By Ky Capel - Dorset Echo

Weymouth Doonan Wildcats will be hoping it is a case of third time lucky tonight as they visit the Plymouth Devils in their Knockout Cup quarter-final second leg clash (7.15pm). The tie, in which the Wildcats hold a slender 47-45 first leg advantage, has been rained off twice already with the latest attempt to stage it being last Friday. Weymouth were then dealt a double blow when their Challenge meeting against the Swindon Sprockets at the Wessex Stadium a day later also fell victim to the wet weather. That means Jem Dicken's side have gone nearly three weeks without speedway.

But the Wildcats' team manager is confident his charges can hit the ground running, despite visiting a track they've twice tasted defeat on this year already. He said: "We know what we have to do tonight to progress through to the semi-final of the cup. It will be a hard task but I know our riders are more than capable of pulling off a surprise victory."

Skipper Karl Mason, who was set to miss last week's attempted meeting, is again left out of the Wildcats' line-up tonight. Mason is not too fond of Plymouth's St Boniface Arena, so to avoid seeing him suffer a bad meeting resulting in a loss of form, Dicken has installed Andrew Bargh at number four. The club captain though, will return for tomorrow night's Conference League fixture, at the Wessex Stadium, between the two sides Dicken added: "I am confident of our chances at home on Saturday and the lads are up for it. I just hope the weather is a bit kinder."

Tomorrow's meeting, sponsored by Ralph Tracey Plastering Services, will see a 16th heat tribute to Wildcats' chairman Phil Bartlett's nine-year-old daughter Hannah. John and Jill Roberts of Cleve Design are sponsoring the run-off, between the top two points scorers from each team over the two meetings, in aid of the children's charity CLIC (Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood). The Hannah's Award', in memory of Hannah who lost her brave battle with cancer a month ago, will be presented to the winner. A collection for the charity CLIC will be made at both meetings.

Also at the Wessex tomorrow night will be speedway author Jeff Scott and his latest release Concrete for Breakfast'. The book is packed with incidents and characters that Scott encountered on his journey to every track in the country during 2007.