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1 minute ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

He is certainly worthy of a place and a very welcome addition to the league - that doesn't mean he should bypass the set qualification criteria 

Lots of sense in there but unfortunately that isn't the set criteria meaning Woffinden and Bailey are not the next in line

Wildcard?

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2 minutes ago, False dawn said:

Wildcard?

Yes again he could be but it would still be altering the criteria. There is no wildcard in the regs

Mind you it would be in line with speedways making it up as you go along to suit approach

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19 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

He is certainly worthy of a place and a very welcome addition to the league - that doesn't mean he should bypass the set qualification criteria 

Lots of sense in there but unfortunately that isn't the set criteria meaning Woffinden and Bailey are not the next in line

What is the "set criteria", genuine question?

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23 minutes ago, iainb said:

What is the "set criteria", genuine question?

 

2 hours ago, arnieg said:

Done on 1 August green sheets (Prem) I believe. But it does seem unreasonable that the under 21 champion doesn't get a place.

This is it I believe

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17 hours ago, SUPERACE said:

Absolutely pathetic by Worrall, he's become a right whinger recently.  He's simply not good enough so he's quit.  

Exactly he would be nowhere near the title no matter how many rounds were held. Never heard riders moaning about it being at Coventry every year, was always a great meeting there but look at the differnce in quality compared to today.

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5 hours ago, Phil The Ace said:

Weather looks horrific for Monday. 
 

got 2 weeks till Cardiff to sort a wildcard 

Give it to Richie Worrall he would have won it if it had been anywhere but the NSS :D

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17 hours ago, bellevueace said:

but look at the differnce in quality compared to today.

Thats the whole thing about British speedway. 

Back in the 70s and 80s every senior team had one if not two international class heat leaders. 

Now adays riders can't even be bothered with the likes of the BLRC which used to be considered a prestigious title to win. 

The British Final used to be a Brilliant event with all the qualifiers at every track, the semi finals and then the final leading 5o the next round of or even the World Final. 

The GP series did more damage to British Speedway than is calculatable. 

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19 hours ago, Phil The Ace said:

Weather looks horrific for Monday. 
 

got 2 weeks till Cardiff to sort a wildcard 

I saw that too but It’s changed now, looks fairly clear on the Met office radar. Probably worth risking travelling down for it now

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4 hours ago, Marksman said:

I saw that too but It’s changed now, looks fairly clear on the Met office radar. Probably worth risking travelling down for it now

Yeah. Looks much better now. Any heavy rain will be gone mid morning. I’m fairly confident it will go ahead now 

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On 8/12/2023 at 8:02 AM, Wee Eck said:

Talk about entitled. Does he really think that the views of a top league second string and lower league third ranked heat leader will make the sports authorities change what has been for donkey’s years a one off event, albeit some years had qualifiers? And why leave it until four days before the event to make his grand gesture?

The days of vast numbers turning out regularly for individual events are long gone so he must either be making too much money to be in need of an extra pay day or else has something else on and is trying to weasel out of this commitment in a way that masks the reality - he’s letting Leicester and Plymouth supporters down. 

It is not an extra payday, it costs to do the meeting unless you reach top four. As for pulling out late, he only found out when they did the draw that he was in it. Scotty has pulled out as well, but no comments on here,  speedway is imploding in the UK and everyone wants to carry on as it were. It will be too late very soon.Riders need to be more involved in decision making and ideas. We cannot afford 2 min clocks to keep meetings moving but we can have transponders that will bring the fans back in their thousands (sarcasm).

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40 minutes ago, bringbackHalifax said:

It is not an extra payday, it costs to do the meeting unless you reach top four. As for pulling out late, he only found out when they did the draw that he was in it. Scotty has pulled out as well, but no comments on here,  speedway is imploding in the UK and everyone wants to carry on as it were. It will be too late very soon.Riders need to be more involved in decision making and ideas. We cannot afford 2 min clocks to keep meetings moving but we can have transponders that will bring the fans back in their thousands (sarcasm).

What would it costs to be in the meeting and what are the pay rates?

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