By Julie Martin - Weymouth Speedway

The Weymouth Doonan Wildcats welcome the Somerset Giants to the Wessex Stadium this Saturday, 3rd May in their last challenge match before they commence their assault on this seasons Conference League. After last weeks convincing victory over a strong Newport Mavericks Select side, the team will be hoping they can continue in the same vein.

By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

Tim Webster once again proved his potential by top-scoring in tonight's Challenge Match at the Wessex Stadium as the Weymouth Doonan Wildcats put last weekend's disappointing Devon & Dorset Cup defeat against the Plymouth Devils firmly behind them. Webster totalled 12 paid two and with Jon Armstrong (11), Jay Herne (9+1), Luke Priest (8+1) and Brendan Johnson (6+3) also chipping in with good scores the Wildcats are beginning to get it together ahead of the start of their Conference League campaign in ten days time.

By Ky Capel & Julie Martin - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats are in action tomorrow night when they take on a Newport Mavericks select side at the Wessex Stadium in a Challenge meeting (7.15pm). The Wildcats will be keen to taste their first success of 2008, and restore some pride, after two disappointing defeats against the Plymouth Devils in last weekend's Devon & Dorset Cup tie. Team manager Jem Dicken is positive that his team can improve after their hefty 110-68 aggregate loss.

By Julie Martin - Weymouth Wildcats Speedway

After a disappointing weekend for the Wildcats that saw the south coast side take a battering from local rivals the Plymouth Devils, they will be hoping to restore some pride when they meet a Newport Mavericks Select side this Friday 25th April at 7.15pm.

By Ky Capel - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats’ team manager Jem Dicken was gracious in defeat as the Plymouth Devils took home the Devon & Dorset Cup with a comfortable 42-point aggregate lead. After watching his Wildcats go down 49-39 at the Wessex Stadium on Saturday night, Dicken said: “We were beaten by the better team on both legs. We were a bit rusty and had some mechanical gremlins but that’s what these early season challenges are all about. “I’m confident we’ll click and I’m not feeling downhearted. We would have liked to have won but you can’t win everything. I was very pleased with Tim Webster though, he’s doing more than is expected of him.”

By Graham Hambly - Dorset Echo

Weymouth face an uphill task in the Devon and Dorset Trophy following their 61-29 defeat at Plymouth on Friday evening. It leaves them with a massive deficit to turn around in the deciding leg at the Wessex Stadium this evening (Saturday, 7.15pm). Team manager Jem Dicken admitted: "We did not do anywhere near as well as we thought we would. We suffered from a few gremlins, but we were beaten by a better side. Plymouth is a hard place to come for a visiting team.".

By Ky Capel - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats go into their first meeting of the new season tonight without the injured Kyle Newman. The 16-year-old, who put on an impressive display in last Saturday's Great Britain Under-21 meeting, broke his collarbone on Tuesday night riding for the Isle of Wight and will now miss both encounters with the Plymouth Devils in the Devon & Dorset Cup. The Devils' St Boniface Arena plays host to the first leg tonight (7.15pm) before the return meeting at the Wessex Stadium tomorrow evening (7.15pm) and Wildcats' chairman Phil Bartlett said is awaiting a close contest.

By Ky Capel - Dorset Echo

Former Weymouth Wildcat Lee Smart stormed to victory in the last qualifying round of the Great Britain Under-21 Championship at the Wessex Stadium. The Birmingham Brummies' rider went the whole night unbeaten to claim his spot in the final showdown. Daniel Halsey came second while Lee Strudwick and Gareth Isherwood took third and fourth respectively.

By Julie Martin - Weymouth Wildcats

This Saturday we welcome the stars of the future to the Wessex Stadium as the Weymouth club kicks off the 2008 season with the last of the qualifying rounds of the Great Britain Under 21 Championship.

This opening meeting for Weymouth speedway promises to be a night to remember where the stakes are high, with all riders aiming to book themselves a place in the final at to be held at Lakeside on the 25th April. Pre-meeting favourites and last years finalists - Lee Smart and Mark Baseby will both be hoping to repeat their previous success, with Daniel Halsey and Barry Burchatt aiming to go one better than last season which saw them both reach the semi-final.

By Julie Martin - Weymouth Wildcats

Its just under a week until the opening meeting of the 2008 speedway season at the Wessex Stadium, when Weymouth Speedway host the Great British Under 21 semi-final on Saturday 12th April tapes up 7.15pm.

With a line-up boasting some of the finest young talent in British speedway this meeting is a must see. There are current and former Wildcats all hoping to progress into the final which is to be held at Lakeside (formerly Arena Essex) on the 25th of April.