BELLE VUE Colts' No. 1 Jack Smith wants British promoters to re-evaluate their strategy when it comes to giving home-grown youngsters a hand up the speedway ladder. The National Leaguer says the negative effect of youngsters regularly losing their team place seriously hampers rider progress and in this week's magazine, he reveals: "I feel like riders who have been in my situation, if you stick with them for a season, towards the end of the year you will see them help the team. People don't even realise but most of the time when these changes are made, it doesn't change them winning the league or Knockout Cup. All it does is put a lot of stress on the riders. It's important to have British winners. We need to have a system that brings the British boys through stage by stage. The National League is stronger this year, which I feel is good. It does knock a rider's confidence if they get the chance and they don't score well. Then they won't be given any more chances. It needs a full revamp where you are given time."

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BELLE VUE Colts' No. 1 Jack Smith wants British promoters to re-evaluate their strategy when it comes to giving home-grown youngsters a hand up the speedway ladder. The National Leaguer says the negative effect of youngsters regularly losing their team place seriously hampers rider progress and in this week's magazine, he reveals: "I feel like riders who have been in my situation, if you stick with them for a season, towards the end of the year you will see them help the team. People don't even realise but most of the time when these changes are made, it doesn't change them winning the league or Knockout Cup. All it does is put a lot of stress on the riders. It's important to have British winners. We need to have a system that brings the British boys through stage by stage. The National League is stronger this year, which I feel is good. It does knock a rider's confidence if they get the chance and they don't score well. Then they won't be given any more chances. It needs a full revamp where you are given time."

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A MYSTERY illness has derailed Erik Riss' season – and the Ipswich and Redcar racer admits he doesn't know when he will be back on track. Fearing for his immediate future, and even his long term career, the German continues to consult the medical experts and reveals: "I just started to feel foggy in the brain. I was riding and just didn't feel comfortable on the bike. I couldn't concentrate properly, I felt spaced out and got the meeting done. I didn't think much of it. I just thought it was one of those days. I get them now and again like most people. Then I was riding at Ipswich a few days later and it just got even worse. It showed in my score, I missed every start. I just didn't feel comfortable at all. After that, I felt I just can't ride like this. I flew back to Germany to get some medical advice."

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A MYSTERY illness has derailed Erik Riss' season – and the Ipswich and Redcar racer admits he doesn't know when he will be back on track. Fearing for his immediate future, and even his long term career, the German continues to consult the medical experts and reveals: "I just started to feel foggy in the brain. I was riding and just didn't feel comfortable on the bike. I couldn't concentrate properly, I felt spaced out and got the meeting done. I didn't think much of it. I just thought it was one of those days. I get them now and again like most people. Then I was riding at Ipswich a few days later and it just got even worse. It showed in my score, I missed every start. I just didn't feel comfortable at all. After that, I felt I just can't ride like this. I flew back to Germany to get some medical advice."

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FORMER World Champion Chris Holder is looking forward to shedding his neck brace and stepping up his recovery programme following the early season crash in Poland that left him with a fractured vertebra in his neck – but whether he will be racing in Britain again remains to be seen after the collapse of his proposed move to Peterborough. The Aussie has been shocked by recent developments in the Premiership and says: "I saw what happened at Wolves and it would be terrible if they went. They are one of the biggest clubs in Britain. That was a bit of a shock, so hopefully they can get sorted, and obviously Peterborough too. I don’t know what's going on behind the scenes, but we don't want to be losing any more clubs. Now the rules have changed, and it has allowed riders like Emil Sayfutdinov to come back to Britain. But they need tracks to ride on, so hopefully the clubs can sort themselves out and find somewhere to go or keep what they’ve got."

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FORMER World Champion Chris Holder is looking forward to shedding his neck brace and stepping up his recovery programme following the early season crash in Poland that left him with a fractured vertebra in his neck – but whether he will be racing in Britain again remains to be seen after the collapse of his proposed move to Peterborough. The Aussie has been shocked by recent developments in the Premiership and says: "I saw what happened at Wolves and it would be terrible if they went. They are one of the biggest clubs in Britain. That was a bit of a shock, so hopefully they can get sorted, and obviously Peterborough too. I don’t know what's going on behind the scenes, but we don't want to be losing any more clubs. Now the rules have changed, and it has allowed riders like Emil Sayfutdinov to come back to Britain. But they need tracks to ride on, so hopefully the clubs can sort themselves out and find somewhere to go or keep what they’ve got."

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FRONT cover star Lewis Kerr is twiddling his thumbs on the sidelines for nine days after being instructed by the SCB to take time out following a suspected concussion sustained in a crash at Oxford last week. It comes at a frustrating time for Kerr, who will take a financial hit in missing five meetings, but he remains confident that his career is on the right trajectory. "I'm now 33 so I'm not a youngster anymore but I can still achieve a lot, there's no reason why I can't. I was speaking to a few other riders and they were telling me I need to get out in Poland the way I'm going. I'm in the form of my life, that's the next step. That's another aim for me. I only did one meeting out there in 2018 before I broke my legs. So I need to get out to Poland again and see what I can do."

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FRONT cover star Lewis Kerr is twiddling his thumbs on the sidelines for nine days after being instructed by the SCB to take time out following a suspected concussion sustained in a crash at Oxford last week. It comes at a frustrating time for Kerr, who will take a financial hit in missing five meetings, but he remains confident that his career is on the right trajectory. "I'm now 33 so I'm not a youngster anymore but I can still achieve a lot, there's no reason why I can't. I was speaking to a few other riders and they were telling me I need to get out in Poland the way I'm going. I'm in the form of my life, that's the next step. That's another aim for me. I only did one meeting out there in 2018 before I broke my legs. So I need to get out to Poland again and see what I can do."

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