racers and royals Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 I understand that. My point was more that you have to have two riders eligible for the NL (or have ridden it) I believe. Bates & Newman were those two....they've replaced Tungate for Newman, I assume the loop hole is Nicholls for Nielsen. They will argue he came through the system (many years ago mine) I think that`s more in" your declared 1 to 7" rather than any 7 you end up with on track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyabb17 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Ah okay, so in theory Swindon don't have to use a NL rider for Zach, when his average goes up on Monday we can use whoever fits? I think that`s more in" your declared 1 to 7" rather than any 7 you end up with on track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Ah okay, so in theory Swindon don't have to use a NL rider for Zach, when his average goes up on Monday we can use whoever fits? It depends on what the rule says about replacing injured reserves in the Premiership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Any idea why Ipswich have priority over Leicester for Newman this evening?? Is tonight a rearranged fixture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple.H. Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Signed for Ipswich first I imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethelion Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Any idea why Ipswich have priority over Leicester for Newman this evening?? Is tonight a rearranged fixture? Yes, it was rearranged from 1st June, because Lions had 4 riders missing ( Bates ,Bjerre, Garrity & King) & switched to tonight because Sheffield didn't have a meeting, so Bates & Bjerre were available, then Newman was signed , Nilsson & Przedpelski both got injured so they ironically still missing 4 riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Is it correct that you have five guests and one R/R in the meeting? Why not just draw straws from available riders each night and pick the teams that way. Sadly it appears to sum up the sorry state of where racing in this Country is and until someone gets to grip, have one league and enough meetings to at least guarantee a decent level of income for those participating, then this ludicrous situation will continue until such time that the only punters watching will be the track staff and the referee. Here is hoping that someone wakes up to what a farce it has become. It pains me to say it but Mr Shovlar on another thread has a point re let teams build to any level etc. It was a bit like that in the 70's and I can remember going to Rayleigh every week be it a top performing club or unfortunately those that struggled. You went to see if you could beat the leaders or for the lower opposition, what sort of margin you could win by. People still went unlike today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 And while the PL and CL run on the same nights this crap will go on and on. Separate racing nights for both leagues would end this farce overnight 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy swindon pete Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Regardless of the line-ups, the racing has been superb tonight. Thoroughly enjoyable stuff. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve0 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 (edited) Wow - was close there for a while but 10 in a row and top of the league. Not bad for an unfancied team at the start of the season! Edited August 3, 2017 by Steve0 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 cant argue with that steve o their wasnt one robins fan who gave them any chance but hey ho the`ve done it so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noggin Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Just goes to show, one change even to a written off team at the start can make all the difference, plus ofcourse excellent TEAM spirit, well done Rosco and the boys. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney the robin Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 A really hard fought home win fair play to the Lions they really made things difficult tonight Nicholls again was great value.Riss was a mixed bag tonight but Riss,Jorgensen (impressive in front),Bates were in the mix tried there utmost and Tungate had one heat win.For Swindon Bomber was excellent give everything Bellego,Musielak,Morris did more than there job the racing was ok tonight ten on the bounce not bad eh!!!! annoying no speedway next Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 My first trip along the m4 for a while and glad I went. Meeting had a bit of everything and the racing was better than I have seen on most of my previous visits to the Abbey. Best move of the night probably Nicholls cutting through the Swindon pair on bend 4. Good to catch up with JD. Rico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef robin Posted August 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Well done Swindon Robins...top of the league!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dump that clutch Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 good meeting last night, plenty of close racing which is always good to see. 10 from Len which places us in the heady heights of 1st position in the league.. who'd of thought that eh..! Just a quick note on the collection for our injured Zach, £1800 collected for the youngster, fantastic. :t: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A ORLOV Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Very good meeting with plenty of action and good close racing and multiple overtaking. A great improvement from Chris Harris from his last visit and it was strange in the first heat with a score of Rye House 5, Swindon 1, Leicester 0. The few battles between Chris and Scott were quite entertaining. If needed I can see Chris and Scott being on high up on Roscos guest list for Jason. All the team did well especially David Bellego, a very astute signing by Rosco this season, and Tobi who has really turned the team around since his signing. BWD had more bad luck with a blown engine in heat 9. The poor lad is trying hard but things are just not going right for him at the moment. The Leicester reserves put in good scores and luckily Rohan was ok after his fall when his bike ended up on top of the fence. We are now top of the league and have now had a run of wins that is outstanding, which seemed to be appreciated by the reasonably large crowd for a meeting against the team in bottom place in the league. Despite that Leicester levelled the score with a 5-1 in heat 11 and it was Swindons last three heats 5-1 scores that won us the meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Simon Lamberts bike was man of the match 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunRobin Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 (edited) It depends on what the rule says about replacing injured reserves in the Premiership. It doesn't specify reserves have to be eligible or have ridden in NL & it's in the declared 1 - 7. It says 2 riders that have or are eligible for NL. So I think we already have 2 as Morris & Ellis qualify. Edited August 4, 2017 by DunRobin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC2 Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 It doesn't specify reserves have to be eligible or have ridden in NL & it's in the declared 1 - 7. It says 2 riders that have or are eligible for NL. So I think we already have 2 as Morris & Ellis qualify. And Brad WD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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