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STUART Robson is set to return to the Newcastle team at Plymouth on Friday, with Rene Bach standing down.Robson is back to fitness ahead of schedule whilst Bach took another knock last weekend to the leg he badly broke earlier in the season, and he is now set to sit out the remaining weeks of the campaign.Diamonds boss George English said: “Rene and I discussed the situation over a lengthy call and mutually decided that he should relinquish his team position so as not to further jeopardise his future.“Hopefully he has a long and successful career ahead of him and in the greater scheme of things the next ten years are much more important than the next six weeks.”

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ALES Dryml is to undergo shoulder surgery in a bid to be fully fit for the 2012 season.The Czech star will race for Birmingham at King’s Lynn on Wednesday in their final Elite League fixture of the season, but he will miss their forthcoming challenge matches against Coventry.Dryml said: “King’s Lynn will be my final fixture of the year in England because I have to go home and have the operation on my shoulder sooner rather than later.“I have been riding in some discomfort but I have been doing my very best for Birmingham and it’s a shame I couldn’t have done better for them.”

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WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 7:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: King’s Lynn v Birmingham 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Somerset v Edinburgh 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Newport 8pm

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Swindon v Peterborough 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Ipswich v Workington 7.30, Sheffield v Rye House 7.45 JULIE LEWIS MEMORIAL: Redcar 7.30

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 9:PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Somerset 7.30, Plymouth v Newcastle 7.30, Scunthorpe v Redcar 7.30