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PETERBOROUGH captain Ulrich Ostergaard has put back plans to stage a Testimonial on the eve of the 2016 season.The Panthers skipper's meeting, a reward for his lengthy service to British Speedway, had initially been earmarked as the curtain-raiser to the new campaign at the East of England Showground.Promoter Ged Rathbone said: “A testimonial is not an easy meeting to put together - especially when it features riders of the stature of some of those who are keen to race for Ulrich.“We're keen to open our season on the weekend of March 19/20, but there are already a couple of big individual meetings scheduled with the opening of the new National Stadium on the Saturday and Chris Harris's Testimonial at Coventry the following day.“We're now looking to see if we can find a suitable date during the summer for Ulrich and we're also working on another exciting meeting to start the season.”

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STOKE have completed their top five with the signing of Chris Widman for a third successive season with the Potters.The Loomer Road club now have one spot at reserve to fill after moving to bring back Widman, who is fully recovered from an illness which hampered his 2015 campaign.Widman said: “I’ve been doing some intense training over the past few weeks and working hard doing some runs. I have also invested heavily in machinery for the New Year and cannot wait to actually get on the bike, but the weather has intervened so far.“I’ve made a lot of friends at Stoke over the past two seasons and really enjoy racing there, and with the improvements being done we will have a cracking race strip to ride on this year. I’m really looking forward to a good season with the Potters.”