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Post by admin on Dec 3, 2013 23:31:44 GMT
BRITISH Speedway can now confirm the list of riders selected by the 10 top flight clubs at reserve for the 2014 season.
A hugely successful draft of riders took place at the offices of the British Speedway Promoters’ Association on Tuesday afternoon and was tweeted live to thousands of followers.
The new top flight season will feature a combination of the world’s top stars along with the best British youngsters who will race against each other twice.
Great Britain youth (joint) boss Phil Morris said: “This is a great opportunity for these lads and I wish them well in the top flight next season.
“It’s an exciting addition to the league and I’m sure it will prove very popular, as was the draft process which was received very well by followers of the speedwayGB twitter feed.”
RIDER LIST:
BELLE VUE: Stefan Nielsen and Ben Reade; BIRMINGHAM: Paul Starke and Simon Lambert; COVENTRY: Jason Garrity and James Sarjeant; EASTBOURNE: Lewis Blackbird and Daniel Halsey; KING’S LYNN: Lewis Kerr and Lewis Rose; LAKESIDE: Adam Ellis and Ben Morley; LEICESTER: Tom Perry and Max Clegg; POOLE: Kyle Newman and Lee Smart; SWINDON: Steve Worrall and Josh Bates; WOLVERHAMPTON: Ashley Morris and Joe Jacobs.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 7:57:10 GMT
to be honest if panthers were in the elite I wouldn't miss a home match , but 1 thing for sure I wouldn't be going away at all , seems poole , Coventry , lynn , have done well out the draft no doubt if panthers had been in it would have been stitched up like a kipper like Leicester have
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Post by admin on Dec 4, 2013 12:22:18 GMT
no doubt if panthers had been in it would have been stitched up like a kipper, like Leicester haveWhat a nice introduction to the shark infested custard they were so keen to swim in  |
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Post by Bigcatdiary on Dec 4, 2013 12:40:45 GMT
no doubt if panthers had been in it would have been stitched up like a kipper, like Leicester haveWhat a nice introduction to the shark infested custard they were so keen to swim in Hard to feel sorry for them, it's going to be a long season for them and Birmingham I feel. |
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Post by Hodgy on Dec 4, 2013 14:15:14 GMT
What a nice introduction to the shark infested custard they were so keen to swim in Hard to feel sorry for them, it's going to be a long season for them and Birmingham I feel. Or a very short one. This has got to be one of the worst decisions the BSPA have ever made. That's a serious statement given their history. Do they really think people will continue to pay +£17 to watch such a mismatch and diluted product. Possibly Frosty's conclusion. |
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Post by admin on Dec 4, 2013 14:28:54 GMT
Hard to feel sorry for them, it's going to be a long season for them and Birmingham I feel. Or a very short one. This has got to be one of the worst decisions the BSPA have ever made. That's a serious statement given their history. Do they really think people will continue to pay +£17 to watch such a mismatch and diluted product. Possibly Frosty's conclusion. Reading the BSF I'm wondering which bit of what you say they don't get? Yes indeed we should have paid more attention to British riders but that should have been through a strong Elite League in previous seasons. I sometimes struggled with enthusiasm for the Elite League as it was in 2013, I'm afraid that the 2014 version would have tested that resolve further. This looks worse than Simota, Moller, Risager - how the heck have they reached that level  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 14:54:55 GMT
I did question the inclusion of riders like Paul Starke and Lee Smart in this hair brained scheme as they seem to have been around for years. However I was reliably informed that Starke is only 23 years old and Smart is also 23, sadly stone in weight though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 14:56:24 GMT
What a nice introduction to the shark infested custard they were so keen to swim in Hard to feel sorry for them, it's going to be a long season for them and Birmingham I feel. Personally I'm looking forward to seeing Hemsley burn mountains of cash and get really shitty whilst doing it, for me it's likely to be the highlight of the 2014 season. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 19:09:04 GMT
RIDER LIST:BELLE VUE: Stefan Nielsen and Ben Reade; BIRMINGHAM: Paul Starke and Simon Lambert; COVENTRY: Jason Garrity and James Sarjeant; EASTBOURNE: Lewis Blackbird and Daniel Halsey; KING’S LYNN: Lewis Kerr and Lewis Rose; LAKESIDE: Adam Ellis and Ben Morley; LEICESTER: Tom Perry and Max Clegg; POOLE: Kyle Newman and Lee Smart; SWINDON: Steve Worrall and Josh Bates; WOLVERHAMPTON: Ashley Morris and Joe Jacobs. Im not known for my speedway knowledge, in fact i could probably name you more 1970's riders than those of today but who are these people. In a way im glad that I wont be watching the EL in 2014 |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 19:12:58 GMT
The new top flight season will feature a combination of the world’s top stars along with the best British youngsters who will race against each other twice. World's top stars.....the level of muppetry from Rugby continues to astound me. These people really are from a different planet |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2013 14:50:34 GMT
Don't believe the hype. All this old cow5hit about fast track development of British riders is a crock. This is purely a cost saving exercise and a very poor one at that.
