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AUSTRALIAN stalwart Davey Watt will return to Rye House next season – over a decade after his last spell with the club.Watt, who had a tough 2016 campaign at Poole and then Leicester, is the latest recruit for the Rockets who are preparing for their first season in the top-flight.Co-promoter Steve Jenson said: “Davey actually came to us during this last season asking if we could help him get a Premier League place. That didn’t prove possible, but he also wanted to be part of Team BMR for 2017 regardless of what League we were in.“He’s such a long established rider in this country – we’re talking fifteen years now – and he’s become a permanent resident, which effectively makes him an honorary Brit and ideal for the team spirit we want to build in 2017.“He is also absolutely determined to get back to where he should be. We believe he’s on a false average and is going to push the rest of the top-end to give us another potential No.1.”

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SWINDON will stage the first round of the World Under-21 Final next season.The Robins have been allocated the event on Sunday July 23, meaning the prestigious event will take place in their new stadium just a month after the scheduled opening.Swindon boss Alun Rossiter said: “This is a massive honour for the club and we are delighted to be staging such an important event.“We have to thank the people at Onesport for putting their faith in us and it also represents a great opportunity for fans to go to Cardiff for the GP on the Saturday then come across and see this the following day.“I always like to keep a close eye on the Under-21 competition and for us to be staging a big event like this shortly after moving into the new stadium is tremendous.”