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What does Tai Woffinden mean?


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  On 8/6/2023 at 7:39 AM, arnieg said:

But I can't conceive how he could be assessed at anything higher than 8.00, so really never an issue.

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Exactly, the 2 Russians have come in on assessed 8pt averages so Tai would be the same, and Holder is currently averaging 9 ish i think so not an issue, i personally thought the average was raised higher than an 8 for a GP rider after the Witches got Gollob in a low average yrs back, mind you it was yrs ago and the rules are always changing:D

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  On 8/6/2023 at 8:03 AM, kevin bass said:

Exactly, the 2 Russians have come in on assessed 8pt averages so Tai would be the same, and Holder is currently averaging 9 ish i think so not an issue, i personally thought the average was raised higher than an 8 for a GP rider after the Witches got Gollob in a low average yrs back, mind you it was yrs ago and the rules are always changing:D

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Yeah ...Think it use to be an 9 ass for a G.P rider ...

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  On 8/5/2023 at 10:15 PM, Roger Jacobs said:

As I said earlier: the average is irrelevant, he's replacing Holder.

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I presume people probably want to know, as they're wondering if there's a way to keep Woffinden once Holder returns. I know I'd be looking to keep him if he's on a 7.03 average.

For instance Woffinden is only 0.79 higher than Pickering (6.24) and they have 0.54 to play with. A bit of jiggling around and it's feasible Holder and Woffinden could be riding in the same team, no?

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  On 8/6/2023 at 9:40 AM, Bojangles said:

I presume people probably want to know, as they're wondering if there's a way to keep Woffinden once Holder returns. I know I'd be looking to keep him if he's on a 7.03 average.

For instance Woffinden is only 0.79 higher than Pickering (6.24) and they have 0.54 to play with. A bit of jiggling around and it's feasible Holder and Woffinden could be riding in the same team, no?

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That’s an interesting thought, although they would need Holder to return by 31 August. Not sure if Pickering and/or Ellis and/or Kerr would be excited at the prospect of being released …

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  On 8/7/2023 at 3:14 PM, Barrow Boy 2 said:

The average he has been given is the average he finished the 2014 season which was the last time he rode in the UK. I think.

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Close. It is his average from 2014, but he rode more recently - in 2016 but without getting a new average.

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There wasn’t enough fixtures for him to get a new average as he was signed as a ringer for the play offs. 

The Wolves alternative is he was not a ringer and rode loads of meetings. The BSPA just couldn’t be bothered calculating his new average so left it. 

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  On 8/7/2023 at 4:42 PM, ouch said:

There wasn’t enough fixtures for him to get a new average as he was signed as a ringer for the play offs. 

The Wolves alternative is he was not a ringer and rode loads of meetings. The BSPA just couldn’t be bothered calculating his new average so left it. 

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For your information as you carnt be bothered to check he rode in 6 league matches BEFORE the play offs.Not just the plays as you seem to think unlike a certain Lambert.

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  On 8/7/2023 at 5:03 PM, Wolfie456 said:

For your information as you carnt be bothered to check he rode in 6 league matches BEFORE the play offs.Not just the plays as you seem to think unlike a certain Lambert.

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So this is wrong then?

”There wasn’t enough fixtures for him to get a new average as he was signed as a ringer for the play offs.”

Lambert couldn’t rider in earlier meetings as Max wasn’t injured. Basic stuff here lad. 

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  On 8/7/2023 at 6:01 PM, ouch said:

So this is wrong then?

”There wasn’t enough fixtures for him to get a new average as he was signed as a ringer for the play offs.”

Lambert couldn’t rider in earlier meetings as Max wasn’t injured. Basic stuff here lad. 

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Interesting you’re not calling Lambert a ‘ringer’.

incidentally the same year (2016) Poole brought in Lindback as a ‘ringer’ for the playoffs but no one ever mentions that.

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