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LONG EATON Invaders 1. Layne Cupitt 3,3,3 = 9 2. Lee Geary 2*,2*,3 = 7+2 3. Robert Parker 3, ef, dnr = 3 4. Bradley Seal fx, 2, dnr = 2 Stoke Spitfires 1. Sam Darroch ef,3,2,2 = 7 2. Lawrence Fielding fx = 0 3. Connor Fletcher 2,1,1,1* = 5+1 4. Stephen Whitehouse ef, 0,1* = 1+1 Ht1 (Rerun) Cupitt, Geary (Darroch and Fielding excluded) 5-0 / 5-0 71.75 Ht2 (Rerun) Parker, Fletcher (Seal and Whitehouse excluded) 3-2/8-2 75.44 Ht3 Cupitt, Geary, Fletcher, Whitehouse 5-1/13-3 70.06 Ht4 (three riders only) Darroch, Seal, Fletcher 2-4/15-7 74.62 Ht5 (three riders only) Geary, Darroch, Whitehouse 3-3/18-10 70.81 Ht6 (three riders only) Cupitt, Darroch, Fletcher 3-3/21-13 70.38

CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Storm kick off their home NL season with a special challenge against a joint Perry Barr joint side from Cradley and Birmingham on Sunday April 19th at 4pm. The Heathens/ Brummies side will include Arron Mogridge, Sam Chapman, Matt Williamson, Tom Perry, Zach Wajtknecht, Harvie Banks and Luke Harris, There will also be a MDL Challenge in the 2nd half of 6 heats plus 125cc races.

Castleford HG Aerospace Kings 20 Danny Phillips © 3 3 3 9 (max) Danyon Hume 2' 2' 3 1 8+2 Adam Portwood N R N 0 Ben Holloway 2 1 X0 3 Milton Keynes Knights 16 Jeremy Pestell © 1 1 2 4 Rob Watts 0 2' 1' 3+2 Tom Bacon 3 3 R 6 Robert Parker 1 0 2 3 Heat 1 Phillips,Hume,Pestell,Watts 5-1 5-1 66.7 Heat 2 Bacon,Holloway,Parker,Portwood (N) 2-4 7-5 69.5 Heat 3 Phillips,Hume,Pestell,Parker 5-1 12-6 66.3 Heat 4 Bacon,Watts,Holloway,Portwood (Ret) 1-5 13-11 68.3 Heat 5 Hume,Parker,Watts,Holloway (XO) 3-3 16-14 68.0 Heat 6 Phillips,Pestell,Hume,Bacon (Ret) 4-2 20-16 66.8 Share This:

Sat 28th March Long Eaton v Castleford OFF --No meeting at Leicester that night. No new date as yet

Castleford v Long Eaton fixture on the MDL fxture list to be staged on Sunday 12th July has been cancelled and this is now a free second half date at Alwalton.The meeting will now be staged at Peterborough on Friday 15th May

found this on BSPA site : WITH the return of Newcastle Gems to the Northern Junior League we are now able to confirm the 2015 fixture list. As follows: Berwick 16/5 Newcastle H 23/5 Redcar H 6/6 Northside H 11/6 Redcar A 11/7 Castleford A 25/7 Castleford H 2/8 Newcastle A** 15/8 Northside A 29/8 Workington H 30/8 Workington A Castleford 18/4 Northside A 23/5 Workington H 23/5 Workington A 20/6 Newcastle H 25/6 Redcar A 11/7 Berwick H 12/7 Newcastle A 25/7 Berwick A 15/8 Redcar H 26/9 Northside H Newcastle 16/5 Berwick A 23/5 Northside A 14/6 Northside H 20/6 Castleford A 11/7 Workington A 12/7 Castleford H 23/7 Redcar A 2/8 Berwick H** 9/8 Workington H 23/8 Redcar H Northside 18/4 Castleford H 23/5 Newcastle H 6/6 Berwick A 14/6 Newcastle A 20/6 Workington H 11/7 Redcar H 25/7 Workington A 6/8 Redcar A 15/8 Berwick H 26/9 Castleford A Redcar 14/5 Workington H 23/5 Berwick A 11/6 Berwick H 25/6 Castleford H 28/6 Workington A 11/7 Northside A 23/7 Newcastle H 6/8 Northside H 15/8 Castleford A 23/8 Newcastle A Workington 14/5 Redcar A 23/5 Castleford A 23/5 Castleford H 20/6 Northside A 28/6 Redcar H 11/7 Newcastle H 25/7 Northside H 9/8 Newcastle A 29/8 Berwick A 30/8 Berwick H ** With the 2/8 now being 4TT Finals day the Newcastle v Berwick meeting will be rearranged to fall in to line with the new date the senior sides agree on. Share This:

One space left....track looking superb!!

