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9 hours ago, Diamond geezer said:

Because I doubt a rider would pass up a season of racing in England on a Sunday when he is already riding premier on a Monday, not for a chance at Poland when all polish squads are full, and even when not most riders won’t get a ride.

i suspect, like most riders we couldn’t afford him, which strikes me as a little odd for 2 reasons.. 

1) our sponsors could afford to buy a riders contract who we are not using (despite the fact I am sure Danny wouldn’t cost much, I am sure whatever money was spent could have been better used to pay more for a rider who would be a #1 or would put points on his average, be it BWD or simply to pay extra to fly Eddie kennett up every week so travel wasn’t an issue)

2) we paid a tidy sum of money two seasons ago for matej kus who we only used for one season... the rules state I think that if another team want to add them to their line up then a club can demand a transfer fee (Redcar did and we paid). We could have demanded the same in return surely to Redcar and as above could have filled out extra money on a rider either as a #1 or someone who will add points to his average

again like a previous post I made, the inhibiter being Poland feels like a bit of a smokescreen, as whilst I am sure 90% of riders are riding over there which makes team selection difficult, it’s the fact that the remaining 10% (with the exception of our 7) still choose to not ride for us Which is the biggest cause for concern...... 

 

 

I suspect it's more likely, if asked, he said NO.  And we only have 1.26 available according to the latest greensheet listing.

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have you seen our team ........... we are wooden spoon favourites

anyway ... kus is far more liked at Newcastle than he is at redcar ..... hes taken a huge amount on this forum from redcar fans ......... I amazed they wanted to re-unite.... he has the potential to be a heat leader at Newcastle .. so I'm surprised hes not with us

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10 minutes ago, mauger65 said:

the question is why didn't kus sign for us 

has he lost trust in the management after being dropped late last season for Robert 

 

It could for all kinds of reasons. 1) There was no offer to begin with. 2) He didn't think the offer (if there was one) was good enough.  3) Redcar offered to sign him before we were guaranteed to be running.  4) He didn't want to return after not getting a place last season.

That's just four off the top of my head.

Don't forget it's a brand new promotion at Redcar to the one he rode under last time. Had it been the 'old' promotion, I doubt he would have gone back there.

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2 minutes ago, mauger65 said:

still think its a shame he aint riding for us .... and he was let down last year

I'd have Matej in my Diamonds 1-7 too.  Hopefully, sometime in the not too distant future, he will ride for us again.

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Also shocked Kus wasn't back with you lot - and although not a favourite, the main reason Redcar fans were a bit down on the signing, is that he is a downgrade on what we had last year, in Wright and/or Garrity...and also there is little chance of improvement, but things could have been worse...we could have been stuck with Robson or Wilkinson again

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Matej was always going to ride in Poland and there is a greater chance of him actually getting a ride before his ex-teammate Rose. Anyway I think Marej will do well for Redcar under the new promotion. So Matej gets a ride, we get a loan fee and Redcar get a decent rider, everyone’s a winner.

In the case of BWD , I think his Peterborough actions late on last season could have done him. Remember if a decent rider is still without a team spot  there will always be a reason. Have faith in the promotion, as if they wanted a good rider, and he was available, I am sure they would have went after them. There is also another decent rider not fixed up yet, but that situation will change soon and we will then know why we did not signed him. 

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So our first home meeting will now be the British Under-21 Semi-Final on the 8th April 2018.  Will our season tickets cover this event or are we to shell out extra for it

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1000 Miles, 3 Meetings, 3 days

The weekend ahead could be a major make or break one for Josh Embleton as he embarks on three race meetings in three days. This might not sound like anything out of the ordinary to a lot of Speedway riders and fans alike but when the meetings are about as far apart as they possibly could be in England then you will recognise the task ahead for the likable Geordie.

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On Thursday Josh will head off for the 7 hour drive down to the Isle of Wight where he will be making his seasonal debut guesting in the National League against Eastbourne. Then he will get the ferry back over and head for Plymouth for another meeting on Friday night again for Isle of Wight.  His travelling does not stop their though with a return drip up North and on to Berwick for Newcastle Gems meeting against Berwick Border Raiders awaiting him on Saturday evening.

1000 miles will be covered over the three days and also two days unpaid from work. This all will have to come out of Josh’s pocket with points money and travelling expenses not covering the costs involved.

This young promising rider is chasing his dream and this just shows what lengths he will go to for the chance to fulfill it.

If any businesses / individuals would like to sponsor Josh we at team nopainnogain would very happily display your logos on our website and of course on Josh race bike etc.

This lad is making a huge sacrifice for this trip and it would be brilliant if his fellow Geordies could support him in any way which they could.

Good luck Josh and we will all be rooting for you.

http://teamnopainnogain.co.uk/

paypal donations  - gavin.parr@sky.com

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On 02/03/2018 at 5:28 PM, FreddieWebb said:

I'm unsure about the Newcastle DIamonds squad so far. Wrote a couple of articles about them so far with some thoughts on Ashley Morris and Carl Wilkinson. 1 about the signing of Carl Wilkinson and 2 about Ashley Morris and whether he can be an effective heat leader for the Diamonds or not.

https://www.tremr.com/freddie-webb/rider-report-carl-wilkinson

https://www.tremr.com/freddie-webb/can-ashley-morris-be-a-new-heat-leader-for-the-newcastle-diamonds

I remembered this post when it turned out Lindgren would be #1 not #5.

Looks like you may have seen Ashley's potential 1 year ahead of everyone else! He's doing great, but I think what the tea m needs is just for Ludvig to ride to his average - he doesn't have to be a member 1, just bang in some wins

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