King’s Lynn Stars will make the trip across the A47 to Leicester for their opening fixture of 2024.

The Stars are to visit the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park on Thursday, March 21, and the reverse fixture against the Lions will be the first meeting of the season at the Adrian Flux Arena on Thursday, March 28.

Newcomers Birmingham will be the second visitors in the Sports Insure on Thursday April 4, and that month also features home clashes with former and current league champions Belle Vue and Sheffield.

The East Anglian derbies against Ipswich will be highly anticipated as ever, with the Stars to visit Foxhall in a round one fixture on Bank Holiday Monday, May 6 (2.15pm) before hosting the Witches on Thursday, May 23.

In the KO Cup, Lynn are awaiting the winners of the Belle Vue/Sheffield quarter-final, with the semi-final scheduled for the first week in June. Stars will host the second leg on Thursday, June 6.

FIXTURE LIST

(Premiership unless stated)

March

Thu 21: Leicester (a)

Thu 28: Leicester (h)

April

Thu 4: Birmingham (h)

Thu 11: Belle Vue (h)

Mon 15: Belle Vue (a)

Thu 18: Sheffield (a)

Mon 22: Sheffield (h

Thu 25: Oxford (a)

May

Mon 6: Ipswich (h, 2.15pm)

Thu 9: Leicester (h)

Mon 13: Birmingham (a)

Thu 23: Ipswich (h)

June

Mon 3: Belle Vue/ Sheffield (a) KOC SF

Thu 6: Belle Vue/ Sheffield (h) KOC SF

Thu 13: Leicester (a)

Mon 17: Oxford (h)

Mon 24: Birmingham (a)

Thu 27: Sheffield (a)

July

Thu 4: Birmingham (h)

Thu 25: Ipswich (h)

August

Thu 1: Ipswich (a)

Thu 8: Belle Vue (h)

Mon 12: Belle Vue (a)

Thu 15: Oxford (a)

Thu 22: Oxford (h)

Thu 29: Sheffield (h)