Speedway: Blow for Sheffield as Jack Holder set to miss Leicester clash
Jack Holder was injured in Saturday’s Grand Prix in Gorzow, and missed the side’s trip to Oxford on Monday as a result. The club had yesterday rated him as ‘50-50’ for tonight’s meeting
Now Tru7 Group Tigers have confirmed that the younger of the Holder brothers will be unable to ride tonight at Leicester in the Rowe Motor Oil Premiership, as he is still suffering the after effects of the weekend crash.
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It means Sheffield will be missing two of their heat leaders again, with number five Tai Woffinden expected to be out for some time after having an operation on his elbow following a crash in the same Grand Prix meeting.
They will have former Grand Prix rider Troy Batchelor riding as a guest tonight at number two.
Sign up today to get all of the latest news headlines from Sheffield and South Yorkshire delivered straight to your inbox, with The Star’s free emails Tigers said in a statement: “Rider replacement will once again operate at number one, with all other Tru7 Group Tigers’ representatives eligible to cover his programmed outings.
Leicester: Max Fricke, Richard Lawson, Sam Masters, Luke Becker, Ryan Douglas, Craig Cook, Sam Hagon.
Sheffield Jack Holder R/R, Troy Batchelor, Josh Pickering, Kyle Howarth, Chris Holder, Jason Edwards, Dan Gilkes.
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