Crusaders gear up for speedway season
14:36, 17 April 2007
KENT'S only speedway team Sittingbourne Crusaders are preparing to compete in this year's Conference League.
The league is speedway's third division, a national competition which includes 10 teams from across the country.
The club have assembled a squad of 10 riders for this year's campaign. It has a decent balance of youth and experience and is managed by former Crusaders skipper Chris Hunt.
FIXTURES (CL = Conference League; KOC = Knockout Cup; home fixtures in capitals):
April 22: CLEVELAND (CL)
April 22: RYE HOUSE (KOC 1st Round; 2nd leg)
May 13: STOKE (CL)
May 18: CL Fours at Plymouth
May 20: BOSTON (CL)
May 30: Stoke (CL)
June 10: BUXTON (CL)
June 17: WEYMOUTH (CL)
June 24: Scunthorpe (CL)
July 1: PLYMOUTH (CL)
July 7: Cleveland (CL)
July 13: Boston (CL)
July 14: Rye House (CL)
July 22: CL Pairs at Scunthorpe
August 5: OXFORD (CL)
August 10: Weymouth (CL)
August 12: Oxford (CL)
August 19: RYE HOUSE (CL)
August 24: Plymouth (CL)
September 9: SCUNTHORPE (CL)
September 15: CLRC at Rye House
September 16: Buxton (CL)
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