| Competitions explained |
| Main Standings |
| Every single team is entered into the Main Standings. Think of this competition as the equivalent of The Premiership (in football). It's the one that, surely, everyone wants to win. |
| The Brian Talbot Mushroom Cup (formerly The Mushroom Cup) |
| Designed to give late entries a chance to win a major competition, The Mushroom Cup is a big Champions League type format competition, only longer. And with much more speedway. It's the second of the 'BIG TWO' competitions, along with The Main Standings. |
| The BFS Cup (The Buckle-Fairnell-Scott Cup) |
| The BFS Cup is a Europa League type format competition. From the BT Cup qualifying rounds, teams placed 65-128 go into The BFS Cup knockout rounds. |
| Manager of the Week |
| Every week, the manager who scores the most points will be declared Manager of the Week. Throughout of the season the top five scoring managers in the week week will each get the choice of a free team or a free transfer. |
| Mini Leagues |
| When you pick and confirm a team it is automatically allocated to a Mini League consisting of a maximum of 15 teams that were created at roughly the same time. You access the Mini League for each of your teams via the link at the top of your individual team sheets. You cannot have two of your own teams in the same mini league. |
| Supporters Leagues |
| If you selected a team that you support when you registered, you will automatically be entered into a supporters league along with everyone else that supports the same team as you. I'm usually in a Milton Keynes supporters league all of my own... |
| Private Leagues |
| You can set up private leagues for just you and your family and/or friends. It's really easy, just follow the instructions via the links on your My Team page. You can now also set up 'Open' Private Leagues, which anyone can browse and request to join if they don't have friends and family that play the game. |
| In addition, managers can add each of their teams into one of the following competitions: |
| The Premiership |
| Like The Main Standings but based only on points scored in The Premiership. Some people may choose to reserve a team or two in which they only ever pick Premiership riders, in an effort to win this. Some people won't bother. To continue with my football analogys, I think of this as the equivalent of the FA Cup, but without the black and white footage of giant-killing acts by Yoevil Town.
*Points scored by Premiership riders while guesting in The Championship do not count towards this competition. |
| The Championship |
| Like the Main Standings but based only on points scored in The Championship. The football equivalent? The Carling Cup, I guess... *Points scored by Championship riders while guesting in The Premiership do not count towards this competition. |
| The Spring League |
| The Spring League will run between Apr 1 and May 31. I've run out of football analogies though. |
| The Summer League |
| The Summer League will run between Jun 1 and August 31. Basically, it's a 'last chance saloon' (except it's not, see Autumn League) to win a competition for any teams that have lost their way. So maybe it's the eqivalent of the Intertoto Cup? I dunno... |
| The Autumn League |
| The Autumn League is now the 'last chance saloon' and will run between Sep 1 and Oct 31. |