PREVIEW: KENT v MILDENHALL (NLKOC)

MILDENHALL defend a 12-point lead in the NDL KO Cup when they visit Kent today (Sunday).

And Fen Tigers star Sam Bebee has stressed avoiding last places is key to that aim, with a place in the Final against Leicester or Berwick awaiting the aggregate winners.

Bebee said: “I’d say that a 12-point lead is a pretty healthy advantage to take into a second leg.  

“We will put up a good fight and, as we always do, go all out for the win; and with the advantage we take into the match, it focuses our mind on what’s needed – which is to ensure no last places for sure.

“It’s not a track from a racing point of view that many of us know that well, as it’s not been in the League during our times as riders. 

“Myself and Alex [Spooner] went there for practice in the immediate pre-season, and Alex and Jack [Kingston] have been there a fair few times over the years.”

KENT: Alfie Bowtell, Jamie Halder, Danno Verge, Joe Alcock, Ben Morley, Chris Watts, Sam Woolley.
MILDENHALL: Ryan Kinsley, Sam Bebee, Jack Kingston, Alex Spooner, Jason Edwards, Josh Warren, Luke Muff.