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COVENTRY are pleased to add another Challenge match to their schedule with a visit to SGB Premiership newcomers Rye House now agreed. The match at Hoddesdon will take place on Saturday May 6 (7pm), which was a previously scheduled date for a league encounter between the clubs. And it is set to be a major Coventry re-union as four of the Rockets team have ridden extensively for the Bees during their careers. Chris Harris (2004-10, 2012, 2014-16), Scott Nicholls (2005-07, 2009, 2012-13), Edward Kennett (2009-12) and Stuart Robson (1995-6, 1998-2004, 2013, 2015) all have strong connections with the club, whilst at reserve Robert Branford is a former member of Coventry Storm in the National League. As with the match at Wolverhampton on April 10, Rory Schlein will be appearing in the Coventry team in place of Kenneth Bjerre. We would like to thank Steve Jenson and all at Rye House for their help and co-operation in arranging this fixture. Share This: Facebook Twitter

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Good post 👍🏻

Good win for the bees. I still can't believe we are not going to be competing this year 🐝😕

Half hour delay to start time due to massive Coventry turn out 👍🏻 http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/16394/peterborough-coventry-ch-19-12pm?page=2

Good luck to all the riders today. Hoping it's a safe exciting meeting.

Now all teams are completed 1. Belle Vue 2. Poole 3. King's Lynn 4. Wolves 5. Rye House 6. Somerset 7. Leicester 8. Swindon

Holder tweeted All English clubs complaining about Poland... I bet if they were offered 10x more for the same job they wouldn't be...

Neither team have GP riders so can't imagine it being a problem

It's a shame that Garrity isn't free to ride in the Leicester fixture as usually good there. Howarth replaces Garrity Harris replaces K Bjerre

Shame there's no Garrity for this. Due to clashes with Redcar, Howarth replaces him. Harris rides in place of K Bjerre

In the challenge meetings Peterborough - Bjerre is riding Wolverhampton - Schlein replaces him Poole - Harris replaces him

Coventry's loss is Belle Vues gain if they sign Bjerre & King

And how many times has Garrity? He's been our more than once every year and even tried to ride with a broken ankle

Kenneth Bjerre won't be needing any of the money raised now as he has signed for Belle Vue so won't be at a loss

Belle Vue are looking very strong now esp if they sign Fricke or king

Poole Pirates will ride against a Coventry team in 2017 despite the withdrawal of the famous Midland's club from the newly branded SGB Premiership. After a winter of much anguish for the Coventry Bees, who had hoped to temporary race at Leicester whilst rectification work would have been undergone at their regular home in Brandon the news last month that they would have to put their licence on ice came as a major blow to speedway fans up and down the country, but Poole will host a challenge meeting against Coventry on Wednesday 19th April. Explaining the arrangement Poole chief Matt Ford said, "Over the last 10 years or so Coventry have been one of our biggest rivals and there is no doubt that they are one of British Speedway's legendary clubs. There is no way I want to see such a big club be totally lost to our sport and, along with a number of other Premiership clubs, we will be doing our best to keep the name of this speedway giant alive. "We are honouring the original date in our fixture list of Coventry coming to us on 19th April and with just one change they will field the team they had initially declared when intending to race on in the Premiership. That change will see Chris Harris represent the Bees in place of Kenneth Bjerre and as "Bomber" has been a Bees regular in recent times then his inclusion seems most appropriate."

A new save Coventry Speedway website has been launched http://www.savecoventryspeedway.com/_mobile/

http://www.savecoventryspeedway.com/_mobile/ New save Coventry Speedway website

Gary Havwlock will be Bees manager for this meeting (confirmed by him on Twitter)

