|
|
|
|
Monarch Edition
- news - results - div one - div two - div three - statistics - averages - honours - - rider search by GSA - rider search by name - transfer list - international standings/averages -
Comment now on the latest news at the Forum MERRY ON THE MERSEY Marauders boosted by Lobanev arrival Merseyside begin their 27th successive season in the British League with the optimism that a second major trophy win may be around the corner. They haven’t tasted success since their SL13 Pairs triumph, but the arrival of Imants Lobanev as their new number one gives them hope that things could be about to change for the better. The Estonian leads a young side full of potential, at 27 he’s the oldest of a septet that includes amongst their number last years ever-present heat leaders, who both have GP experience—world number 13 Zachary Anderson and Danilo Franchini—plus two of the brightest British prospects at second string in Jacob Cooke and Harry Francis. Like Lobanev—who signs from Manor for £150,000—Cooke has been signed on a full transfer by Glyn Hughes in pre-season. The Marauders boss knows all about the 24 year old, he having featured in every one of his side’s league fixtures in SL26 while on loan from Don Valley, the twice BU21 Champion now makes a permanent move to the north-west after the two clubs agreed a £180,000 fee. No further loan move was possible given the surplus of assets in the Vipers squad, Matt Akers preferring instead to keep both Liam Hill and Chris Carver on the books, with those two making temporary switches to top flight outfits Manor and Altrincham respectively. The same top three that finished last season at the DVSA will start the new one, however with Valeri Lach, Joseph Wall and Samuel Murphy taking just shy of 31 points of the 45 point allowance, Akers is left to track two riders with averages over below four at season string, Taylor Barber and Olesia Kowalczyk.
|
|
