Kent Eagles

[M.D]

First signing for the Kent Eagles in the National Trophy.

Ben Morley

[Barrow Boy 2]

8 minutes ago, M.D said:

First signing for the Kent Eagles in the National Trophy.

Ben Morley

He wasn't allowed to ride National League last season due to him having achieved a 4+ BCL average. Have the rules  changed?

[SJA]

12 minutes ago, M.D said:

First signing for the Kent Eagles in the National Trophy.

Ben Morley

He is 30, with 14 seasons experience!. Surely he has developed as far as he is going to at this stage.

I think their should be a combined age limit on the NDL or years experience in the case of some of the riders who came late to the sport through a motox background. 

[HGould]

Well either somebody has dropped a bollock or the set up and structure of the NDL Trophy is going to be very different to NDL, which would completely ruin the objective and aims of the new concept. 

Morley's last CL season saw him finish on a 4.40 GSA with Plymouth. 

He's ridden many seasons in CL and in PL 

Surely the rule has to be if you're illegible for NDL you're illegible for The Trophy

 

[Sings4Speedway]

11 minutes ago, HGould said:

Well either somebody has dropped a bollock or the set up and structure of the NDL Trophy is going to be very different to NDL, which would completely ruin the objective and aims of the new concept. 

Morley's last CL season saw him finish on a 4.40 GSA with Plymouth. 

He's ridden many seasons in CL and in PL 

Surely the rule has to be if you're illegible for NDL you're illegible for The Trophy

 

Id wager the first one. Nice peoples but green promotion. Would be a whopper of a clanger if Morley was announced and ineligible. Even more so if like previous teams they had Kennett and Ablitt lined up too.....Nick Laurence should be fine though 😁

[HGould]

Meanwhile Brummies set to announce James Shanes, Zac Wajneckht and Ashley Morris and Workington will have Carl Stonehewer at No 1....😶‍🌫️

 

[M.D]

1 hour ago, Sings4Speedway said:

Id wager the first one. Nice peoples but green promotion. Would be a whopper of a clanger if Morley was announced and ineligible. Even more so if like previous teams they had Kennett and Ablitt lined up too.....Nick Laurence should be fine though 😁

Well its on the British speedway site in the declared list for the Eagles

[HGould]

10 minutes ago, M.D said:

Well its on the British speedway site in the declared list for the Eagles

Must be a different rule for Trophy then....

No fault of Kent to take advantage if so but I'd imagine a few will be fuming who may have not been allowed same dispensation in the NDL. 

[Sir Sidney]

6 hours ago, HGould said:

Well either somebody has dropped a bollock or the set up and structure of the NDL Trophy is going to be very different to NDL, which would completely ruin the objective and aims of the new concept. 

Morley's last CL season saw him finish on a 4.40 GSA with Plymouth. 

He's ridden many seasons in CL and in PL 

Surely the rule has to be if you're illegible for NDL you're illegible for The Trophy

 

More likely that the rules have changed, given the BSPL press release said that the Regs for NDL and NT woukd be the same.

Also, on the NDL thread there was a query regarding people like Luke Harrison now being ineligible as he achieved a Championship average over 4 - the response being that he had been told he would be eligible 

Edited 5 hours ago by Sir Sidney

[Petecc]

Didn't it used to be that a rider with a championship average over 4, could ride ndl but couldn't guest or ride in the championship ?

[mac101]

 Maybe he got his championship average reassessed to 4  

[Barrow Boy 2]

23 minutes ago, mac101 said:

 Maybe he got his championship average reassessed to 4  

 

3 hours ago, Sir Sidney said:

More likely that the rules have changed, given the BSPL press release said that the Regs for NDL and NT woukd be the same.

Also, on the NDL thread there was a query regarding people like Luke Harrison now being intelligible as he achieved a Championship average- the response being that he had been told he would be eligible 

So it seems the rule has been changed then

[stevehone]

4 hours ago, Sir Sidney said:

Also, on the NDL thread there was a query regarding people like Luke Harrison now being intelligible as he achieved a Championship average over 4 - the response being that he had been told he would be eligible 

i understand him just fine

[Sir Sidney]

27 minutes ago, stevehone said:

i understand him just fine

Whoops 🤭 

[szkocjasid]

6 hours ago, mac101 said:

 Maybe he got his championship average reassessed to 4  

The rule was, if a rider had ever averaged above 4, they couldn't race in NDL. So even 3 points riders like William Lawson could no longer ride in it. Rules must have changed to allow Morley & Harrison to race in the development league, just wish they'd announce the rule changes.

[szkocjasid]

11 hours ago, SJA said:

He is 30, with 14 seasons experience!. Surely he has developed as far as he is going to at this stage.

I think their should be a combined age limit on the NDL or years experience in the case of some of the riders who came late to the sport through a motox background. 

I think it would have to be a ruling on matches ridden, age shouldn't really come into it. 

Personally I don't mind Morley in the development league, he's giving the better riders someone to aim to beat. i.e if you can beat Morley you're ready for the Champ.

If the top NDL riders ended up being Scott, McGurk, Hodder, Garrad, Perry & James, all riders who couldn't reach the minimum 2.00 Champ ave, how would NDL riders know when to step up?