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Champions rebuild

Andy Barton has rung the changes at the Bishops Arena after leading his club to a second league title in three years. The points limit may have forced his hand at Manor to some degree, but Barton too was keen to freshen up the side as the club aims to become the first in nine years to successfully retain the division one crown. Out from the top four have gone Dale Bailey and Imants Lobanev, with Bailey—after a three year ever-present spell with the Miracles—a somewhat of a surprise departure to recently relegated Brighton in a deal worth just £200,000. Bailey finished as world number six last season, the now 29 year old winning the Finnish GP title along the way. Lobanev, who is just 25, remains firmly in Barton’s long term plans and has joined Whiteley on loan. Into Manor in six figure moves from Whiteley have come Callum Nash and Massimo Tedesco, the average age of one of the youngest squads in the league getting even lower as a result. Nash will line up as third heat leader behind world number two Waclaw Kozlowski and Federico Castellini, while Tedesco joins Lewis Clements at second string, Clements back at the club in a full deal worth £60,000 having ended last season with the champions on loan. Elsewhere the biggest valued transfer in pre-season to date saw Denaby land three-time World Under 21 finalist Ladislav Zgonc, the now 23 year old—who signs on for £310,000—spent the last three seasons with Dunmow and importantly has a 7.05 GSA earned at the top flight level. Denaby are looking to improve on their third place finish of SL24, a season in which they won the KO Cup and reached the 4TT final.

 

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