HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions will start their official fixtures for the new season, by taking on Berwick in the League Cup at the Eddie Wright Raceway on Friday, March 23rd.
The visit of the Bandits follows the Press and Practice Day on Saturday, March 10th, and the visit of Leicester in the Kenny Smith Memorial Trophy on Friday, March 16th.
Berwick boast a mouth-watering heat-leader trio of Seb Alden, Lee Complin and Ricky Ashworth, and will prove a stern early season test for the Scorpions.
01.02.12: Worrall back with Saints
STEVE WORRALL will return for a third season racing for Scunthorpe Saints in 2012 – becoming the sixth rider on the team sheet for the forthcoming season.
Merseyside-born Worrall has risen through the ranks at the Eddie Wright Raceway, after starting riding on the mini-track in 2009. A motocross rider since the age of seven, he saw a televised speedway meeting, and decided to give it a go himself.
28.01.12: Winners do it the hard way
Round four of the Scunthorpe Speedway Winter Championship saw all three adult winners do it the hard way by progressing through the ‘B’ finals. Scunthorpe rider, Stefan Nielsen, who is out on loan to Mildenhall in 2012, even finished second in the ‘B’ final but earned a reprieve when Steve Worrall pulled out of the ‘A’ final due to bike problems. Nielsen passed Gary Irving in the final race to cap a fine meeting for the 17-year old and was joined by 2012 Scunthorpe Saint and Winter Series leader Tom Young and 2011 Berwick Bandit Tamas Sike.
26.01.12: Premier League boys show the way
With the 2012 season just over ten weeks away there was a strong field in Sunday’s amateur meeting at Scunthorpe’s Eddie Wright Raceway. With plenty of challengers chasing them hard it was the club’s Premier League trio of Richie Worrall, twin brother Steve Worrall and Gary Irving that secured the three top spots. Leading the challengers were Saints’ trio of Adam Wrathall, Tom Young and Oliver Greenwood whilst Michael Faulkner also impressed after two years out of the sport.
26.01.12: Saints in eight team National League
DEFENDING champions Scunthorpe Saints are confirmed as one of eight starters in the 2012 National League and face Stoke Potters in a mouth-watering first round tie in the Knockout Cup.
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