Leicester update

[IainB]

9 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Birmingham maybe  in GB! they are looking for decent Heat leaders.

Yeah, so i understand. But surely Morris isn't moving up to Ekstraliga?

[Fromafar]

6 minutes ago, iainb said:

Yeah, so i understand. But surely Morris isn't moving up to Ekstraliga?

No ,he rides in Division 2 in Poland.

[Lenny Lion]

1 hour ago, False dawn said:

Ah but. The word on the street is that the Poles are going to relax their rules next year. So the likes of Nick and Dan the Man could well be riding here as well as in Poland.

For sure, Saturday could be a problem.

Correct Poland are relaxing their rules around how many countries riders can race in but in return they will have more call on riders I.E if Poland rearrange a fixture for a Tuesday & a rider is due to race at Plymouth , the rider will have to race in Poland.

Saturday night racing will always be an issue with Poland because they like riders to practise the day before & then select a squad for the Sunday. 

[racers and royals]

41 minutes ago, Lenny Lion said:

Correct Poland are relaxing their rules around how many countries riders can race in but in return they will have more call on riders I.E if Poland rearrange a fixture for a Tuesday & a rider is due to race at Plymouth , the rider will have to race in Poland.

Saturday night racing will always be an issue with Poland because they like riders to practise the day before & then select a squad for the Sunday. 

I am of of the opinion that`s it`s certainly not correct !! I do not expect Poland to relax  their rules anytime soon, and the fact that even the E Winner league and Div 2 over there are paying big bucks it`s understandable that they hold all the aces !!

As has been suggested earlier this season GB could withdraw from the priority arrangement that the ISLB(International speedway league bureau) which the FIM run in connection with the major countries - Poland, Sweden, Denmark and GB. Withdrawing from this arrangement would mean GB would join Czech Rep, Germany etc in not being part of the Polish requirements for Extraleague - 1 other league and E Winner/Div 2 - 2 other leagues. This would mean riders would be free to add riding in GB extra to 1 or 2 extra leagues, but GB would then be left with no priority on any day of the week.

I would like to see a change to the rule from 1/2 other leagues to RIDING  1 or 2 OTHER  meetings a week- this would mean as Sweden and Denmark use a squad system some riders are not used some weeks(Denmark also have a long summer break) which could mean more availability for the UK, although it might mean the UK might also have to go to a squad instead of named 1 to 7. I did mention this suggestion of mine to a FIM official the other week so maybe it might be considered by Poland.

Edited September 16, 2022 by racers and royals

[IronScorpion]

1 hour ago, Lenny Lion said:

Correct Poland are relaxing their rules around how many countries riders can race in but in return they will have more call on riders I.E if Poland rearrange a fixture for a Tuesday & a rider is due to race at Plymouth , the rider will have to race in Poland.

Saturday night racing will always be an issue with Poland because they like riders to practise the day before & then select a squad for the Sunday. 

This must be where the changes will be made for Poland to, again, have priority as for Rawicz, who rode home meetings on Saturdays, still had Douglas, Masters & Pickering riding for their British clubs on Fridays. I, also, read into this in Dougies after meeting speech at our last meeting in the clubhouse although he also said if allowed, he would like to ride for Scunthorpe next year. Read into this what you wish but at the end of the year, riders always tell their fans what they hope to hear.

[Barrow Boy 2]

I understand that the Leicester Supporters Club Members voted Connor Mountain to be their team's most improved rider despite his closing average being less than his starting average. 4 other riders did in fact improve with the most improver being Nick Morris who was my choice for the award.