Northampton Foxes aiming to end Premiership campaign on a high
Northampton Foxes will be aiming to end their debut ROWE Motor Oil Premiership campaign in winning style when they host King's Lynn in their final match of the season at the Shaleway in Brafield on Thursday night (Sept 17, 7.30pm).
It has been a whirlwind few months for the Foxes, who were newly-formed and only confirmed as entries into the Premiershipin March.
There was extensive work undertook on the Brafield venue so that racing could start there in April.
For a new team formed at short notice there was no real surprise that results were initially hard to come by, but Foxes remained competitive throughout and by mid-summer there were substantial improvements.
Their last five home matches at Brafield have produced three wins and a draw, with only runaway leaders Belle Vue able to take an away victory.
Now the challenge is to finish off on a high against King’s Lynn, who remained in play-off contention until the closing stages of the season, but saw their hopes shattered by Ipswich’s away win at Leicester on Monday.
The Foxes, who fielded a weakened side when they were beaten in their final away game of the season at Sheffield on Wednesday night, return to full strength.
Niels-Kristian Iversen, Nicolai Klindt and Kye Thomson are all back after having to miss the trip to south Yorkshire for the rearranged fixture at Sheffield.
King's Lynn have also declared their full side including GP star Max Fricke, who finished third in Vojens last weekend, GB legend Chris Harris and 16-year-old sensation Cooper Rushen.
Foxes manager Chris Adams said: “Our last five home matches have provided us with three wins, one draw and one loss.
“So the improvement is certainly there and on Thursday we shall be looking at winning our last home meeting and finish our season on winning ways.
“The supporters have all been fantastic all year, and how you have all stuck with us is just truly amazing.
“We will get there. I’m confident we shall bring success but we have to keep working hard to achieve it.”
After the meeting – win, lose or draw – the Foxes riders all be brought out to say their end of season farewells to the crowd.
Due to a late change of scheduling, Foxes TV will not be operational for this meeting as it is now being taken by BSN.
Northampton Foxes: Niels-Kristian Iversen, Kye Thomson, Nicolai Klindt, Adam Ellis, Jaimon Lidsey, Mitch McDiarmid, Luke Harrison.
King's Lynn: Max Fricke, Ben Cook, Jan Kvech, Cooper Rushen, Chris Harris, Jordan Jenkins, Jody Scott.