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Each club has to send me the results and as soon as received I will send to bspa site and post on here and the MDL facebook page

COVENTRY Storm race their first National League fixture of the season when they face Scunthorpe at Brandon on Friday (7.30pm). The City Gearboxes Storm showed their intent for 2014 with a determined display at the home of title favourites Cradley earlier in the week, going down by just eight points in the first leg of the Travel Plus Trophy. Now they have an opportunity to collect their first league points against a Scunthorpe side who suffered injuries in their opening meeting of the campaign last weekend. The Stags are led by the experienced Steve Jones and also include former Bees mascot Conor Dwyer, whilst Adam Kirby and Sam Woods had spells with Kent last season. The Storm go into the meeting at full-strength. Co-boss Laurence Rogers said: “For our boys it’s a great chance for them to get some points on the board, and I hope the fans turn out to see them. “People will have looked at Tuesday’s result and seen how well we did at Cradley, so I very much hope they come along and get behind the boys.” Admission is just £10 for adults with all children free, and supporters are reminded of a £4 discount available on production of a ticket from the recently abandoned home match against Cradley. CITY GEARBOXES STORM: Stefan Nielsen, Luke Crang, Oliver Greenwood, Dan Greenwood, James Sarjeant, Ryan Terry-Daley, Martin Knuckey. SCUNTHORPE: Steve Jones, Conor Dwyer, Danno Verge, Adam Kirby, Sam Woods, Liam Sanderson, Ryan MacDonald.

yes the meeting is on.

Meeting abandoned after 3 rider crash in ht 4 ..race awarded and result stands. Kings Lynn 9 ( Layne Culpitt 0, Alex Wright 4, Adam Kirby 3, Ryan Kingsley 2) Castleford 15 ( Adam Portwood 6, Scooter Webster 2, Sam woods 2+1, Ryan McDonald 5) Full details to follow.

they are in the speedway star bumper edition

COVENTRY Storm have the honour of launching the 2014 speedway season at Brandon on Friday – with reigning National League Champions Cradley providing the opposition (7.30pm). On a massive opening weekend of action the club stages the Elite Riders’ Championship on Sunday, but prior to that the City Gearboxes Storm go into action in the first leg of the Travel Plus Trophy. It’s the second season of National League racing at Coventry and hopes are high that the Storm can go one step further than in 2013 and secure a top four finish for a place in the play-offs. League points are not at stake on Friday but the competition should still be intense with the Heathens hotly tipped to mount a strong defence of their title. Storm hand debuts to British Under-19 Champion Stefan Nielsen at No.1 and Dan Greenwood, ironically signed from Cradley over the winter, in the middle-order, whilst the remaining five riders led by skipper James Sarjeant are all back from last year’s squad. The Heathens, who have reverted to their famous Cradley name after four years as Dudley, again have a powerful side with several potential No.1s. In the absence of skipper Paul Starke who has a prior commitment with Somerset, they call up their title-winning captain Ashley Morris as a guest. Storm co-boss Blayne Scroggins said: “Cradley are essentially the unbeaten champions, they won everything they could win last year and I know Coventry v Cradley means a lot to the supporters, it was always the big rivalry. “We want to prove we’re a match for them and I really hope the supporters turn out to see us again. “We had some great support last year and obviously we want more people to come along and take a look at us. If you haven’t seen National League speedway before, come down and see it – you’ll be surprised!” Admission prices for NL meetings are unchanged from last season – just £10 for all adults, with all children under 16 free. CITY GEARBOXES STORM: Stefan Nielsen, Luke Crang, Oliver Greenwood, Dan Greenwood, James Sarjeant, Ryan Terry-Daley, Martin Knuckey. CRADLEY: Ashley Morris, Nathan Greaves, Tom Perry, Max Clegg, Steve Worrall, Matt Williamson, Danny Phillips

let's hope so Marcus

Gary and Lorraine Drinkwater are superb sponsors

MIDLAND DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 2014 After several drafts the 2014 Midland Development League fixtures have been released. With ten teams it is the strongest league competition for the league since its inauguration in 2011. Due to various factors both Belle Vue and Castleford have withdrawn from the Knock Out Cup so the 8 remaining sides meet in the 1st round with two semi-finals and a Grand Final to aim at. The draw pits 2013 finalists Stoke and Coventry together . Revised MDL KO CUP 2014 : 1st Rd : Buxton v Sheffield (A) Rye House v Milton Keynes (B ) Kings Lynn v Long Eaton © Coventry v Stoke (D) K O CUP : Semi-Final : Winner (A) v Winner (D) (E) Winner (B ) v Winner © (F) Final : Winner (E ) v Winner (F)

