Devils head to Kent

NEWS Saturday 3rd September 2022, 7:35pm

by Mike Hunter

The Armadale Devils are far afield on Sunday when they make their first visit to the Old Gun Site which is the home track of this year's Kent Royals team.

This is a different track to that occupied last year by Kent's Championship and NDL teams – that was Central Park Sittingbourne where speedway is no longer staged.

No Scottish team has raced at the Old Gun Site since Linlithgow in the 1990s. Can Devils pick up some league points in tomorrow's encounter?

The Royals, while probably not Playoff contenders, have won three of their five home matches and also have two away victories on their record, one of which was a 48-42 success at Armadale. So they will certainly start favourites.

They are one of the sides fielding two very strong riders alongside a collection of less experienced guys. The best known men in the Kent side are Ben Morley and Max Clegg, currently both doing well in the Championship with Plymouth and Leicester respectively. The Devils will be doing well to peg these two back.

Lee Complin leads the way for the Devils as usual, backed by Tom Woolley the captain and Danny Phillips. It will be interesting to see if Elliot Kelly can build on his recent promising performances, and if the others can provide a little bit of backup.

KENT ROYALS: Ben Morley, Unattached 3 pointer, Danno Verge, Connor King, Max Clegg, Chris Watts, Sam Woolley

ARMADALE DEVILS: Lee Complin, Josh Embleton, Danny Phillips, Elliot Kelly, Tom Woolley (C), Gregor Millar, Kyran Lyden