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38 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

I think we will see more doubling up this year rather than less as the pool of riders who can / wish to ride in the UK is going to be smaller and getting in and out of the country is likely to be challenging for a while yet.

Possibly so but there are going to be more young riders coming in to offset the shortage.

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Report in The Teesside Gazette today "Bears have tried to sign Lewis Bridger" but he was not keen on the travel from his Sussex base. They also say that have tried to sign two foreign riders without success and are now waiting to see what comes up between now and May to fill the 6.6 points available for the last rider. That will be more difficult with the Plymouth news. Dont get me wrong that's good news its the shortage of available riders that's the problem.  

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19 minutes ago, slyfox said:

Report in The Teesside Gazette today "Bears have tried to sign Lewis Bridger" but he was not keen on the travel from his Sussex base. They also say that have tried to sign two foreign riders without success and are now waiting to see what comes up between now and May to fill the 6.6 points available for the last rider. That will be more difficult with the Plymouth news. Dont get me wrong that's good news its the shortage of available riders that's the problem.  

Give a British youngster a chance job sorted

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28 minutes ago, slyfox said:

Report in The Teesside Gazette today "Bears have tried to sign Lewis Bridger" but he was not keen on the travel from his Sussex base. They also say that have tried to sign two foreign riders without success and are now waiting to see what comes up between now and May to fill the 6.6 points available for the last rider. That will be more difficult with the Plymouth news. Dont get me wrong that's good news its the shortage of available riders that's the problem.  

Plymouth need to find 7 riders

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13 minutes ago, Binman said:

Give a British youngster a chance job sorted

Wish there was a British youngster that fit the bill. Its our 3rd heat leader that we are looking for at 6.6. Got 2 good British youngsters in the team with Anders Rowe & Jordan Jenkins.

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11 hours ago, lewy said:

Plymouth need to find 7 riders

Giving the current situation and the vast majority of riders who are available already snapped up Plymouth might find things a bit harder than normal actually putting together a competitive team.

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On 2/7/2021 at 8:55 AM, screm said:

Giving the current situation and the vast majority of riders who are available already snapped up Plymouth might find things a bit harder than normal actually putting together a competitive team.

They are doing brilliantly so far!

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R.I.P Barry Simpson +

Taken off Barry's Facebook page:

I would just like to let all of Barry's friends know that Barry sadly passed away on Wednesday 17th February, peacefully in his sleep. Many of you will know that Barry was diagnosed with MND in March 2020, but now he is at peace from this cruel disease. Thank you to everyone for their kind words and support over the last year. Ali and family.

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23 minutes ago, StevePark said:

R.I.P Barry Simpson +

Taken off Barry's Facebook page:

I would just like to let all of Barry's friends know that Barry sadly passed away on Wednesday 17th February, peacefully in his sleep. Many of you will know that Barry was diagnosed with MND in March 2020, but now he is at peace from this cruel disease. Thank you to everyone for their kind words and support over the last year. Ali and family.

Very sad news as Barry will be a loss to speedway in the north east. He supported many, many riders of all abilities in speedway, grass track and moto x through his business supplying fuel and oil and he was a stalwart start Marshall at Redcar and occasionally Newcastle as well as doing two Grand Prix’s in his time.

Barry was a smashing fella and he will be sadly missed around the tracks all over Europe.

My condolences to his partner and the family. 

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17 hours ago, crescent girl said:

Barry was a fair junior rider in his day, doing a couple of seasons in the old Scottish Junior League, making their all-star team that raced against the Anglia Junior League around 1979/80 time

And also I believe a stalwart of the group of riders  that regularly rode at Ken Marshall's Felton training track. 

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The best thing Redcar could do team wise right now, if they're struggling for a new 6.60 rider after Lewis Bridger turned them down would be to drop Jordan Jenkins and bring in a 3 star rider, meaning they only have 5.60 to fill. Don't think they'd do that to Jordan though, they don't seem like the club to do things like that. The team could look like this though, which is a lot strong that what may be in reality (Unless they pull a rabbit out the hat)

1 Charles Wright © 9.35
2    
3 Jordan Stewart 5.74
4 Kasper Andersen 4.86
5 Michael Palm Toft 8.18
6 Anders Rowe 4.27
7 Ryan Kinsley ***

Total: 32.40 (5.60 left)

Leaving options such as:

James Shanes (5.18)

Valentin Grobauer (5.38)

Zach Wajtknecht (5.14) - Assuming he's making a comeback?

Connor Mountain (4.61)

Gives the team a much stronger look to it, having better reserves and not as many spare points left over in the end? As I say though, don't see Redcar leaving Jordan high and dry, but interesting to see what could have been. I think Tom Perry also fits within the rules as a 3 star rider, so he in another option instead of Ryan?

It's not all doom and gloom like some people think it may be, saying there's no options to make a strong team.

 

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15 hours ago, Dandelion said:

The best thing Redcar could do team wise right now, if they're struggling for a new 6.60 rider after Lewis Bridger turned them down would be to drop Jordan Jenkins and bring in a 3 star rider, meaning they only have 5.60 to fill. Don't think they'd do that to Jordan though, they don't seem like the club to do things like that. The team could look like this though, which is a lot strong that what may be in reality (Unless they pull a rabbit out the hat)

1 Charles Wright © 9.35
2    
3 Jordan Stewart 5.74
4 Kasper Andersen 4.86
5 Michael Palm Toft 8.18
6 Anders Rowe 4.27
7 Ryan Kinsley ***

Total: 32.40 (5.60 left)

Leaving options such as:

James Shanes (5.18)

Valentin Grobauer (5.38)

Zach Wajtknecht (5.14) - Assuming he's making a comeback?

Connor Mountain (4.61)

Gives the team a much stronger look to it, having better reserves and not as many spare points left over in the end? As I say though, don't see Redcar leaving Jordan high and dry, but interesting to see what could have been. I think Tom Perry also fits within the rules as a 3 star rider, so he in another option instead of Ryan?

It's not all doom and gloom like some people think it may be, saying there's no options to make a strong team.

 

So instead of looking for an elusive top second string, sign two weak ones instead.
Great advice!

All those options are already signed up or not riding and Tom Perry has never got beyond a 3 pointer in years.

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