{"id":1955,"date":"2024-03-13T18:11:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2024-03-13T18:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:39:16","slug":"birmingham-brummies-ready-to-visit-the-oxford-spires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/birmingham-brummies-ready-to-visit-the-oxford-spires\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Brummies ready to visit the Oxford Spires!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/birmingham-brummies-speedway\/\">Birmingham Brummies<\/a> travel to Oxford on Thursday (March 14, 7.30) for their first top flight fixture in almost a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The Curtis Sport Brummies have returned to British Speedway\u2019s highest level following four seasons in both the Championship and National Development League.<\/p>\n<p>Their opener sees them take on fellow Premiership newcomers Oxford as the new-look Brummies assemble on track for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Czechia international Vaclav Milik will now begin the season as No.1 following injury to Piotr Pawlicki &#8211; the Pole\u2019s replacement Scott Nicholls will be at No.5 on the track he has called \u2018home\u2019 for the past two seasons in the second division.<\/p>\n<p>Newly appointed captain Steve Worrall will start at No.4 with British league debutant Wiktor Lampart partnering him in the engine room of the side.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Brennan is placed at No.2 with Zach Cook and Leon Flint the first reserve pairing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/birmingham-brummies-snap-up-scott-nicholls\/\">Birmingham Brummies snap up Scott Nicholls!<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/steve-worrall-named-as-birmingham-brummies-captain\/\">Steve Worrall named as Birmingham Brummies captain!<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><p>\nNew team manager Sam Ermolenko is excited to get going and has belief in the side he has inherited.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any team in the league that\u2019s got that strength in depth feel about it, especially down in the bottom half of our team,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think we can make the most of that and use it as one of our assets to upset a few people this year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA lot of people are writing us off already this year but we\u2019re using that to motivate us even more &#8211; we\u2019re not scared of anybody.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe may not have been able to get out on track on Monday, but there was a bit of a bonus in the fact we got to spend some extra quality time together getting to know one another.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf everyone does their job then we know we can get results in this league &#8211; and it would be a nice bonus if we could do that in our first meeting at Oxford on Thursday night.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the fixture at Sandy Lane are available and can be purchased via:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ticketsource.co.uk\/booking\/select\/RdiEJKhzXNnT\">http:\/\/ticketsource.co.uk\/booking\/select\/RdiEJKhzXNnT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OXFORD:<\/strong> Maciej Janowski, Charles Wright, Nicolai Klindt, Chris Harris, Rohan Tungate, Lewis Kerr, Ashton Boughen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BIRMINGHAM:<\/strong> Vaclav Milik, Tom Brennan, Wiktor Lampart, Steve Worrall, Scott Nicholls, Zach Cook, Leon Flint.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words and Feature Image by Birmingham Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4991349668748061\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4991349668748061\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6376928783\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Birmingham Brummies travel to Oxford on Thursday (March 14, 7.30) for their first top flight fixture in almost a decade. 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