lucifer sam 3,957 Posted April 19, 2016 HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions commence their Premier League fixtures with the visit of Plymouth Devils to the Eddie Wright Raceway on Sunday (6.30pm). Zdenek Holub will be missing, as he is still sidelined with a shoulder injury – it is hoped that the Czech Republic international is back in action at Berwick on April 30. Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey explains: “Zdenek had a try out in the Czech Republic, and his shoulder isn’t quite right yet. “He’ll sit out the home match against Plymouth this week, and we’ll again use the rider replacement facility for him. We’re hoping Zdenek will be fit for our visit to Berwick a week on Saturday.” After an indifferent League Cup campaign, which began with a bang with an away win at Ipswich, but fizzled out, Scorpions are looking to start their league campaign with a victory against Plymouth, who were saved from closure earlier this month. “I’m delighted that Plymouth were saved from closure”, added Godfrey, having afforded every assistance he could to the Devils in his role of vice-chairman of the BSPA. “No-one ever wants to see a speedway track close, and there’s no doubting the passion of the supporters down in Devon. “But we can’t afford to be charitable on Sunday. The League Cup did end up being a bit of a disappointment for us, but everyone starts afresh again in the Premier League. “The league is our No 1 priority, and we won’t under-estimate the Devils. We need to make sure we do the job at the Eddie Wright Raceway on Sunday and emerge from the meeting with three precious league points in our account.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScunnyDan 335 Posted April 20, 2016 Think this could be a cracking meeting. Think and hope scunny can take this one.... 50-40 to sunny scunny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon Hammer 576 Posted April 21, 2016 @SpeedwayScunny - Scunthorpe speedway would like to wish her majesty a happy 90th birthday and an invite to Scunny v Plymouth on Sunday at 6.30 Might be a good chance to get an autograph & a selfie with HRH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucifer sam 3,957 Posted April 24, 2016 Expected teams for today: Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Josh Auty, 2. Carl Wilkinson, 3. Alex Davies, 4. Ryan Douglas, 5. Rider replacement for Zdenek Holub, 6. Ashley Morris, 7. Josh Bailey. Plymouth Devils: 1. Charlie Gjedde, 2. Sam Simota, 3. Jack Holder, 4. Todd Kurtz, 5. Kyle Newman, 6. Stefan Nielsen, 7. Ellis Perks. Midland Development League teams:Scunthorpe Stags: 1. Chris Hay, 2. Lloyd Ditchburn, 3. Luke Whitehead, 4. Sam Chapman.Buxton Junior Hitmen: 1. Ryan Burton, 2. William O’Keefe, 3. Joe Lawlor, 4. Connor Fletcher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islander15 1,065 Posted April 24, 2016 Not many posts on this thread. Surely a good chance of Scunny's first home win?? The home side have the slightly better top 3 but the visitors the better reserves around EWR imo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Johnson 285 Posted April 24, 2016 Im predicting Josh Baileys first win today,going to go for 50. 40 and depends on which Josh A and Carlos turns up, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panthers89 1,922 Posted April 24, 2016 I'm going for a 4 point away win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shrimmy 143 Posted April 24, 2016 I'm going for a 4 point away win. Oh dear 😂😂 I'm going for a 4 point away win. Oh dear 😂😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert 304 Posted April 24, 2016 Im predicting Josh Baileys first win today,going to go for 50. 40 and depends on which Josh A and Carlos turns up, Not a bad prediction there NBT.. Little Josh got his win, and a fine ride it was too... his riding deserved more than his paid six tally. Big Josh and Wilko came to the fore too... match winning performances. Plymouth didn't really have a potent point scorer tonight.. Scunny fully deserving the win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sidney the robin 4,735 Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Not a bad prediction there NBT.. Little Josh got his win, and a fine ride it was too... his riding deserved more than his paid six tally. Big Josh and Wilko came to the fore too... match winning performances. Plymouth didn't really have a potent point scorer tonight.. Scunny fully deserving the win. Surely big Josh will be in the Scunny WC semi final ? saying that knowing how British speedway is run they will probably bung him in at Glasgow.Two big sixteen point home totals out of four matches be great if Josh can really get some continuous double figure scores. Edited April 25, 2016 by Sidney the robin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Johnson 285 Posted April 24, 2016 Not a bad prediction there NBT.. Little Josh got his win, and a fine ride it was too... his riding deserved more than his paid six tally. Big Josh and Wilko came to the fore too... match winning performances. Plymouth didn't really have a potent point scorer tonight.. Scunny fully deserving the win. i didnt expect a t/r, so if charle g had 3 points i had the score right,,,,,disapointed with the crowd though, seemed very sparse, side efeect of the league cup efforts? were they sat at home waiting to see what happens before commiting to furthur meetings?even some from plymouth even bothered to come well done to both teams for an excellent meeting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie4388 683 Posted April 24, 2016 First meeting of the season for me this one. Wasn't the best of starts to the meeting but the racing certainly got better as the meeting when on. Got to say it was the first time I had seen Young Josh Bailey ride and he's very impressive a lot of people said he would struggle this season but from what I saw today, Josh could certainly turned out to be one if not the best of the number 7s there is by the end of the season. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillwhitewasmad 1,487 Posted April 25, 2016 Enjoyed last night and was really impressed with little josh even when at the back always on the pace and looking like he can pass and score, great ride from Alex when off 15 without those two points Plymouth would of gone away with a point. Didn't think crowd was to bad considering what had gone before remember if you win they will come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert 304 Posted April 25, 2016 I know some supporters were put off because of the cold weather forecast... As it was, turned out much milder than expected, was somewhat warmer than it was earlier in the afternoon... Almost tropical for scunny. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Number23 29 Posted April 25, 2016 A good result for Scunthorpe last night. Not able to attend but picked up the scores online. Great that Josh B is getting some real help from you guys. We supporters of KL young Stars are very proud of him and it was good to go to Pboro and support him (despite the score), also met some great Scunthorpe fans . His rides for Scunthorpe have been excellent for him and he was very impressive at KLYS first meeting of the year, he was flying . With some (not all) negative publicity for the new 3 point system , it helps young riders like Josh, and the others, on the ladder. A great battling rider who will fight for every point. Please keep supporting him and look after him. We need young GB riders to come on otherwise we shall be supporting teams with few GB riders like PL football, it is great to have the imports but even nicer to see home riders establish themselves. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
