It’s party time for the Kent SLYDE Kings riders and fans this Friday at Central Park Stadium with the annual End of Season/early Christmas party.

And for the second year running, a centre piece of the event willbe the ‘Supporters of Kent Kings’ [SOKK] Rider Awards.

There are four awards:

The SOKK 2017 Rider of the Year (as voted for by fans who take part in the SOKK Facebook Group in the regular Man of the Match polls) will receive the annually-presented The Boiler Engineer Shield and a keepsake trophy sponsored by CTA Fire, plus a cash award from donations to the SOKK fundraiser.

The SOKK 2017 Young Rider of the Year (also based on the Man of the Match Polls) will receive the Dave Pringle Trophy and a cash award (as described above).

The SOKK 2017 Special Award (again, based on the Man of the Match Polls) will receive the Dave Raines Memorial Trophy and a cash award (as above).

The SOKK 2017 Code Kestrel of the Year (based on the separate Kestrels Southern Development League side Man of the Match Polls) will receive the CodeClean Trophy and a cash award (as above).

Also Jack Thomas will be presented with the Coastal Radio Kent Speedway Rider of the Year award.

The DVD and Blue-Ray Review of the 2017 Season DVD produced by Rerun Productions will be available to buy as will DVDs/Blue-Rays of meetings from throughout what a tremendously successful season on track for the Kent SLYDE Kings.

All the 2017 squad are expected to attend and there’s a buffet and bar and disco ’til late. Fans can pay on the door £10 admission ; children £5 and the fun starts at 7pm.