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None of the Peterborough or Coventry riders have been named in the PK meeting. Fans have a choice which to watch. Most speedway meetings will be on the same night as another meeting once the season starts

Could still end up with Justin as well. Poland have said they are planning to race some meetings on Friday & Saturdays as well so it will depend on if there are many clashes

Because Brandon Estate own the stadium and at present they are the ones that won't let us use it. Horton & Sandhu are ready to work together at Brandon and fix the damage, However without the owners permission we are homeless

Does anybody know who gets priority if there are fixture clashes for the riders below with question marks? It was said to have changed this year and is now 1) The parent club if a rider is riding for his own club 2) If not with his parent club then it's the team he rode for the previous year if returning to them (regardless of which league he is an asset of) 3) if he didn't ride for either team in 2016 then the league he is a asset of then takes priority. COVENTRY Danny King (Ipswich) Lewis Kerr (Scunthorpe) Josh Bates (Sheffield) Jason Garrity (Coventry) Lasse Bjerre? KING'S LYNN Robert Lambert (King's Lynn) Lewis Rose (King's Lynn) LEICESTER Josh Auty (Scunthorpe) POOLE Kyle Newman (Poole) Jack Holder (Poole) RYE HOUSE Ellis Perks? Robert Bradford? I didn't realise that Robson hadn't got a CL spot this year. SOMERSET Charles Wright (Somerset) Paul Starke (Somerset) Josh Grajczonek? SWINDON Bradley Wilson Dean? WOLVERHAMPTON Sam Masters? Kyle Howarth (Sheffield) Max Clegg?

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Coventry have a challenge meeting 19th March at Peterborough.

I agree. Think he will do well on that track. Does anybody know what average he is?

What average does Gomolski come in on?

Not sure the reason for the other but Harris isn't riding in the championship as he was asking for too much money. Will Leicester be granted a facility for him if any of his polish fixtures fall on a Saturday?

I completely agree. Special thanks to Leicester for allowing this to happen.

Think it will affect us in the way that the riders we signed were good at Brandon. Leicester is Sarjeant's worst track and Bates isn't great there.