I have updated the Belle Vue team and removed Coventry

WOLVES CHALLENGE AGREED Thursday March 09, 2017 THE famous name of Coventry Speedway will continue this season with a series of challenge matches planned to benefit riders who would have appeared for the club in 2017. Arrangements are now in place for a Coventry line-up to visit Wolverhampton in a Keep Bees On Track challenge on Monday April 10. This a date when the Bees would have raced at Monmore Green in the SGB Premiership and campaign organisers are in talks with other top-flight promoters regarding further fixtures. These meetings are being arranged with the specific intention of assisting the riders who were left without Premiership team places on the eve of the season, having already incurred significant expenditure through their preparations and now facing a substantial loss in earnings. The plan is for the Coventry team to match the clubs intended 2017 line-up as closely as possible, subject to availability if riders secure team places elsewhere. Should additional riders be required, our first calls would be to riders with clear Coventry links. In addition to the points money on offer, Wolverhampton promoter Chris Van Straaten has kindly agreed to make a significant donation from the meeting gate receipts where there will be a dedicated Coventry turnstile - into the Coventry Riders Hardship Fund, as well as the proceeds from an on-the-night collection. These donations will be passed to the Nuneaton Speedway Supporters Club, who will also be the independent administrators of a Just Giving page planned to run for the next two months. Proceeds from the meetings and the Just Giving page will be passed on to the riders by the NSSC with the exact distribution at the Committees discretion. We would like to thank Chris Van Straaten for giving this idea his full support and for his great assistance with the logistics, and we are sure many Coventry fans will look forward to making the trip to Monmore on April 10.

A go fund page has been set up to support the riders who have lost their jobs just a few weeks before the start of the season https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/NSSCspeedway

THE famous name of Coventry Speedway will continue this season with a series of challenge matches planned to benefit riders who would have appeared for the club in 2017. Arrangements are now in place for a Coventry line-up to visit Wolverhampton in a Keep Bees On Track challenge on Monday April 10. This a date when the Bees would have raced at Monmore Green in the SGB Premiership and campaign organisers are in talks with other top-flight promoters regarding further fixtures. These meetings are being arranged with the specific intention of assisting the riders who were left without Premiership team places on the eve of the season, having already incurred significant expenditure through their preparations and now facing a substantial loss in earnings. The plan is for the Coventry team to match the clubs intended 2017 line-up as closely as possible, subject to availability if riders secure team places elsewhere. Should additional riders be required, our first calls would be to riders with clear Coventry links. In addition to the points money on offer, Wolverhampton promoter Chris Van Straaten has kindly agreed to make a significant donation from the meeting gate receipts where there will be a dedicated Coventry turnstile - into the Coventry Riders Hardship Fund, as well as the proceeds from an on-the-night collection. These donations will be passed to the Nuneaton Speedway Supporters Club, who will also be the independent administrators of a Just Giving page planned to run for the next two months. Proceeds from the meetings and the Just Giving page will be passed on to the riders by the NSSC with the exact distribution at the Committees discretion. We would like to thank Chris Van Straaten for giving this idea his full support and for his great assistance with the logistics, and we are sure many Coventry fans will look forward to making the trip to Monmore on April 10. News on other proposed fixtures will be released in due course. Share This: Facebook Twitter

COVENTRY'S intended 2017 line-up will still be racing at Peterborough on Sunday March 19 - and supporters should note start-time is now MIDDAY. Full report from www.peterboroughpanthers.co ... PETERBOROUGH can confirm their exciting opening fixture of the 2017 will go ahead . . . and it's set to be one of a kind! The 'T Balfe Construction' Panthers welcome Coventry to the East of England Showground on Sunday, March 19. And the high-noon showdown, brought forward to midday from its original 5pm slot, will feature the full intended Bees line-up for 2017 until their recent pull-out from the SGB Premiership. That means top former Peterborough star Kenneth Bjerre, British champion Danny King, Jason Garrity, Lewis Kerr, Lasse Bjerre, Josh Bates and James Sarjeant will all line up at Alwalton. Peterborough promoter Ged Rathbone said: "I want to place on record my thanks to all seven Coventry riders for agreeing to be part of this meeting. "It is brilliant to have the full Bees team at the East of England Showground and it is likely to be the only time they ever take to the track together. "They are determined to put on a great show and I know they are all desperate to see as many Coventry fans in attendance as possible. "It is a chance for the club's supporters to be seen and heard, and we'll do our best to make it a memorable occasion for them. "It also has the makings of a terrific meeting and it will be a great test for our new-look team. "I believe Coventry would have had an outstanding chance of winning the SGB Premiership title with the team they assembled." Normal admission prices of £16 for adults, £13 for concessions, and £5 for children aged between 10 and 16 apply. Under 10s are admitted free with a paying adult. The change of start-time is to avoid a clash with Peter Karlsson's big farewell bash at Wolverhampton, which is also scheduled for 5pm. Rathbone is aware that some Peterborough fans may be keen to travel to Monmore Green for the send-off of a Swedish star who had two spells as a Panthers rider. Share This: Facebook Twitter