ALUN Rossiter hopes to see Swindon Robins sitting top of the Elite League perch tonight as he goes in search of an ambitious double over Ipswich Witches.
PIRATES guest rider Mads Korneliussen is calling for speedway to introduce a second referee after claiming he was unfairly excluded from a race during their 53-39 home win over Coventry last night.
17th April The “Evening Star” Witches travel to Swindon tonight without star riders Jarek Hampel and Piotr Swiderski. Both whom have been recalled to take part on the Polish Championships - a GP qualifier - after the meeting was rained off on Tuesday and re-arranged for tonight.
The WItches will operate R/R at No 2 in place of Swiderski and Poole rider Chris Holder will replace Hampel.
It’s not ideal, but Witches team manager Pete Simmons remains optimistic. “We are very much hoping Chris (Holder) can do a good job for us,” he said. “Obviously not having Jarek and Piotr is hardly ideal, but there is nothing we can do about Polish qualifiers which the riders must ride in. We need to get Monday’s meeting out of our system. I think everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. Two tapes exclusions, falls; it wasn’t what the doctor ordered at all.”
And Simmons has said there will be pairing changes to the Witches line-up in time for the Eastbourne clash at Foxhall next week. “We will definitely be swapping some pairings about. We have built up too many good leads and seen them thrown away near the end of the meeting. It has got to stop.”
Tonight’s teams
Swindon: 1. Leigh Adams 2. James Wright 3. Troy Batchelor 4. Travis McGowan 5. Mads Korneliussen 6. Cory Gathercole, 7. Seb Alden.
Ipswich: 1. Robert Miskowiak 2. R/R, 3. Chris Louis 4. Steve Johnston 5. Chris Holder, 6. 7. Chris Schramm.