After a couple of withdrawals have a few spaces for practice / training school at Peterborough this Sat 7th March. e-mail me : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk or text me at 07801429304

Next one Sat March 7th . Bookings to Laurence Rogers by txt on 078091429304 or e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk £35. Day licences (free) available ..riders with own equipment only. 10-3. Sign on from 9 am

Peterborough OFF Sat 28th Feb ---- Despite track work and improved weather this week (except rain yesterday) regrettably the track has not dried out enough to run tomorrow. This is a blow to everyone and Ged Rathbone apologises for this. We have been given a new date for next Sat 7th March and I will start taking bookings from today.

No rain allowed Bryn .....even for Castleford fixtures this year !

will check these. cov one is 24th as 14th is a Tuesday and the day of the under 21 final at Cov!! so many changes to fit in with everyone !! stoke v bv 27/6 le v cov 9/5 is at Leicester wolves v bv is 7/4 buxton v mk is 24/5 not 23/8 Castleford v Stoke could be either date

the weather has won again. Heavy rain last night means Sat at Peterborough is OFF.

the weather has won again. Heavy rain last night means Sat at Peterborough is OFF.

2015 MIDLAND DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE FIXTURES Date Track . Opposition Comp.Result27-03-15 Castleford v Milton Keynes (at Peterborough) MDL-28-03-15 Long Eaton v Castleford (at Leicester) MDL-28-03-15 Stoke v Reserved .- 04-04-15 Long Eaton v Stoke (at Leicester) MDL 07-04-15 Wolves v Belle Vue MDL -11-04-15 Long Eaton v Belle Vue (at Leicester) MDL-12-04-15 Castleford v Scunthorpe (at Peterborough) MDL-12-04-15 Castleford v Scunthorpe (at Peterborough) MDL-12-04-15 Milton Keynes v King's Lynn (at Mildenhall) Vase-13-04-15 Belle Vue v Long Eaton MDL-14-04-15 Coventry v Belle Vue MDL-15-04-15 King's Lynn v Milton Keynes Vase-17-04-15 Scunthorpe v Stoke MDL-19-04-15 Coventry v Reserved .-19-04-15 Milton Keynes V Reserved .-19-04-15 Stoke v Long Eaton MDL-20-04-15 Belle Vue v Reserved .-24-04-15 Coventry v Belle Vue MDL-25-04-15 Long Eaton v Milton Keynes (at Leicester) MDL-26-04-15 Buxton v Coventry MDL-26-04-15 Castleford v Belle Vue (at Peterborough) MDL-26-04-15 Milton Keynes v Scunthorpe (at Mildenhall) MDL-29-04-15 King's Lynn v Castleford MDL-01-05-15 King's Lynn v Buxton MDL-02-05-15 Stoke v Wolverhampton MDL-03-05-15 Buxton v Castleford -03-05-15 Milton Keynes v Coventry (at Mildenhall) MDL-04-05-15 Coventry v Reserved .-04-05-15 Wolverhampton v Milton Keynes MDL-08-05-15 Coventry v Scunthorpe MDL-09-05-15 Long Eaton v Coventry (at Leicester) MDL-09-05-15 Stoke v Buxton MDL-10-05-15 Castleford v Reserved (at Peterborough) MDL-10-05-15 Milton Keynes v King's Lynn (at Mildenhall) MDL-11-05-15 Belle Vue v Reserved .-15-05-15 King's Lynn v Stoke MDL-16-05-15 Stoke v Reserved .-17-05-15 Milton Keynes v Reserved .-18-05-15 Belle Vue v Milton Keynes MDL-18-05-15 Wolverhampton v King's Lynn MDL-24-05-15 Buxton v Milton Keynes -24-05-15 Coventry v Castleford MDL-24-05-15 Milton Keynes v Reserved .-25-05-15 Coventry v Reserved .-25-05-15 Long Eaton v Reserved .