STEVEHOLS54 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 11 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said: What would you be left with if you signed Jan Kvech? Enough for an aussie or not? If he came in on a 5 assessed av I calculate we only have 3.97 left. Meaning no. That's base don what the FINAL GSA sheets show on the SGB website less the 2.5% reduction for British riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirates Of Poole Posted January 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Kvech will be very very unlikely and not interested in British Speedway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEHOLS54 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Pirates Of Poole said: Kvech will be very very unlikely and not interested in British Speedway. That's what i thought some while ago. Although would love to see him at Poole. Seems a similar story with most of the really good Europeans/Scandinavians. I am sure plenty of the not so good happy to come here on inflated av of 5 which they won't get near in their first or second seasons. A look at most of the young Danes who are not top class will tell you that if you check back on recent Champ stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEHOLS54 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) I wonder if Poole will announce the last rider/s on Wed at the REF meeting ??? The cleverly worded release from Danny Ford mentioned 2 major announcements but was somewhat evasive on any clues in relation to riders, and can't find the news released to the Echo. It may be totally unrelated to riders as we know they use the media to maximum effect if they feel they have rider news coming forth. Maybe it is in relation to the Team Management situation/Team sponsors or also perhaps this new meeting streaming idea that was being mentioned. Would be good to hear how the rider situation is going though. The Aussie champs gave no clue really with Keleher injured and nobody else who may be available impressing. The U21 champ is only one meeting later this month and besides Gilmore or maybe List can't think of any others who might be good enough & available. Hook already confirmed staying in Aussie for 2020. Wonder if Zaine Kennedy back on the radar after missing out at Sheff with their move up ?? Edited January 13, 2020 by STEVEHOLS54 typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trackrat Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 11:33 PM, Fromafar said: Langdon,Adams,Boyce. Tony Langdon lol. Nothing in the last 30 years then. Some hot talent production line that lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, STEVEHOLS54 said: I wonder if Poole will announce the last rider/s on Wed at the REF meeting ??? The cleverly worded release from Danny Ford mentioned 2 major announcements but was somewhat evasive on any clues in relation to riders, and can't find the news released to the Echo. It may be totally unrelated to riders as we know they use the media to maximum effect if they feel they have rider news coming forth. Maybe it is in relation to the Team Management situation/Team sponsors or also perhaps this new meeting streaming idea that was being mentioned. Would be good to hear how the rider situation is going though. The Aussie champs gave no clue really with Keleher injured and nobody else who may be available impressing. The U21 champ is only one meeting later this month and besides Gilmore or maybe List can't think of any others who might be good enough & available. Hook already confirmed staying in Aussie for 2020. Wonder if Zaine Kennedy back on the radar after missing out at Sheff with their move up ?? You've hit the Rider nail on the head. If they were waiting for anything worthwhile from Aussie Championships - looks like the cupboard of anything really interesting emerging in 2020 is very bare of ones who haven't already been tried or who don't want to come over. Start looking at who IS available ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVEHOLS54 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, HGould said: You've hit the Rider nail on the head. If they were waiting for anything worthwhile from Aussie Championships - looks like the cupboard of anything really interesting emerging in 2020 is very bare of ones who haven't already been tried or who don't want to come over. Start looking at who IS available ! I think you come back to what is the best mix IF you do have 8.97 points left available. We know Kennedy is available as he was not happy at missing out at Sheff with the move up. Him plus N/L heat leader is a poss option. As are 2 Aussies. That could give us a strong reserve pairing if its a combo of say either Josh Mac/Zaine Kennedy or someone of the potential of Gilmore if he was interested. The other option is a 5 point European/Scandinavian rider, but possibly may struggle if he is not one of the established World U21 youngsters coming through like a Kvech/Hansen/Jeppesen plus again a N/L heat-leader/Champ reserve like Morley/Hume/Wood or even Bowtell. My thoughts are more sold on the 2 Aussie option IF none of the decent young Euro/Scand riders don't want to come over. Kennedy at times looked decent in his first season (his FB page which has a good few of his races shows that and he was Sheff rider of the season). It's not easy finding the right riders or mix for those last 2 places so lets hope Poole are in an advanced position to sort it. Edited January 13, 2020 by STEVEHOLS54 amended sentence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Trackrat said: Tony Langdon lol. Nothing in the last 30 years then. Some hot talent production line that lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 3 hours ago, STEVEHOLS54 said: I think you come back to what is the best mix IF you do have 8.97 points left available. We know Kennedy is available as he was not happy at missing out at Sheff with the move up. Him plus N/L heat leader is a poss option. As are 2 Aussies. That could give us a strong reserve pairing if its a combo of say either Josh Mac/Zaine Kennedy or someone of the potential of Gilmore if he was interested. The other option is a 5 point European/Scandinavian rider, but possibly may struggle if he is not one of the established World U21 youngsters coming through like a Kvech/Hansen/Jeppesen plus again a N/L heat-leader/Champ reserve like Morley/Hume/Wood or even Bowtell. My thoughts are more sold on the 2 Aussie option IF none of the decent young Euro/Scand riders don't want to come over. Kennedy at times looked decent in his first season (his FB page which has a good few of his races shows that and he was Sheff rider of the season). It's not easy finding the right riders or mix for those last 2 places so lets hope Poole are in an advanced position to sort it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Kennedy and Ben Morley would be safe option as both have experience of tracks and Morley would have added desire to stick one across 2 nearest rivals, one who ditched him last year and one he may think should have taken on this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur54 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Trackrat said: Tony Langdon lol. Nothing in the last 30 years then. Some hot talent production line that lol. Holder, Ward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: Holder, Ward Poole didn't discover them, certainly not Chris Holder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock18 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, Arthur54 said: Holder, Ward I assume by Holder you mean Chris? If so, didn't he ride for IOW for two (+?) seasons before moving up with Poole. Although if my memory is right, there was a grey area that Poole paid the flight costs etc. so IOW could train him up first Darcy was purchased from Kings Lynn having had a successful spell with them in the lower division So neither literally landed in UK and went straight into the Poole side, they gained experience elsewhere first. Whereas Tony Langdon, Leigh Adams and Craig Boyce all started at Poole in what was then the National League back in the 1980s Please feel free to correct me on any of the above or add further info (on the off-chance it was all a strange dream!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock18 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, sidewinder said: Poole didn't discover them, certainly not Chris Holder. Thanks for confirming that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 43 minutes ago, sidewinder said: Poole didn't discover them, certainly not Chris Holder. nor darcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Poole paid for Chris Holder to start his career in UK and then loaned him to IOW to gain experience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1075 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, HGould said: Kennedy and Ben Morley would be safe option as both have experience of tracks and Morley would have added desire to stick one across 2 nearest rivals, one who ditched him last year and one he may think should have taken on this year. Seeing that Ben Morley has spent the last 2 seasons riding at number 2 for both Lakeside & Eastbourne a stint at reserve could be a good move. Also with his experience in the Championship & being a consistent high scorer in the National League with over a 9 point average where he was the riders champion in 2018 he has the beating of most of the other reserves in the League who have moved up this season. For the last 2 years as well as riding at the big Isle of Wight track in the National League it has made him a better rider of bigger circuits & expelled the myths that he is only a small track rider. I can remember him beating Scott Nicholls at Peterborough & NBJ at Berwick in 2018. Edited January 13, 2020 by dave1075 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason.C Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Gino Manzares has just won a visa... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Jason.C said: Gino Manzares has just won a visa... Just? Four months ago by my reckoning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh1218 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Just now, arnieg said: Just? Four months ago by my reckoning Just as he had to finish in the top Four of his national championship, who he did at the weekend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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