Battered men and machines are being made ready as Eastbourne Speedway riders gear up to defend the National League KO Cup, which the club has won three years in a row.This year’s campaign begins on Saturday (April 21) with the home leg of the first round tie against the Isle of Wight Warriors.

Eastbourne Speedway, along with the rest of the speedway world, is saddened to learn of the death of Ivan Mauger.Ivan, in his formative years in England in the 1950s, came to Arlington as a rookie, low on confidence and with poor equipment.