Thanks to Bryn for this reminder of another race at Smallbrook Stadium tonight. Ed
Boosted by their emphatic 55-37 home league victory over Scunthorpe on Tuesday, the Wightlink Islanders are in KO Cup action at Smallbrook Stadium tonight, when they entertain runaway league leaders Dudley Heathens and face the oh-so-difficult task of pulling back a 28 point deficit from the away leg.
And if that isn’t a difficult enough task, they will have to go into the meeting without skipper Danny Warwick who is still feeling the effects of his crash in Tuesday’s home league victory over Buxton.
Racing again ex-Islander
Ex-Wightlink Islander Brendan Johnson, who is riding for King’s Lynn this season, deputises and whilst pulling back such a huge deficit to win through to the next round of the competition might well prove impossible for our team tonight, they are most certainly focussed on battling for every single available point and, well stranger things have happened eh?
At the very least there’s a burning desire within our camp for the Wightlink Islanders to at least do everything possible to ensure that they win tonight’s 15 heat match and thus become the first team in the country to beat their Black Country opponents this year! Again that won’t be easy but who knows!
Show your support tonight
Tonight’s meeting will get underway at 7.20pm with the introduction of riders to the public with the first race scheduled to get underway ten minutes later.
Admission is just £11 for adults, £5 for kids aged 10 to 15 with kids Under 10 admitted FREE with a paying adult.
There’s plenty of seating in our covered grandstand for no extra charge; on-site catering on site with hot and cold drinks available too; the fully licensed Premier Lounge, a souvenir shop and much much more including a friendly atmosphere from start to finish.
If you’ve never been to speedway before, DO give it a try and you won’t be disappointed we promise!
Two seven man sides, two riders from each going head-to-head into full-throttle battle in all those 15 races astride their 500cc highly-tuned motorbikes with NO brakes around four laps of the 385 metre loose shale Smallbrook circuit.
It’s action all the way tonight so don’t miss it!
