A Coventry Bees Select speedway team were beaten at the at the Jordan Road Surfacing Stadium by a Leicester Lions Select team.
The Bees went down to a 59-35 defeat in the First Leg of the East Midlands Bowl.
Scores:
LEICESTER 59: Krzysztof Kasprzak 15, Nick Morris 10, Kenneth Hansen 9+2, Kenneth Bjerre 8+1, Hans Andersen 6+1, Kevin Doolan 6+1, Jan Graversen 5+1.
COVENTRY 35: Niels-Kristian Iversen 12, Ryan Fisher 7, Scott Nicholls 5, Ben Barker 5, Aaron Summers 3+1, Grzegorz Zengota 3, James Sarjeant 0.
The Second Leg is on Friday at Brandon.