NORTHAMPTON Foxes’ Australian star Jaimon Lidsey has suffered a fractured right arm in an horrific crash in Poland on Friday.
Lidsey was involved in a spectacular three-rider pile-up on the first bend of Heat 14 in the crucial Gorzow v Czestochowa play-off fixture.
He was able to walk away and actually took to the track for the re-run, but this was purely so he could touch the tapes to enable his team to bring in a reserve replacement, as in Poland a rider who non-starts due to a fall cannot be replaced.
Confirmation of his injury followed on Saturday morning, and it therefore brings his season to an end prior to the rearrangement of the Foxes v King’s Lynn fixture to be announced.
Lidsey started the season as the Foxes’ No.1 and although he dropped down from that position in the summer he has been a big part of the team in the opening Shaleway campaign, offering assistance to the promotion off the track as well as his contribution on it, and has captained the side in recent fixtures. We wish him well for a speedy recovery.
Meanwhile, the Foxes’ Rising Star Luke Harrison defends his British Under-19 title at Plymouth tonight (Saturday).
Harrison, who was successful at Workington last season, is one of the favourites for a meeting which sees all of the 2025 top four taking part once again.
In-form Jody Scott seeks his first title after being runner-up last year whilst Cooper Rushen, third in 2025, is going for the double after winning the Under-21 title earlier this season – and Will Cairns will look to improve on last year’s fourth place.
Harrison said: “It would be nice to win it again really, but we’ll see what happens.
“There’s a few riders who are more than capable of winning it and who are obviously going to put up a fight, so we’ll just have to see how it goes and hopefully I can retain the title.”