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Post by admin on Dec 9, 2013 15:47:31 GMT
Don't believe the hype. All this old cow5hit about fast track development of British riders is a crock. This is purely a cost saving exercise and a very poor one at that. You're just so cynical. You never give anyone the benefit of the doubt. However, I'm sure that when this goes pear shaped we'll be looking at 15 points for a top 3 for 2015, the two wobblers going in at 4 & 5 with Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street being 6 & 7 for the highest bidder, ie the 2014 champions Poole  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2013 16:19:52 GMT
Don't believe the hype. All this old cow5hit about fast track development of British riders is a crock. This is purely a cost saving exercise and a very poor one at that. 100% agree the ones what do well will be out a job next year , the usual crazy cack from the B.S.P.A , brits have to suffer so promotions can pay decent money to the poor foreign imports , they can dress it up all they like but it's total rubbish (fast tracking the brits ;D )  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2013 16:32:02 GMT
Don't believe the hype. All this old cow5hit about fast track development of British riders is a crock. This is purely a cost saving exercise and a very poor one at that. 100% agree the ones what do well will be out a job next year , the usual crazy cack from the B.S.P.A , brits have to suffer so promotions can pay decent money to the poor foreign imports , they can dress it up all they like but it's total rubbish (fast tracking the brits ;D ) Apollo 15 couldn't fast track riders like Paul Starke, Lee Smart and Simon Lambert, they've all been around long enough for you to know they ain't ever gonna make it. |
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Post by admin on Apr 20, 2014 9:01:36 GMT
Alan Boon @alan_boon 20/4/14
Top FTD reserves:
1. Kyle Newman, 2. Lewis Kerr, 3. Lewis Blackbird, 4. James Sarjeant, 5. Adam Ellis, 6. Steve Worrall
#BackTheBrits
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Post by admin on Nov 20, 2014 21:46:49 GMT
Ding ding, round 2 - nothing complicated or open to abuse thankfully  THE FAST TRACK DRAFT 2015: How it works (November 20, 2014 swindonlinksport.com/swindon_sports_news/howitworksthedraft) THE EIGHT Elite League clubs will enter the second fast track draft on Wednesday November 26, but how exactly does it work? Link Sport speedway writer Andy Warren has spoken to the man in charge of the whole thing, Neil Vatcher, who explained just how things will work next week. RIDER POOLS The first pool of riders is made up of the top six in last season’s draft, including Charles Wright despite the fact he was never attached to an Elite League club, as well as Ashley Birks, Steve Boxall, Adam Roynon and Josh Auty. The second pool consists of close to 30 riders, many of whom appeared in last year’s draft, including some who were first round picks for Elite League clubs including Adam Ellis and Stefan Nielsen. These pools are still being finalised, with a handful of riders yet to accept their invitations. GUEST SELECTION The two riders not picked in the first round will not be eligible for round two, but will appear in a guest pool along with a number of more senior Premier League riders. This will include Ritchie Hawkins, James Wright, Chris Mills, Luke Bowen and Carl Wilkinson. Clubs needing a guest for their number one reserve can select any rider from this pool. The riders not selected from the second pool will all be eligible for guest rides, including as replacements for clubs needing to fill in for their number one rider. ORDER OF PICKS Clubs will pick in reverse order from their finishing position in 2014, meaning Leicester have first pick in round one with Poole picking eighth. Swindon will pick fifth. As things stand, Poole will pick first in the second round with clubs then picking in order following their finishing positons last season. This will see Swindon picking fourth. However, this is still to be clarified with riders in group one likely to be graded from one to 10, with the team with the lowest ranked rider from round one picking first in the second round.
