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19 minutes ago, Binman said:

No rider in heat 5 what a shame give the rides to riders who want to ride next year

Apologies for being abrupt but ask yourself why this is happening and you might be closer to the answer! As a dad who’s son has raced for 5 years in NJL for one team and has done thousands of miles guesting for other teams you simply don’t understand how it works pal, turn up and hope to get a ride on a track that is knackered and you are rushed on and off to get it done before curfew then supporters normally are not even bothered to stay and watch, plus you don’t get any help with expenses from most clubs, it’s something you are aware of too being with but lots of parents look at it all and are now saying thanks but definitely no thanks 

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22 minutes ago, Sargent10 said:

Apologies for being abrupt but ask yourself why this is happening and you might be closer to the answer! As a dad who’s son has raced for 5 years in NJL for one team and has done thousands of miles guesting for other teams you simply don’t understand how it works pal, turn up and hope to get a ride on a track that is knackered and you are rushed on and off to get it done before curfew then supporters normally are not even bothered to stay and watch, plus you don’t get any help with expenses from most clubs, it’s something you are aware of too being with but lots of parents look at it all and are now saying thanks but definitely no thanks 

Not a problem done it for 10 years it's now time British Speedway started looking after its own in my opinion Jamie swales was the last person to run the JUL properly

 

 

 

 

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9 minutes ago, Binman said:

Not a problem done it for 10 years it's now time British Speedway started looking after its own in my opinion Jamie swales was the last person to run the JUL properly

 

 

Jamie was and is a great believer in junior speedway and he is a good guy but even he was fed up with it, hence where we are, radical change is needed but unfortunately not enough owners are willing to do it and the outcome is inevitable imho , I sincerely hope I’m wrong but I think it’s a time bomb just waiting to go bang 

 

 

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The NJL has lost its way since the Swales controlled days. Too many individuals looking for team glory rather than the interest of the juniors, rules changed to suit one club and recently incompetent leadership from the ‘co-ordinator’ leading to the loss of stalwart managers at clubs. 
Now there is a shortage of kids coming through to fill the existing teams with more and more amateur meetings being cancelled for just that reason.

Lets hope the NJL can be revived back to pre SCB interference days.

 

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1 hour ago, KK62 said:

The NJL has lost its way since the Swales controlled days. Too many individuals looking for team glory rather than the interest of the juniors, rules changed to suit one club and recently incompetent leadership from the ‘co-ordinator’ leading to the loss of stalwart managers at clubs. 
Now there is a shortage of kids coming through to fill the existing teams with more and more amateur meetings being cancelled for just that reason.

Lets hope the NJL can be revived back to pre SCB interference days.

 

Personally I can’t see how the NJL in its current form can possibly run, massive shortfall of 125 riders willing to travel north and that’s the reason why NJL has to adapt, possibly a 500cc schedule like the MDL but I’m not sure even that will work, I hope it does because it was a fantastic experience for the young riders and they do deserve a chance, lots of questions need to be answered by the scb and promotions on this because without the junior teams where are the next few riders coming from 

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1 hour ago, phillwhitewasmad said:

Personally think the 125 or 250 classes should be in along with the two 500 riders . It has been done before when there wasn't sufficient riders to fill a category at a meeting .

Absolutely a nightmare for managers Andy, how can it work if say one team has 2/3 125 riders and another has same 250, ??? It simply can’t work, unless riders of either category are willing to travel, it’s not an easy fix and it’s a bloody shame 

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3 hours ago, KK62 said:

The NJL has lost its way since the Swales controlled days. Too many individuals looking for team glory rather than the interest of the juniors, rules changed to suit one club and recently incompetent leadership from the ‘co-ordinator’ leading to the loss of stalwart managers at clubs. 
Now there is a shortage of kids coming through to fill the existing teams with more and more amateur meetings being cancelled for just that reason.

Lets hope the NJL can be revived back to pre SCB interference days.

 

Somebody talking sense 

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1 hour ago, Sargent10 said:

Absolutely a nightmare for managers Andy, how can it work if say one team has 2/3 125 riders and another has same 250, ??? It simply can’t work, unless riders of either category are willing to travel, it’s not an easy fix and it’s a bloody shame 

Has to be base on available riders who are willing to travel which seems to be some of the issue in recent years. 

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3 hours ago, Binman said:

Nice to see MDL updating rider information well done all these riders pay for a licence surly a bit of profile isn't to much to ask  

Nice to see the NJL updating theirs also

https://scbgb.co.uk/njldocuments

If you bother to look or is it a case of it's not on the forum so not available.

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16 hours ago, Binman said:

Even more important not to loose it and your point is

My point being I struggle to identify it as a ‘league’ when there’s only two clubs in it.

By all means keep the series of challenge matches going but you can’t take a two club challenge and call it a ‘league’. The clubs face the same challenges as the NJL in finding riders and haven’t adapted to include the 125 or 250 riders that are abundant in their catchment areas for some reason despite the fact they can’t find four 500 riders to fill the team spots, why haven’t they followed that model ?

 

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10 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said:

My point being I struggle to identify it as a ‘league’ when there’s only two clubs in it.

By all means keep the series of challenge matches going but you can’t take a two club challenge and call it a ‘league’. The clubs face the same challenges as the NJL in finding riders and haven’t adapted to include the 125 or 250 riders that are abundant in their catchment areas for some reason despite the fact they can’t find four 500 riders to fill the team spots, why haven’t they followed that model ?

 

Factually slightly wrong, in the NJL case it’s more likely that teams can’t get 125cc riders to travel to various northern clubs, even though it’s mostly Friday night, and it’s only been this this year when there’s been a couple more 250 riders, however, not enough for all the teams, secondly, the MDL was supposed to have been extended this year by various clubs but as usual they dropped out before a wheel was turned and Laurence did a good job of staging meetings with what was available, again, riders in younger groups were simply unavailable, remember that they are reliant upon the parents to get them there and that’s difficult in this moment 

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