BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY TEAM NEWS
LINE-UPS have been declared for Bank Holiday Monday’s action in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership and the KO Cup.
League action takes place at Perry Barr as Birmingham host Oxford, with the aggregate point in play as the Spires won 47-43 at Cowley in mid-March.
New averages mean Scott Nicholls drops to reserve in what is scheduled to be his final appearance for the hosts, whilst the visitors operate rider replacement for Maciej Janowski who has a compulsory racing commitment in Poland.
BIRMINGHAM: Vaclav Milik, Wiktor Lampart, Zach Cook, Tom Brennan, Steve Worrall, Scott Nicholls, Leon Flint.
OXFORD: Maciej Janowski R/R, Charles Wright, Nicolai Klindt, Chris Harris, Rohan Tungate, Lewis Kerr, Ashton Boughen, Luke Killeen (no.8).
SCB Referee: Chris Durno
BELLE VUE host Sheffield in the first War of the Roses clash of 2024, as the sides meet in Manchester in the KO Cup.
It’s a midday start at the National Speedway Stadium with the Aces racing at home for the first time this year, and both teams are unchanged from their previous meetings.
BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Ben Cook, Dan Bewley, Connor Mountain, Connor Bailey.
SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Kyle Howarth, Chris Holder, Josh Pickering, Tai Woffinden, Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes.
SCB Referee: Graeme Hunter
LEICESTER host KO Cup holders Ipswich at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park, in a repeat of last year’s tie at this stage of the competition.
The Lions declare the same riding order whilst for the Witches Jordan Jenkins moves into the top five and Keynan Rew takes over at reserve. The meeting also features the clash of the Thompson twins in the Rising Star positions.
LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Richard Lawson, Sam Masters, Luke Becker, Ryan Douglas, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson.
IPSWICH: Emil Sayfutdinov, Jordan Jenkins, Danny King, Adam Ellis, Jason Doyle, Keynan Rew, Dan Thompson.
SCB Referee: Chris Gay