PROTECTED DRAFT PICKS As was the case last year, clubs will be able to protect their assets in this season’s draft. Clubs can also protect riders who rode for them last season, but if a rider is an asset of another club, that club has priority over a club who had the rider the previous year. This would be the case with Steve Worrall, Belle Vue (parent club) and Swindon (2014 club). Only one rider can be protected per team in the draft, with clubs choosing which round they would like to protect their pick in. For example, King’s Lynn could protect Lewis Rose in round two but this would leave Lewis Kerr open to selection by any team picking before them in round one.
POOLS FOR DRAFT ON NOVEMBER 26GROUP ONE: Lewis Blackbird, Lewis Kerr, Jason Garrity, Kyle Newman, Steve Worrall, Charles Wright, Ashley Birks, Adam Roynon, Steve Boxall, Josh Auty. GROUP TWO: (including) Adam Ellis, Stefan Nielsen, Paul Starke, Ashley Morris, Joe Jacobs, Josh Bates, Oliver Greenwood, Lewis Rose, Tom Perry, James Sarjeant, Simon Lambert, Ben Morley, Dan Halsey, Max Clegg, Nathan Greaves, Liam Carr, Lee Payne, Darren Mallett, Benji Compton, Brendan Johnson, Dan Greenwood, Matt Williamson. GUEST POOL: Two riders not selected in round one, Ritchie Hawkins, James Wright, Chris Mills, Simon Nielsen, Carl Wilkinson. Vatcher did say there could be some subtle tweaks to the running of the draft prior to Wednesday but, as it stands, this is how it will run. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2014 15:31:31 GMT
Ding ding, round 2 - nothing complicated or open to abuse thankfully THE FAST TRACK DRAFT 2015: How it works (November 20, 2014 swindonlinksport.com/swindon_sports_news/howitworksthedraft) THE EIGHT Elite League clubs will enter the second fast track draft on Wednesday November 26, but how exactly does it work? Link Sport speedway writer Andy Warren has spoken to the man in charge of the whole thing, Neil Vatcher, who explained just how things will work next week. RIDER POOLS The first pool of riders is made up of the top six in last season’s draft, including Charles Wright despite the fact he was never attached to an Elite League club, as well as Ashley Birks, Steve Boxall, Adam Roynon and Josh Auty. The second pool consists of close to 30 riders, many of whom appeared in last year’s draft, including some who were first round picks for Elite League clubs including Adam Ellis and Stefan Nielsen. These pools are still being finalised, with a handful of riders yet to accept their invitations. GUEST SELECTION The two riders not picked in the first round will not be eligible for round two, but will appear in a guest pool along with a number of more senior Premier League riders. This will include Ritchie Hawkins, James Wright, Chris Mills, Luke Bowen and Carl Wilkinson. Clubs needing a guest for their number one reserve can select any rider from this pool. The riders not selected from the second pool will all be eligible for guest rides, including as replacements for clubs needing to fill in for their number one rider. ORDER OF PICKS Clubs will pick in reverse order from their finishing position in 2014, meaning Leicester have first pick in round one with Poole picking eighth. Swindon will pick fifth. As things stand, Poole will pick first in the second round with clubs then picking in order following their finishing positons last season. This will see Swindon picking fourth. However, this is still to be clarified with riders in group one likely to be graded from one to 10, with the team with the lowest ranked rider from round one picking first in the second round.
