Leicester and Coventry will try again to complete their Elite League fixtures against one another on Sunday.
The original meetings at Coventry in the afternoon and the return at Leicester in the evening were postponed due to rain on Bank Holiday Monday.
Coventry host the first fixture at the Brandon Stadium with a new time of 2.30 pm and then both teams meet again in the evening at Leicester where the first race gets underway at 7.30 pm.
“Nicolai Klindt will miss the match at Coventry and the same goes for the Bees rider Kyle Howarth as both are riding for their respective Premier League clubs in the afternoon. Nicolai and Kyle need to be pretty sharpish on leaving Scunthorpe to arrive in time for the evening match at Leicester so hopefully there will not be any earlier delays that may mean they are running late” explained the Lions Team Manager Norrie Allan.
The Bees are handily placed to break into the top four if they are successful against the Lions on Sunday. With matches in hand over the teams above them Coventry cannot afford to ease up but Leicester having not lost a fixture at home since June when Swindon visited the Jordan Road Surfacing Stadium are now a different proposition.
“We will go to Brandon hoping to at least equal our previous performance when we picked up a point in April. They have run into good consistent form of late but we should not fear them on their territory. Our form at home has picked up lately and I can see another tight match ahead of us at Leicester which if past results is anything to go by it will end with another last heat decider” said Allan.
The Rapid Solicitors Lions are still without their Polish heat leader Krzysztof Buczkowski who broke his shoulder blade in a fall at Poole and in his place the Belle Vue rider Craig Cook steps in as a guest replacement for both fixtures and Sam Masters replaces Nicolai Klindt at Brandon. Coventry are missing their match winning reserve and former Leicester rider Jason Garrity who is racing for Rye House at Glasgow and the Bees have recruited Kyle Newman. At number two and partnering Hans Andersen, the Bees have named their club asset Aaron Summers who rides for Redcar to take the place of Howarth at Brandon.
Meanwhile, whilst the senior team is racing at Coventry, the Lion Cubs also have an important fixture at Mildenhall. Both teams are vying for a place in the National Trophy final and the result in Suffolk will be key to their chances. The fixture has been hit by the absence of five of Leicester’s team who are riding elsewhere and to a lesser extent Mildenhall who are missing two riders.
Teams for Coventry
Leicester: 1. Jason Doyle, 2. Simon Stead, 3. Mads Korneliussen, 4. Sam Masters, 5. Craig Cook, 6. Josh Bates and 7. Max Clegg
Coventry: 1. Hans Andersen, 2. Aaron Summers, 3. Ben Barker, 4. Kenneth Hansen, 5. Chris Harris, 6. Kyle Newman and 7. James Sarjeant
Teams for Leicester
Leicester: 1. Jason Doyle, 2. Simon Stead, 3. Mads Korneliussen, 4. Nicolai Klindt, 5. Craig Cook, 6. Max Clegg and 7. Josh Bates
Coventry: 1. Hans Andersen, 2. Kyle Howarth, 3. Ben Barker, 4. Kenneth Hansen, 5. Chris Harris, 6. Kyle Newman and 7. James Sarjeant
National Trophy Teams
Mildenhall: 1. Daniel Halsey, 2. Rider Replacement, 3. Connor Coles, 4. Brendan Johnson, 5. Guest, 6. Jack Kingston and 7. Connor Mountain
Leicester: 1. Ben Morley, 2. Dan Greenwood, 3. Tom Perry, 4. Rider Replacement, 5. Nathan Greaves, 6. Michael Neale and 7. David Holt
