Post by schumi on Apr 13, 2008 21:02:20 GMT
From Coventry's website.
COVENTRY Buildbase Bees are waiting for an injury update ahead of Monday's group-deciding Craven Shield fixture at Belle Vue (7.30pm).
Second heat-leader Rory Schlein, who showed his best form of the season in last Friday's Brandon draw with the Aces, was involved in a crash in Poland on Sunday with reports indicating that he has suffered an arm or scaphoid injury.
Bees are awaiting clarification of the exact situation, in particular of whether any bones are broken, and they should be able to confirm the position when Schlein returns to the UK.
In the meantime their only option to cover Schlein's likely absence at Belle Vue is to use the rider replacement facility, which in all likelihood means the Australian's rides being covered by Chris Harris, Simon Stead, Billy Janniro and Olly Allen.
Bees have two possible targets to aim for at the Manchester venue, the first being victory on the night which would take them straight into the Craven Shield Final as the best group winners.
Should they be unable to achieve that, they will still win their group as long as they avoid defeat by more than 18 points, and in that case they would go into a two-legged semi-final against Poole.
BELLE VUE: Jason Crump, Billy Forsberg, Charlie Gjedde, Lukasz Jankowski, Joe Screen, Michal Rajkowski, Robert Ksiezak.
BUILDBASE BEES: Rory Schlein / R/R, Olly Allen, Chris Harris, Billy Janniro, Simon Stead, Andreas Messing, Stanislaw Burza.
COVENTRY Buildbase Bees are waiting for an injury update ahead of Monday's group-deciding Craven Shield fixture at Belle Vue (7.30pm).
Second heat-leader Rory Schlein, who showed his best form of the season in last Friday's Brandon draw with the Aces, was involved in a crash in Poland on Sunday with reports indicating that he has suffered an arm or scaphoid injury.
Bees are awaiting clarification of the exact situation, in particular of whether any bones are broken, and they should be able to confirm the position when Schlein returns to the UK.
In the meantime their only option to cover Schlein's likely absence at Belle Vue is to use the rider replacement facility, which in all likelihood means the Australian's rides being covered by Chris Harris, Simon Stead, Billy Janniro and Olly Allen.
Bees have two possible targets to aim for at the Manchester venue, the first being victory on the night which would take them straight into the Craven Shield Final as the best group winners.
Should they be unable to achieve that, they will still win their group as long as they avoid defeat by more than 18 points, and in that case they would go into a two-legged semi-final against Poole.
BELLE VUE: Jason Crump, Billy Forsberg, Charlie Gjedde, Lukasz Jankowski, Joe Screen, Michal Rajkowski, Robert Ksiezak.
BUILDBASE BEES: Rory Schlein / R/R, Olly Allen, Chris Harris, Billy Janniro, Simon Stead, Andreas Messing, Stanislaw Burza.