PROTECTED DRAFT PICKS As was the case last year, clubs will be able to protect their assets in this season’s draft. Clubs can also protect riders who rode for them last season, but if a rider is an asset of another club, that club has priority over a club who had the rider the previous year. This would be the case with Steve Worrall, Belle Vue (parent club) and Swindon (2014 club). Only one rider can be protected per team in the draft, with clubs choosing which round they would like to protect their pick in. For example, King’s Lynn could protect Lewis Rose in round two but this would leave Lewis Kerr open to selection by any team picking before them in round one.
POOLS FOR DRAFT ON NOVEMBER 26GROUP ONE: Lewis Blackbird, Lewis Kerr, Jason Garrity, Kyle Newman, Steve Worrall, Charles Wright, Ashley Birks, Adam Roynon, Steve Boxall, Josh Auty. GROUP TWO: (including) Adam Ellis, Stefan Nielsen, Paul Starke, Ashley Morris, Joe Jacobs, Josh Bates, Oliver Greenwood, Lewis Rose, Tom Perry, James Sarjeant, Simon Lambert, Ben Morley, Dan Halsey, Max Clegg, Nathan Greaves, Liam Carr, Lee Payne, Darren Mallett, Benji Compton, Brendan Johnson, Dan Greenwood, Matt Williamson. GUEST POOL: Two riders not selected in round one, Ritchie Hawkins, James Wright, Chris Mills, Simon Nielsen, Carl Wilkinson. Vatcher did say there could be some subtle tweaks to the running of the draft prior to Wednesday but, as it stands, this is how it will run. Is there an English version of this!!!!!! Jesus, anyone would think that they are trying to emulate the NFL badly imho. |
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Post by admin on Nov 21, 2014 17:13:33 GMT
Ding ding, round 2 - nothing complicated or open to abuse thankfully THE FAST TRACK DRAFT 2015: How it works (November 20, 2014 swindonlinksport.com/swindon_sports_news/howitworksthedraft) THE EIGHT Elite League clubs will enter the second fast track draft on Wednesday November 26, but how exactly does it work? Link Sport speedway writer Andy Warren has spoken to the man in charge of the whole thing, Neil Vatcher, who explained just how things will work next week. RIDER POOLS The first pool of riders is made up of the top six in last season’s draft, including Charles Wright despite the fact he was never attached to an Elite League club, as well as Ashley Birks, Steve Boxall, Adam Roynon and Josh Auty. The second pool consists of close to 30 riders, many of whom appeared in last year’s draft, including some who were first round picks for Elite League clubs including Adam Ellis and Stefan Nielsen. These pools are still being finalised, with a handful of riders yet to accept their invitations. GUEST SELECTION The two riders not picked in the first round will not be eligible for round two, but will appear in a guest pool along with a number of more senior Premier League riders. This will include Ritchie Hawkins, James Wright, Chris Mills, Luke Bowen and Carl Wilkinson. Clubs needing a guest for their number one reserve can select any rider from this pool. The riders not selected from the second pool will all be eligible for guest rides, including as replacements for clubs needing to fill in for their number one rider. ORDER OF PICKS Clubs will pick in reverse order from their finishing position in 2014, meaning Leicester have first pick in round one with Poole picking eighth. Swindon will pick fifth. As things stand, Poole will pick first in the second round with clubs then picking in order following their finishing positons last season. This will see Swindon picking fourth. However, this is still to be clarified with riders in group one likely to be graded from one to 10, with the team with the lowest ranked rider from round one picking first in the second round.
PROTECTED DRAFT PICKS As was the case last year, clubs will be able to protect their assets in this season’s draft. Clubs can also protect riders who rode for them last season, but if a rider is an asset of another club, that club has priority over a club who had the rider the previous year. This would be the case with Steve Worrall, Belle Vue (parent club) and Swindon (2014 club). Only one rider can be protected per team in the draft, with clubs choosing which round they would like to protect their pick in. For example, King’s Lynn could protect Lewis Rose in round two but this would leave Lewis Kerr open to selection by any team picking before them in round one.
