After a break from action Swindon return to the Abbey Stadium on Thursday 10th July as they entertain Belle Vue in an Elite league B encounter.
The meeting against the Aces commences a flurry of activity for Swindon who then travel to Coventry’s Brandon raceway for an Elite league A clash on Friday night.
New averages see James Wright moving back into the main body of the Swindon side whilst Swedish youngster Seb Alden fills the number seven spot.
Robins’ boss Alun Rossiter has re-jigged the Swindon line up with TravisMcGowan moving to five, James Wright to four as Troy Batchelor’s rider replacement facility shuffles to position two.
Belle Vue are hopeful Joe Screen will recover from the shoulder injury thatruled him out of the Aces’ slender victory over Coventry on Monday night.
Elsewhere, Lukasz Jankowski is sideline by a broken collar bone and theManchester side are expected to operate the rider replacement facility tocover his absence.
Recently recruited Danish youngster Patrick Hougaard fills the number seven berth whilst Nick Simmons slots in at six. Jason Crump and Charlie Gjeddeprovide the Belle Vue firepower with both riders having superb individualrecords at Blunsdon.
Swindon boss Rossiter is excited by the contest: ‘The duels between Leigh Adams and Jason Crump at Blunsdon are always fantastic. We have to be careful not to be caught off guard going into thismeeting and must concentrate from the outset.
Belle Vue have a team of riders who go very well at Swindon so I’m expecting a close meeting. The idea behind altering the team line up is to try and get our rider replacement outings outof the way as soon as possible. Hopefully this will prove beneficial’
The Elite league meeting will be followed by an academy match as Swindon’sdevelopment side, the Sprockets, entertain Somerset.
The Kevin Pitt’s managed Swindon side is expected to track Charlie Saunders, Richard Andrews and the Sedgmen brothers.
Teams for Thursday 10th July, Parade 7.20pm,
Tapes Up 7.30pm
Swindon Robins vs Belle Vue Aces
Swindon Leigh Adams (C), Troy Batchelor R/R, Mads Korneliussen, James Wright, TravisMcGowan, Manuel Hauzinger, Seb Alden.
Team Manager: Alun Rossiter.
Belle Vue Jason Crump, Lukasz Jankowski R/R, Charlie Gjedde (C), Billy Forsberg, Joe Screen, Nick Simmons, Patrick Hougaard.
Team Manager: Chris Morton
Referee: Ronnie Allan.
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