SWINDON Robins will travel to champions Poole Pirates on Good Friday to open their 2016 Elite League campaign, following the release of this season's fixtures this morning.

The Robins, who face Premier League Somerset in a challenge match a week earlier on March 18, will travel to the south coast on March 25 to take on the Pirates in their league opener, with a time for the meeting yet to be announced.

The Pirates are provisionally slated to make the return trip to Blunsdon on Easter Sunday (March 27), with Coventry Bees visiting the Abbey Stadium on the following Thursday (March 31) and Alun Rossiter's side travelling to Belle Vue a day later.

A busy first month of the campaign also sees the Robins go to Wolverhampton on April 4, with the return three days later and face appointments at Leicester (provisional, April 16) and Lakeside (April 22) as well as last season's play-off semi final conquerors Belle Vue on Thursday, April 21.

SWINDON ROBINS 2016 FIXTURES

Home fixtures in CAPS

MARCH 

Fri 18: Somerset (Challenge)  

Fri 25: Poole (start time TBC, ELA)

Sun 27: POOLE (Provisional, 4pm, ELA)

Thur 31: COVENTRY (ELA)

APRIL   

Fri 1: Belle Vue (ELA)

Mon 4: Wolverhampton (ELA)

Thur 7: WOLVERHAMPTON (ELA)

Sat 16: Leicester (provisional, ELA)

Thur 21: BELLE VUE (ELA)

Fri 22: Lakeside (ELA)

MAY   

Mon 2: Coventry (ELA)

Thur 5: LAKESIDE (ELA)

Wed 18: King's Lynn (provisional, ELA)

Thur 19: KING'S LYNN (ELA)

Thur 26: POOLE (ELB)

JUNE   

Thur 2: LEICESTER (ELA)

Sat 4: Leicester (ELB)

Wed 15: Poole (ELB)

Thur 16: LAKESIDE (ELB)

Fri 17: Lakeside (ELB)

Thur 30: COVENTRY (ELB)

JULY   

Fri 1: Coventry (ELB)

Thur 7: WOLVERHAMPTON (ELB)

Mon 18: Wolverhampton (ELB)

Wed 20: King's Lynn (provisional, ELB)

Thur 21: BELLE VUE (ELB)

AUGUST  

Thur 4: KING'S LYNN (ELB)

Thur 18: LEICESTER (ELB)

Fri 19: Belle Vue (ELB)