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Last Updated: Nov 28th, 2010 - 10:22:29 |
Sussex Speedway squad, Eastbourne ‘Lifestyle’ Eagles will be assured of a hero’s welcome following arguably their result of the season as they return to Arlington stadium (7.30 p.m. parade, 7.45 p.m. first race) this Thursday evening for the penultimate time in Elite League competition when Suffolk’s finest, the Ipswich Witches make their return visit to the Sussex venue.
With three weeks now having elapsed since they last turned a wheel in anger around home shale, the Knockout Cup match against the Lakeside Hammers having been postponed by the club’s management before last Thursday hotly awaited clash against the Wolverhampton Wolves fell victim to the unceasing elements, the Eagles will no doubt be relishing a return to familiar territory and an opportunity to celebrate with supporters a quite phenomenal result achieved at Peterborough’s East of England Showground on Bank Holiday Monday evening.
Eastbourne, without a travelling victory to their name in season 2010 arrived at Alwalton to face a Panthers side, bang in form, one heavily involved in the Elite League Play Off race and one who had rarely broken sweat in rattling up huge scores and remaining unbeaten around their home circuit this term.
Given that the Showground has rarely proved one of the Sussex club’s happier hunting grounds down the years, to many the outcome seemed inevitable, another hefty home result seemingly on the cards. However, as it has so often in the past, the Eagles fighting spirit came to the fore and a desire and determination, one apparently lacking in the host club, carried them to a truly spectacular 47-43 victory, one joyously celebrated by the many Eagles fans who had made the journey.
Indeed, for a team often dismissed as the section’s apparent whipping boys, and despite their lowly league ranking, the Eagles have often given a fine account of themselves throughout season 2010 and have had many a moment to savour, moments not necessarily matched by some of their supposedly more illustrious contemporaries. Aside of strong home performances in recent months and high profile victories against all the teams resident in the Play Off mix, the Sussex club are one of an elite band to have claimed two home wins, one a three-pointer against runaway section leaders, the Poole Pirates. They are also the only visiting team to have taken a point from Wolverhampton’s Monmore Green following their 46-44 reserve in the ‘A’ fixture earlier in the year and now they have become the only side to upset the form book and overturn the home dominance of the Peterborough Panthers around the Showground, a venue to which, incidentally they now return for the ‘B’ fixture on Thursday September 9th and not this Friday, September 3rd as previously scheduled.
Eastbourne will certainly be looking to continue the feel good factor as they set forth to face the Witches on Thursday evening and striving to make it seven consecutive wins around their Arlington base.
With Matej Zagar’s long awaited return to arms finally set to be realised as the Witches hit town, the Eagles will be hoping to field a full strength septet against the team currently lodged in the elite League’s basement position, but one you can be sure will be fighting hard to break free from those lowly shackles.
Indeed, the Witches have already achieved a measure of success in Sussex, following a 45-45 draw at Arlington in the early part of the year and with the likes of former Eagle Scott Nicholls, currently in red hot form on the domestic scene, resplendent in their ranks they will certainly be aiming to go one better this time around.
Further good news for supporters is that the club’s summer ‘Kids for a Quid’ offer, in collaboration with the Argus Newspaper will now continue to remain in operation for the remainder of the season at Arlington.
As a reminder, special dated vouchers printed in the Thursday edition of the Argus will entitle children less than 12 years of age, when accompanied by an adult to be admitted to the stadium for the price of just a pound, as before, the newspaper containing the vouchers will be available to buy outside the turnstiles on the night of the match enabling all in attendance to take advantage of the offer.
As stated, this offer has now been extended right through to the end of the season in Sussex, thus allowing parent’s already overstretched pockets to receive some respite in the closing weeks of the campaign.
Teams :
Eagles : 1. Matej Zagar, 2. Tomasz Jedrzejak, 3. Simon Gustafsson 4. Cameron Woodward (Captain), 5. Joonas Kylmakorpi, 6. Lukas Dryml, 7. Ricky Kling.
Witches : 1. Scott Nicholls, 2. Chris Slabon, 3. Daniel King (Captain), 4. Ales Dryml, 5. Robert Miskowiak, 6. Dawid Stachyra, 7. Kozza Smith.
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