PERRY HURT IN FINAL

LEICESTER’S NDL Grand Final defeat was overshadowed by the injuries suffered by Max Perry in a Heat 12 crash at Oxford.

16-year-old Perry is set for surgery on Wednesday having suffered a broken and dislocated right wrist, and a broken right ankle, as well as bruising to the lungs.

Team manager Dave Howard said: “All our thoughts are with Max, and we just hope he makes a good recovery so that he can get on with his life and his career.

“He’s at the age now where he doesn’t want to be out of his education for a long time, so we hope he’s comfortable and that we get some good news from the hospital.

“Of course the result is disappointing, but I’m really proud of all the guys. One race either way and we could have been in the lead and had it gone to the end, who knows, we had Dan and Joe (Thompson) in Heats 13 and 15 so we could have gone on to win it.

“But overall I’m thankful to all the riders for what they’ve done again this year.  We deserved to win things again, but I’m very proud of what the Cubs have achieved in the last four seasons, and a big thanks also to the supporters.”