SEDGMEN SUPPORTING BEN FUND

EDINBURGH No.1 Justin Sedgmen has paid tribute to the Speedway Riders’ Benevolent Fund ahead of their Bonanza spectacular at Oxford on March 23.

Sedgmen will appear in the event at Cowley as he returns to action following an injury-hit second half of last season, and he says the assistance provided by the Ben Fund during that period was crucially important.

He said: “The Ben Fund for me personally last year basically took all the pressure off after what happened to me.

“I had a crash and then three weeks later I had another crash. Instead of going through all the rigmarole of filling out forms again, they knew that I had wanted to come back and race, I didn’t want to finish the season on the sidelines. I did just three more races.

“They continued their help straight away and basically continued on what they were already doing. I had an operation and they helped towards paying for that.  So as soon as I knew that I was going to be in the country on time, I wanted to do the meeting.

“I want to get back into it straight away and to be as busy as possible. I would like to do as many meetings as I can, Premiership, guest bookings, anything. Last year it kind of all got taken away from me as I was sitting on the sidelines injured. The more I can do, the better.”