BLODORN: WHERE WE BELONG!

GERMAN Champion Norick Blodorn is chasing a third league title with Belle Vue at the age of just 22.

Blodorn has been a mainstay for the Aces ever since he joined the club in 2022, and this season has seen him take a major step forward.

He was part of the team which overcame Sheffield in a dramatic Grand Final in his first campaign in Manchester, before they defeated Leicester to secure another Premiership crown in 2024 – and now it’s the Aces against the Tigers again in the title decider, with the first leg at Owlerton on Thursday.

Blodorn said: “It feels like we belong where we are now (in the Grand Final), and it’s quite a cool achievement.

“Every time I’ve been in the Final with Belle Vue we’ve made it happen, so that’s the plan from now on. It all depends on my performance really!

“It’s felt like the team has never changed too much even though there’s been a few different riders over the years. But we pretty much stick to the same team, and now we’ve had Tate (Zischke) stepping up bigtime and Will (Cairns) a really strong Rising Star.”