PREVIEW: WORKINGTON v OXFORD (Cab Direct Champ)

WORKINGTON have the chance to take over at the top of the Cab Direct Championship when they take on Oxford at the GT Tyres Arena today (Saturday).

The Comets raced to a huge win over Edinburgh last week and have three wins out of five in the league in total after a highly encouraging step back up to senior level.

Connor Bailey, who rode for Workington in the NDL last season, comes in as a guest for Antti Vuolas who is involved in a Grand Prix qualifier in Slovakia, whilst the Cheetahs continue to operate rider replacement for the injured Henry Atkins.

Comets boss James Denham said: “It’s all about momentum and confidence for us now. A huge win against Edinburgh last week showed that, especially at home, we are a very strong side from one to seven.

“Saturday with be a tough and fiery encounter for sure. Oxford have been in good form of late with a good win over Redcar and they have a really strong heat leader partnership with (Scott) Nicholls and (Sam) Masters.”

WORKINGTON: Craig Cook, Tate Zischke, Connor Bailey, Claus Vissing, Troy Batchelor, Celina Liebmann, Sam McGurk.
OXFORD: Sam Masters, Henry Atkins r/r, Cameron Heeps, Jordan Jenkins, Scott Nicholls, Ashton Boughen, Luke Killeen, Jody Scott (no.8)
SCB Referee: Gary Allen

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