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49 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Sundays are no good for Championship speedway. Most teams have one, two or three riders who are racing in Poland. 

Not sure that'll be the case in 2024 with the rumoured points limit. There should be plenty of riders around and only a certain number of team/squad places available in Poland!

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22 minutes ago, Lefty said:

Is Friday night a protected CL night for Lincolnshire teams only? :rolleyes: 

No, Monarchs have seniority over everyone else for Friday nights, and to be correct its North Lincolnshire, with Lincolnshire being an entirely different county and Boston Barracudas long gone.:rolleyes:

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1 hour ago, Skidder1 said:

Not sure that'll be the case in 2024 with the rumoured points limit. There should be plenty of riders around and only a certain number of team/squad places available in Poland!

Are you hearing 36 or 38? Both will water-down Champ teams which I guess is overdue in order to stop them fielding so many Prem riders?

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22 minutes ago, therefused said:

there will be more than 9, especially if there is no national league next season

Exactly, then where are the many unlucky kids who don't get a rising star place gonna learn to get better if no more NDL !!! Once again lack of forward thinking by the bspa 

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30 minutes ago, Neila said:

Exactly, then where are the many unlucky kids who don't get a rising star place gonna learn to get better if no more NDL !!! Once again lack of forward thinking by the bspa 

Think part of the trouble within the NDL “ these kids didn’t come cheap” and a few of them had been “ round the block a few times”.Admission prices were far to high .IMO.I’m all for youth development but was that really what the NDL was all about.

 

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Sunday afternoon 2pm ish might work well for Comets if Berwick and Plymouth are Saturday night Teams. 

Possibly Kyle Howarth might prefer the trip to the North West more than the South West and be really suited by the wide open spaces? 

If Lewis Kerr is surplus to requirements at Oxford another possible fit. Can't see him at Poole or Plymouth or Scunthorpe. Not sure if he burned his bridges at Redcar so Worky would be bext nearest? 

How about James Wright if Brummies step up to PL.? 

All three racers on what seems to be a proper race track. 

 

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I had mixed feelings when the move to the championship was announced yesterday , I have enjoyed this year with these young lads we have had in our team and think they may be lost to the sport If there is no Third League of some description.

i must admit I did not have any interest in the “ third division”  when Workington were in the championship back in 2018 but there seems to be a real camaraderie with the boys this season that does not always exist with some teams .

I hope many of this years team can be in next years line up , this would mean a weaker championship but maybe that is a good thing.

One thing I do know Is the  promotion at Northside have put a lot of work in to making this season a success , so well done to Andrew Bain , Steve Lawson and the many people behind the scenes who work tirelessly every week.

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Maybe an idea if there is no national league, it might sound stupid, but for youngsters coming through I've always felt individual racing is better than team racing

Could they not organise a regionalised NDRC?   Say if they had 4 Northern/Scottish based riders they compete at events in Glasgow, Berwick, Edinburgh 

4 riders competing from "up north" compete at Belle Vue, Workington and Sheffield

4 riders x 4 heats points count towards a regionalised championship then the top however many have a one off final at the end of the season?

If more than 4 riders from the same area they just organise it so they all do the same amount of meetings etc.

Could hold these races during the main event, before and/or afterwards

 

Sorry to run off topic 

 

 

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10 minutes ago, HGould said:

Sunday afternoon 2pm ish might work well for Comets if Berwick and Plymouth are Saturday night Teams. 

Possibly Kyle Howarth might prefer the trip to the North West more than the South West and be really suited by the wide open spaces? 

If Lewis Kerr is surplus to requirements at Oxford another possible fit. Can't see him at Poole or Plymouth or Scunthorpe. Not sure if he burned his bridges at Redcar so Worky would be bext nearest? 

How about James Wright if Brummies step up to PL.? 

All three racers on what seems to be a proper race track. 

 

He's been named in the Teesside Silver Helmet line up, so can't have burned the bridges too far.

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45 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Think part of the trouble within the NDL “ these kids didn’t come cheap” and a few of them had been “ round the block a few times”.Admission prices were far to high .IMO.I’m all for youth development but was that really what the NDL was all about.

 

Do agree with the round the block part of the NDL. 
Using the line ‘former NDL’ champion in the press release for a guy who won it 8 years ago doesn’t show much development, if anything his average is a point lower than it was back then.

 

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1 hour ago, StevePark said:

He's been named in the Teesside Silver Helmet line up, so can't have burned the bridges too far.

Thanks for clarifying. 

He could be nailed on to go back there then with Erik Riss not at his best and Charles Wright having a long road back to fitness. 

A number of clubs will probably be hoping Richie Worrall somehow avoids a 2 year ban. 

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2 minutes ago, HGould said:

Thanks for clarifying. 

He could be nailed on to go back there then with Erik Riss not at his best and Charles Wright having a long road back to fitness. 

A number of clubs will probably be hoping Richie Worrall somehow avoids a 2 year ban. 

Would take Riss at Berwick.Think illness ruin his season.Class rider at his best.

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3 hours ago, lisa-colette said:

So really it is 38 then, just whether it includes a 2 pointer or not. I am assuming there are 9 available? 

There's clearly more than 9 available, wether they are up to the correct standard is up for debate. I'd certainly prefer an RS rule to be under 3.50, feel it's a shame if the riders just above 2 (up to Pijper) could miss out.

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19 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Would take Riss at Berwick.Think illness ruin his season.Class rider at his best.

Bit of a Rissk to be honest lol but no doubt when fully fit is a class rider

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