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Plymouth Devils on the back foot

Ipswich Sackers Witches 56-35 Plymouth Skills Group Devils

Plymouth suffered their fifth away defeat of the season in the Premier League when they crashed 56-35 at Ipswich on Thursday evening, writes Graham Hambly.

The Skills Group Devils remain in the bottom three of the table and are six points adrift of a top six place needed to reach the end of season play-offs.

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Speedway: Edinburgh 64 Plymouth 28

Edinburgh Border Roofing Monarchs 64-28 Plymouth Skillsgroup Devils

PLYMOUTH had a nightmare trip to Edinburgh for their Premier League match on Friday evening with a number of their riders held up by traffic delays, writes Graham Hambly

The meeting was delayed for around half an hour but Ryan Fisher and Morten Risager still missed their early races. Overall, it proved to be a...

Disappointment for Devils at Newcastle

PLYMOUTH’S two-match Northern tour ended on a disappointing note with a 56-36 defeat at Newcastle on Sunday evening, writes Graham Hambly.

Skipper Kyle Newman showed a welcome return to form with couple of wins as he top scored with 14 points. He was well supported by Todd Kurtz, who had another good meeting with three wins in his ten-point return.

Unfortunately, the remainder...

Devils take vital points at Berwick

American Ryan Fisher led the way with a paid maximum for Plymouth as they battled to a 45-45 draw in their Premier League match at Berwick on Saturday evening.

Fisher scored 13 (paid 15) from his five rides and was well supported by young Australians Todd Kurtz and Jack Holder, who each collected three wins.

The result saw the Skills Group Devils pick up their first away points...

Devils look to quarter finals

PLYMOUTH stage their first ever Thursday meeting at the St Boniface Arena when they take on Peterborough in the deciding leg of their first round tie in the Travel Plus Tours KO Cup this Thursday June 18 (7.15pm), writes Graham Hambly.

The Skills Group Devils will be aiming to pull back a two-point deficit following their impressive performance in the away leg when they restricted the...

Weather beats Devils again

THE meeting due to be held at the St Boniface Arena tonight (Friday June 12) has been postponed due to unfavourable weather.

Speaking on the subject Co-Promoter Ashley Taylor said " Having had heavy overnight rain and a further forecast for the Plymouth area of continual rain from 11am throughout the remainder of the day, it has been decided to cancel today’s meeting.

Plymouth'...

Barker's back for Berwick meeting

FORMER Plymouth captain and number one Ben Barker is due back at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm) when the Skills Group Devils meet Berwick in the Premier League.

It will be Barker’s second visit to the Devon track this season as he scored 12 (paid 13) from five rides as a guest for Peterborough’s Oliver Allen when he helped the Panthers to a 52-40 league win at the...

Devils lose in final third

Plymouth 42 Glasgow 47

PLYMOUTH team manager Lee Trigger admitted his side had too many riders out of form in their 47-42 Premier League defeat by Glasgow at the St Boniface Arena on Friday.

He said: "We know they can all do it when they are on top form, but we had four riders who were not on song and you can’t carry four riders."

There was a bonus for the Skills Group...

Roland returns to Plymouth

HUNGARIAN Roland Benko returns to the Plymouth side in time for their Premier League match against Glasgow at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm), writes Graham Hambly.

Benko is included in a re-declared Plymouth side in place of injured reserve Sam Chapman.

The Skills Group Devils co-promoter Ashley Taylor says: “Roland was all set to rejoin us this season but a...

Scunthorpe meeting off

THE Premier League match between Plymouth and Scunthorpe, due to have taken place at the St Boniface Arena on Saturday evening, was postponed because of an adverse weather forecast of heavy rain in the area throughout the evening.

Co-promoter Ashley Taylor made the decision at around 8am after checking the local forecast.

He said: "Rain was due to start at around 5pm and the...

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