By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

LEE Herne marked the end of his Weymouth Doonan Wildcats stay with victory in the Kingswood Four-Team Trophy. The Aussie, who is returning to his homeland due to work commitments, scored ten points at the Wessex Stadium in his final outing while brother Jay Herne top scored with an unbeaten 12 from his four rides. Also riding for the hosts were Luke Priest and skipper Karl Mason who helped the Wildcats notch 30 points in total - just two ahead of second-placed Bristol Bulldogs. Third went to the Exeter Falcons with 24, who had current Wildcat Tim Webster and ex-Wildcat Terry Day riding for them, while the Somerset Giants, led by Wildcat teenagers Brendan Johnson and Kyle Newman, placed fourth on just 12 points.

By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

Australian Lee Herne will take part in his last meeting for the Weymouth Doonan Wildcats tonight but he is not moving to the Birmingham Brummies as was expected. Instead the talented rider will return Down Under tomorrow after work commitments curtailed any hopes he had of seeing out the rest of the season in Britain. Herne's final outing at the Wessex Stadium will see him line up alongside Luke Priest, Karl Mason and his brother Jay in the Kingswood South West Four-Team Tournament, where the hosts will look to beat select sides from Bristol, Exeter and Somerset.

By Julie Martin - Weymouth Speedway

Conference Leagues Mister Entertainment and Welsh Wizard, Tom Brown, landed the spoils in the Nat West Bronze helmet last weekend in a thrilling meeting that had plenty of thrills and spills. No-one who was there to witness the prestigious meeting could deny that every rider was out there to win – something that the breathtaking racing showed in spades.

By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

Andrew Bargh is a more than adequate replacement for the departing Lee Herne according to Weymouth Doonan Wildcats' manager Jem Dicken. The Premier League rider, who turns out for the Isle of Wight Islanders, stepped in for the Australian at Sittingbourne yesterday and top scored with 13 points as the Wildcats moved to third in the Conference table with a comprehensive 60-31 victory.

By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcat Jay Herne finished runner-up in the NatWest Bronze Helmet Individual Meeting at the Wessex Stadium. The Aussie won three out of his four races in the heats where he top scored with 11 points to progress straight through to the final. There he came up against Plymouth Devil and former Wildcat Tom Brown who squeezed him out on the second bend before defending his lead for three laps to take victory.

By Ky Capel - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats host the coveted NatWest Bronze Helmet Individual meeting tonight (7.15pm) and chairman Phil Bartlett believes the pressure will be on home riders Jay Herne and Karl Mason. In total, 13 of the Conference league's most exciting riders will battle it out for the prestigious award. And Bartlett is quietly confident his duo can perform well. He said: "I think they will fare well. They've got a point to prove racing on their home track and there will be more pressure on them than the other riders because of that."

By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats chairman Phil Bartlett and his family is donating four new laptops to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in memory of his daughter Hannah. The medical staff at Addenbrooke's cared for Hannah while she underwent cancer treatment, and the family is using her savings to help fund the new equipment. Bartlett said: "We used to save some of Hannah's pocket money for the future so we thought we would do something special with it. Instead of just handing a cheque over to the hospital we spoke with them and asked if there was anything they needed. That is when they told us that they did not have any computers for the children there so through Easy PCs on Abbotsbury Road in Weymouth and Dell I have organised four new laptops which myself and my family will be taking up there soon."

By Julie Martin - Weymouth Wildcats Speedway

A weekend of mixed fortunes for the Weymouth Doonan Wildcats saw them knocked out of the Conference League Knock Out-Cup at the St Boniface Arena last Friday in a closely fought encounter. However, revenge was sweet on Saturday when the Wildcats battled their way to 49-41 home victory in the Conference League sending them a step closer to the valuable play-off positions.

By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats' chairman Phil Bartlett is hoping that injured number one Jon Armstrong will be back in action next month to replace the departing Lee Herne. The Aussie rider, who will sign for the Birmingham Brummies in two-and-a-half-weeks' time, has only made three outings for Weymouth since being drafted in to fill the void left by the Mighty Midget after he suffered a broken leg in the Conference Pairs on May 31. Herne's forthcoming move to the Brummies has been clouded in controversy after the Midlands outfit released details about their latest capture without even contacting Bartlett.

By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats' chairman Phil Bartlett praised both teams after his side came out on top in a scintillating meeting at the Wessex Stadium on Saturday. A revenge mission was the order of the evening for the Wildcats after crashing out of the Knockout Cup at the St Boniface Arena the previous night and that is exactly what materialised as they recorded their biggest-ever win over their local rivals in an amazing spectacle of incredible racing.

By Dorset Echo

Weymouth came close to pulling off a shock before going down by seven points on aggregate in the Conference Knock-Out Cup quarter-final at Plymouth last night. The Doonans Wildcats were defending a slender two-point lead from the first leg at the Wessex Stadium on June 21. So it was an impressive performance that saw Weymouth take the Devils to a last-heat decider in the return at the St Boniface Arena.

By Ky Capel - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats will be hoping it is a case of third time lucky tonight as they visit the Plymouth Devils in their Knockout Cup quarter-final second leg clash (7.15pm). The tie, in which the Wildcats hold a slender 47-45 first leg advantage, has been rained off twice already with the latest attempt to stage it being last Friday. Weymouth were then dealt a double blow when their Challenge meeting against the Swindon Sprockets at the Wessex Stadium a day later also fell victim to the wet weather. That means Jem Dicken's side have gone nearly three weeks without speedway.

By Julie Martin - Weymouth Wildcats Speedway

The great British weather intervened yet again to cancel last weekends red hot Doonans Wildcats speedway action. Both Weymouth’s visit to Plymouth and the Wildcats home challenge with the Swindon Sprockets were postponed due to rain. The Wildcats will now journey back down to Plymouth this coming Friday for the second leg of the Knock-Out Cup with Plymouth then making the return trip the following day, Saturday 12th July, for our Conference League clash.

After Friday nights meeting against the Plymouth Devils at the St Boniface Arena was rained off the Wildcats suffered yet another disappointment when Saturdays challenge match with the Swindon Sprockets also became a victim of the current unseasonal weather. The Wildcats take to the track again next Friday when yet again Plymouth will attempt to stage the second leg of the twice rained-off Knock-Out Cup match before returning to the Wessex on Saturday where the Cats will face the Devils in Conference League action.

By Ky Capel - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats travel to Plymouth tonight (7.15pm) hoping to make the semi-finals of the Knockout Cup. The return leg, which was originally scheduled as the first clash but was rained off last Friday, sees the Wildcats take a slender 47-45 lead to the St Boniface Arena - a leg in which reserve rider Kyle Newman starred with a 12-point haul. But with two defeats suffered at the Devils' home track already this season, 57-35 in the Trophy and 61-29 in the Devon & Dorset Cup, the form book doesn't read well for the Radipole Lane outfit.

By Julie Martin - Weymouth Wildcats Speedway

The Weymouth Doonan Wildcats return to Devon this Friday where they meet the Plymouth Devils in the second leg of the Knock Out Cup. This fixture fell foul to the great British weather last week and the rearranged meeting sees the Wildcats face a tough task taking just a two point advantage from the first leg to the Saint Boniface Arena. Jem Dicken Wildcats team manager said “Although we only have a two point lead I am confident that our luck has changed and the Wildcats will be able to pull off an unexpected win. The riders know they are better than their adversaries and its just getting to grips with the tricky track that’s the problem.”.