Home start to National League season
London Raiders will begin the new National League season with a home match against Streatham Redskins on Saturday September 12.
Raiders won three out of four meetings between the sides last season, held just weeks apart in January and February, as they climbed off the bottom of the table following a 19-game losing run to reach the play-offs.
They lost to eventual champions Isle of Wight in the semi-finals, after being awarded their first round tie against league champions Chelmsford, who were found to have iced an ineligible player.
Streatham finished the regular campaign in third place, but were eliminated in the first round of the play-offs by the MK Thunder.
The south London club have recruited some big names during the off-season, though, and are being tipped as serious contenders for honours this term.
Nicky Chinn and Chris Wiggins have joined from English Premier League sides Basingstoke and MK Lightning, while Michael Ranby and Ryan Giles have moved from Chelmsford and goalie David Wride joins from Bracknell.
Raiders will welcome back Frankie Harvey, alongside several returnees, and have picked up a new import in Michal Oravec, goalie Davey Jackson, forward Sam Roberts and youngsters Seb Downing and Bailey Chittock.
As well as a 36-game league campaign, Raiders will play cup matches against fierce rivals Chelmsford and Invicta, who have snapped up Jacob Ranson and Bailey Wootton from last year’s squad.
London Raiders 2015/16
Sept 12: STREATHAM
Sept 13: Oxford
Sept 19: CARDIFF
Sept 20: Chelmsford (C)
Sept 26: Cardiff
Sept 27: Invicta (C)
Oct 4: M Keynes
Oct 10: SOLENT
Oct 11: Chelmsford
Oct 17: INVICTA (C)
Oct 18: Streatham
Oct 24: BRACKNELL
Oct 25: M Keynes
Oct 31: M KEYNES
Nov 1: Bracknell
Nov 8: Invicta
Nov 14: CARDIFF
Nov 15: Streatham
Nov 21: WIGHT
Nov 22: Solent
Nov 28: OXFORD
Dec 5: Wight
Dec 12: INVICTA
Dec 19: STREATHAM
Dec 20: Invicta
Dec 27: BRACKNELL
Jan 2: Wight
Jan 9: CHELMSFORD (C)
Jan 10: Oxford
Jan 16: INVICTA
Jan 17: Solent
Jan 23: M KEYNES
Jan 30: CHELMSFORD
Feb 7: Chelmsford
Feb 13: SOLENT
Feb 20: WIGHT
Feb 28: Bracknell
March 5: OXFORD
March 19: CHELMSFORD
March 26: Cardiff
April 2-3, 9-10, 16-17: play-offs
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