LAKESIDE Hammers make two changes to the team that was comprehensively defeated in the Play Off Grand Final at Poole on Monday as the Club attempts to finish their season in style by gaining the first top division silverware in their 25 years history tonight in the Craven Shield Final against the Coventry Bees.

Club number one Andreas Jonsson has recovered from the illness that kept him out of the Play Off and will return to lead the team into action and local lad Chris Mills is called into the team after new Pole Krzysztof Jablonski suffered a minor hand injury in a Heat 14 crash at Poole.

It is expected that Jablonski will have recovered in time for the away leg, which is now takes place at the Bees Brandon Stadium on Friday, October 24.

The away leg was originally scheduled for this Friday but this has been put back a week following the postponement of last Saturday’s final Grand Prix of the season in Germany. That GP will now take place in Bydgoszcz, Poland this Saturday.

The Hammers revised line-up for Thursday’s home leg is now: 1. Andreas Jonsson 2. Leigh Lanham 3. Rider Replacement for Adam Shields, 4. Jonas Davidsson, 5.Tomasz Jedrzejak 6. Ricky Kling 7. Chris Mills.

Jon Cook, the Hammers Co-Promoter and Team Manager commented on this news saying: "It’s great to have AJ back to lead us into action in our last home meeting of the year and having Chris back around the team is always a bonus as he’s a great lad and very keen to see his local team succeed".

The home leg of the final is being sponsored by S & B Commercials Plc and gets underway at the Arena-Essex Racewaytonight at 7.45pm although there will be a junior six heat Academy style match starting at 6.30pm for those supporters who are able to arrive early at the Raceway.