Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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PREVIEW: Spires seek Bank Holiday Monday victory at BetGoodwin Oxford Stadium

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BETGOODWIN Oxford Spires are looking forward to their penultimate meeting of the season when they host King’s Lynn Stars in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership at the BetGoodwin Oxford Stadium on Bank Holiday Monday evening (August 25) at 7.30pm.

The meeting will conclude a busy Bank Holiday at Sandy Lane, since league leaders Real Mini Company Oxford Chargers powered by AW Mobbs will be in action against the Steelers on Sunday afternoon (August 24) at 3pm, in their final WSRA National League home fixture.

Spires have completed their away fixtures, and have just two meetings left – the home fixtures to King’s Lynn and Leicester. Stars won the previous two clashes between the sides at Cowley this season – in the Knockout Cup and the previous Premiership clash – and Spires are seeking redemption.

Spires continue to promote 17-year-old Australian Mitch McDiarmid from the SD Timmo Car Sales Oxford Cheetahs powered by County Plumbing Supplies in place of Erik Riss, who remains sidelined by a serious illness. McDiarmid has impressed for Spires, scoring paid 27 from 21 rides for an average of 5.14.

Oxford manager Peter Schroeck says: “We’re looking for good results in our two concluding meetings for the BetGoodwin Oxford Spires this season, at home to King’s Lynn and Leicester. Every team wants to finish the season strongly, no matter how their season has gone.

“We didn’t have a good meeting at King’s Lynn last Monday. I felt Spires had put in some improved performances recently, with good showings at Ipswich and Leicester. However, we had one of those nights at King’s Lynn where nothing went right, but we’ve drawn a line under that.

“The last three home meetings for Spires at the BetGoodwin Oxford Stadium against Ipswich, Belle Vue and Sheffield have all provided good entertainment and gone to the very final race, and this time around against King’s Lynn, we’ll be doing all we can to make sure the result ends up in our favour. We want give our loyal fans something to cheer about in Spires’ final two home meetings of the season.”

Tickets are already on sale on the Oxford Speedway website at https://oxfordspeedway.club/tickets/

Admission is available at the early bird price of £23 for all adults, which increases to £25 on Race Day. All under-16s go free. A reminder that Oxford Speedway is online ticket sales only – tickets remain on sale on the website until the start-time of the meeting. Spectators are also reminded that they will need to pay £2 if they are planning to park in the Unipart car park. Gates will open at 6pm.

Teams:

BetGoodwin Oxford Spires: Charles Wright, Mitch McDiarmid (G), Rohan Tungate, Victor Palovaara, Maciej Janowski (C), Peter Kildemand, Luke Killeen (RS).

King’s Lynn Stars: Jan Kvech, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Chris Harris, Richard Lawson, Nicolai Klindt (C), Ben Cook, Luke Harrison (RS).

PHOTO by Steve Edmunds