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BIRMINGHAM boss Graham Drury is desperate to launch the new Elite League eraof racing at Perry Barr on Thursday with a win.All seven Brummies riders will be making their debuts for the club in thefirst leg of the BBC WM Trophy against local rivals Wolverhampton.Drury said: "It's going to be a tough meeting because we have seven riderswho have never raced together before so we don't know what we are going toget."But I'd take a one-point win if I had to, any kind of win would do for meto take to Wolverhampton on Monday."

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RYE House have named Joe Haines as a guest rider for both legs of theirseason-opening Anglia Cup clashes with Ipswich.Haines, who rode for the Rockets in 2009, is currently without a team placein the UK after making a remarkable recovery from serious injury sustainedin Australia over the winter.The reigning British Under-21 Champion comes in to replace Steve Boxall, whosuffered an upper arm injury at Rye House Stadium on Friday morning.The club are still investigating their options to cover for Boxall's absenceon a longer-term basis.

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THURSDAY MARCH 17:

BBC WM TROPHY 1st leg: Birmingham v Wolverhampton 7.30 ANGLIA CUP 1st leg:Ipswich v Rye House 7.30 WAR OF THE ROSES: Sheffield v Belle Vue 7.45

FRIDAY MARCH 18:

STEEL TOWN TROPHY 1st leg: Scunthorpe v Sheffield 7.30

SATURDAY MARCH 19:

ANGLIA CUP 2nd leg: Rye House v Ipswich 7pm TYNE/TWEED TROPHY 1st leg:Berwick v Newcastle 7pm PRINCE OF WALES TROPHY: Newport 7pm

SUNDAY MARCH 20:

CHALLENGE 1st leg: Eastbourne v Poole 5pm TYNE/TWEED TROPHY 2nd leg:Newcastle v Berwick 6.30

MONDAY MARCH 21:

BBC WM TROPHY 2nd leg: Wolverhampton v Birmingham 7.30