OBM Plymouth Gladiators Speedway are pleased to announce the signing of the 21 year old Slovenian Speedway star Anze Grmek to the team.

Grmek will be arriving in the UK shortly; to take the Team place that has become available following the very unfortunate injury suffered by Danish rider Tobias Thomsen in the OBM Plymouth Gladiators first Fixture of the season on Good Friday. Tobias continues his slow recovery from very serious injuries and everyone at the Club, and the wider British Speedway fraternity will wish him well in his long term recovery, and The Gladiators will continue to update supporters of his progress back to full health and fitness.

Club Owner and Director explained a little more about the new signing and the importance of replacing Tobias at the first and most respectful opportunity.

"Everyone remains focused on supporting Tobias and his family during what will be a slow but hopefully steady recovery and we look forward to the day when we can welcome Tobias and his family back to Plymouth to meet the OBM Gladiators supporters once again.

In the meantime, we will shortly be commencing our League and Cup programme and it is important that we found a suitable replacement for Tobias for the remainder of the season.

Anze is a 21 year old who is very highly regarded in both Slovenia and European Speedway circles. He has gained significant experience across Europe, competing in the Polish Leagues and at home in Slovenia and has been involved in the SGP2 Series and been very competitive against riders based in the UK and further afield, and shown more than enough to suggest that once he becomes acclimatised, he can better his initial starting Match Average of 4 points.

He has represented Slovenia at Team and Individual levels and at 21 years of age is very keen to come to the UK to further his experience and to improve himself as a rider. He comes to us very highly recommended by some significant observers, including my good friend and former Trelawny Tigers star Matej Zagar.

Once all of formalities have been completed, we look forward to Anze making his OBM Gladiators debut next week, and he is in the process of traveling over to the UK in the next few days in order to get settled in his Cornish base and the get in some practise laps at the Coliseum and other UK Tracks.