Alexander Gill’s decade long tenure at York has come to an end with a big money switch to top flight returnees Nottingham. The one-time £million teenager hasn’t quite lived up to the lofty expectations placed on him when starting out, no GP appearance yet for the now 30 year old, but still a more than productive time over the seasons for the England international, he having hovered around the eight point mark throughout his career, most of which has been spent in division one. And most of that time was with the Vipers, who he rode for on 353 occasions in the league prior to this month’s switch to the Greyhound Stadium in a £450,000 cash plus rider swap deal, 20 year old Konstantin Erglis moving in the opposite direction. Gill lines up at third heat leader behind Cato Kalberg—signed from Kelvedon part way through last season—and Jacob Harvey in Michael Wright’s side, a strong looking top three for a club aiming to this time retain their spot in the top flight on the back of their third promotion in their short four year history. It will be Gill and Gill at three and four for the Red Dogs, with Alexander set to partner his younger brother of seven years, Kyle, for the start of the campaign at least. Kyle joined Nottingham only this week from Pelham—where he had been an ever-present for both their league campaigns—for a fee of £325,000. Changes too further down the order, with the second string department completed with the loan signing of Warley’s Joe Read, while there’s plenty of options for Wright at reserve, new additions Slane Ficek, Cameron Gilliam and Caleb Burns just three of five or six riders in the squad vying for those two spots.