LIONS LOOK TO THE FUTURE

LEICESTER will have a new mini-track installed by the start of the season as part of a further commitment to assist Youth rider development.

The Lions are under new ownership this year, and have called upon the experience of Workington promoters Steve Lawson and Andrew Bain to assist with the work to create the track on their centre-green.

Promoter Stewart Dickson said: “The mini-track is a really exciting project, and we must give credit to our owner Paul Cairns because whilst we’ve spoken about this before, it was his idea to re-visit it and finally get it over the line.

“I saw Neil Vatcher’s recent statement regarding the British Youth Championship, where they already have 21 riders at 125cc level coming through this season, which is fantastic.

“This really matches with Paul’s vision which he spoke about when he first took the club on, and again it’s why we wanted to get this work done.”

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