THURSDAY’S PREMIERSHIP TEAM NEWS
LINE-UPS have been declared for another busy night of ROWE Motor Oil Premiership action on Thursday with three meetings taking place.
There’s a clash of the top two clubs in the current league table at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park as Leicester host Ipswich.
The Witches are without captain Danny King due to his broken hand and they will use the rider replacement facility, with Dan Thompson moving into the top five under the new May averages.
LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Richard Lawson, Sam Masters, Luke Becker, Ryan Douglas, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson.
IPSWICH: Emil Sayfutdinov, Danny King R/R, Jason Doyle, Dan Thompson, Adam Ellis, Keynan Rew, Jordan Jenkins.
SCB Referee: Phil Griffin
Elsewhere, defending champions Sheffield host Oxford with Jack Holder making his first Tigers appearance since winning last weekend’s Croatian Grand Prix.
The Spires hand a debut to recent signing Craig Cook, who has come in for the injured Lewis Kerr and starts off against the club he represented in 2022.
SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Kyle Howarth, Chris Holder, Josh Pickering, Tai Woffinden, Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes.
OXFORD: Maciej Janowski, Erik Riss, Charles Wright, Rohan Tungate, Chris Harris, Craig Cook, Ashton Boughen.
SCB Referee: Dave Watters
Meanwhile Nicolai Klindt makes his return to King’s Lynn colours when they host Birmingham at the Adrian Flux Arena, and Benjamin Basso is also back from injury.
The Brummies, who took their first win against Belle Vue on Monday, track a revised riding order due to a new average for Vaclav Milk who drops to reserve.
KING’S LYNN: Tobiasz Musielak, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Michael Palm Toft, Benjamin Basso, Nicolai Klindt, Patryk Wojdylo, Anders Rowe.
BIRMINGHAM: Piotr Pawlicki, Steve Worrall, Zach Cook, Wiktor Lampart, Tom Brennan, Vaclav Milik, Leon Flint.
SCB Referee: Wayne Jarvis
