COVENTRY MESSAGE BOARD

Coventry Bees begin a series of three home meetings on Friday as they continue their push for the play-offs.


Rossiter won the Elite League in his first season with Coventry

Although Bees are ninth in the Elite League they have meetings in hand, the first of which is against basement side Swindon Robins.

Coventry's top order will be at full strength, with the only question mark over the injured Peter Kildemand.

Poole Pirates follow on Monday (25 July) before neighbours Birmingham come to Brandon later that week (29 July).

Bees were losing Monday's abandoned meeting at Eastbourne and manager Alun Rossiter believes his team need to improve if they are to be in with a shout of retaining their Elite League crown.

Rossiter said: "We've got three important home matches in succession and ideally we need maximum points.

"We have to have our gating sorted out as that was letting us down again early in Monday's match.

"We need our trapping heads on, and that would make things so much easier."