JASON Doyle has set his sights on lining Swindon Robins’ new Abbey Stadium with silver after agreeing a new two-year deal with the club with the minimum of fuss.

The announcement that skipper Doyle, who turns 31 next month, would lead the Robins into their new home next season as part of an extended commitment was made as Swindon closed in on an Elite League play-off place with a thumping 57-33 victory over basement boys Leicester Lions on Thursday.

The Australian ace, who is second in the world championship standings after last weekend’s victory at the Polish Grand Prix, will head into the winter with his immediate future sorted and hopes to repay the faith shown in him by bringing some silverware to Blunsdon.

“When you know you’re happy at a club, you’ve got to do it soon,’’ he told the media. “There is no messing around.

“When you’re happy and you’re dealing with Terry Russell (Swindon co-owner) and everyone at Swindon management, it just shows what a (very) professional club (it is) and you don’t have to stuff around.

“You go there and ask certain things and they give you straight answers and the deal just shows I want to give back to Swindon after being away at Leicester for two seasons, and hopefully we can get a couple of trophies in.’’

Doyle, who rubber-stamped his 2017 riding commitments in Sweden by signing another deal with Rospiggarna earlier this week, added: “It’s good to go back to Australia (in the winter) and have all my deals sorted. Not just in England, but in other leagues.

“I spoke to Terry (Russell) at Belle Vue two weeks ago when it (the meeting) got called off and we said we would announce (the new deal) here (at Thursday’s Leicester match). We kept it quite quiet.

“It’s a big call for Swindon to sign me at a track I’ve never ridden. I might be terrible at it! But it’s a really nice thing to have a new stadium after thinking it might not be built.

“The Swindon fans have backed us through thick and thin and this feels the right thing to do.

“When something feels 100 per cent right, there’s no point hanging around and I’m pleased to have a contract in place for British racing in September.

“Maybe I can have a testimonial next year, too – but I’m not the kind of guy who has a testimonial and then disappears, which is why I’ve agreed a two-year deal.”

The Leicester victory means one point from either the visit to leaders Belle Vue on September 14 or closest rivals Lakeside two days later will be enough to send Swindon into the play-offs again and Doyle is relieved that the Robins have their destiny in their own hands.

“We needed to win or we’re going to be out of the play-offs and make it very difficult for ourselves,’’ he added.

“We did a really good job and now we just need to get a point away.’’

  • SWINDON are likely to stage a National League level meeting at the Abbey Stadium next Thursday between a Sprockets side and National League regulars Coventry Storm.