-25-05-15 Wolverhampton v Stoke MDL-27-05-15 Stoke v Belle Vue MDL-29-05-15 Coventry v Milton Keynes MDL-30-05-15 Long Eaton v Wolverhampton (at Leicester) MDL-30-05-15 Stoke v Scunthorpe MDL-01-06-15 Belle Vue v Stoke MDL-01-06-15 Wolverhampton v Castleford MDL-03-06-15 King's Lynn v Coventry MDL-07-06-15 Buxton v Scunthorpe (TBC) MDL-07-06-15 Stoke v Milton Keynes MDL-12-06-15 Scunthorpe v King's Lynn MDL-17-06-15 King's Lynn v Milton Keynes MDL-19-06-15 Coventry v Reserved .-19-06-15 Scunthorpe v Long Eaton MDL-20-06-15 Long Eaton v Scunthorpe (at Leicester) MDL-21-06-15 Buxton v Stoke MDL-21-06-15 Milton Keynes v Castleford (at Mildenhall) MDL-22-06-15 Belle Vue v Coventry MDL-27-06-15 Stoke v Belle Vue MDL-28-06-15 Castleford v Coventry (at Peterborough) MDL-29-06-15 Wolverhampton v Coventry MDL-01-07-15 Belle Vue v Reserved .-05-07-15 Castleford v Buxton (at Peterborough) MDL-05-07-15 Milton Keynes v Belle Vue (at Mildenhall) MDL-05-07-15 Stoke v King's Lynn MDL-06-07-15 Belle Vue v Castleford MDL-06-07-15 Wolverhampton v Long Eaton MDL-08-07-15 King's Lynn v Reserved .-10-07-15 Coventry v Wolverhampton MDL-10-07-15 Coventry v Stoke MDL-10-07-15 Scunthorpe v Castleford MDL-11-07-15 Long Eaton v Reserved .-12-07-15 Buxton v Belle Vue MDL-12-07-15 Castleford v Long Eaton (at Peterborough) MDL-12-07-15 Milton Keynes v Reserved ,-13-07-15 Belle Vue v Reserved ,-15-07-15 King's Lynn v Wolverhampton MDL-17-07-15 Scunthorpe v Wolverhampton MDL-18-07-15 Stoke v Reserved .-19-07-15 Buxton v King's Lynn .-19-07-15 Milton Keynes v Long Eaton (at Mildenhall) MDL-20-07-15 Belle Vue v King's Lynn MDL-20-07-15 Wolverhampton v Scunthorpe MDL-22-07-15 King's Lynn v Belle Vue MDL-24-07-15 Coventry v Stoke MDL-24-07-15 Scunthorpe v Milton Keynes MDL-25-07-15 Stoke v Reserved .-29-07-15 King's Lynn v Long Eaton MDL-31-07-15 Scunthorpe v Buxton MDL-01-08-15 Long Eaton v Reserved .-02-08-15 Buxton v Reserved .-02-08-15 Milton Keynes v Wolverhampton (at Mildenhall) MDL-03-08-15 Belle Vue v Buxton MDL-07-08-15 Scunthorpe v Coventry MDL-08-08-15 Stoke v Coventry MDL-09-08-15 Castleford v Wolverhampton (at Peterborough) MDL-09-08-15 Coventry v King's Lynn MDL-09-08-15 Milton Keynes v Reserved .-10-08-15 Belle Vue v Reserved .-15-08-15 Long Eaton v King's Lynn (at Leicester) MDL-15-08-15 Stoke v Reserved .-16-08-15 Buxton v Long Eaton MDL-16-08-15 Milton Keynes v Stoke (at Mildenhall) MDL-17-08-15 Belle Vue v Scunthorpe MDL-17-08-15 Wolverhampton v Buxton MDL-19-08-15 King's Lynn v Scunthorpe MDL-21-08-15 Castleford v Stoke (at Peterborough) MDL-21-08-15 King's Lynn v Reserved .-21-08-15 Scunthorpe v Belle Vue MDL-22-08-15 Long Eaton v Buxton (at Leicester) MDL-22-08-15 Stoke v Castleford MDL-23-08-15 Buxton v Wolverhampton MDL-23-08-15 Castleford v Stoke (at Peterborough) MDL-23-08-15 Milton Keynes v Reserved .-24-08-15 Belle Vue v Wolverhampton MDL-28-08-15 Coventry v Long Eaton MDL-31-08-15 Scunthorpe v MDLRC Ind.-06-09-15 Milton Keynes v Buxton (at Mildenhall) MDL-07-09-15 Belle Vue v Reserved .-11-09-15 Coventry v Buxton MDL-12-09-15 Stoke v Reserved .-13-09-15 Buxton v Reserved .-13-09-15 Castleford v King's Lynn (at Peterborough) MDL-13-09-15 Milton Keynes v Reserved .- PLEASE NOTE: Fixtures subject to change as and when BSPA Press Office is advised by the staging club. Please check before travelling, especially long distances.

