Speedway – stars vroom into action at Berwick birthday bash

Local hero Kevin Doolan in the field for Saturday’s 50th anniversary spectacular at Berwick

POLISH superstar Adam Skornicki headlines the Grant Henderson Tankers 50th season anniversary bash at Berwick tonight (SAT, 7pm).

Glasgow and Edinburgh riders also see this star-studded individual meeting as a chance to practice ahead of the new season.

The Olympus Marquees Berwick Bandits (Powered by Mike Hope, Wooler) have 16 top racers seeking individual glory.

Bandits’ septet, Lewis Bridger, Kevin Doolan, Claus Vissing, Dany Gappmaier, Liam Carr, Dimitri Berge and Ryan Blacklock are all desperate to prove their worth after a successful press and practice session last Saturday.

Glasgow’s top men, Aaron Summers and Richie Worrall, who finished third in last Sunday’s Ben Fund Bonanza a Ashfield, are in the field along with former Edinburgh star Steve Worrall of Newcastle Diamonds.
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dinburgh’s new signing Ricky Wells and Ulrich Ostergaard of Peterborough, who won the League’s Riders’ Championship in 2015, is also listed along with Josh Grajczonek, a former Glasgow rider and now a key member of Team Australia and SGB Premiership side, Somerset.

Unattached former Glasgow rider James Sarjeant is desperate to showcase his talent after Coventry Bees decided not to run this season.

Scott Courtney, one of the club’s new promoters, said: “This last few months have given us an amazing amount of work to plough through, and it never gives up.

“When we get Saturday’s 50th Season Spectacular in the can we will all breath a big sigh of relief, before we get on the build up to our first team match against Newcastle on the 25 March.”