positive news that a lifeline has been given. Yes it's not ideal that it's not at Brandon but at least it gives us a bit more time to try and sort things. It sounds like it's Brandon Estates the problem is now with and that Leicester will be the short term solution while they try and sort a deal to bring us back home. COVENTRY RACING CLUB LTD MR SANDHU and Mick Horton have completely overcome their recent differences for the sake of Coventry Bees and now have only one joint objective and that is to see the Bees run as the Coventry Bees for the 2017 season. After several weeks of hard work we can happily announce that Coventry Bees will be running in the top flight of speedway and they are both looking forward to a good season of racing. Even if we are not racing at Brandon at the start of the season we hope that it will not be for very long. Leicester Speedway have given us a lifeline to allow us this breathing space and we would like to thank them for allowing us to use the facility in the short term. We need the supporters to now play their part and get behind the club and support what we are working towards as we cant do it on our own. The BSPA could have made this impossible and we would like to thank Keith Chapman, Rob Godfrey, Colin Pratt and others who have managed to persuade the members to allow us the flexibility we need to rebuild the club. It would have been a lot easier for them to exclude us and instead they have worked hard for the sake of the Bees to allow us to continue to run in 2017. Michael Stokes has been a constant help and supporter in this process so it would be wrong for us not to recognise his determination to see the Bees continue to operate. Lastly both Mr Sandhu and Mick Horton would like to thank the fans for the support they have shown them and the continued patience but now we need you to rally round the team. We have done the first part which was to keep the Bees in existence, now we need you to show us we were right so please look forwards rather than to the past and let's prove everybody wrong. BSPA STATEMENT ENTRY BEES SPEEDWAY: BSPA STATEMENT Sunday January 29, 2017 THE British Speedway Promoters Association are pleased to finally confirm Coventry Bees will be racing in the 2017 SGB Premiership. We have accepted proposals for the team to race on a temporary basis at Leicesters Beaumont Park for the opening weeks of the season with the ultimate aim of moving back to Coventry during the campaign. For the avoidance of doubt, both Coventry and Leicester will be racing as separate teams and this is in no way an amalgamation of the two clubs. The move has been made to keep Coventry on track in very trying circumstances with their former Brandon Stadium home currently unavailable. However, strenuous efforts will continue to be made to take the team back to the famous site. We would like to place on record our thanks to Avtar Sandhu of Coventry Racing Club Ltd for supporting this venture, Leicester Speedway, Councillor Stokes and Mick Horton, Coventry Bees promoter. As an association we have tried to give every opportunity for Coventry, a world famous club with a rich heritage, to remain in action at the highest level of British Speedway. Our best wishes go to both Leicester Lions and Coventry Bees for a successful 2017 season and we look forward to seeing the Bees move back home at the earliest possible time during the season. COVENTRY BEES Sunday January 29, 2017 COVENTRY Speedway are pleased to confirm they will be competing in the SGB Premiership this season. The winter has produced an unprecedented series of circumstances which have required extensive and detailed negotiations, involving several parties. With Brandon Stadium currently unavailable, agreement has been reached for the club to begin the 2017 season with home matches to be staged at Beaumont Park, Leicester. It must be stressed that this is for the full Coventry Bees team to race under their own name, on their regular Friday race night, whilst Leicester themselves will continue to operate under their own promotion. Numerous options have been considered over recent weeks, but promoter Mick Horton and Coventry Racing Club chief Avtar Sandhu remain determined that the club will return to Coventry at the soonest possible opportunity. Work is continuing in this respect but with the need to secure the future of the club of the utmost importance, we would like to place on record our thanks to all parties who have helped facilitate this temporary arrangement. Horton said: We had to find a solution which enabled the club to survive whilst the negotiations continue to bring us back to Coventry. That is going to involve us racing some meetings at Beaumont Park at the start of the season, and I must place on record my thanks to Leicester for their co-operation. We are rivals on-track but they have been more than helpful throughout, and I won't forget that if they ever need a favour in return! My thanks also go to the BSPA for their support and understanding of these difficult circumstances, and for allowing us to race at Leicester, and also to Cllr Michael Stokes and Rugby Borough Council for their continued assistance. It is well documented that Mr Sandhu and I have had our differences in the past. These are behind us; we are both passionate about the Bees and we are both determined for this interim arrangement to work with the ultimate aim of a return to Brandon as soon as possible. It is a relief to us all that we will be able to take to the track this season with our seven riders who have had to cope with so much uncertainty over the winter. I must also say to our supporters from a personal point of view that it has been frustrating to be unable to provide them with more information at times, and I hope they can respect that. We have been working round-the-clock to ensure the club can continue but the nature of our talks have had to remain confidential. It goes without saying that this arrangement can only be successful with everyone working together - management, sponsors, supporters, everyone involved. I know racing at Leicester for the time being is going to present some difficulties to supporters, I understand that, and we will be looking at various measures in an attempt to make things easier. We all realise it isn't going to be straightforward, but this club is too big to just let it fold. That most definitely could have happened during the winter, and we've kept on working to ensure that doesn't happen. We've now got to have everyone backing us to make it work, and to prove that we were all right to save the Bees."

Where did the chairman official say that?Only person I saw say anything about a possible midday announcement was the writer for the Coventry Observer and even he stated it was only a possibility

Think some took the survey as a permenant move. I personally couldn't get to Leicester on a Friday night to watch Coventry. I live in Coventry & I finish work at 6.30pm and have no transport so there would be no way I could do it.

They are in a separate bit on Pooles site, along with Leicester. http://www.poolepirates.co/news/2017-01-24-fixture-release.html

Your guess is as good as ours

Ipswich Twitter have said they have priority as Danny King currently doesn't have a Premiership club 😞

Ipswich say they have priority over Rory in any fixture clashes but I haven't seen him announced in any Premiership team yet. Surely that must mean he's heading to Leicester or Belle Vue?

Strange isn't it

Why do Ipswich have priority over King? There are 3 clashes. One being away at Belle Vue

It's because away fixtures aren't a problem. TBC near all our home ones as we have no home to race at

Coventry are on the fixture list but have TBC near all their fixtures. Leicester also have it near all of theirs

Why do Leicester have TBC near all their fixtures?

I can't see the residents of the area being very pleased with the new use of the stadium

A lot of Coventry fans don't have transport so won't be travelling to Leicester so if speedway is gone from Brandon that would be it