Sam Game and Matt Ashworth will also be part of the academy set-up with dale Woodward and Ollie Roodenburg taking o coaching roles.
Also, Iwade have secured the services of Lee Nutter from Devon Demons and young Gary Bowman from Dudley Tigers and these lads will join the team in a couple of weeks .
The Colts have put bids in for some of the riders on the Unattached List and thereafter rely on the youngsters allocated to them by Speedway HQ.
There will be a separate Press Day for the Academy Team before the start of the season when the whole team will be on hand to speak to the press and public alike.
Ryan Palin will captain the team until the time he may have relinquish the job, should his average for the first team surpass the 5 point limit. At such time San game will take over these responsibilities.
MATT ASHWORTH LEADS THE PACK!
The Colts have final completed their plans for the Academy Team and have also made changes to their Senior squad at 8 and 9. Sam game will drop into the Academy Squad, whilst new signings Lee Nutter and garry Bowman will occupy the final two places in the team itself.
As previously stated Ryan Palin will lead the Academy Team with Bowmanand Nutter in the other two Heat Leader spots.
Our new apprentice, Tom Hollis, who will be coached by Broadstairs legend, Jari Berg, will not ride in the team for the present as he is still very much learning his trade and should benefit from is forthcoming outings in the Champion Apprentice series.
Iwade hope to complete the signing of anotherAcademy League Rider once the Transfer Window re-opens after Week 6.
FULL ACADEMY TEAM
1.RYAN PALIN 4.11
2.MATT ASHWORTH 3.00
3.LEE NUTTER 3.00
4.SAM GAME 3.00
5.GARY BOWMAN 3.00
6.MATT PUTTNAM 3.00
The Colts hope that riding with Ryan Palin will bring the promising Matt Ashworth's form on in leaps and bounds!
ACADEMY LEAGUE GROUPS
There are twenty teams in this season's academy league and they will be split into two Sections, A & B, with each team playing each other Home & Away once. The top five in each group will go into Division 1 with the remaining 10 teams becoming Division 2. Each team will then play the other teams in their Division once Home and Away.
The Draw for the groups has already been made and is shown below, with Iwade contesting Group B:
GROUP A
Eastbourne Seagulls
Willenhall Wolves
Stowmarket Witches
Linlithgow Lions
Devon Demoons
Verwood Vipers
Bevereley Hunters
Telford Thunder
Huntingdon Hunters
Earley Gravediggers
GROUP B
Leeds Jaguars
Coalville Kings
Brickhill Tigers
Cradley Heath Cobras
Claygate Bears
Gorleston Ghosts
Newport Exiles
Derby Bucks
Kelso Kestrels
IWADE COLTS
PRE-SEASON JUNIOR CHALLENGE
At Old Gun Road
IWADE ACADEMY COLTS 47
Ryan Palin 13, Matt Ashworth 5+2, Lee Nutter 7, Sam Game 4, Garry Bowman 10, Matthew Puttnam 4+2, Thomas Hollis 4
Trelawny Pirates 43
The Iwade management arranged a 7 rider Challenge Match with their counterparts at The Trelawny Training Track in order to give all of their Academy team a chance to gain some match practice before the start of their season.
It proved to be a good test for thr youngsters and it took a 4-2 in the final heat to secure the win for Iwade. It took Ryan Palin a couple of rides to dial into the conditions, which were grippy, but he then won his three remaining races. Garry Bowman also had a good meeting with three wins and young apprentice, Tom Hollis, won his first ever race in public and could have scored more than 4 points had he not had a tape infringement he his last ride of the night.
All in all it was a good night's entertainment for the local fans who turned out and were rewarded with free entry. The racing ended with some of the first team riders having a spin round the track.
ACADEMY LEAGUE RESULTS
WEEK 1
IWADE 46(Ryan Palin 13)
CLAYGATE 26(Nathan Rose 9)
CLAYGATE 35(Jason Silvestri 12)
IWADE37(Garry Bowman 11)
Aggregate Score Claygate 61 - Iwade 83
The young Colts proved to strong in both legs of this Academy League encounter with the Claygate Bears!
Ryan Palin over both legs and will be sorely missed as he sits out the next three matches due to injury. This will mean that Iwade's 15 year old Apprentice, Tom Hollis, will have to step up as the club now only have six qualified Academy League riders who are fit. On the brighter side the Colt's management team were very happy with the form of 18 year old Garry Bowman, which has been rewarded with a reserve spot in the senior side to replace the ailing Paling! Lee Nutter was another to get his Iwade Academy League career off to a good start.
As for Claygate, although Nathan Rose top scored for them at Old Gun Road, it was the Home performance from the Bears Number 1, Jason Silvestri that stood out for them.
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