crescent girl Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, SharpenRake said: He was due to ride at Cowra for the U21 NSW Title which has been delayed until tomorrow due to rain! Which suggests he is now back to being an Aussie, riding on his reinstated MA licence. So - - not able to be a 'British Rising Star'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, crescent girl said: Which suggests he is now back to being an Aussie, riding on his reinstated MA licence. So - - not able to be a 'British Rising Star'? How was he allowed to ride in Aus Champs before and still be “British” then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpenRake Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 1 hour ago, crescent girl said: Which suggests he is now back to being an Aussie, riding on his reinstated MA licence. So - - not able to be a 'British Rising Star'? Just love the word 'suggests' which suggests you don't know but heh ...... So - - I would suggest that as he has a UK passport; didn't need a work permit in 2019; rode for the Belle Vue Colts, a NDL team, in 2019 then that clearly makes him 'British' in the eyes of the UK government and British Speedway governing body. Throw in the fact that he is only 18, having arrived in the UK when only 16, ending up with an 8.55 average for the Colts just after a few months, this alone should be enough to make him a rising star - better average than team mate Danny Phillips who is ranked as a 2* rider. Plus he won't be the first rider to take advantage of being able to ride in Australian championship meetings. For example, Tai Woffinden won the 2006 Western Australian Under-16 title, in Perth. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgotmecpc Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 4 hours ago, SharpenRake said: Just love the word 'suggests' which suggests you don't know but heh ...... So - - I would suggest that as he has a UK passport; didn't need a work permit in 2019; rode for the Belle Vue Colts, a NDL team, in 2019 then that clearly makes him 'British' in the eyes of the UK government and British Speedway governing body. Throw in the fact that he is only 18, having arrived in the UK when only 16, ending up with an 8.55 average for the Colts just after a few months, this alone should be enough to make him a rising star - better average than team mate Danny Phillips who is ranked as a 2* rider. Plus he won't be the first rider to take advantage of being able to ride in Australian championship meetings. For example, Tai Woffinden won the 2006 Western Australian Under-16 title, in Perth. Some may disagree with me but let's go back to the 70's/80's&early90's when british speedway was great with big crowds etc ! The england sides were always challenging for honors we had top riders with the likes of peter Collins Micheal lee Gary Havelock all world champs & the rest like wiggy dave jessup john Davis to name but a few ?? & Now who do we have at that level .. woffy & robert Lambert so I'm sorry but if we want to be up with the best we need to blood the the younger riders by having at least 90% english riders from the top tier all the way down to development & junior leagues which will make british speedway a good product to go & watch in the future .. never mind the European based riders or teams dictating to our promoters on when to ride like a couple of years ago when we had monday & Thursday for the diluted so called elite league which apart from 1 or 2 gp riders was mainly made up of championship riders so hopefully things change for the better ( yrs we want to see the likes of woffy doyley etc in the uk ) but unless the bspl have guts ti stand up to the poles etc we will always be 2nd or 3rd best in challenging for trophys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted February 12, 2021 Report Share Posted February 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, Justgotmecpc said: Some may disagree with me but let's go back to the 70's/80's&early90's when british speedway was great with big crowds etc ! The england sides were always challenging for honors we had top riders with the likes of peter Collins Micheal lee Gary Havelock all world champs & the rest like wiggy dave jessup john Davis to name but a few ?? & Now who do we have at that level .. woffy & robert Lambert so I'm sorry but if we want to be up with the best we need to blood the the younger riders by having at least 90% english riders from the top tier all the way down to development & junior leagues which will make british speedway a good product to go & watch in the future .. never mind the European based riders or teams dictating to our promoters on when to ride like a couple of years ago when we had monday & Thursday for the diluted so called elite league which apart from 1 or 2 gp riders was mainly made up of championship riders so hopefully things change for the better ( yrs we want to see the likes of woffy doyley etc in the uk ) but unless the bspl have guts ti stand up to the poles etc we will always be 2nd or 3rd best in challenging for trophys Stand up to the Poles! Your having a laugh, try telling that to the Top Riders+ any Young Brits who actually make the Grade and attract Polish interest,they’ll be off at the drop of a hat.We are a second rate Country in the Sport nowadays and it will be a long before that changes if ever. Better to just enjoy what we have here and get on with it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topaz325 Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 Glasgow v Plymouth if the season starts!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgotmecpc Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 13 hours ago, Fromafar said: Stand up to the Poles! Your having a laugh, try telling that to the Top Riders+ any Young Brits who actually make the Grade and attract Polish interest,they’ll be off at the drop of a hat.We are a second rate Country in the Sport nowadays and it will be a long before that changes if ever. Better to just enjoy what we have here and get on with it. Agree & thats why we will never win any team trophys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 23 minutes ago, Justgotmecpc said: Agree & thats why we will never win any team trophys Plus the fact you aTeam sign there Top2 at the age of 40 years+,who will probably be 60-70% of their budget.!!!! ps Nothing against the riders but let’s be honest it’s just some easy money for them to back up their Premiership earnings.They won’t be taking any risks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted February 13, 2021 Report Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Justgotmecpc said: Agree & thats why we will never win any team trophys That’s not altogether true as Russia have won twice with a small number of riders. Even in England’s heyday they would be beat by the Aussies and Danes. We now have 2 world class riders which is more than for 20 years. Anyway it’s our own home league where the focus should now be and getting Crump to ride at CL level is pretty cool. Top riders dropping down a league doesn’t happen much these days and was something that the old second division thrived upon years ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioness Posted February 14, 2021 Report Share Posted February 14, 2021 has Glasgow moved to england? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartoszZmarzlikFan Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Are Glasgow allowed to keep the same 1-7 for 2021 or not? Connor Bailey isn't on the rising star list but he has a British passport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, KingoftheTrack said: Are Glasgow allowed to keep the same 1-7 for 2021 or not? Connor Bailey isn't on the rising star list but he has a British passport. Think you have to have a rising star in your 1-7,would assume that would have to be Bailey .We shall see what develops regarding him.Bit confusing with the carry on in Aus with him. Edited February 22, 2021 by Fromafar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Seems that the Glasgow rising star is indeed Connor Bailey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, screm said: Seems that the Glasgow rising star is indeed Connor Bailey. He was listed to ride in the Darcy Ward North Brisbane Masters meeting last Saturday?! Edited February 22, 2021 by Skidder1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: He was listed to ride in the Darcy Ward North Brisbane Masters meeting last Saturday?! he was over there for the winter and has done a few meetings but holds a British passport and now is announced as glasgow’s rising star 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 I think Connor got 6 pts from his 4 rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseq7 Posted February 26, 2021 Report Share Posted February 26, 2021 What do we think troops? I'm thinking on the balance of probability that we're not running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted February 26, 2021 Report Share Posted February 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Joseq7 said: What do we think troops? I'm thinking on the balance of probability that we're not running. Glasgow announced their rising star signing just the other day, why do that if you had no intention of running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binman Posted February 26, 2021 Report Share Posted February 26, 2021 Don't worry you have a NIL team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted February 26, 2021 Report Share Posted February 26, 2021 50 minutes ago, screm said: Glasgow announced their rising star signing just the other day, why do that if you had no intention of running. I wish they would update their website - its dreadfully out of date!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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