Apart from Ben Morley, who posted four wins in his 14 points haul plus the fastest time by a home rider this year, no other Island rider could take the chequered flag.
The hottest team in British speedway, Mildenhall's Fen Tigers, had every home rider making influential contributions, resulting in the Wightlink Warriors coming home defeated.
The Isle of Wight ‘Wightlink’ Warriors speedway team made it two home league wins out of two as they gradually took the sting out of the Coventry Bees after providing twelve race winners.
Team Manager Jackie Vatcher says it’s still early days and the team know they have to do better today at Plymouth than their last away performance at Eastbourne.
The Isle of Wight ‘Wightlink’ Warriors aim to ramp up their performance to avoid an early exit from this year’s Knock-Out Cup competition at the hands of the East Sussex side Thursday.
With the Devils' top man in great form, Warriors came up short last night and will need to reflect on a couple of slight mistakes that may well have made the difference between this loss and a narrow win.
This Thursday (12th) sees the return of Speedway to Smallbrook Stadium - the Wightlink Warriors team hope to get their 2018 season underway by entertaining League Champions, Belle Vue Colts.
Turnstiles open at 5.30pm and the pits will be open for viewing from 5.45pm to 6.15pm, with the grand parade of riders taking place at 6.45pm and tapes up on the first race at 7pm.