Last October, just after our season had finished, Shane signed on to ride for Kaparna in Sweden and was also appointed their captain for 2006. Kaparna's draft fixture list for 2006 has now been made available and there look to be some clashes between Shane's Swedish and Glasgow fixtures.

No doubt the promotion will be able to clarify at the Meet the Riders night on Thursday if this will have any affect at all on Glasgow or if we will get first call on Shane's services.

The first apparent clash of dates is on 11th May when Kaparna are scheduled to be riding away at Gettingarna whilst Glasgow are due to be at Redcar in the Premier Trophy. Redcar away in the Premier League on the 15th June also clashes with a Swedish fixture with Kaparna at home to Lejonen.

The final apparent clash is with a Glasgow home meeting - the Newport clash on 29th June. Team Bikab are due to visit Kaparna on the same date.

As far as we are aware the Swedish fixtures have to be confirmed but the Swedish system of riding on set dates makes it unlikely that there would be no clash of fixtures on these dates.

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