2014 MDL Fixtures : Day /Month Date Home Away April : Weds 2nd Kings Lynn v Castleford Sat 5th Rye House v Milton Keynes Sun 6th Milton Keynes v Stoke (at Mildenhall) Sun 6th Long Eaton v Rye House (at Leicester) Fri 11th Coventry v Kings Lynn Sat 12th Long Eaton v Castleford (at Leicester) Sat 12th Stoke v Coventry KO Cup Mon 14th Belle Vue v Stoke Weds 16th Kings Lynn v Belle Vue Fri 18th Coventry v Long Eaton Sat 19th Long Eaton v Kings Lynn K O Cup Sun 20th Milton Keynes v Coventry (at Mildenhall) Sun 20th Rye House v Stoke Mon 28th Belle Vue v Milton Keynes Sat 26th Long Eaton v OPEN Weds 30th Kings Lynn v Long Eaton KO Cup May : Thurs 1st Sheffield v Castleford Sat 3rd Long Eaton v Belle Vue Sat 3rd Stoke v Rye House Sun 4th Buxton v Stoke Sun 4th Milton Keynes v Kings Lynn (at Mildenhall) Mon 5th Coventry v Castleford Weds 7th Kings Lynn v Buxton Thurs 8th Sheffield v OPEN Fri 9th Coventry v Sheffield Sat 10th Stoke v Kings Lynn Sat 10th Rye House v Milton Keynes KO Cup Sun 11th Buxton v Castleford Mon 12th Belle Vue v OPEN Thurs 15th Sheffield v Coventry Fri 16th Castleford v Milton Keynes (at Scunthorpe) Fri 16th Kings Lynn v Stoke Sat 17th Rye House v Sheffield Sun 18th Milton Keynes v Long Eaton (at Mildenhall) Mon 19th Belle Vue v Kings Lynn Thurs 22nd Sheffield v Rye House Fri 23rd Coventry v Stoke KO Cup Sat 24th Stoke v Castleford Sat 24th Long Eaton v Sheffield (at Leicester) Sun 25th Rye House v Long Eaton Sun 25th Milton Keynes v Buxton (at Mildenhall) Mon 26th Long Eaton v OPEN Thurs 29th Sheffield v Buxton KO Cup Sat 31st Stoke v Milton Keynes June Sun 1st Milton Keynes v Rye House KOC (at Mildenhall) Sun 1st Long Eaton v Stoke (at Leicester) Mon 2nd Belle Vue v OPEN Thurs 5th Sheffield v OPEN Fri 6th Castleford v Coventry (at Scunthorpe) Sat 7th Rye House v Belle Vue Sat 7th Long Eaton v Kings Lynn Mon 9th Belle Vue v Sheffield Thurs 12th Sheffield v RES K O Cup Fri 13th Coventry v Belle Vue Fri 13th Castleford v Buxton (at Scunthorpe) Fri 13th Kings Lynn v Rye House Sat 14th Stoke v Sheffield Weds 18th Kings Lynn v Milton Keynes Fri 20th Coventry v Stoke Sat 21st Rye House v Buxton Sat 21st Long Eaton v Milton Keynes Sun 22nd Stoke v Long Eaton Thurs 26th