Whale Toyota Coventry Bees gearing up for 2002.

All of the Whale Toyota Bees team for 2002 and co-promoters Martin Ochiltree and Colin Pratt will be at the National Agricultural Centre in Stoneleigh this Sunday [March 10] for the inaugural Speedway Great Britain Exhibition.

Press will be allowed in from 10.30am, while the doors open to the general public at midday. Admission for the public is ?5 for adults, ?2 for OAPs and free for children.

Meanwhile the Coventry Bees will be staging their pre-season press and practice day at Brandon the day before [on Saturday, March 9].

The team - including American newcomer Ryan Fisher - are due to assemble for team photographs in their new race kit between 10.30am and 10.45am in the pits, when they will be officially presented to the fans. The riders should be on track for practice between 11.30am and midday.

Nick Whale Toyota are again the club's major sponsors for the 2002 season and as such the team will again be known as the Nick Whale Toyota Coventry Bees [or the Whale Toyota Bees for short].

Coventry's 2002 fixtures:

[all Elite League unless stated. Tapes up at 7.30pm Saturdays, 7.45pm Wednesdays]

March:
Fri 15 Oxford Challenge A
Sat 16 OXFORD Challenge H
Sat 23 IPSWICH H
Fri 29 Belle Vue A
Sat 30 BELLE VUE H

April:
Mon 1 Peterborough (11am) A
Mon 1 PETERBOROUGH H
Sat 6 Eastbourne A
Wed 10 Poole A
Sat 13 WOLVERHAMPTON H
Fri 19 Oxford A
Sat 20 POOLE H
Wed 24 King's Lynn KOC A
Thur 25 Ipswich A
Sat 27 KING'S LYNN KOC H

May:
Mon 6 Wolverhampton A
Wed 8 OXFORD H
Mon 13 Belle Vue A
Sat 18 KING'S LYNN H
Wed 22 King's Lynn A
Wed 29 BELLE VUE H

June:
Wed 5 Poole A
Sun 9 KING'S LYNN (6pm) H
Sat 15 PETERBOROUGH H
Mon 17 Wolverhampton A
Wed 19 EASTBOURNE H
Sat 29 RESERVED H

July:
Wed 10 King's Lynn A
Sat 13 IPSWICH H
Sun 21 PREMIER 4-TEAM (1.30pm)
Sat 27 POOLE H

August:
Thur 1 WOLVERHAMPTON H
Sat 3 Eastbourne A
Sun 11 OXFORD (6pm) H
Mon 19 Wolverhampton Mid. Trophy A
Thur 22 Ipswich A
Fri 23 Peterborough A
Sat 24 WOLVERHAMPTON Mid. Trophy H
Mon 26 EASTBOURNE H
Wed 28 Oxford A

September:
Wed 4 RESERVED H
Wed 11 RESERVED H
Wed 25 RESERVED H

October:
Wed 2 RESERVED H
Sat 12 CHAMPIONSHIP OF GB (7pm)
Sat 19 RESERVED H
Sat 26 RESERVED H