Belle Vue boss reveals Aces line-up for 2019
BELLE Vue Aces have announced their line-up for next season after revealing the final five members of their team.
Director of speedway Mark Lemon had already confirmed Max Fricke and Kenneth Bjerre as their two senior riders for 2019.
And they will be joined by Steve Worrall, Dan Bewley, Dimitri Berge, Ricky Wells and Jaimon Lidsey.
British duo Worrall and Bewley both return to the National Speedway Stadium looking to put an injury-ravaged campaign behind them.
After an impressive top-flight debut, Berge is looking forward to tackling his first full season in the top flight and is relishing the challenges that come with competing against the sport’s best.
And newcomers to the side, Wells and Lidsey, are hoping to impress on their Belle Vue debuts, the former having been synonymous with Wolverhampton and the latter making his British debut with a Premiership plunge.
Lemon said: “Building a competitive team is no easy feat, with so many options take into consideration.
“I took my time trying to find a rounded team before settling on this line-up. I think we’ve achieved a great balance. On paper, it’s a solid line-up with a good variety of skills, strengths, experience and youth, I’m confident they’ll be as impressive in their on-track endeavours. We were robbed of the chance to see Steve and Dan complete a full season last year due to injury and that has been a huge motivator in their recovery efforts, and we’re delighted to have them back.
“Having spent the majority of his top-flight career with Wolverhampton and most recently Leicester, Ricky is ready for a new challenge. He has a great deal of untapped potential which we hope he can draw out, and will provide a solid part of the top five make-up.
“It’s a similar story with Dimitri. We’ve only seen a fraction of what he is capable of, and I think he will develop and come on strong when starting his first full season in the Premiership campaign.
“Jaimon who is well known to me, comes to us as a very talented youngster and will be an exciting inclusion to the team in his debut season in Britain.”
Belle Vue have also revealed their National League side line-up.
Supporter favourites Kyle Bickley and Paul Bowen are joined by fellow returning Colt, Ben Woodhull. Several new faces are also Manchester-bound, with flying former Birmingham star Leon Flint spearheading the side at No.1 and ex-Coventry man Danny Phillips joining the top five.