Weather permitting, Coventry Storm start their Knockout Cup campaign with a first leg tie at Buxton on Sunday (3pm).
The winners of this meeting at the Hi-Edge Raceway and one to be arranged at Brandon will face Cradley in the semi-final clash
The Storm will have rider replacement for Stefan Nielsen and Storm boss Laurence Rogers said to the Bees website: “We want to go there and bring a lead back to Brandon. It’s very important for us to get through this round, especially as it would mean another meeting with Cradley!”
BUXTON (from): Tony Atkin, Ryan Blacklock, Liam Carr, Adam Extance, Stefan Farnaby, Sean Phillips, Tom Woolley.
COVENTRY (from): Luke Crang, Dan Greenwood, Oliver Greenwood, Martin Knuckey, Stefan Nielsen R/R, James Sarjeant, Ryan Terry-Daley.