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13 hours ago, Big Al said:

Looks like the majority of teams have been built to be strong at home as a priority, so taking and preventing bonus points could be crucial. Contributions in all teams by riders at 6 and 7 will be important but fully expect Poole to be the powerhouse. 

Leicester have 3 solid heat leaders who are not quite yet on a downward spiral & 4 riders with bags of potential who have some experience at least.  Could be break through year for any of those 4. 

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12 hours ago, Col said:

Leicester have 3 solid heat leaders who are not quite yet on a downward spiral & 4 riders with bags of potential who have some experience at least.  Could be break through year for any of those 4. 

Yep, hope that proves to be right. Last year Bates was a liability from the beginning and Proctor was vulnerable, so if this 7 can gel and still be a team come end of June with no debates about changes going on, happy days!

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Genuine question that somebody can hopefully answer for me.

Why are Dan & Joe Thompson never involved in team GB training camps for under 23 riders ? Riders that finished well below them in the averages like Jason Edwards , Dan Gilkes , Jordan Palin & even Ben Trigger was invited to the latest one but no sign of Dan & Joe?

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On 1/22/2022 at 11:55 PM, Lenny Lion said:

Genuine question that somebody can hopefully answer for me.

Why are Dan & Joe Thompson never involved in team GB training camps for under 23 riders ? Riders that finished well below them in the averages like Jason Edwards , Dan Gilkes , Jordan Palin & even Ben Trigger was invited to the latest one but no sign of Dan & Joe?

Trigger seems to get everywhere. Palin is a better rider than both twins.

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On 1/22/2022 at 11:55 PM, Lenny Lion said:

Genuine question that somebody can hopefully answer for me.

Why are Dan & Joe Thompson never involved in team GB training camps for under 23 riders ? Riders that finished well below them in the averages like Jason Edwards , Dan Gilkes , Jordan Palin & even Ben Trigger was invited to the latest one but no sign of Dan & Joe?

It’s a voluntary scheme so perhaps they declined the invite? , some ‘ kids ‘ have full time jobs and simply don’t have the time to attend. There’s been some lads who have attended once and never returned , it’s personal choice, don’t read too much into it.

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On 1/22/2022 at 11:55 PM, Lenny Lion said:

Genuine question that somebody can hopefully answer for me.

Why are Dan & Joe Thompson never involved in team GB training camps for under 23 riders ? Riders that finished well below them in the averages like Jason Edwards , Dan Gilkes , Jordan Palin & even Ben Trigger was invited to the latest one but no sign of Dan & Joe?

might be as simple as the reason up to now has been time off work parent(s) would hve to take to get them to the Training and Courses a lot of which are midweek and in summer holidays.

I also heard they have to stick to pretty rigid training and dietry plans and it may be that they prefer to go their own way in those off bike things.

They've ridden in competitive Young Lions Select type matches so definitely seem to be on the radar.

I agree Trigger does seem to be the odd one out in terms of ability and experience so far. 

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16 hours ago, HGould said:

I also heard they have to stick to pretty rigid training and dietry plans and it may be that they prefer to go their own way in those off bike things.

they did like a greasy burger and chips from the burger van back in the day :rofl:

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37 minutes ago, Lenny Lion said:

Leicester speedway have been banging the drum of we need more kids to attend . How do they go about it ?

By a £5 price increase for Under 16’s . It was free now it’s £5.

Well done Leicester Speedway another great move 

Perhaps it should have been £2 or £3 , after being free for a number of years but I don't think it's asking too much. Do kids get in free at other sports events in the city such as  LCFC, Tigers or basketball?

 

 

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1 hour ago, LionsFan said:

Perhaps it should have been £2 or £3 , after being free for a number of years but I don't think it's asking too much. Do kids get in free at other sports events in the city such as  LCFC, Tigers or basketball?

 

 

 

Ive just looked at the site and it says 5-16 £1 so Im not sure where you are looking at

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2 hours ago, Lenny Lion said:

Leicester speedway have been banging the drum of we need more kids to attend . How do they go about it ?

By a £5 price increase for Under 16’s . It was free now it’s £5.

Well done Leicester Speedway another great move 

Just looked on the site and for the first meeting is says 5-16's for £1

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Copied from Lions website:-

2022 ADMISSION PRICES
ticket_buyonline_small.png(CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES)
Adults: £18.00
Concessions: £15.00
Students (Age 17-22 with a Student card): £15.00
Children (Age 5-16*): £1.00
Children (Under 5s) FREE
* (With paying adult/Family)

(NATIONAL LEAGUE MATCHES)
Adults: £14.00
Concessions: £12.00
Students (Age 17-22 with a Student card): £12.00
Children (Age 5-16*): £1.00
Children (Under 5s) FREE
* (With paying adult/Family)
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6 hours ago, Chris116 said:

Copied from Lions website:-

2022 ADMISSION PRICES
ticket_buyonline_small.png(CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES)
Adults: £18.00
Concessions: £15.00
Students (Age 17-22 with a Student card): £15.00
Children (Age 5-16*): £1.00
Children (Under 5s) FREE
* (With paying adult/Family)

(NATIONAL LEAGUE MATCHES)
Adults: £14.00
Concessions: £12.00
Students (Age 17-22 with a Student card): £12.00
Children (Age 5-16*): £1.00
Children (Under 5s) FREE
* (With paying adult/Family)

Overpriced for NL matches.IMO

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