2015 CITY GEARBOXES MDL Fixture List Date Track . Opposition Comp. BELLE VUE MDL HOME 03-04-15 Colts v no 2nd half . 13-04-15 Colts v Long Eaton . 20-04-15 Colts v OPEN 27-04-15 Colts v no 2nd half 11-05-15 Colts v OPEN 18-05-15 Colts v Milton Keynes 01-06-15 Colts v Stoke 22-06-15 Colts v Coventry 01-07-15 Colts v OPEN 06-07-15 Colts v Castleford 13-07-15 Colts v OPEN 20-07-15 Colts v kings Lynn 03-08-15 Colts v Buxton 10-08-15 Colts v OPEN 17-08-15 Colts v Scunthorpe 24-08-15 Colts v Wolverhampton 07-09-15 Colts v OPEN AWAY 07-04-15 Wolverhampton v Belle Vue 11-04-15 Long Eaton v Belle Vue at Leicester 14-04-15 Coventry v Belle Vue 26-04-15 Castleford v Belle Vue at Peterborough 27-05-15 Stoke v Belle Vue 05-07-15 Milton Keynes v Belle Vue at Mildenhall 12-07-15 Buxton v Belle Vue 22-07-15 King's Lynn v Belle Vue 21-08-15 Scunthorpe v Belle Vue BUXTON MDL HOME 12+19/04/2015 Buxton v OPEN 26-04-15 Buxton v Coventry 03-05-15 Buxton v Castleford 10-05-15 Buxton v OPEN 24-05-15 Buxton v Milton Keynes 07-06-15 Buxton v Scunthorpe Tbc 21-06-15 Buxton v Stoke 12-07-15 Buxton v Belle Vue 19-07-15 Buxton v King's Lynn 02-08-15 Buxton v RESERVED 16-08-15 Buxton v Long Eaton 23-08-15 Buxton v Wolverhampton 13-09-15 Buxton v OPEN AWAY 01-05-15 King's Lynn v Buxton 09-05-15 Stoke v Buxton 05-07-15 Castleford v Buxton at Peterborough 31-07-15 Scunthorpe v Buxton 03-08-15 BELLE VUE v Buxton 17-08-15 Wolverhampton v Buxton 22-08-15 Long Eaton v Buxton at Leicester 06-09-15 Milton Keynes v Buxton at Mildenhall 11-09-15 Coventry v Buxton CASTLEFORD HOME MDL 15-03-15 Castleford v no 2nd half at Peterborough 27-03-15 Castleford v Milton Keynes at Peterborough 12-04-15 Castleford v Scunthorpe at Peterborough 26-04-15 Castleford v Belle Vue at Peterborough 10-05-15 Castleford v OPEN at Peterborough 28-06-15 Castleford v Coventry at Peterborough 05-07-15 Castleford v Buxton at Peterborough 12-07-15 Castleford v Long Eaton at Peterborough 09-08-15 Castleford v wolverhampton at Peterborough 23-08-15 Castleford v Stoke at Peterborough 13-09-15 Castleford v Kings Lynn at Peterborough AWAY 28-03-15 Long Eaton v Castleford at Leicester 29-04-15 King's Lynn v Castleford 03-05-15 Buxton v Castleford TBC 24-05-15 Coventry v Castleford 01-06-15 Wolverhampton v Castleford 21-06-15 Milton Keynes v Castleford at Mildenhall 06-07-15 BELLE VUE v Castleford 10-07-15 Scunthorpe v Castleford 22-08-15 Stoke v Castleford COVENTRY HOME MDL 19-04-15 Coventry v OPEN 24-04-15 Coventry v Belle Vue 04-05-15 Coventry v OPEN 08-05-15 Coventry v Scunthorpe 24-05-15 Coventry v Castleford 25-05-15 Coventry v OPEN 29-05-15 Coventry v Milton Keynes 19-06-15 Coventry v OPEN 10-07-15 Coventry v Wolverhampton 24-05-15 Coventry v Stoke 09-08-15 Coventry v King's Lynn 28-08-15 Coventry v Long Eaton 11-09-15 Coventry v Buxton AWAY 26-04-15 Buxton v Coventry 03-05-15 Milton Keynes v Coventry at Mildenhall 09-05-15 Long Eaton v Coventry at Leicester 03-06-15 King's Lynn v Coventry 22-06-15 BELLE VUE v Coventry 28-06-15 Castleford v Coventry at Peterborough 29-06-15 Wolverhampton v Coventry 07-08-15 Scunthorpe v Coventry 08-08-15 Stoke v Coventry KINGS LYNN MDL HOME 15-04-15 King's Lynn v Milton Keynes Vase 29-04-15 King's Lynn v Castleford 01-05-15 King's Lynn v Buxton 15-05-15 King's Lynn v Stoke 03-06-15 King's Lynn v Coventry 17-06-15 King's Lynn v Milton Keynes 08-07-15 King's Lynn v OPEN 15-07-15 King's Lynn v Wolverhampton 22-07-15 King's Lynn v Belle Vue 29-07-15 King's Lynn v Long Eaton 19-08-15 King's Lynn v Scunthorpe 21-08-15 King's Lynn v OPEN AWAY 12-04-15 Milton Keynes v King's Lynn VASE at Mildenhall 10-05-15 Milton Keynes v King's Lynn at Mildenhall 18-05-15 Wolverhampton v King's Lynn 12-06-15 Scunthorpe v King's Lynn 05-07-15 Stoke v King's Lynn 19-07-15 Buxton v King's Lynn 20-07-15 BELLE VUE v King's Lynn 09-08-15 Coventry v King's Lynn 15-08-15 Long Eaton v King's Lynn at Leicester 