Riga's tough double-header

Coventry Evening Telegraph,  12th January 1999
 
Riga open their 1999 National League Division One account with two matches at the St. Nicholas Park Leisure Centre, Warwick, at the weekend.

Saturday brings a visit from Birmingham (6pm) and on Sunday (1pm) Riva will take on champions-elect Malory.

Both games will be tough but Riga will be looking to extend a recent good run with at least one victory.

Birmingham are proving the surprise team of the season and they will be all out to overturn a 3-2 home defeat against Riga earlier in the campaign.

Malory have already handed out a 3-0 drubbing to Riga but Warwick optimism remains high.

"What a way to start the New Year,'' said Riga skipper Tom Young. "If we do the double over Brum and put the wind up Malory I will be a happy man."