(SPEEDWAY 1)

The actual meeting will get underway at 7pm, but we are looking to make it more of an event than just the meeting itself, with things such as a collectors fayre and other attractions, so that fans can arrive early and make more of an afternoon and evening of it.Co-promoter Garry May said: We have already had many riders including some from the Elite League verbally agree to ride in the meeting, and we might even have a rider competing who, to the best of my knowledge, has never ridden speedway in the UK before.The Rebels Christmas Cracker meeting will be a full-scale meeting involving 16 riders and has already attracted sponsorship from club partners Salt Express.SOMERSET have announced plans to stage an out-of-season individual event at the Oaktree Arena on Friday December 28.

(SPEEDWAY 2)

It was a shame we couldn't quite do it against Swindon, but looking back it was a pretty good year and I am quite pleased with it.  I think looking back the way we worked as a team towards the end is a positive. If the club can do that straight away in 2013 then I think they can do well.Smolinski said: Its been quite a good year for Birmingham. Last year the club were not really near the top, and they made quite a lot of changes to the team for 2012. I think about half way through the season everything started to get going and we had the team arranged well.The German lined up with the Brummies for his first full British season since 2007 and helped the Perry Barr club reach the play-offs.BIRMINGHAM star Martin Smolinski has reflected on a positive return to Elite League racing this year.