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15 minutes ago, Woke23 said:

Tbf, I watched SGP3 the other day and we had two british kids riding. Cooper Rushen looked good but the other kid, William, looked phenomenal. 

... on 250cc's, looking at past SGP3 (or equivalent) results, sadly the rostrum placed riders very rarely go on to achieve anything. 

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13 minutes ago, Woke23 said:

Tbf, I watched SGP3 the other day and we had two british kids riding. Cooper Rushen looked good but the other kid, William, looked phenomenal. 

Yes, he's being talked about in a big way. I seem to remember a local lad to you winning the youth 125cc world championship twice!! "Multi British Youth Grass Track Champion Kyle Bickley retained his World 125cc crown after scoring a 15-point maximum in the Czech Republic on Saturday following winning the same event last year in Germany."

but unfortunately  as soon as he progressed from the conference league, "where he was very good" to the 2nd division he struggled big time and eventually retired at a very early age. So I would say being a good youth rider is not a guarantee of turning out world class, but I hope the young English rider William Cairns is as good as they say, because we do need another superstar to be coming through .

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7 hours ago, tyler42 said:

Yes, he's being talked about in a big way. I seem to remember a local lad to you winning the youth 125cc world championship twice!! "Multi British Youth Grass Track Champion Kyle Bickley retained his World 125cc crown after scoring a 15-point maximum in the Czech Republic on Saturday following winning the same event last year in Germany."

but unfortunately  as soon as he progressed from the conference league, "where he was very good" to the 2nd division he struggled big time and eventually retired at a very early age. So I would say being a good youth rider is not a guarantee of turning out world class, but I hope the young English rider William Cairns is as good as they say, because we do need another superstar to be coming through .

I completely agree but the same can be said about anyone, doesn't matter their nationality. Bickley didn't have the best mentality out there and to be the best you've got to have a top mentality.

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18 hours ago, iainb said:

... on 250cc's, looking at past SGP3 (or equivalent) results, sadly the rostrum placed riders very rarely go on to achieve anything. 

And here are the past winners:

 

2010 Eduard Krcmar

2011 Eduard Krcmar

2012 Michael Hartel

2013 Daniel Spiller

2014 Sandro Wassermann

2015 Matt Gilmore

2016 Matt Gilmore

2017 Jonas Knudsen

2018 Ben Ernst

2019 Jesper Knudsen

 

Hard to see any of them in future grand prixs

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17 hours ago, arnieg said:

And here are the past winners:

 

2010 Eduard Krcmar

2011 Eduard Krcmar

2012 Michael Hartel

2013 Daniel Spiller

2014 Sandro Wassermann

2015 Matt Gilmore

2016 Matt Gilmore

2017 Jonas Knudsen

2018 Ben Ernst

2019 Jesper Knudsen

 

Hard to see any of them in future grand prixs

What happened to Matt Gilmore, he was touted as the next Ward for years. 

Outscored a few in the u21 World cup for a few years but I haven't seen his name in a while.

 

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On the subject of Aussies, there seems to be no shortage of them wanting to come to the UK to race and develop their skills. I would like to think that a lot of this is down to the likes of Jason Doyle (although there may be others) who has always stated that mastering the more technical British tracks is essential for riders at the very top level to have in their skill set. Unlike many Eastern European riders, Aussies are not quitters and will only move on from their team if asked to do so.

 

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On 7/3/2024 at 8:37 PM, DJC said:

What happened to Matt Gilmore, he was touted as the next Ward for years. 

Outscored a few in the u21 World cup for a few years but I haven't seen his name in a while.

 

Light rider that dominated on lower cc donks, struggled when moved up to a 500 ,lacking pills

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