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ELITE League newcomers King's Lynn have been boosted by an extension to their deal with main team sponsors Roger Warnes Transport.The Norfolk-based road haulers are now into their third year of the arrangement and are excited by the prospects of stepping up to the top flight.Managing Director Roger Warnes said: "Our company is proud to be giving the club the backing it needs to take a step up to the Elite League."Over the years the club has served the community commendably and with the new TV deal they will now be part of with over 500 million viewers globally. That will help push the profile of the club, the local area and our company to places it has never been before."

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MATEJ Ferjan is hoping a good performance in the Ben Fund Bonanza on March 12 will put him back on promoters' radar for a British team place.Former Slovenian star Ferjan, who now rides as a Hungarian, last appeared in the Elite League for Poole in 2005 and was a permanent Grand Prix rider in 2001-02.Also confirmed for the showpiece event at Scunthorpe is new Workington No.1 James Wright, who is looking forward to a busy season as he also doubles-up for Birmingham.Organiser Paul Ackroyd said: "I was approached about Matej Ferjan partly because he was very keen to ride in the meeting but also because he is interested in riding in the UK again."

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BUSY Belle Vue have raced back into the transfer market to sign former Swedish Under-21 champion Ricky Kling.Chris Morton, the Aces' Operations Director, has watched Kling's development since he came to ride in England for Oxford in 2007 and feels the time is perfect to bring the 23-year-old to Belle Vue as he has a lot of experience of the British scene for a rider of his age.Morton said: "We approached Poole for permission to talk to Ricky and promoter Matt Ford said they would have used him if they could."I have tracked him throughout his career and he has always impressed me. It's not easy for a foreign rider to come to race in the UK, especially as a youngster, but Ricky has always made steady progress."

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AUSTRALIAN youngster Justin Sedgmen will take a full-time position in Swindon's starting line-up this season.Robins asset Sedgmen has had loan spells in the Premier League with Somerset and Birmingham and is now confident in his ability to make the step up to Elite level.Co-owner Gary Patchett said: "I'm amazed that more interest wasn't shown in Justin from the Premier League. His average is only going one way and he still has a great deal of improvement and development left in him."He's shown, given the opportunity, that he can cut it in the Elite League and he certainly won't be overawed."

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