Everyone at Glasgow Speedway extends their best wishes to Adrian Rymel who sustained a nasty and severe injury at Edinburgh last night. The popular Czech Republic rider is reported to have a broken bone in his neck and due an operation at some point on Saturday.
Adrian is one of the most popular visiting riders at Glasgow and we are all crossing our fingers for his safe passage back to full fitness.
It was a horror night on the injury and illness front on Friday at Scunthorpe with riders suffering badly as the team went down to a heavy defeat losing 62-30.
With Josh Grajczonek, Travis McGowan and Joe Screen entering the meeting with injury concenrs, the younger Aussie was the first to bite the bullet as he came on on lap 1 bend 3 of his first race as he clashed with Jan Graversen and was ruled out with a hip injury. Joe Screen by this time was feeling ill in the pits and although he took his next two rides, he was throwing up and had to pull out after that.
Travis was untroubled as far as injury was concerned but had a shocker as he was late on arriving due to the fatal crash on the M18 so missed all opportunity to walk the track at a venue he has never seen before, and then proceeded to have his worst meeting in Glasgow colours as he consigned his engine to the dustbin at its conclusion.
Major credit goes to guest Darren Mallett and especially our own Jake Anderson and Nick Morris, who battled manfully and got stuck in in very difficult circumstances.
As far as the trip to Newport tonight, Chris Neath and Sam Masters will don the race jackets in place of Screen and Grajczonek and Darren Mallett will continue in the number 6 race jacket as James Holder was injured on Thursday at Sheffield.
For tomorrow’s clash with Edinburgh at home, it will be Jason Lyons in for Joe Screen and Marcin Rempala in for Josh. Jade Mudgeway will guest for Lee Dicken.
It is hoped that will a few days rest both Screen and Grajczonek can return for a week on Sunday against Kings Lynn.
Glasgow’s greatest rival could be crowned Premier League champions this weekend. That should be enough to make this one of the most tense meetings in many seasons. The Monarchs will win the league if they take a point at Stoke on Saturday night but should that meeting be postponed or should they lose and not take a bonus point then the same opportunity will befall them at Ashfield.
This could not be coming at a worse time for the Tigers as there are injury worries over no fewer than 5 riders, two are already ruled out and there are still two more meetings to race prior to the Derby clash!
Below is the full press release ahead of the meet.
Jake Anderson is embroiled in a battle with fellow team mate Nick Morris for the National League title. It is a 3 way battle between Dudley, Newport and Buxton for the title and Anderson, riding for Dudley, netted 7 points from his 4 rides on Tuesday night to assist the Heathens to a comfortable 58-33 win over Newport.
In the wake of the double header with Newcastle, the A-Plant Tigers have been left with several injury concerns ahead of the weekend treble against Scunthorpe, Newport and Edinburgh. As things stand we are able to confirm that both John Branney and Lee Dicken will definitely miss the three meetings while we will wait to see how things progress with Joe Screen, Travis McGowan and Josh Grajczonek.
With Lee dropping to reserve the Tigers are entitled to a guest to cover his absence and while no name has been confirmed for Scunthorpe, James Holder will ride at Newport and Jade Mudgeway will guest at home to Edinburgh. We would like to thank both riders for their co-operation. Assuming that the three heatleaders are all fit for the weekend then the rider replacement facility will be in operation for John.
Diamonds sparkle to big Ashfield win
Match Report to follow
There is a new face in the A-Plant Tigers line-up for the double header with Newcastle this weekend as Mitchell Davey departs the club. More on that in the press release below, along with news of a change in the riding order for next week as the new averages kick in.
Hopefully too, a full strength Tigers team as John Branney looks like winning his injury battle ahead of the Diamonds clash.
At the conclusion of the meeting with Berwick last week, the Promotion made the decision to make a team change at reserve. Mitchell Davey was informed that he was being released to allow him the opportunity to gain some much needed confidence at another track. Having returned from injury, Mitch has been unable to find the form or the confidence on the bike and rather than allow that to slip any more, it was decided to make the break.
A replacement for Mitchell has been signed and details should be available on Thursday once BSPA approval has been given.
Berwick gain PL revenge as they haul the points back to Bandit Country
Match Report to follow
The injury news is mixed as far as the A-Plant Tigers are concerned ahead of the meeting with Berwick this afternoon. Captain Lee Dicken has been declared fit to return and he takes his place in the team at number 2 but John Branney is still a few days away from a return and it is hoped that he will come back at home to Newcastle next Sunday. The rider replacement facility will be in operation for him today.
Berwick recorded a sensational victory over Newcastle at home last night but at a cost with popular reserve Michal Rajkowski suffering a nasty leg injury. Early reports that he has broken the leg are not yet confirmed as the rider will be checking in at the hospital later today but is unfit to ride and his place is taken by Newport’s Alex Davies, who guests at number 7.
The meeting will commence at the usual start time of 4.00pm