SWINDON Robins boss Alun Rossiter will take a couple of days to assess the state of skipper Troy Batchelor before deciding on his course of action later this week.

The Australian ace was forced to leave the British Grand Prix in an ambulance with complaints of back pain when he took an awkward-looking tumble at high speed while battling with Chris Harris in heat 16.

However, after tests at University Hospital of Wales it was confirmed that Batchelor did not suffer any broken bones, although he did aggravate a shoulder injury suffered earlier in the season as well as suffering heavy bruising.

Rossiter tended to Batchelor on the track and was concerned as his skipper was forced to leave the Millennium Stadium in the ambulance for further treatment.

The Abbey chief will wait before deciding whether to seek guests for his side’s meetings at Leicester on Saturday and Poole at home next Monday.

“Troy’s got no breaks or anything like that, it’s just his shoulder and where he had pain before,” said Rossiter.

“I don’t know how long he’ll be out for, but I’m going to leave it a couple of days and see how he feels because straight after you’re going to be a bit stiff, we’ll know more then. I was a bit worried when I saw him go down.

“I wasn’t really thinking about the team when it happened, I was more worried about Troy. I was on the track and he was in pain, but he messaged me on Saturday night (to say he was alright).

“We’ve got those two meetings in quick succession and then a bit of a break, so it wouldn’t be the end of the world, we’ll just have to get a good guest in.”

Batchelor tweeted yesterday: “Thanks for all the messages. Managed a lucky escape last (Saturday) night.

“Awkward crash, felt like I snapped in half. Found half my front mudguard inside my kevlars when they stripped me in hospital. I’ll be back to fight another day just probably not this week.”

Meanwhile, the Robins are believed to be close to the restructuring of their line-up, with Australian Darcy Ward poised to return to racing in the country.

Ward has recently returned following his 10-month suspension for a failed alcohol test and is in Australia finalising his visa arrangements for riding in Britain.

He tweeted yesterday: “I have a UK team and I’m currently in Australia sorting out my visa. Faster process in Aus.”

The Robins have been heavily linked with the Poole asset, with the team places of Polish ace Grzegorz Zengota and British youngster Kyle Howarth under threat.