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RYE House have confirmed their opening night of SGB Premiership action will see them face the reigning top flight champions.The Rockets, who have made the move up this winter, will launch a new era for the club on Saturday April 1 when they take on Wolverhampton at Hoddesdon.Co-promoter Steve Jenson said: “It doesn’t get any bigger than the defending champions. “It will be a big early test of the team’s credentials after our elevation to the top flight – and I can tell you that Eddie (Kennett), Bomber (Chris Harris), Scott (Nicholls) and the rest of the boys are already getting revved up for it.“There should be a white hot atmosphere on April 1, and it will be a real night to remember.”(SPEEDWAY 2)
SCUNTHORPE have announced plans for an earlier start to home meetings in the forthcoming campaign.The Scorpions will now run at the Eddie Wright Raceway at 5.30pm on Sundays, bringing the start forward by an hour from last season.Promoter Rob Godfrey said: “We’ve listened to the fans – it’s down to customer feedback. We were told that people would like to get home just a little bit sooner on a Sunday evening. And for those with children, it means that the kids can go off to bed earlier.“I spoke with Graham (Trollope), our track curator, and it won’t make any difference to the track – we can prepare an excellent track for a 5.30pm start-time, just as we could last year at 6.30pm.”
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SAM Masters is relishing his Australian Championship showdown with Justin Sedgmen at Kurri Kurri on Saturday.Sedgmen took victory in round 3 at Undera on Wednesday with Masters matching his 17-point total, so Sedgmen heads the series by three points with the pair having overhauled previous leader Davey Watt.Wolves and Edinburgh star Masters said: “It was a good day for me at Undera, and I was pleased to pick up 17 points. It would have been nicer if I was less than three points off Sedgy at the top though as he’s going pretty fast at the moment!“Saturday at Kurri Kurri is definitely going to be interesting, especially as the weather forecast looks pretty dodgy.“I’m looking forward to it, and at the end of the day whatever is meant to be will be.”
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PLYMOUTH’S fund-raising for their new air fence have been boosted by three of the club’s riders joining a charity bike ride.Henry Atkins, Saul Bulley and Richard Andrews are set to cycle from Exeter to Plymouth to help the new promotion, with the previous air fence at the St Boniface Arena having been vandalised late last season.Andrews said: “The club have some big outlay and we all want to do our bit to support them. “What Henry has suggested and Saul has joined in with is brilliant and there is a Go Fund Me set up that fans all over the UK have been pledging money to.“I have hit some people and businesses I know and within a day I have already got over £600 pledged and will be pushing this right up to the bike ride. We are all having these sponsor forms, even the lads not actually doing the ride, and getting backing.”The Go Fund Me page can be found at: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/plymouth-devils .
