King’s Lynn captain Nicolai Klindt has reflected on a largely positive campaign which ended with the team in top form.
The Stars won six of their last seven Premiership matches, including three in the final week, and their burst of scoring left them just seven points short of the play-off places in a clear story of what might have been.
The points swing in matches earlier in the season against the side immediately above them, Belle Vue, made all the difference, but the Stars did secure a good win over the Aces last week and they then followed it up with an exciting victory over Sheffield on Monday.
Klindt said: “I don’t think you could have scripted it any better, beating Sheffield at home in a Super Heat in the last meeting of the season.
“It was a great night to finish the season off with, and I think we’ve proved towards the end of the season that we are a strong team.
“Even with me and Richard (Lawson) not really scoring to what we normally would, we beat Sheffield and got the aggregate point, and it was the same last week against Belle Vue.
“I wouldn’t say it’s been a bad season. We started a bit hit and miss due to mechanical failures and a few injuries, but I think even throughout the season without Ben (Cook) we still turned up and gave it our all.
“We never gave up and we had some good results, not just at home but also away, so overall it’s a good season, it’s just a shame that it’s finishing now.”
The next couple of months will now see the usual waiting game in terms of plans for 2026, both for Lynn and the sport as a whole.
But there is already a big date on the agenda for Klindt next year as he celebrates his Testimonial at the Adrian Flux Arena on Sunday, March 15.
Klindt said: “I’m really excited about it, and through September, I’m sitting down with people helping me and trying to plan things out.
“I want it to be bigger and better than other Testimonials, and make it a fun day out, a whole day of entertainment and a day when you don’t just watch 16 or 20 heats and then go home.
“I want it to be a fan day where they get something out of it rather than just watching four people riding around the track.
“I have lots of ideas up my sleeve and instead of just being a two-hour event I’m thinking of four or five, and hopefully that will pay off.”
