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WORLD Champion Jason Crump has offered to help his parent club Poole if they suffer injury problems this summer.The Australian ace will ride in a series of individual events at the start of the season but isn't planning on riding in Britain on a regular basis.Poole chief Matt Ford said: ""Jason only plans to do four or five individual meetings in Britain this year. But because his registration to ride in Britain is owned by Poole, he phoned to ask for permission to ride in those events."I was then pleasantly surprised when Jason said 'if there are any problems, you don't need to look anywhere else. Just call me'. It was a lovely surprise and a great thing to hear from such a fantastic rider."

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CHRIS Kerr is hoping to do enough to win a regular place in Wolverhampton's Elite League team this year.Kerr was part of the squad which won the Elite League title last season and will ride full-time with Premier League Birmingham.But he said: "It's up to me to do well enough to earn the chance to ride for Wolverhampton. I'm sharing a spot with Joe Haines and we both have an important job to do for the team."