
The draw has been made for the British Under-21 qualifier at Workington on Sunday May 28.
It will be special for the Northside track as five Workington Comets riders will be taking part.
The Comets open their National Development League programme against Edinburgh, Saturday May 13.
Lining up in the Under-21s semi-final will be Luke Harrison, Sam McGurk, Harry McGurk, Ace Pijper and Elliot Kelly in the 16-strong field.
The top six from the Northside event will join the ten seeded riders at Glasgow on August 27, with those names also revealed at Saturday’s Celebration of Speedway event hosted by the Nuneaton Speedway Supporters’ Club.
BRITISH U21 QUALIFER DRAW:
1 Ashton Boughen, 2 Vinnie Foord, 3 Freddy Hodder, 4 Luke Harrison, 5 Harry McGurk, 6 Sam McGurk, 7 Ben Trigger, 8 Luke Killeen, 9 Archie Freeman, 10 Ace Pijper, 11 Nathan Ablitt, 12 Elliot Kelly, 13 Max Perry, 14 Jody Scott, 15 Mickie Simpson, 16 Sam Hagon.
Workington’s first number one of the new era, Connor Bailey, is among the riders seeded through to the final. Workington-born Kyle Bickley, who will be one of the favourites, is also seeded straight through to the final.
BRITISH U21 FINAL – SEEDED RIDERS: Connor Bailey, Kyle Bickley, Jason Edwards, Leon Flint, Dan Gilkes, Drew Kemp, Jake Mulford, Anders Rowe, Dan Thompson and Joe Thompson.
Dates and venues have been confirmed for the 2023 British Youth Championship.
The series will be raced over seven rounds, once again encompassing three categories – 500cc, 250cc and 125cc.
Rounds at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Workington and Redcar will feature all classes whilst Scunthorpe, Belle Vue and Kent will split their British Youth offerings to provide additional racing to their league fixtures on those dates.
The fourth round is scheduled for Northside on Saturday, June 4.
SCHEDULE: Round 1 – Scunthorpe (500cc/250cc), May 5 / Belle Vue (125cc), May 12; Round 2 – Glasgow, May 14; Round 3 – Edinburgh, June 3; Round 4 – Workington, June 4; Round 5 – Redcar, June 17; Round 6 – Scunthorpe (125cc), July 7 / Belle Vue (500cc/250cc), July 21; Round 7 – Kent (500cc/250cc), August 6 / Kent (125cc), September 10.





