secsy1 Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 Had Ivan Mauger, Barry Briggs, Ronnie Moore or Jason Doyle not ventured to the UK to further their career aspirations, then potentially we would never have witnessed some of our speedway greats. At present speedway in the UK is in turmoil and struggling financially and a dire shortage of NDL riders capable of being competitive. What we do not need is every NDL filled to the brim with riders sliding down the scale into the teams, but yes realistically every team needs a level of experience to help and steer the youngsters. So after our Premier League was stripped of stars by Poland`s dictatorship why can we not help develop riders from the Commonwealth and give them opportunities. Surely the likes of Jacob Hook, James Pearson and George Congreve could be given the green light to ride in the NDL. However convoluted it maybe, Connor Bailey is riding, so good for him to have a team place and hopefully progression to higher levels through the NDL experience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crescent girl Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 It might be that Commonwealth riders would/could ride for an NDL side only if they are already included in a CL 1-7 (and thus have visa approval)? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 the old NL used to be British & Commonwealth only until Rye House screwed that up, British speedway would have been in a much better position now had that not happened 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 3 hours ago, stevehone said: the old NL used to be British & Commonwealth only until Rye House screwed that up, British speedway would have been in a much better position now had that not happened Was it Jens Rassmusson that started the rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 Rasmussen & Schroek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, stevehone said: Rasmussen & Schroek So Schroek screwed up the old NL and then did a similar job on the Rye House team in the last years of racing at Hoddesdon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehone Posted January 7, 2023 Report Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Chris116 said: So Schroek screwed up the old NL and then did a similar job on the Rye House team in the last years of racing at Hoddesdon. not so sure he had much doing in that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris116 Posted January 8, 2023 Report Share Posted January 8, 2023 11 hours ago, stevehone said: not so sure he had much doing in that He didn't cause the closure but he sure got an awful lot of team tactics wrong on a regular basis which caused at least two regulars to stop attending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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