13-09-15 Castleford v King's Lynn at Peterborough LONG EATON HOME MDL 28-03-15 Long Eaton v Castleford 04-04-15 Long Eaton v Stoke 11-04-15 Long Eaton v Belle Vue 25-04-15 Long Eaton v Milton Keynes 04-05-15 Long Eaton v no 2nd half 09-05-15 Long Eaton v Coventry 25-05-15 Long Eaton v OPEN 30-05-15 Long Eaton v Wolverhampton 20-06-15 Long Eaton v Scunthorpe 11-07-15 Long Eaton v OPEN 01-08-15 Long Eaton v OPEN 15-08-15 Long Eaton v King's Lynn 22-08-15 Long Eaton v Buxton AWAY 13-04-15 BELLE VUE v Long Eaton 19-04-15 Stoke v Long Eaton 19-06-15 Scunthorpe v Long Eaton 06-07-15 Wolverhampton v Long Eaton 12-07-15 Castleford v Long Eaton at Peterborough 19-07-15 Milton Keynes v Long Eaton at Mildenhall 29-07-15 King's Lynn v Long Eaton 16-08-15 Buxton v Long Eaton 28-08-15 Coventry v Long Eaton MILTON KEYNES HOME MDL 12-04-15 Milton Keynes v Kings Lynn Vase 19-04-15 Milton Keynes V Open 26-04-15 Milton Keynes v Scunthorpe 03-05-15 Milton Keynes v Coventry 10-05-15 Milton Keynes v Kings Lynn 17-05-15 Milton Keynes v Open 24-05-15 Milton Keynes v Open 21-06-15 Milton Keynes v Castleford 05-07-15 Milton Keynes v Belle Vue 12-07-15 Milton Keynes v Open 19-07-15 Milton Keynes v Long Eaton 02-08-15 Milton Keynes v Wolverhampton 09-08-15 Milton Keynes v Open 16-08-15 Milton Keynes v Stoke 23-08-15 Milton Keynes v Open 06-09-15 Milton Keynes v Buxton 13-09-15 Milton Keynes v Open AWAY 27-03-15 Castleford v Milton Keynes at Peterborough 15-04-15 Kings Lynn v Milton Keynes VASE 25-04-15 Long Eaton v Milton Keynes at Leicester 04-05-15 Wolverhampton v Milton Keynes 18-05-15 Belle Vue v Milton Keynes 24-05-15 Buxton v Milton Keynes 29-05-15 Coventry v Milton Keynes 07-06-15 Stoke v Milton Keynes 17-06-15 Kings Lynn v Milton Keynes 24-07-15 Scunthorpe v Milton Keynes SCUNTHORPE HOME MDL 17-04-15 Scunthorpe v Stoke 12-06-15 Scunthorpe v Kings Lynn 19-06-15 Scunthorpe v Long Eaton 10-07-15 Scunthorpe v Castleford 17-07-15 Scunthorpe v Wolverhampton 24-07-15 Scunthorpe v Milton Keynes 31-07-15 Scunthorpe v Buxton 07-08-15 Scunthorpe v Coventry 21-08-15 Scunthorpe v Belle Vue AWAY 12-04-15 Castleford v Scunthorpe at Peterborough 26-04-15 Milton Keynes v Scunthorpe at Mildenhall 08-05-15 Coventry v Scunthorpe 30-05-15 Stoke v Scunthorpe 07-06-15 Buxton v Scunthorpe TBC 20-06-15 Long Eaton v Scunthorpe at Leicester 20-07-15 Wolverhampton v Scunthorpe 17-08-15 Belle Vue v Scunthorpe 19-08-15 Kings Lynn v Scunthorpe STOKE HOME MDL 28-03-15 Stoke v OPEN 19-04-15 Stoke v Long Eaton 02-05-15 Stoke v Wolverhampton 09-05-15 Stoke v Buxton 16-05-15 Stoke v OPEN 30-05-15 Stoke v Scunthorpe 07-06-15 Stoke v Milton Keynes 27-06-15 Stoke v Belle Vue 05-07-15 Stoke v Kings Lynn 18-07-15 Stoke v OPEN 25-07-15 Stoke v OPEN 08-08-15 Stoke v Coventry 15-08-15 Stoke v OPEN 22-08-15 Stoke v Castleford 12-09-15 Stoke v OPEN AWAY 04-04-15 Long Eaton v Stoke at Leicester 17-04-15 Scunthorpe v Stoke 15-05-15 Kings Lynn v Stoke 25-05-15 Wolverhampton v Stoke 01-06-15 Belle Vue v Stoke 21-06-15 Buxton v Stoke 10-07-15 Coventry v Stoke 16-08-15 Milton Keynes v Stoke at Mildenhall 21 or 23/08/2015 Castleford v Stoke at Peterborough WOLVERHAMPTON HOME MDL 30-03-15 Wolves A v Wolves B Chall 07-04-15 Wolves v Belle Vue 20-04-15 Wolves v No 2nd Half SKY 04-05-15 Wolves v Milton Keynes 18-05-15 Wolves v Kings Lynn 01-06-15 Wolves v Castleford 25-05-15 Wolves v Stoke 22-06-15 Wolves v OPEN 29-06-15 Wolves v Coventry 06-07-15 Wolves v Long Eaton 20-07-15 Wolves v Scunthorpe 03-08-15 Wolves v OPEN 10-08-15 Wolves v open 17-08-15 Wolves v Buxton AWAY 02-05-15 Stoke v Wolves 30-05-15 Long Eaton v Wolves at Leicester 10-07-15 Coventry v Wolves 15-07-15 Kings Lynn v Wolves 17-07-15 Scunthorpe v Wolves 02-08-15 Milton Keynes v Wolves at Mildenhall 09-08-15 Castleford v Wolves at Peterborough 23-08-15 Buxton v Wolves 24-08-15 Belle Vue v Wolves MONDAY 31st AUGUST 2015 -----MDLRC at Scunthorpe

