DATE SET & RIDER LIST FOR CLRC

REDCAR captain Charles Wright will defend the Championship League Riders’ Championship title at the ECCO Arena on Sunday September 15 (3pm).

The date has been set for the prestige individual event, which is being staged at the Teesside venue for the second year running and features the top riders from all nine clubs in British Speedway’s middle tier.

Wright is set to face strong competition including from his Bears team-mate Danny King, who made the Final last season.

Former winners Sam Masters (Oxford) and Craig Cook (Workington) are included along with 2023 runner-up Chris Harris (Glasgow), who is yet to win an individual riders’ title.

Poole No.1 Richard Lawson is currently top of the league averages on an impressive 9.21 figure, just ahead of Masters and Cook, with Edinburgh’s Josh Pickering on 8.85.

The riding order draw will be made during BSN’s coverage of Poole v Scunthorpe in the Cab Direct Championship on Wednesday (August 7).

Admission prices for the CLRC have been set as follows: Adults £22, Children (11-16) £5, Under-11s Free.

RIDER LIST: Richard Lawson (Poole), Sam Masters (Oxford), Craig Cook (Workington), Josh Pickering (Edinburgh), Chris Harris (Glasgow), Lewis Kerr (Berwick), Charles Wright (Redcar), Scott Nicholls (Oxford), Tom Brennan (Poole), Steve Worrall (Glasgow), Troy Batchelor (Workington), Justin Sedgmen (Edinburgh), Danny King (Redcar), Michael Palm Toft (Scunthorpe), Kyle Howarth (Scunthorpe), Dan Thompson (Plymouth).