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Doubling up should be a given for NL to CL as it’s where riders can get much needed experience.

If the CL is reduced points wise then it may be more attractive to Eastbourne but at the moment I think it’s way too strong and too expensive.

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Just now, GWC said:

Doubling up should be a given for NL to CL as it’s where riders can get much needed experience.

If the CL is reduced points wise then it may be more attractive to Eastbourne but at the moment I think it’s way too strong and too expensive.

Unfortunately I think you're right.

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Wood certainly has more about him than some other riders currently doubling up for the NL.

If this season goes to plan then they will be vieing with Mildenhall for the title and need to use that as a spring board to high things.

The down side will be more results like the Kent meeting on Saturday!

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1 hour ago, gazzac said:

Just hope there's not too many fixture clashes as it's always the NL team who loses out.

Only one fixture clash as it stands I believe..

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7 minutes ago, M.D said:

Only one fixture clash as it stands I believe..

Yes did have a quick look, I think against Plymouth away in August, hopefully doesn't affect us nearer the sharp end.

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4 minutes ago, Richard Weston said:

Sheffield - no interest to me

Championship - no interest to me

Sheffield have come in late for Wood = in my view - priority for Eastbourne every time.

 

Art 19.7.3 and Art 16.1 give priority to CL meetings over NDL meetings.

http://www.britishspeedway.co/2018_speedway_regulations_online.pdf

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Richard Weston said:

Thanks Neil. I did know. That's the frustration. 

The top two leagues look to the NL (I don't accept NDL) to provide riders but it should not be at the expense of the fans of NL clubs.

Doubling up/down/sideways is utter rubbish and just short changes the fans.

I am sure you understand how most speedway fans in the UK regard the running of British speedway.

It is total and utter pants (polite word used to avoid being banned).

My observations are that a large percentage of fans have walked away this year: one cannot be surprised.

The trouble is, whatever you and your colleagues do next – the vast majority will not come back.

 

 

I understand both points but the NL is a semi professional league and as such a development league for British league speedway however professionally the NL is run these days. If a young English rider is given an opportunity to step up and race in either of the top two leagues then this should be respected by the NL, after all, isn't this the ethos of the NL or have we lost sight of this now?

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2 minutes ago, Richard Weston said:

As I said, I don't accept it is the NDL. It is a standalone league and should be treated as such. I don't object to riders moving up - but it is a question of timing. Not out of the blue in the middle of the season.

That's rubbish.

As to your point about the NL being semi-professional: yes, and so it should be. The same could be said for the Championship and for most of the riders in the Premiership.

Speedway in the UK, other than a handful of riders, should be semi-pro.

Richard, I do understand what your saying but have you looked at things from a riders perspective?

Rider 'A' is riding in what is a development league for speedway, not covering his costs in this league but wants to build a future career in the sport.

Rider 'A' halfway through a season gets a chance to move up and is far better prepared than his first chance last season. Should he be stopped from progressing  by league rules and thus stifling his development and a chance of fulfilling his dream of becoming professional rider because it may or may not effect his semi pro club?

Mark.

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13 minutes ago, Richard Weston said:

That is totally where speedway has got it utterly wrong. People say:

Look at it from the promoters' perspectives

you suggest, look at it from the riders; perspectives.

Speedway needs to look at everything from the fans' point of view.

How many times do promoters need to be told this.

There is no other perspective that matters.

I do agree with this and yes I can understand it from all the perspectives you've given.

Im an Eastbourne fan for over 40 years and yes I do look at things more from a riders perspective  over the years than I used to.

Eastbourne did sign up for this league and while I respect your view point with the fans and how they are treated in British speedway, in this instance, I think its part and parcel of running in this league and that we should be developing riders to move/double up no mater what time frame this come in.

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26 minutes ago, Richard Weston said:

We are poles apart. Everyone as an individual will have an opinion and make decions accordingly.

 

 

 

Indeed and everyone should look at all aspects and take an objective view point, poles apart or not..

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1 hour ago, Richard Weston said:

That is totally where speedway has got it utterly wrong. People say:

Look at it from the promoters' perspectives

you suggest, look at it from the riders; perspectives.

Speedway needs to look at everything from the fans' point of view.

How many times do promoters need to be told this.

There is no other perspective that matters.

100% correct

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For many decades the lower leagues of the sport have been training riders who move up as they progress.  This is nothing new and personally

I see nothing wrong with it.  At the lower level we have the pleasure of watching new young riders learn their trade and steadily improve.

I do not think the fans expect riders with ambition to stay in the lower leagues longer than necessary for their learning process.  The present

BSPA rule which gives a senior club priority when a rider is doubling up is totally wrong. For Donkey's Years it was the opposite way round

which, of course, made much more sense.  But that was in the days when ALL league members at every level were treated with proper respect.

Sadly that is not the case today and the NL is treated shabbily.

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13 hours ago, NeilWatson said:

Art 19.7.3 and Art 16.1 give priority to CL meetings over NDL meetings.

http://www.britishspeedway.co/2018_speedway_regulations_online.pdf

 

 

So the Articles are unjust and wrong and should be changed, but of course the people who control them are the people who benefit from them.  Same as no Assets for NL teams.   NL Promoters like Buxton and Stoke are dedicated to keeping Speedway alive in their area all against the odds but have to operate with rules they  have no control over .  As so many have said on here they should have declared UDI for the NL 2 or 3 years ago. They just need to find a modern day Mike Parker.  Hope it does not come too late, after they have thrown the towel in.   

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