KYLE NEWMAN will miss the VOLVO CARS POOLE PIRATES opening team fixture of the season.

KYLE NEWMAN is hoping that the fall he sustained during Friday night's Darcy Ward Invitational Meeting will not rule him out of the VOLVO CARS POOLE PIRATES first fixtture of the season.

After the early curtailment of Friday's prestigious Darcy Ward Invitational Meeting, the disappointed Aussie along with Poole Speedway have agreed to reduce admission prices to The Pirates next event, on Wednesday 29 March versus Wolverhampton.

The 2017 Darcy Ward Invitational Meeting was abandoned after 8 heats due to unsatisfactory track conditions.

Speedway racing returns to Wimborne Road from its winter hibernation on Friday with a star-studded line-up assembled for the Darcy Ward Invitational Meeting (7.30pm)

Photos from today's Press Day gathering held at Wimborne Road. Due to the adverse overnight weather no on-track action was possible.

Three of the 2017 Poole Pirates will fire into action in the UK today (Sunday) with meetings being staged at Wolverhampton and Peterborough.

Polish World Cup star Krzysztof Kasprzak is the latest addition to the starting line – up for the Darcy Ward Invitational at Poole Stadium on 24 March, stepping in to replace fellow countryman Maciej Janowski ,who has failed in his battle to overcome a shoulder injury in time for this event.

Poole Pirates will ride against a Coventry team in 2017 despite the withdrawal of the famous Midland's club from the newly branded SGB Premiership.