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COVENTRY promoter Mick Horton has expressed his relief that the club will be able to take part in the SGB Premiership in 2017.Agreement has been reached for the Bees to stage home meetings at Beaumont Park, home of rivals Leicester, whilst efforts continue to take them back to Brandon which is currently unavailable.Horton said: “We had to find a solution which enabled the club to survive whilst the negotiations continue to bring us back to Coventry.“That is going to involve us racing some meetings at Beaumont Park at the start of the season, and I must place on record my thanks to Leicester for their co-operation.“It is a relief to us all that we will be able to take to the track this season with our seven riders who have had to cope with so much uncertainty over the winter.”

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GRAND Prix star Niels-Kristian Iversen will return to King’s Lynn for Simon Lambert’s Testimonial meeting on Sunday March 26.The Danish ace has been a mainstay for the Stars over the last six seasons but is unable to compete regularly in the UK this year.Lambert said: “It is fantastic news to have Niels on board. I Facebooked him to ask him, and he replied straight away that he would get back to me – and he has too!“He’s a real down-to-earth, funny guy off the track, and I really enjoyed my brief spell with him at Lynn last season before I got injured. He’s been the absolute foundation of the Stars these last few years, the glue that’s held them together for sure.“I’m absolutely over the moon to have a Grand Prix rider in my field. Hopefully there will be another one or two – fingers crossed for that – but I wanted one, and got it, so that’s awesome!“It will possibly be the only chance for fans to see him at the Adrian Flux Arena in 2017, and I hope that they appreciate him as much as I do and come out in force.”