POOLS FOR DRAFT ON NOVEMBER 26GROUP ONE: Lewis Blackbird, Lewis Kerr, Jason Garrity, Kyle Newman, Steve Worrall, Charles Wright, Ashley Birks, Adam Roynon, Steve Boxall, Josh Auty. GROUP TWO: (including) Adam Ellis, Stefan Nielsen, Paul Starke, Ashley Morris, Joe Jacobs, Josh Bates, Oliver Greenwood, Lewis Rose, Tom Perry, James Sarjeant, Simon Lambert, Ben Morley, Dan Halsey, Max Clegg, Nathan Greaves, Liam Carr, Lee Payne, Darren Mallett, Benji Compton, Brendan Johnson, Dan Greenwood, Matt Williamson. GUEST POOL: Two riders not selected in round one, Ritchie Hawkins, James Wright, Chris Mills, Simon Nielsen, Carl Wilkinson. Vatcher did say there could be some subtle tweaks to the running of the draft prior to Wednesday but, as it stands, this is how it will run. Is there an English version of this!!!!!! Jesus, anyone would think that they are trying to emulate the NFL badly imho. It's like a FIFA World Cup draw isn't it. How do you make something so simple so complicated? Subtle tweaks! Needs ripping up and doing properly. Very exciting though, some Tweeters (well one) are already having to have a lie down in anticipation of the draw. |
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Post by rodders on Nov 21, 2014 18:49:40 GMT
Understand it is live on Television
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Post by Hodgy on Nov 21, 2014 19:01:14 GMT
Ding ding, round 2 - nothing complicated or open to abuse thankfully THE FAST TRACK DRAFT 2015: How it works (November 20, 2014 swindonlinksport.com/swindon_sports_news/howitworksthedraft) THE EIGHT Elite League clubs will enter the second fast track draft on Wednesday November 26, but how exactly does it work? Link Sport speedway writer Andy Warren has spoken to the man in charge of the whole thing, Neil Vatcher, who explained just how things will work next week. RIDER POOLS The first pool of riders is made up of the top six in last season’s draft, including Charles Wright despite the fact he was never attached to an Elite League club, as well as Ashley Birks, Steve Boxall, Adam Roynon and Josh Auty. The second pool consists of close to 30 riders, many of whom appeared in last year’s draft, including some who were first round picks for Elite League clubs including Adam Ellis and Stefan Nielsen. These pools are still being finalised, with a handful of riders yet to accept their invitations. GUEST SELECTION The two riders not picked in the first round will not be eligible for round two, but will appear in a guest pool along with a number of more senior Premier League riders. This will include Ritchie Hawkins, James Wright, Chris Mills, Luke Bowen and Carl Wilkinson. Clubs needing a guest for their number one reserve can select any rider from this pool. The riders not selected from the second pool will all be eligible for guest rides, including as replacements for clubs needing to fill in for their number one rider. ORDER OF PICKS Clubs will pick in reverse order from their finishing position in 2014, meaning Leicester have first pick in round one with Poole picking eighth. Swindon will pick fifth. As things stand, Poole will pick first in the second round with clubs then picking in order following their finishing positons last season. This will see Swindon picking fourth. However, this is still to be clarified with riders in group one likely to be graded from one to 10, with the team with the lowest ranked rider from round one picking first in the second round.
PROTECTED DRAFT PICKS As was the case last year, clubs will be able to protect their assets in this season’s draft. Clubs can also protect riders who rode for them last season, but if a rider is an asset of another club, that club has priority over a club who had the rider the previous year. This would be the case with Steve Worrall, Belle Vue (parent club) and Swindon (2014 club). Only one rider can be protected per team in the draft, with clubs choosing which round they would like to protect their pick in. For example, King’s Lynn could protect Lewis Rose in round two but this would leave Lewis Kerr open to selection by any team picking before them in round one.
