SWINDON Robins duo Troy Batchelor and Peter Kildemand will be going head-to-head this evening to be crowned this season’s top Elite League rider.

The pair will be taking to the track at King’s Lynn in the Elite League Riders Championship, the annual event for the top riders with the highest average points total from each club competing in the Elite League.

Robins’ number one rider Kildemand and captain Batchelor have been drawn ninth and 15th respectively for the big meet.

The last time the Robins had a winner in the event was back in 2009 when Australian rider Leigh Adams rode to victory and both Kildemand and Batchelor will be looking to emulate his success.

Kildemand will also be hoping to bounce back after missing out on a place in the 2015 Grand Prix series, after failing to earn one of the qualifying spots from Saturday's GP Challenge event in Italy.

“I think it is going to be a tough challenge but one I am looking forward to,” said the Dane.

“All the best riders from the Elite League are going to be there which will mean the competition will be very high.

“Of course it is nice to be taking part in it and it is a nice change from the league meetings because this is individual.

“Troy and I have to raced each other in different places but it does feel strange to race against someone who is normally your teammate.

“King’s Lynn and the track at Swindon are very different, at King’s Lynn there are a lot of lines and stuff like that, I think it should be good for racing.”

Home man Rory Schlein defends the title he has won in two of the last three seasons and is joined by fellow Stars’ rider Kenneth Bjerre in the line-up.

World Champion Tai Woffinden is drawn at 12, whilst the other former winner in the field is Eastbourne’s Bjarne Pedersen, who took the title back in 2004.

However it is Swindon asset and Leicester rider Jason Doyle who Kildemand has got his sights on.

“All the riders are really good or they wouldn’t be there, Jason (Doyle) is always hard to beat, he seems to perform well at this meet, even if he hasn’t been doing well before,” he said.