Rebels withdraw

THE Somerset Rebels have followed the Swindon Robins in withdrawing from the 2021 speedway season.

The Rebels had been due to compete in the Championship this summer – the second tier of British speedway’s three-tier set-up – but have made the decision not to compete this year, amid ongoing concerns regarding the financial credibility of the club during the global pandemic.

Club promoter Debbie Hancock said: “The world remains very much in a perilous state right now, and even though there are green shoots of recovery by virtue of the vaccines that are being rolled out, we feel that there will still be too much uncertainty in respect of allowing a normal season to run.”