CITY GEARBOXERS Mercia-Vikings add fourth new rider to 2015 squad With three riders named for their 2015 MDL side the Coventry Mercia-Vikings have added highly rated teenager Robert Parker to their squad for the new season. The 19 year old first rode speedway in April 2014 . A Coventry fan since he was young , hailing from Northampton he had several end of season MDL appearances for Long Eaton and Castleford in 2014 . He has ridden moto-cross since the age of 10 so is an accomplished rider. He commented , “ I have had several offers to go elsewhere but when Coventry showed an interest this was ideal for me to be in their squad. I want to ride as much as I can in order to progress and I have been told I am free to ride elsewhere as well as the more laps I get the better I will progress.” Team boss Laurence Rogers is pleased with adding Parker to the Vikings squad, “ I watched his progress last year and kept in contact with him. He has had several teams after him and he will be seen in a few team colours as he wants to get in as much racing as he can.” “ We have interest in a few other youngsters who could well feature in the Vikings side as the season progresses. We are trying to blood some new talent in our MDL side this year although when the National League fixtures allow local lad Conor Dwyer will also feature as he needs as much track action as he can get .”

Bad news that Saturday's Training School at Peterborough is OFF. The frost is still in the track and coming through making it very wet. They have tried to work on it but unfortunately they have had to admit defeat. Work will continue over the weekend ...so fingers crossed we will be ok for next Saturday (which is FULLY booked) and the 28th (few spaces remaining).

