PLAYOFF DATES ANNOUNCED

NEWS Tuesday 17th September 2013, 12:44pm

by Mike Hunter

  Edinburgh Monarchs

We now know who we will be racing in the Premier Playoffs which will decide this season’s Premier League Championship.

In our group of three we will race against Ipswich and Workington. The winners will face the top team from the group of Somerset, Newcastle and Redcar.

And we are right into action with a trip to Workington on Saturday! This will be a double header, as we will also race our one remaining Premier League match. Start time for the double header will be 6:30pm.

The full list of fixtures for the group is:

Saturday 21st September: Workington v Edinburgh

Thursday 26th September: Ipswich v Workington

Friday 27th September: Edinburgh v Workington

Saturday 28th September: Workington v Ipswich

Thursday 3rd October: Ipswich v Edinburgh

Friday 4th October: Edinburgh v Ipswich

John Campbell said “I think it is quite a good draw for us. The teams we might have wanted to avoid were Somerset and Newcastle though we have won at both these tracks this season.

“We are capable of winning this group if we perform as well as we can, though we haven’t been at our best in recent away matches.

“It’s going to be a very entertaining series of matches I am sure.”

Saturday’s double header comes less than 24 hours before the Premier League Riders’ Championship at Sheffield, with Cook, Pijper, Lawson and Bach all involved!

Admission details at Workington will be announced shortly as will details of transport from Edinburgh but anyone who has already paid something for one of the previous three rain-offs will obviously be sorted out fairly.