job within a few weeks? No idea. Lastly, on a night of falls, our esteemed raffle ticket Molly had a wee fall on the back straight terracing tonight, no doubt the BSF will blame Ryan lol. She seemed none the worse and there was no need for r/r. I'm missing in France for two weeks now so please make sure she is ok next week - I advised her to put a wee bit water in her nip Take care Molly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmon Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Story last night was that the problem has gone and that Monarchs have first call on Dan now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScotsman Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Story last night was that the problem has gone and that Monarchs have first call on Dan now. That would be excellent news. So is he available at Rye tomorrow? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Maybe a little patience is called for and realise that the Monarchs are not going to win everything again this season. Unless we give young riders their chance what future will the sport have! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8scot Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Gr8 night for the lads...... Invaluable track time. Shame about the weather!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Confused how Bewley want allowed to race in this fixture but ok in the pairs tonight at Workington. Doesn't make any sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScotsman Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthegearbutnaeidea Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Confused how Bewley want allowed to race in this fixture but ok in the pairs tonight at Workington. Doesn't make any sense.Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icicle Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Confused!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScotsman Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Confused!! That's at least 3 of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New era Panthers Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 Confused how Bewley want allowed to race in this fixture but ok in the pairs tonight at Workington. Doesn't make any sense. You're right it doesn't make any sense, nobody can understand what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) Bewley rode on Friday and scored 18. I think there's some confusion with Joe Lawlor who at 15 is eligible for an NL match but is under-age for an NL-style match on a PL track and thus couldn't ride on Friday. The general minimum, age is 16 but there is an exemption to allow 15 year olds in the NL since it is deemed a training league. While Friday's meeting did involve NL standard teams it was not held on an NL track so I take it the exemption did not apply. In the same way Jye Etheridge would not have been eligible to ride if the match had taken place on an NL track as an official fixture. Edited May 22, 2016 by rmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 It's not because it was held at a PL track it's because it was still classed as a PL standard meeting, if it hadn't been then Etheridge and Davey (for the time being) wouldn't have been allowed to ride as they're ineligible for the NL on account of not being British. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) It's not because it was held at a PL track it's because it was still classed as a PL standard meeting, if it hadn't been then Etheridge and Davey (for the time being) wouldn't have been allowed to ride as they're ineligible for the NL on account of not being British. It's rather splitting hairs. It was an NL-level match staged on a PL track. It would a rather long stretch of logic even by BSPA standards to classify that as a PL standard meeting. If someone tried to stage that match on an NL track with Etheridge included it wouldn't happen. Edited May 22, 2016 by rmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 It's rather splitting hairs. It was an NL-level match staged on a PL track. It would a rather long stretch of logic even by BSPA standards to classify that as a PL standard meeting. If someone tried to stage that match on an NL track with Etheridge included it wouldn't happen. Yes it would, the host track is irrelevant. What is relevant is that 15 year-olds cannot race in the PL and that overseas riders cannot race in the NL, the overseas riders took part and the 15 year-old didn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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