Bad news that Saturday's Training School at Peterborough is OFF. The frost is still in the track and coming through making it very wet. They have tried to work on it but unfortunately they have had to admit defeat. Work will continue over the weekend ...so fingers crossed we will be ok for next Saturday (which is FULLY booked) and the 28th (few spaces remaining).

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Midland Development League Late entrant to Midland Development League makes it ten clubs for 2015 The 2015 Midland Development League has received a late application from Wolverhampton. The nine clubs already named to run in the CITY GEARBOXES sponsored league unanimously accepted the late application from the Wolf Cubs to bring the strength of the league back to ten clubs. So coming to the tapes come March will be Belle Vue , Buxton, Castleford, Coventry, Kings Lynn, Long Eaton, Milton Keynes, Scunthorpe, Stoke and Wolverhampton. The 2015 fixtures should be out soon as Joint League Co-ordinator Laurence Rogers reveals, “I spent the weekend looking at all the dates available for each club and have tried to ensure that in almost every instance when their senior clubs were at the various tracks the MDL match will run after those clashes.” Added to the 2015 fixture calendar is the MDL Vase pitting the reigning league champions Milton Keynes with KO Cup winners Kings Lynn with the clashes on Sunday 12th April at the MK Knights home track Mildenhall and the return at the Norfolk Arena on Wednesday April 15th.

Midland Development League Late entrant to Midland Development League makes it ten clubs for 2015 The 2015 Midland Development League has received a late application from Wolverhampton. The nine clubs already named to run in the CITY GEARBOXES sponsored league unanimously accepted the late application from the Wolf Cubs to bring the strength of the league back to ten clubs. So coming to the tapes come March will be Belle Vue , Buxton, Castleford, Coventry, Kings Lynn, Long Eaton, Milton Keynes, Scunthorpe, Stoke and Wolverhampton. The 2015 fixtures should be out soon as Joint League Co-ordinator Laurence Rogers reveals, “I spent the weekend looking at all the dates available for each club and have tried to ensure that in almost every instance when their senior clubs were at the various tracks the MDL match will run after those clashes.” Added to the 2015 fixture calendar is the MDL Vase pitting the reigning league champions Milton Keynes with KO Cup winners Kings Lynn with the clashes on Sunday 12th April at the MK Knights home track Mildenhall and the return at the Norfolk Arena on Wednesday April 15th.

COVENTRY “City Gearboxes” MERCIA-VIKINGS ANNOUNCE SECOND NEW RIDER FOR 2015 SEASON ….. Following on the announcement of 15 year old KYLE ROBERTS as a newcomer to the COVENTRY Midland Development side for 2015 the CITY GEARBOXES Vikings have added another talented teenager to their line-up. 16 year old CALLUM WALKER from Whitecroft, Gloucestershire has been snapped up by team boss Laurence Rogers as his second named squad member. An accomplished rider Walker is combining speedway with his grass and long track bookings in 2015. He has been racing since 2007 where he began on a 90cc semi-automatic in the cadet class. He was the 2012 British Intermediate Grass Track Champion and moved into the adult class in 2014. Rode in the Speedway British Under 15’s British Championships on a 250cc finishing runner-up in this class to his close friend, Zach Watjnecht, who has signed to ride in the National League for Birmingham this year. Team boss Rogers commented , “ I saw Callum ride at Newport several years ago and was quite impressed. Last time I saw him in action was at Leicester when he and Zach hired it for practice before they rode abroad.” “I know there will be times when he will be unavailable for MDL matches as he has grass and long track meetings both here and abroad but see him as an exciting prospect who we want at Coventry. He is another one for the future for us. ”

