It has been a frustrating couple of weeks for the Plymouth Jarvis Nuclear Gladiators with the last two home meetings being called due to bad weather. The Gladiators were set to take on the Leicester Lion Cubs last Friday (May 10th).  Co Promoter Mattie Bates said “calling off a meeting is never an easy decision, […]

Tonight (Friday May 10th) the Plymouth Jarvis Nuclear Gladiators host the Leicester Lion Cubs in National League at the Plymouth Coliseum.  It’s the Gladiators first National League fixture of the season and it sees the return of former (Plymouth Devils) Ellis Perks. Team manager Mattie Bates said: “tonight we welcome back Ellis Perks who was […]

The 2019 speedway season kicked off in Plymouth on Friday night (April 19th) when the Jarvis Nuclear Gladiators squared off against the league favourites the Kent Kings in a 46-44 home win to the Gladiators. Team Manager and Co Promoter Mattie Bates said: “the meeting couldn’t have gone better for us. We had to slightly […]

The newly rebranded Plymouth Jarvis Nuclear Gladiators had their official press and practice day last Saturday afternoon (April 13th). We caught up with Plymouth’s co promoter and team manager Mattie Bates to get his thoughts on how it went. “I think all in all it was a really successful day. All the lads really cracked […]