POOLS FOR DRAFT ON NOVEMBER 26GROUP ONE: Lewis Blackbird, Lewis Kerr, Jason Garrity, Kyle Newman, Steve Worrall, Charles Wright, Ashley Birks, Adam Roynon, Steve Boxall, Josh Auty. GROUP TWO: (including) Adam Ellis, Stefan Nielsen, Paul Starke, Ashley Morris, Joe Jacobs, Josh Bates, Oliver Greenwood, Lewis Rose, Tom Perry, James Sarjeant, Simon Lambert, Ben Morley, Dan Halsey, Max Clegg, Nathan Greaves, Liam Carr, Lee Payne, Darren Mallett, Benji Compton, Brendan Johnson, Dan Greenwood, Matt Williamson. GUEST POOL: Two riders not selected in round one, Ritchie Hawkins, James Wright, Chris Mills, Simon Nielsen, Carl Wilkinson. Vatcher did say there could be some subtle tweaks to the running of the draft prior to Wednesday but, as it stands, this is how it will run. Finally they are listening to the fans, let's make things simple.  |
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Post by admin on Nov 27, 2014 8:04:49 GMT
ELITE League clubs have selected their reserves for the 2015 season under the draft system.
ELITE DRAFT RIDERS 2015:
POOLE – Kyle Newman/Paul Starke
COVENTRY – Jason Garrity/James Sarjeant
KING’S LYNN – Lewis Kerr/Joe Jacobs
SWINDON – Charles Wright/Lewis Rose
LAKESIDE – Ashley Birks/Adam Ellis
WOLVERHAMPTON – Lewis Blackbird/Josh Bates
BELLE VUE – Steve Worrall/Stefan Nielsen
LEICESTER – Josh Auty/Simon Lambert
Promoters from all eight top flight sides attended a BSPA meeting on Wednesday where the riders to take the No.6 and 7 positions in their teams for next year were decided.
Five of the clubs retain at least one of the Elite Draft Riders who appeared for them at reserve in 2014, with Coventry the only one to maintain the same combination as Jason Garrity and James Sarjeant both return to Brandon.
Three of the newcomers to the full draft, Josh Auty, Ashley Birks and Charles Wright, secured team places with Leicester, Lakeside and Swindon respectively.
The Lions and the Robins, along with Wolverhampton, track all-new pairings with the latter including British Under-21 Champion Josh Bates, who won that title at Monmore Green last year.
Bates is joined by Lewis Blackbird, who had Monmore as a home track in 2013 as part of the Dudley Heathens’ National League team.
Reigning champions Poole retain club asset Kyle Newman, and he is joined by Paul Starke, who started last season at Birmingham before their withdrawal.
Lewis Kerr returns for King’s Lynn, who selected former Wolves rider Joe Jacobs as their second pick after Lewis Rose was chosen to partner Wright at Swindon.
Belle Vue asset Steve Worrall will line up for his parent club, with the Aces retaining the services of Stefan Nielsen as their Tier 2 rider.
Birks will be joined at Lakeside by Hammers asset Adam Ellis, returning for a second season, whilst Auty’s reserve partner at Leicester will be Simon Lambert after spells with Birmingham and King’s Lynn this year.
Draft co-ordinator Neil Vatcher said: “We have some well-matched reserve combinations for next season and we have improved the strength of those pairings with some of the riders coming in.
“Some of the Tier 2 riders were first picks last year so all-round it should be a stronger product for the supporters.
“The two riders not selected from Tier 1 (Steve Boxall and Adam Roynon) will be on the guest list, along with some others not included in the draft, and I’m sure they will still be very busy as teams will require guests at times.
“There are several more riders on the Tier 2 list who can all guest, and the reason for that is to avoid a situation which arose this year when there was nobody available to guest in a meeting, so we’ve virtually gone down to 5.00 in the National League on that list.”
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