Sheffield v Stoke Fri 27th Coventry v Milton Keynes Fri 27th Castleford v Kings Lynn (at Scunthorpe ) Sat 28th Stoke v Coventry Sun 29th Buxton v Rye HouseHH Sun 29th Milton Keynes v Belle Vue (at Mildenhall) Mon 30th Belle Vue v Buxton July Thurs 3rd Sheffield v Belle Vue Fri 4th Kings Lynn v Coventry Fri 4th Castleford v Stoke (at Scunthorpe) Sat 5th Long Eaton v Buxton (at Leicester) Sun 6th Milton Keynes v Rye House Sun 6th Buxton v Belle Vue Mon 7th Belle Vue v Castleford Thurs 10th Sheffield v Buxton Sun 13th Long Eaton v RES KO Cup Weds 16th Kings Lynn v Long Eaton Thurs 17th Sheffield v Kings Lynn Fri 18th Coventry v Buxton Fri 18th Castleford v Rye House (at Scunthorpe) Sat 19th Long Eaton v Coventry (at Leicester) Sat 19th Rye House v Kings Lynn Sun 20th Buxton v Milton Keynes Mon 21st Belle Vue v Long Eaton Thurs 24th Sheffield v OPEN Fri 25th Castleford v Long Eaton (at Scunthorpe) Sun 27th Rye House v Castleford Weds 30th Kings Lynn v Sheffield August Fri 1st Castleford v Belle Vue (at Scunthorpe) Sat 2nd Rye House v Coventry Sun 3rd Stoke v Belle Vue Sun 3rd Buxton v Long Eaton Mon 4th Belle Vue v KO Cup Thurs 7th Sheffield v Milton Keynes Fri 8th Coventry OPEN Fri 8th Castleford Sheffield (at Scunthorpe) Sat 9th Rye House OPEN Sat 9th Long Eaton RES KO Cup (at Leicester) Mon 11th Belle Vue v Coventry Thurs 14th Sheffield v Long Eaton Sat 16th Stoke v Buxton Sun 17th Milton Keynes v Castleford (at Mildenhall) Sun 17th Buxton v Kings Lynn Mon 18th Belle Vue v OPEN Weds 20th AT Kings Lynn Castleford v tbc Thurs 21st Sheffield v RES K O Cup Fri 22nd Coventry v Rye House Sat 23rd Belle Vue v Rye House (AT STOKE) Sat 23rd Long Eaton v OPEN (at Leicester) Sun 24th Milton Keynes v Sheffield (at Mildenhall) Sat 30th Stoke v OPEN Sun 31st Milton Keynes v OPEN (at Mildenhall) September Weds 3rd Kings Lynn v RES PLAY OFFS / KO Cup Thurs 4th Sheffield v RES PLAY OFFS / KO Cup Sat 6th Rye House v RES PLAY OFFS / KO Cup Sun 7th Buxton v RES PLAY OFFS / KO Cup Sun 7th Milton Keynes RES PLAY OFFS /KO Cup Mon 8th Belle Vue v RES PLAY OFFS / KO Cup Fri 12th Coventry v RES PLAY OFFS / KO Cup Sat 13th Rye House v RES PLAY OFFS / KO Cup TBC : Buxton v Coventry Buxton v Sheffield

