{"id":3128,"date":"2024-11-22T16:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T16:03:04","slug":"ryan-douglas-completes-the-2025-leicester-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/ryan-douglas-completes-the-2025-leicester-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Douglas completes the 2025 Leicester Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Leicester have completed their 2025 line-up with the signing of Ryan Douglas who is the sixth member of this year\u2019s team to return.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian will also be staging his Testimonial meeting at Beaumont Park with the date for that event to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas was a former title winner with the Lions at second tier level, and he rejoined the club in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership this year.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Stewart Dickson said: <em>\u201cRyan is another good rider to work with, going back to when he was here before in the Championship, and although others might have had a nibble for him he wanted to come back, which shows you he\u2019s happy here.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe got landed with the No.5 race-jacket for most of last season and I think he did very well. 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