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EASTBOURNE captain Cameron Woodward will make his first appearance in the Ben Fund Bonanza at Berwick on March 9.The Australian is going into his eighth season with the Eagles and e-mailed event organiser Paul Ackroyd to request that he be included in the field for the fund-raising meeting.Woodward returned home this winter to finish third in the Australian Championships, meaning he will contest the Grand Prix qualifiers this summer.Ackroyd said: Obviously we are very pleased to include a rider of Camerons quality, and he wont have been at Berwick since his Edinburgh days.

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PETERBOROUGH skipper Kenneth Bjerre will continue the build-up to his track return with an extensive practice programme early next month.Bjerre missed the last two months of the 2012 season with a broken leg but has been given the all-clear to resume this year and is looking forward to leading the Panthers again.He said: We have a three-day practice session at Kings Lynn with Team Denmark all booked up for early Marchand that will help enormously. It has been a long winter for me so itll be great to finally get back on a bike againI have missed it so much.Then a couple of weeks after that the British season starts with Peterborough and I cant wait for the first meeting. I love racing at the Showground and itll be great to meet up with everyone once more.

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DAVID Howe has reflected on a positive comeback from injury when he rode in last weeks Winter Cracker at Somerset.The Scunthorpe skipper scored nine points despite suffering mechanical trouble late-on, and is now continuing preparations for his Testimonial on March 24with Kevin Doolan and Kauko Nieminen the latest additions to the field.Howe said: I enjoyed it until I disintegrated an engine in my fourth ride. Ill just be digging a hole and burying that one.Thats obviously not good in itself and it took the momentum out of the meeting, but I was just happy that I had a good comeback. I didnt think Id do so well.