By Adam Summers - Dorset Echo

Australian Lee Herne will take part in his last meeting for the Weymouth Doonan Wildcats tonight but he is not moving to the Birmingham Brummies as was expected. Instead the talented rider will return Down Under tomorrow after work commitments curtailed any hopes he had of seeing out the rest of the season in Britain. Herne's final outing at the Wessex Stadium will see him line up alongside Luke Priest, Karl Mason and his brother Jay in the Kingswood South West Four-Team Tournament, where the hosts will look to beat select sides from Bristol, Exeter and Somerset.

Wildcats' chairman Phil Bartlett said: "Lee is not signing for Birmingham now and is instead returning to Australia tomorrow. I had a call from the manager at Birmingham and he said that Lee was no longer in his plans and that we could carry on using him but due to work commitments he has to return home now anyway. I think he wanted to see the season through to the end of the year but in-order to keep his job he has been told he has to go back. What that means for us is that Andrew Bargh will now come in for both the home and away matches against Boston next weekend and he is a more than adequate replacement. We are currently discussing the clashes that may occur with his Isle of Wight commitments and it is important we get that sorted soon as we are now approaching a vital stage of the season with six league meetings scheduled for August."

Jon Armstrong is still making steady progress with his recovery from a broken leg but Bartlett suspects he will not be back in action for a while. He added: "Jon is currently abroad but I did speak to him on Thursday night and he is back next Tuesday. He remains determined to get back as soon as possible but I do not think he will return as quick as we hope. We will just have to wait and see."

Last Saturday saw Tom Brown land the NatWest Bronze helmet at the Wessex where a horrific crash in heat two saw Sittingbourne's Jerran Hart and Scunthorpe's Byron Bekker suffer horrific injuries. Hart sustained a fractured pubic ramus while Bekker broke a collarbone. Bartlett said: "It was a horrendous crash and all at Weymouth Speedway wish the two riders a speedy and full recovery."

Weymouth Wildcats
Lee Herne, Jay Herne, Luke Priest, Karl Mason.

Bristol
Jay Mudgway, Ryan Sweetman, Nathan Sweetman, Matthew Wright.

Exeter
Matt Bates, Tim Webster, Kyle Hughes, Terry Day.

Somerset
Kyle Newman, Brendan Johnson, Andy Braithwaite, David Gough.