EAGLES PUT KNOCKOUT CUP ON HOLD

A combination of difficulties regarding rider availability coupled with a poor local weather forecast has prompted the management of the Eastbourne ‘Lifestyle’ Eagles to make the early call to postpone their Knockout Cup Quarter Final clash against local rivals, the Lakeside Hammers, a match previously scheduled for this coming Thursday.

Having hoped to enter the contest tracking a full strength side, the Sussex club's plans have been thrown into disarray with Tomasz Jedrzejak’s involvement having been denied them after the Pole’s domestic club Tarnow’s  meeting fell victim to the weather on Sunday afternoon and was swiftly re-arranged for Thursday evening, the same night as Eastbourne’s home match with Lakeside.

With no facility to cover the Pole’s absence available to them, the Sussex club have, albeit reluctantly preferred the option of putting the meeting on hold, instead of heading into one of their most important matches of the season shorthanded.

The Eagles management would like to thank Lakeside Team boss Jon Cook for his co-operation and agreement as to the postponement, a re-staging on 23^rd September now appearing the favoured date for the Eagles and Hammers to finally lock horns with the 2nd leg 24 hours later at Lakeside.

Commenting on the postponement, Co-Promoter Mike Bellerby said, 'We fully appreciate that the postponement is inconvenient for Eagles fans, but as the Knock-out Cup provides us with our last chance of a trophy this year, there was no way that we wanted to field a less than 100% full strength team. To do so, would have been unfair to supporters and would have jeopardized our chances of progressing in the competition. I can also confirm that the Kids for a Quid arrangement with the Argus will operate as normal for our Meeting against Wolverhampton on the 26th August and we are discussing with the newspaper the extension of the Scheme into September."