Despite holding their own in the first half of the meeting, The Plymouth Gladiators suffered a 54-36 defeat at the hands of the Eastbourne Eagles this evening. Top scorers for The Gladiators were Bjarne Pedersen (10) and guest Michael Palm-Toft (9) in for the injured Jason Crump. Full report to follow. EASTBOURNE 54: Tom Brennan […]

BIRMINGHAM Speedway have reluctantly made an early decision to postpone tonight’s Championship meeting with Plymouth. The Perry Barr track has already taken heavy rain over the past two days and with thunder storms forecast to hit the area this afternoon the club believe this is the best decision to avoid inconvenience for all parties concerned.

PLYMOUTH ATKINS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GLADIATORS 43 LEICESTER LIONS 46 Another close encounter at the Coliseum saw the Gladiators narrowly defeated by Leicester. The meeting started promisingly for the home side with a 4-2 advantage in the first race. Heat 3 saw Australian Zane Keleher achieve a new track record of 49.40 seconds for the revised […]

POOLE PIRATES 61 PLYMOUTH ATKINS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GLADIATORS 29 The Gladiators were well beaten in this Knock Out Cup 2nd leg match at Wimborne Road. It was always going to be an uphill task with Poole taking an eight-point aggregate lead from the first leg. With Jason Crump unavailable after his crash at Plymouth the […]

PLYMOUTH ATKINS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GLADIATORS 44 GLASGOW TIGERS 46 On a baking hot summer’s evening, the Gladiators again came close to getting some reward for an excellent night’s racing at the Coliseum. The home side were on the back foot from Heat One when a first bend incident saw both teams’ number one’s, Jason Crump […]

Plymouth Atkins Financial Management Gladiators have made a further change to their line-up by bringing in 22-year-old Jack Smith to replace recent signing, Luke Ruddick who has asked to be released. Smith, the son of three-time British Champion and Grand Prix rider, Andy Smith will make his debut against the Glasgow Tigers on Tuesday evening […]