ROBINS face a tough test of their early form with a trip to Eastbourne in the Craven Shield for their opening match of 2008 on March 20.

SWINDON ROBINS 2008 FIXTURES (Also including other major dates; Home fixtures in caps)

March
15: Eastbourne (CS)
20: Eastbourne (CS)
23: COVENTRY (ES) (6pm)
24: Coventry (ES) (8pm)
26: Poole (CS)
27: Poole (CS)

April
3: Belle Vue (ELA)
4: Lakeside (ELA)
5: EL Best Pairs (King's Lynn) 7.30pm
10: Lakeside (ELA)
14: Ipswich (ELA) (Live on Sky)
17: Ipswich (ELA)
21: Belle Vue (ELA)
24: WOLVERHAMPTON (ELA)
25: British U21 final (Lakeside) 7.30pm
26: Slovenian GP (Krsko)
28: Wolverhampton (ELA)
30: Poole (ELA)

May
2: Coventry (ELA)
3: Eastbourne (ELA)
8: COVENTRY (ELA)
10: Poland GP (Leszno)
12: Belle Vue (ELB)
15: Lakeside (ELB)
22: Poole (ELA)
24: Swedish GP (Gothenburg)
29: British Final (Swindon) 7.30pm

June
2: Wolverhampton (ELB)
5: Peterborough (ELA)
12: Eastbourne (ELA)
14: Danish GP (Copenhagen)
16: Eastbourne (ELB)
18: Poole (K/O Cup Q/F 1st leg)
19: Poole (K/O Cup Q/F 2nd leg)
23: Peterborough (ELA)
26: WOLVERHAMPTON (ELB)
28: British GP (Cardiff)

July 3: EASTBOURNE (ELB)
10: Belle Vue (ELB)
11: Coventry (ELB)
21: Ipswich (ELB) TBC
24: IPSWICH (ELB)
31: PETERBOROUGH (ELB)

August
2: Czech GP (Prague)
7: Poole (ELB)
8: Lakeside (ELB)
11: Reserved v B'Vue/Coventry
14: Reserved v B'Vue/Coventry
(K/O Cup S/F 2nd Leg)
16: Scandanavian GP (Malilla)
21: COVENTRY (ELB)
25: Peterborough (ELB) (6.30pm)
27: Poole (ELB)
30: Latvian GO (Daugavpils)

September
9: European GP (Bydgoszcz))
27: Italian GP (Lonigo)
29: Elite League play-off semi-finals

October
6: Elite League final, first leg
11: German GP (Gelsenkirchen)
13: Elite League final, second leg

Key: ELA - Elite League A; ELB - Elite League B; ES - Elite Shield; CS - Craven Shield.