Petecc Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 How many teams will be in the NDL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 1 hour ago, Petecc said: How many teams will be in the NDL? Canât see it being anymore than last season,possibly less.IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 8 hours ago, Petecc said: How many teams will be in the NDL? 8 or 9? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 Just now, RoundTheBoards said: 8 or 9? Who do you think will join in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted October 20 Report Share Posted October 20 Just now, szkocjasid said: Who do you think will join in? Two southern teams returning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 On 10/19/2024 at 9:07 AM, Barrow Boy 2 said: if the achieving of a 4+ BCL average still applies then Killeen, Hagon, Foord, Thompson, Mulford, Harrison & Ablitt will not be able to ride BNL again. Killeen, Hagon and Mulford would probably be prevented by the 3 leagues rule, Thompson shouldn't want NDL anyway and Ablitt should really be looking higher. I can understand the benefit of another year for Foord and Harrison so maybe the rule could be tweaked to say if average over 4 in CL the +1 added to NDL average? The idea is/was to push riders up into higher leagues and stop blocking up the NDL. Providing the team building averages are kept the same the new inflated numbers should see Garrad, Vale, Hodder and Wood as the type of riders to take over the heat leader positions. Im not saying thats progress but it was the plan and direction that the league was being taken in and therefore should actually be stuck with whatever the outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 9 hours ago, RoundTheBoards said: Two southern teams returning Really hope thats genuine but fear its more speculative interest and will be scared off by the costs involved, add in that late entries often get to build with the scraps and the current teams will decide the rules with no say from any new side its hardly an appealing option anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotteringAround Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 47 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said: Killeen, Hagon and Mulford would probably be prevented by the 3 leagues rule, What makes you think they'll bring in a "3 league rule" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 1 hour ago, PotteringAround said: What makes you think they'll bring in a "3 league rule" ? Its one they appear to flip flop on whenever it suits so theres a 50/50 chance it could get voted in. Wouldn't matter if the over 4 CL rule stays and in all honesty Killeen might be the only one interested in doing NDL next year anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 4 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said: Really hope thats genuine but fear its more speculative interest and will be scared off by the costs involved, add in that late entries often get to build with the scraps and the current teams will decide the rules with no say from any new side its hardly an appealing option anymore It was announced at Iwade last week that Michael Grey and David Graveling have applied to join the NDL running at the track with a Sussex Kent team.. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petecc Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 16 hours ago, RoundTheBoards said: 8 or 9? Have you got insider knowledge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 13 minutes ago, Petecc said: Have you got insider knowledge? See above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petecc Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 5 hours ago, M.D said: See above That would make it 7. Who are the other 1 or 2 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundTheBoards Posted October 21 Report Share Posted October 21 1 hour ago, Petecc said: That would make it 7. Who are the other 1 or 2 ? Another team in the south seem rather keen to return, and possibly the odd nibble of interest in the north Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillwhitewasmad Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 So if three more teams do come in where are the riders of sufficent level coming from . Will they go with 6 man teams as this would free up 6 riders from this years teams. Will they up the average limit for championship riders allowing them to stay to aid development. Its going to be intresting to see. Â Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzac Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 5 hours ago, phillwhitewasmad said: Â Will they up the average limit for championship riders allowing them to stay to aid development. Its going to be intresting to see. Â Â Sort of like it was 4 or 5 years ago when it truly developed riders who then could compete properly at Championship level instead of the state it's in now. Think unfortunately we probably know the answer... Â 6 man teams seem a good idea whatever happens. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK62 Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Rumours that there will be another northern NDL team , to fill up the clubs fixture list, but as previously saidâĤwhere are the extra riders to come from ? Teams struggled last season to fill the spots with a number of juniors thrown in just to make the numbers up on occasions. No one can guess what gems the top table will / already have come up with as the ridiculously named ârising starâ  programme has already been âarrangedâ and rider signings already announced so they already know what they are going to do with the top two divisions. The sport desperately needs a proper NDL system with many more fixtures than last season where riders can develop over time , not just ride every four weeks and hope we unearth a large crop of British youngsters, not just the odd one . They said they were going to have all sorts of opportunities for NDL standard riders last season, three individual meetings doesn't bare that out to me. The sport is dying from the bottom up because of the way its being run, lets hope a miracle happens and they get the mess sorted out. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 There have usually been more than 6 teams in the NDL, so providing riders who didn't get signed this year, there should be riders out there to fill up new teams. I'd also recommend 6 man teams (5 rides each to aid development) and probably relax the 4.00 Champ rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 Surely theyâll just set the rider criteria to fit the number of clubs taking part. Be great if more teams get involved as the fixture list was very sparse this season. Play offs should be back now the Cairns thing is out of the way which will means more for those lucky enough to qualify. I find the quality of Colts meetings to be very high and hardly distinguishable from the main lads to a newbie. The younger rounds can be less so but itâs still great to see the progress being made each time they visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillenTheVillen Posted October 23 Author Report Share Posted October 23 (edited) With the rumours of a Northern Club being mentioned that rules a few out and really only singles out Glasgow as being that Club people are on about. Berwick - Stated in past they won't have Bullets back to allow them to concentrate on the Bandits Workington - stated NDL wasn't really supported and fans wanted Championship Racing Both Edinburgh and Redcar already run NDLÂ Question is do they splash the pounds for a winning Team of established Riders like Leicester/Belle Vue do or produce a young team of their own through development for future Championship places in the Tigers? Â Edited October 23 by MillenTheVillen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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