“IF you are going to do something, do it properly.” These were the words of the late Robins rider Bob Kilby and his son Lee will be holding those words close to his heart as he prepares for tonight’s memorial meet.

The former Robins ace, who died at his home in January 2009, aged 64, will be remembered by friends and family tonight at the Abbey Stadium in a special meet.

The Swindon team will take on a hand-picked side, brought together by Lee and Robins team manager Alun Rositer, which is led by Coventry Bees rider Chris ‘The Bomber’ Harris and includes a few familiar faces in Mads Korneliussen, Shawn McConnell and Charlie Gjedde.

However Robins reserve Steve Worrall will not be riding in themeet after breaking his wrist on Tuesday night riding for Cradley.

The night will feature the old traditional 13-heat format with a second half rider of the night in memory of two Swindon favourites, Malcolm Holloway and Lee Richardson.

Despite the friendly nature of the evening, Lee, who will be helped by Simon Stead in the paddock, will be hoping to get one over his hero Rossiter.

“One of my dad’s big phrases was ‘if you are going to do something, do it properly’ so we are going there to win on Thursday. It will be the first time I ever go into that stadium hoping for the Robins to lose,” said Lee.

“It would be nice to beat Swindon but very much so Alun.

“Ideally, myself and Alun wanted it to be Swindon against ex-Swindon, but I think we realised quite soon on that the availability wasn’t going to be great and we weren’t going to be able to get a competitive ex-Robins team together.

“At the end of the season it is always a bit of a worry because they have all had a long season but Bomber was a classic case, because we knew we needed a good leader to come in, I messaged him and he pretty much came straight back and said he’d do it and that is testimony to Bomber as a person.”

As well as the action on the track there will be a host of former riders who used to ride with Bob, including Mike Broadbank, Phil Crump and George White, who will be remembering Bob on what will be an emotional night for all involved.

“It is really special. It has happened year on year since dad’s passing and it is lovely because everyone comes together to remember him,” added Lee.

“I think what is important for us as a family is that I have got two children now myself, my sister Emma, she has two children and the oldest boy is six. They were only one when dad passed away so for them, they can turn up and all of this is for their granddad and they are like ‘wow’, he was a bit of a superman.

“I never get bored of talking about dad, seeing pictures of him, listening to the same story over and over again - you kind of cling on to that stuff when you are in the position that somebody is no longer with you.”

Adult tickets are £15 with concessions and children over 11 £5. Under 11s are free. Season ticket holders have been given a discounted entry of £10, with £5 concessions.