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WOLVERHAMPTON have completed their 2013 team-building by signing former Premier League Riders Champion Sam Masters.The young Australian, who doubled-up with Poole last season, will line up for the Monmore Green club in the top flight as well as for Edinburgh in the Premier League.Wolves promoter Chris Van Straaten said: Sam may only be 21 but he has bags of experience in the UK. He's very excited about joining the club and when he was here with Poole last season he scored 10.Tai Woffinden is going to take him under his wing for the first few weeks of the season and that can only benefit him when joining a new club. Tai and Sam are good friends.(SPEEDWAY 2)

RICKY Ashworth is hoping to provide home success when he lines up in the Ben Fund Bonanza at Berwick on March 9.Ashworth is set to return for a second season with the Bandits this year, and recently had a successful practice at Scunthorpe having missed the closing stages of the 2012 campaign due to injury. He joins Ben Barker and Richie Worrall as confirmed starters for the meeting.Ashworth said: The Benevolent Fund is such a great cause for the riders who have been injured, theyve been a great assistance to myself and a lot of fellow competitors over the years so I jumped at the chance when Paul (Ackroyd) offered me a place to ride in the meeting.Ive been a part of it before, the very first event, and that was a massive success. It was great to get in amongst it and race against some of the big names and claim a few scalps as they say, and Im hoping to do that this time.

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FRIDAY JANUARY 18:CHRISTMAS CRACKER: Somerset 7.30