dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 A team scoring 46 match points will have a total average around 42.50 for team building not 46 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsider Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 10:45 AM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: A team scoring 46 match points will have a total average around 42.50 for team building not 46 Expand Go on, l'm intrigued, how does that work. I may be missing something but 46 points to win a meeting simply equates to 6.57 per rider. Whereas 42.50 reduces to 6.07 per rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 11:18 AM, Broadsider said: Go on, l'm intrigued, how does that work. I may be missing something but 46 points to win a meeting simply equates to 6.57 per rider. Whereas 42.50 reduces to 6.07 per rider. Expand This old chestnut again Averages are the average points per ride x 4. In a 15 heat match, two riders have a nominated ride in heat 15 giving them 5 rides, but their averages are still per ride x 4. For example: A team has 42 points after heat 15 with scores of 8, 8, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4. Team average = 42. In heat 15 they get a 4-2, giving them 46 points. Rider 1 scores 11 from 5 - average 8.8. Rider 2 scores 9 from 5 - average 7.2 Team averages are now: 8.8, 7.2, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4 = 42. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) christ almighty not AGAIN!!! just change it to heat average like Sweden then we don't get these questions every 5 mins not your fault broadsider its the system thats crazy - working averages out on 4 rides is just not relevant now Edited January 17, 2018 by ch958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 11:31 AM, ch958 said: christ almighty not AGAIN!!! just change it to heat average like Sweden then we don't get these questions every 5 mins not your fault broadsider its the system thats crazy - working averages out on 4 rides is just not relevant now Expand To be fair it not a difficult concept to grasp (or shouldnt be) Thanks Grachan for taking the time to type out the explanation! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch958 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 12:32 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: To be fair it not a difficult concept to grasp (or shouldnt be) Thanks Grachan for taking the time to type out the explanation! Expand its not difficult just no longer relevant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsider Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 11:24 AM, Grachan said: This old chestnut again Averages are the average points per ride x 4. In a 15 heat match, two riders have a nominated ride in heat 15 giving them 5 rides, but their averages are still per ride x 4. For example: A team has 42 points after heat 15 with scores of 8, 8, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4. Team average = 42. In heat 15 they get a 4-2, giving them 46 points. Rider 1 scores 11 from 5 - average 8.8. Rider 2 scores 9 from 5 - average 7.2 Team averages are now: 8.8, 7.2, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4 = 42. Expand Apologies for raising and thanks for taking time to re-clarify this old chestnut. As suggested it's not difficult to grasp but still not as simple in team building terms as: how many points does it take to win a speedway meeting over the prescribed 15 heats? 46 points makes sense to me and agree questions the relevance of still applying 4 ride averages. Also grading or not would allow just a little more leeway to keep riders like Alfie Bowtell etc.. on track! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 1:45 PM, Broadsider said: Apologies for raising and thanks for taking time to re-clarify this old chestnut. As suggested it's not difficult to grasp but still not as simple in team building terms as: how many points does it take to win a speedway meeting over the prescribed 15 heats? 46 points makes sense to me and agree questions the relevance of still applying 4 ride averages. Also grading or not would allow just a little more leeway to keep riders like Alfie Bowtell etc.. on track! Expand But where does the leeway stop? Allow one team to use a rider that 0.03 over and then another team asks to use a rider 0.06 over - its only the same leeway over the agreed leeway. Soon gets silly...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 1:28 PM, ch958 said: its not difficult just no longer relevant Expand It as close to being relevant than a points per ride average..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Averages per ride or average per ride x 4. Makes no difference. It's the same average, just represented in a different way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 3:03 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: But where does the leeway stop? Allow one team to use a rider that 0.03 over and then another team asks to use a rider 0.06 over - its only the same leeway over the agreed leeway. Soon gets silly...... Expand Had to smile at your last 3 words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Think it would be sensible to define average to nearest point under .5 down the way over .5point up the way. Stops minute decimal points keeping riders out of work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 4:58 PM, Fromafar said: Think it would be sensible to define average to nearest point under .5 down the way over .5point up the way. Stops minute decimal points keeping riders out of work. Expand So 2.24 becomes 2 and 2.76 becomes 3 So 2 riders .52 apart are changed to 1 point apart The lower rider may well be very sought after and the higher rider not so.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 7:04 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: So 2.24 becomes 2 and 2.76 becomes 3 So 2 riders .52 apart are changed to 1 point apart The lower rider may well be very sought after and the higher rider not so.... Expand Can never understand how simple maths seems to pass over the heads of some fans, things like rider averages, team strengths limits, actual race averages, grades, etc. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 7:04 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: So 2.24 becomes 2 and 2.76 becomes 3 So 2 riders .52 apart are changed to 1 point apart The lower rider may well be very sought after and the higher rider not so.... Expand To be honest,I would do away with averages and let the money men sign all the good riders,then hope that things get better,things couldn't be any worse with the nonsense going on just now in the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsider Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 7:04 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: So 2.24 becomes 2 and 2.76 becomes 3 So 2 riders .52 apart are changed to 1 point apart The lower rider may well be very sought after and the higher rider not so.... Expand As everyone says this has been done to death and whatever my thoughts will make no jot of difference. But to take your example and rounding then 2.24 is sensibly a 2 and 2.76 essentially a 3. Yes a 2pt average may fit nicely (say Alfie Bowtell) but a rider rounded up to 3 (say Josh Bailey) could quite possibly have achieved that on the back of a decent season and with Club's still keen to accommodate a developing talent. Agree that under the present 42.50 points limit the 3ptr might find a team slot harder to come by but if we're working to 46pts required to win a meeting then there's a little more scope for all. The same reasoning of course applies to any riders average whether rounding up or down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 I will leave you to your delusions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsider Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 10:49 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: I will leave you to your delusions Expand That's the problem with averages and points limits! On 1/17/2018 at 10:49 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: I will leave you to your delusions Expand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsider Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 8:03 AM, Broadsider said: That's the problem with averages and points limits! Expand On 1/17/2018 at 10:49 PM, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said: I will leave you to your delusions Expand Just reading my copy of this weeks Star and the Joe Jacobs piece. Averages- people- delusions. Mmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScunnyDan Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 Announced on facebook earlier today - first meeting will be Easter Sunday with a 3pm start 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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