TEAM NEWS: THURS MARCH 23

LINE-UPS have been declared for a big opening night of Premiership racing on Thursday March 23.

Defending champions Belle Vue visit Sheffield in a repeat of last season’s Grand Final, when the Aces secured aggregate victory in a tense encounter at Owlerton.

The Tigers hand debuts to David Bellego and Rising Star Dan Gilkes, with five members of last season’s team returning.

Meanwhile the Aces have British Champion Dan Bewley and former World Under-21 Champion Jaimon Lidsey back in their ranks this season, whilst Jake Mulford makes his debut as Rising Star.

SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, David Bellego, Adam Ellis, Kyle Howarth, Tobiasz Musielak, Lewis Kerr, Dan Gilkes.
BELLE VUE: Dan Bewley, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Charles Wright, Brady Kurtz, Tom Brennan, Jake Mulford.

Thursday’s other fixture takes place at Foxhall and features several high-profile returnees to British Speedway as Ipswich face Peterborough.

The Witches made the play-offs last season whilst the Panthers were left with the wooden spoon less than a year after becoming champions.

Emil Sayfutdinov races a league match in the UK for the first time since 2011 as he makes his Ipswich debut, with Keynan Rew and Rising Star Joe Thompson both coming into the Witches’ side.

Like Sayfutdinov, Nicki Pedersen has been out of British racing for nearly twelve years, but he lines up at No.1 for the Panthers who have Niels-Kristian Iversen back in their colours, with Richie Worrall and Ben Cook making their debuts.

IPSWICH: Jason Doyle, Keynan Rew, Danny King, Erik Riss, Emil Sayfutdinov, Danyon Hume, Joe Thompson.
PETERBOROUGH: Nicki Pedersen, Hans Andersen, Richie Worrall, Benjamin Basso, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Ben Cook, Jordan Jenkins.

Keep in touch with British Speedway social media throughout Thursday evening with regular updates, photographs and interviews from both venues.