COVENTRY Mercia-Vikings announce local lad KYLE ROBERTS as first rider in 2015 squad With the news that the CITY GEARBOXES Mercia-Vikings will once again represent Coventry in the 2015 Midland Development League team boss Laurence Rogers has started to announce his squad members. First name on the team sheet is local lad KYLE ROBERTS, who has progressed from racing his 125cc bike in second halves last year to a full 500cc machine this winter in amateur meetings at Scunthorpe. His progress has been impressive with team boss Laurence Rogers and team sponsor Gary Drinkwater both watching him recently. Rogers commented , “ I had seen footage on Facebook of Kyle and been amazed at how quickly he had settled in on the 500cc bikes. So Gary and I went to watch him at a recent Amateur event with Gary taking along one of his machines he owns for Kyle to use. We were both highly impressed and we know he is a local Coventry lad who wants to ride for the club “ “I am pleased to announce him as the first name on the Vikings squad and believe he will learn a lot this year and be challenging for a National League spot with The Storm eventually.” Kyle has made quite a name for himself at cycle-speedway and has some titles to his name which make impressive reading. Kyle RobertsYears racing: 2011 – present Bike: Archie Wilkinson Series 5 Favourite tracks: Coventry, Newport Honours: Welsh Junior and Senior Champion (2014), Chris Allen Memorial Trophy Winner (2014), Welsh International, Coventry U17 Champion (2014) Other: Newport Elite League rider

AMENDED >>>> Midland Development League 2015 The Midland Development League held its 2015 AGM on Wednesday at the BSPA offices at Rugby with most clubs in attendance. The 2014 MDL champions Milton Keynes Knights were presented with the League winner’s trophy before the business of sorting out the new season commenced. From the 2014 ten club league both Sheffield and Rye House are non-starters for 2015 whilst Scunthorpe were welcomed back to the fold and a place for Birmingham reserved pending confirmation from the club that they are able to join the league. So nine tracks will come to the tapes for the 2015 campaign in Belle Vue Colts, Buxton JuniorHitmen , Castleford Kings (based at Peterborough), Coventry Mercia-Vikings, Kings Lynn Lightning Long Eaton Invaders (at Leicester), Milton Keynes Knights (at Mildenhall) , Scunthorpe Stags and Stoke Spitfires. Like the National League this year, the league champions will be the side finishing top of the table at the cut -off point of September 15th with no play-off finals. The league is being sponsored by CITY GEARBOXES (Coventry) Ltd who have kindly offered their backing in addition to their team sponsorship of Coventry Storm and the Mercia Vikings. In addition rider air vest manufacturers HELITE are offering their support to both the league and the MDLRC. HELITE have brought out a new lightweight air jacket especially for motor-cycle racers with discounted prices for riders and will put up a jacket as the main prize at the MDLRC. That meeting is set to be held at Scunthorpe on Bank Holiday Monday August 31st as the second part of the meeting following the PL clash between Scunthorpe and Sheffield. The success of the MDL and its counterpart the Northern Junior League is shown in the number of riders now riding on the Elite, Premier and National Leagues who progressed from these leagues. For 2015 teams will be able to include two National League riders in their sides at any time as long as they comply with the set of rules agreed. They must be British, not have a finishing NL average of over 5, have not been named in a Premier League 1-7 ever and have ridden less than 50 official National League meetings at the end of last season. Additionally one of the riders , if used, must start the 2015 season with a NL average of 3.00. Once a rider exceeds an average of 5.01 he will become ineligible to ride in the MDL although if their average drops below that figure again they will become eligible again. Commenting on the meeting Joint MDL Co-ordinator Dale Allitt said , “ It was a very productive meeting and we all look forward to a successful 2015 campaign.” Fellow Co-ordinator Laurence Rogers commented , “ There was a lot of constructive discussion and it is great that we are all in full agreement on how we want the league to be run and progress. I now have the task of sorting the 2015 fixture list out and hope to have this finalised as soon as I can.”