CHAMPIONSHIP KO CUP DRAW

SCUNTHORPE will begin their defence of the Championship KO Cup with a first round tie against Plymouth.

The Scorpions took the silverware in 2023 with a sensational performance in the Final back in October to end Poole’s domination of the trophy.

In the quarter-finals, the winners of the Scunthorpe/Plymouth tie have been drawn to face Berwick, whilst the Pirates take on Edinburgh in a repeat of the 2021 Final.

Newcomers Workington – who clinched the trophy at their former Derwent Park home in 2018 – face 2019 winners Redcar, and there will be a big clash between Oxford and Glasgow whose play-off contest last season went right down to the wire.

All ties will be raced over two legs as usual, with fixture details to follow.

KO CUP Round 1: Scunthorpe v Plymouth

KO CUP Quarter-Finals: Poole v Edinburgh, Oxford v Glasgow, Redcar v Workington, Scunthorpe/Plymouth v Berwick.

Meanwhile the groupings for the BSN Series competition have been confirmed, as follows:

SCOTTISH GROUP: Berwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow
NORTHERN GROUP: Redcar, Scunthorpe, Workington
SOUTHERN GROUP: Oxford, Plymouth, Poole

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