King’s Lynn are preparing for their Knockout Cup clash with Sheffield

King’s Lynn will turn their attention to the Knockout Cup next week – a competition that already looks like their best chance of silverware this season.

Stars have been handed a semi-final clash with Sheffield but have the first leg at home.

This was not originally scheduled to be the case as the Stars were due to visit Owlerton next Monday, but the Tigers promotion announced last week that the meeting could not take place due to stadium availability – despite the fixture being on the list well in advance since the beginning of the season.

The irony of this will not be lost on Stars bosses, given that the postponement of a recent home game against Sheffield – admittedly for other reasons – resulted in a two-point penalty, a matter on which they remain tight-lipped. .

A new date to visit South Yorkshire is yet to be confirmed, but the Tigers are in town next Thursday and the Stars await fitness news on No.1 and captain Tobiasz Musielak.

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The Pole returned from injury in his homeland last Sunday, taking three runs for Ostrow in the win at Krosno.

He was involved at 5-1 in the first two races but missed his last scheduled outing with a foot problem and was due to report to Stars bosses this week.

Elsewhere, the season of team changes is underway and Lynn will clearly be monitoring the rider market for any availability that could improve their own side.

The big changemakers so far have been Birmingham, who this week announced the shock signing of world No.2 Fredrik Lindgren, the Swede returning to British racing for the first time in seven years.

The Brummies have yet to announce which driver will replace Lindgren and it is unclear whether any of the likely candidates would interest the Stars, who could have something to do with increasing their race-winning power where they have been particularly exposed after Musielak’s injury.

Leicester have snapped up ex-Stars pilot Craig Cook and released Drew Kemp, but that area of ​​the squad is not a concern for Lynn, who has Patryk Wojdylo and Anders Rowe in place of Rising Star doing a lot of work.

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Cook became available for the Lions after another former Lynn man, Lewis Kerr, returned to Oxford after a month’s injury absence during which Cook was drafted in as cover.

It all means Lynn may have to look once again to the overseas market, where one of the biggest frustrations has to be the blistering form of Vadim Tarasenko, who pulled out of UK racing in the opening weeks of the season.

A top three of stars from a Musielak, Tarasenko and with Nicolai Klindt coming in, could very well have made a significant difference in recent results.