Oliver Greenwood confirmed as going so far

Trying to get a few of the Storm boys along if they can make it

good to see a fair few going for Coventry Storm riders !

MK are in discussions with another club to hold their 2014 fixtures at.

We have had the meeting with the BSPA and SCB and now await the membership forms back off the various clubs --with it looking like 8 or 9 teams on the 2014 MDL

not only MK Knights Campy! Dale Allitt and I are meeting the bspa in February to finalise the set up for the MDL after which there will be an AGM for the league and details for 2014 released.

hope something positive turns up for the Islanders tonight.

Teams : CITY GEARBOXES Vikings : 1, Danny Phillips. 2. Reece Downes 3. James Shanes 4. John Markham KINGS LYNN LIGHTNING : 1. Max Clegg 2. Adam Portwood 3. Adam Kirby 4. tbc

COVENTRY Storm have made Ryan Terry-Daley their fourth signing for the 2014 National League season. The 19-year-old will be going into his first full campaign of league racing, but he gained plenty of experience as part of the Coventry set-up this year. Terry-Daley made six appearances for the Storm in 2013 as cover for absent squad members and showed good improvement, also scoring five points when he received a late call-up to the British Under-19 Final at Brandon. He will team up with Martin Knuckey at reserve, joining Luke Crang and new signing Dan Greenwood as confirmed starters, with the Storm looking to finalise their heat-leader arrangements shortly. Co-boss Blayne Scroggins said: “Ryan had some outings last season after coming through the Midland Development League, he’s been chomping at the bit and now he’s got the opportunity to prove himself. “He’s a good team man and we saw this year that even when he wasn’t in the team he was in the pits helping out - he was voted Rider of the Year by our sponsors (City Gearboxes) for his commitment to the club. “We’re pleased to have him in the team from the start, and it will mean another asset of the club racing for the Storm, which is all good for the future.”

COVENTRY Storm have confirmed returns to Brandon next season for Luke Crang and Martin Knuckey. The duo join new signing Dan Greenwood in the team for 2014 with several of the riders who gave the club a successful first National League campaign expected to be back. Crang made an instant impact in his first year of racing, joining the Storm at the end of May and racing to an average of just under five, which included some major high-spots – most notably his match-winning performance at Buxton where he held his nerve to secure the points in a tense last-heat decider. The 22-year-old, who became a Coventry asset at the end of the season, has also attracted the attention of Premier League clubs and will double-up with Redcar in 2014. Cornishman Knuckey, 20, had a roller-coaster 2013 campaign which started well before off-track issues forced him to take a month out of the sport. However, he returned with renewed enthusiasm and the club are delighted to have him on board again for next year. Storm co-boss Blayne Scroggins said: “I’m excited by the team so far, it’s looking like we will have several of the 2013 side back and hopefully there will be more deals confirmed shortly. “It’s going to be a big year for Luke with him doubling-up with Redcar as well, and I’m sure he’ll be able to use his experience from last season to increase his average for us. “Martin was so keen to come back to Coventry, so much so that he had the opportunity to go to a track 20 minutes from home, but he wanted to be here and once again it’s good to have a rider who is very much part of the Coventry set-up.”

get well soon Marcus , my friend ....2014 to start planning for !!

COVENTRY Storm are delighted to announce the signing of National League title-winner Dan Greenwood for the 2014 season. Greenwood, 20, was a member of the all-conquering Dudley team which clinched the League and Cup double, and he played a key role as he hit his best form of the campaign at the crucial stage. The Storm have moved quickly after Greenwood was ruled out of the Heathens’ plans for next year due to other changes to their proposed team. He has extensive experience of Brandon after appearing for the Mercia Vikings in the Midland Development League in 2012, and he put that to good use in his visits last season. In a guest booking for the Isle of Wight, he won a high-quality Heat 13 in a race which also featured Charles Wright, Robert Branford and James Sarjeant – and he also got the better of Storm skipper Sarjeant in one of the races of the season in the Supporters’ Pairs Trophy meeting in October. Greenwood joins the Storm on what appears a bargain 5.74 average, and further team news is expected in the near future. Co-boss Laurence Rogers said: “Dan is a rider I know very well as I brought him back into the sport at Newport in 2011 where he showed a great deal of promise. “When Newport closed I helped him get a place at Dudley but also brought him to Coventry to do the MDL, which was a resounding success for him, and naturally I’ve kept close links with him. “It was a no-brainer from my point of view when he became available, and Blayne (Scroggins) and Mick (Horton) agreed with that. I think it will be a very good move for Dan, and his race with Sarj in the Pairs was one of the best I saw in 2013 – at the end of the year, he was really in heat-leader form for the Heathens. “He’s 110 per cent behind trying to retain his league winners’ medal in 2014, this time with Coventry, and he was actually trying to work out last night who else we could sign! That’s great enthusiasm and I’m sure he’ll settle in well with us.”

The 2013 MDL KO Cup Final , lost to the weather at the end of the season, will now be staged as one-off final as part of the Christmas Cracker meeting at Coventry on Sun Dec 29th.

certainly good news and a big thank you to Martin Hagon....would love to see 50 and 80cc introduced as well

OFF again Sunday 25th ---announcement to be made on when Final is to be staged.