SHEFFIELD Speedway’s owners are hoping to get the next generation of the sport’s supporters hooked by giving away up to 10,000 free tickets between now and the end of the season.

It’s the latest initiative introduced by the club to give something back to the local community, having already formed a partnership with Sheffield Children’s Hospital earlier in the year.
Co-owner Damien Bates said: “We’re very fortunate at Sheffield to have a real loyal core of dedicated supporters.

“They help contribute to us having fairly solid attendances at home - but you can never have ‘too many fans’.

“We said this year was about starting afresh and giving things back to people in the local area and we want to do that whilst doing all we can to try and grow the number of next generation supporters at the same time.

“So whether it’s local sports teams, dance groups, scouts groups or anything like that, we want our existing supporters to nominate groups or recommend us and we’ll be giving out some free tickets over the coming months.

“Hopefully the kids will love their night out, go home and not stop talking about it and persuade mum and dad to bring them back time and time again!”

Any group leader or representative who wishes to apply for free tickets to Sheffield Speedway should send an e-mail to sheffieldtigersspeedway@gmail.com