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 BENEVOLENT Fund secretary Paul Ackroyd is hoping for a record attendance when Scunthorpe hosts the 2011 Bonanza event on March 12.Previous stagings of the charity meeting at Sheffield and Rye House have been hugely successful in raising funds for the assistance of injured riders.Ackroyd said: "Last year's event was excellent and I'd like to thank once again Len Silver for having it at Rye House. We had an attendance of 3,700 there which was a thousand up on the first event."I'd like to think we can break the attendance record at Scunthorpe and maybe top 4,000. We'll be working hard to bring the quality of riders who will attract the fans. I certainly intend that the line-up will be as good as if not better than at Rye House last year."

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GLASGOW co-promoter Stewart Dickson believes strength in depth will be a key factor as he expects the club to make progress up the Premier League table this year.The Tigers have made several changes and Dickson admits he is particularly excited by the combination of Michal Rajkowski and Nick Morris at reserve.Dickson said: "I am pretty certain that we have the best reserves in the league, one or two teams are coming quite close to us but I think we still hold the edge there."I am also confident that no team will be able to match our pairing and that will be most significant when we see all the teams that have been put together."

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LEE Smart was a popular winner of Newport's New Year Classic as he saved his best ride of the day for the Final.Smart, who captained Dudley's successful National League team last season, finished second in each of his four qualifying races and having reached the Final he powered past David Howe and Kevin Doolan on the first lap to take the title.Smart said: "I didn't expect to win today. I just turned up to have a bit of fun! The track was a bit tricky with a few holes so a few of the other boys struggled but I enjoyed it."

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EDINBURGH promoter John Campbell admits the reigning champions could have to assess a number of options for filling the final place in their team.The Monarchs have been expected to complete their line-up with the return of William Lawson, but Campbell says that is not a foregone conclusion.He said: "I'm not sure about William's position and we may have to look at other avenues which are available to us."We haven't reached a critical stage yet and everybody wants to see him return, and if he does I'd like to get him back to the very best form he used to display around Armadale, and he is still young enough to manage that."