After the speculation of the last few days, it has been confirmed that Adam Roynon is the latest rider recruited to the Buxton Hitmen squad for 2006.

The full press release, which also covers the signing of Glasgow asset Gary Beaton, is posted below: -

New Faces For Hitmen

Team building for the 2006 Conference League speedway season continues as the Buxton Hitmen have made two further signings with Gary Beaton and Adam Roynon putting pen to paper. Both riders are new to the Buxton team as the Hitmen are forced to make changes from last years side due to the new gradings and ‘points’ limit imposed at the recent promoters conference.

Beaton, from Glasgow, has speedway in his blood as he follows in the footsteps of his uncle’s Bobby, Jim and George Beaton all of whom graced speedway in Scotland back in the 70’s. Beaton, who turns 20 in August, rode for Armadale in the Conference League last year but, with their closure, he will be making the trip down to Buxton to ride in 2006 as he starts his fourth full season of speedway. He finished the season with an average of just over six from 24 meetings and comes into the Buxton team as a Grade 5 and will probably be the fourth of the top five.

Roynon hails from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria and was due to return to the Glasgow Tigers in the Premier League but an injury sustained last September has meant that he will not be ready for the start of their season and his team place has gone to another rider. He averaged just under three points a meeting for the Tigers in the Premier League in 2005. With the Conference League starting a month later, Roynon is confident that he will be fit to ride for Buxton. Recently the 17-year-old said, “I have been doing what the doctors have told me and the injury is healing well. I can’t wait until I can get back on a bike, most likely in mid-March, so that I can be ready to ride for Buxton. I am very much looking forward to turning out for the Hitmen and am happy to be at the club.”

The two youngsters will slot into the middle of the team and plans are well advanced on completing the rest of the one-to-seven. With Beaton and Roynon joining Ben Taylor and Lewis Dallaway as confirmed riders, it just leaves three places in the starting line-up to be announced. Promoter Jayne Moss said, “I have had quite a few riders on the phone that are interested in riding for us and the team that we are putting together has quite a good look about it. With things to do with the team being well advanced, work on the track will start as soon as the bad weather goes and it stops trying to snow everyday.”

Good Luck to both Gary and Adam in their appearances with Buxton in 2006.

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