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1 hour ago, 847084 said:

Leon Flint confirmed as Wolves fourth rider for 2023. Also he is on the rising star list, according to Wolves' official site.

Be interesting to see what the criteria is this season and who is on the list 

Flints Championship average would've ruled him out previously so something has changed...

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1 minute ago, PhilTheAce said:

How can flint be on the RS list but Brennan not 

You are right but I would say its time for Tom to kick on further, he is good enough to not need RS protection.

Publication of the list would be nice.

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I mentioned In the sheffield thread as I believed the criteria is- 

 

1. Be under 25 or have less than 3 years experience in the top league

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2. Have a Premiership average under 5.5 or championship average under 6.5

 

So rightfully Flint is in

 

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39 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said:

Flints champ average is quite a bit higher than brennans though 

Like comparing apples and oranges.....

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Once again are we heading towards the British Speedway philosophy of "Penalised for being successful, especially if you are British."........ unless you have a promoter in the family?

British riders should ALL have a 25% reduction in average. 

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6 hours ago, PhilTheAce said:

Flints champ average is quite a bit higher than brennans though 

Clutching at straws there Phil,any RS who has competed in the Prem previously ( in a certain number of meetings)should therefore be judged on his Premiership average, and presumably that's what was agreed at the AGM.

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“We had to wait for the AGM to clarify the criteria for next season’s Rising Star programme, but when we knew Leon was available to us, it didn’t take us very long at all to decide that we should persevere with him because he’s a good, young talent and we know there’s an even better rider in there than we have already seen in some performances at Wolverhampton.”

Where does that state that Flint is on the RS list?  It just says Flint is available.

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6 hours ago, PhilTheAce said:

Not really. If you combine the average of both prem and champ they ain’t that fair apart 

So basically you're saying Brennan didn't try in the Championship or is a bit of a one track pony with Belle Vue performances inflating his Premiership average ......:P

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50 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

So basically you're saying Brennan didn't try in the Championship or is a bit of a one track pony with Belle Vue performances inflating his Premiership average ......:P

Tom was riding at 5 for Glasgow in second half of the season at least, so that will be bring the average down. 

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4 hours ago, Lefty said:

Once again are we heading towards the British Speedway philosophy of "Penalised for being successful, especially if you are British."........ unless you have a promoter in the family?

British riders should ALL have a 25% reduction in average. 

I don't think I'd go as high as 25% but I'd be happy for the reduction to be more than 2.5%.

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