SGB Championship 2024 Confirmed Signings

[bloom89]

Berwick

1) Lewis Kerr 8.38

2) Danyon Hume 4.71

3) Jye Etheridge 5.91

4) Drew Kemp 5.18

5) Rory Schlein 7.58

6) Bastian Borke 4.00

7) Freddy Hodder 2.00

Current Total 37.76

Team Total 38

Edinburgh

1) Josh Pickering 8.63

2) Lasse Fredriksen 4.57

3) Kye Thomson 6.48

4) Paco Castagna 5.30

5) Justin Sedgmen 7.69

6) Connor Coles 2.63

7) Max James 2.00

Current Total 37.30

Team Total 38

Glasgow

1) Chris Harris 8.95

2) James Pearson 4.08

3) Leon Flint 6.39

4) Paul Starke 3.99

5) Steve Worrall 7.83

6) Lee Complin 3.50

7) Ace Pijper 3.06

Current Total 37.80

Team Total 38

Oxford

1) Sam Masters 9.47

2) Cameron Heeps 5.00

3) Jordan Jenkins 5.83

4) Henry Atkins 4.31

5) Scott Nicholls 8.33

6) Luke Killeen 2.00

7) Ashton Boughen 2.00

Current Total 36.94

Team Total 38

Plymouth

1) Nico Covatti 7.82

2) Alfie Bowtell 4.48

3) Kyle Newman 5.50

4) Dan Thompson 4.86

5) Ben Barker 7.41

6) Jacob Hook 4.00

7) Joe Thompson 3.51

Current Total 37.58

Team Total 38

Poole

1) Richard Lawson 8.48

2) Tobias Thomsen 4.00

3) Tom Brennan 7.15

4) Zach Cook 6.22

5) Ben Cook 7.39

6) Sam Hagon 2.56

7) Max Perry 2.00

Current Total 37.80

Team Total 38

Redcar

1) Danny King 8.41

2) Connor Bailey 5.22

3) Jonas Knudsen 5.39

4) Jason Edwards 4.55

5) Charles Wright 7.80

6) Jake Mulford 3.06

7) Ben Trigger 2.07

Current Total 36.50

Team Total 38

Scunthorpe

1) Kyle Howarth 7.76

2) Simon Lambert 5.87

3) Michael Palm Toft 7.01

4) Connor Mountain 5.28

5) Jake Allen 7.16

6) Nathan Ablitt 2.92

7) Luke Harrison 2.00

Current Total 38

Team Total 38

Workington

1) Craig Cook 8.52

2) Claus Vissing 6.24

3) Antti Vuolas 5.00

4) Tate Zischke 5.00

5) Troy Batchelor 7.16

6) Celina Liebmann 4.00

7) Sam Mcgurk 2.00

Current Total 37.92

Team Total 38

Edited April 2 by bloom89

[bloom89]

Just thought I'd set this up as no one seems to have started one, please feel free to add signings and averages as and when they happen thanks everyone!

[Nickinho]

39 minutes ago, bloom89 said:

Just thought I'd set this up as no one seems to have started one, please feel free to add signings and averages as and when they happen thanks everyone!

I'm glad someone has finally gotten around to doing this, i did last year's one and it was a pain in the ass.

I wish you the best of luck 

Edited November 26, 2023 by Nickinho

[Nickinho]

Controversial opinion and i know it's early days but is Ben Cook really a number 5, even in this year's weaker league?

[bloom89]

1 minute ago, Nickinho said:

Controversial opinion and i know it's early days but is Ben Cook really a number 5, even in this year's weaker league?

I just put him there because he won't be at number 1 but personally I think he'll be fine he's only going to improve further. You look at perhaps Plymouth struggling to get heat leaders apart from Barker and Edinburgh could be stumped if Pickering does indeed move on with no Douglas, Basso and Worrall some teams could be lacking top end strength imo.

[Joseq7]

Can a mod pin this please *100 just to save time 

[szkocjasid]

3 hours ago, Nickinho said:

Controversial opinion and i know it's early days but is Ben Cook really a number 5, even in this year's weaker league?

I think he's clearly good enough to be a number 5, especially in a weaker league. Even if he's not it's a 7 man team, so one rider "out of position" won't hurt Poole. There will probably be several riders racing in a higher position next year, compared to 2023.

I also note that Scunthorpe won the KOC with a number 5 on a 7.16 average.

[Nickinho]

On 11/26/2023 at 5:20 PM, Joseq7 said:

Can a mod pin this please *100 just to save time 

It took them until late February to pin last year's Championship thread so you'll be lucky!

[lisa-colette]

On 11/26/2023 at 1:58 PM, Nickinho said:

Controversial opinion and i know it's early days but is Ben Cook really a number 5, even in this year's weaker league?

He'll have the second highest average if Poole team is the same as what's rumoured. Although we would have one of the strongest second strings in Zach Cook. 

[Gambo95]

On 11/26/2023 at 1:58 PM, Nickinho said:

Controversial opinion and i know it's early days but is Ben Cook really a number 5, even in this year's weaker league?

Did I not watch Ben cook top scoring in the CRC at Redcar?

[ragdoll64]

On 11/28/2023 at 3:02 PM, Nickinho said:

It took them until late February to pin last year's Championship thread so you'll be lucky!

Indeed……….ridiculous.  The Premier one is pinned already. Why the difference?

[Nickinho]

Because the mods aren't really Championship followers. I think most of them support Premiership teams and can't be bothered with the Championship thread each year.

[Nickinho]

Oxford Cheetahs have announced their team (pending approval by the BSPA):

Sam Masters

Scott Nicholls

Jordan Jenkins

Cameron Heeps

Henry Atkins

Ashton Boughen

Luke Killeen.

[bloom89]

Updated thanks everyone.

[szkocjasid]

Commenting so it stays near the top (till it's pinned)

[Joseq7]

Lee Complin for Glasgow..... 

 

[Diamonds85]

On 11/29/2023 at 4:07 PM, ragdoll64 said:

Indeed……….ridiculous.  The Premier one is pinned already. Why the difference?

The one in the Premiership section is the same one that was used last year but just edited by the OP. So it hasn't already been pinned this year as it was done last year instead.

[Bagpuss]

On 11/26/2023 at 1:58 PM, Nickinho said:

Controversial opinion and i know it's early days but is Ben Cook really a number 5, even in this year's weaker league?

I mean it's a fair question, and only time will tell. Personally I think he's still improving and is so good round Poole that I think he'll be fine, but he'll find life hard in a few heat 13s & 15s away from home I suspect. 

[lisa-colette]

46 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

I mean it's a fair question, and only time will tell. Personally I think he's still improving and is so good round Poole that I think he'll be fine, but he'll find life hard in a few heat 13s & 15s away from home I suspect. 

Those races are hard for most riders. But he has been in fair few H15's home and away last season. So think he'll be fine. Although they might keep him at no3 anyway! 

[Noelinho]

47 minutes ago, lisa-colette said:

Those races are hard for most riders. But he has been in fair few H15's home and away last season. So think he'll be fine. Although they might keep him at no3 anyway! 

Think they will. Tom at 5, no?