BRITISH SPEEDWAY JANUARY 7, 2023

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PETERBOROUGH HAPPY WITH JENKINS

PETERBOROUGH have confirmed they will retain Jordan Jenkins in the Rising Star berth for their Premiership line-up this season.

Jenkins joined the Panthers in late May last year and produced some encouraging displays in his debut top-flight campaign, especially during the latter stages.

He said: “In my first few meetings last season I thought I might have made the jump too early, but I persisted at it and I knew what I needed to do.

“It got to a point where I wanted that Premiership spot from day one in 2023, so I needed to show that I could do something.

“I tried something new, I brought back a different engine from Poland, and that seemed to work everywhere. It all added up and it gave me a real boost of confidence, and it was something I wanted when I joined Peterborough.

“I just can’t wait to get started, the team that’s being put together that I know about looks incredible, and I’m going to learn off every single one of them.”

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EDINBURGH have announced they will continue to stage National Development League racing at Armadale Stadium in 2023.

Both the Devils and Mildenhall, who were unable to declare for the new season back in November, have now confirmed their participation which takes the third tier back up to eight clubs.

Edinburgh co-promoter John Campbell said: “It is no secret that the Armadale Devils have faced their challenges in the past two seasons, both in terms of rider availability and financially.

“Following the recent National Development League AGM we took the option to delay confirmation of our continued participation so that we may assess our activity at this level to ensure that it is fulfilling its role within our Academy structure to the full.

“In this assessment we have identified some areas for improvement that we will adjust going forward and also identified that to fully deliver our development activities, further funding will need to be attracted.

“It is crucially important that we do continue to operate a team at this level so that the Academy offers a complete pathway. As such, we are delighted to be racing in the National Development League in 2023 and will build a team that can compete well.”

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MILDENHALL have named Alfie Bowtell and Lee Complin as a strong top two as they commence their team building having confirmed their NDL participation.

Bowtell returns to the Fen Tigers after a previous spell in 2016, having piled up points for Kent last season, whilst Complin has been installed as club captain after several successful guest appearances for the West Row side last year.

The club promotion said: “It was clear that last season Alfie has become now one of the absolute top riders in the NDL, and his position as second in the overall averages for the division confirms this. We couldn’t be more satisfied that Alfie is returning now as our No.1

“Lee was an absolute sensation last year and so many seasoned devotees of the sport commented on how his style of riding was so exciting to watch.  

“He’s truly one of those riders of whom it can be said he’s worth the admission money alone to watch, and it’s fantastic news that it’s going to be each week at West Row where we’ll be seeing him, as skipper of the Fen Tigers.”