JUSTIN Sedgmen would love to stay at his ‘dream club’ Swindon Robins for another season but concedes it is impossible to predict whether or not he will be back again in 2017.

The 24-year-old returned to the Robins roster for the 2016 Elite League campaign after five years away, having last ridden for the club in 2011.

Sedgmen was one of five Australians in team manager Alun Rossiter’s septet but the season ultimately ended in disappointment as the Robins failed to qualify for the end-of-season play-offs.

They fell to a crushing defeat away at Lakeside Hammers in their final fixture last Friday, which saw the Essex outfit pip Swindon at the post in the race for a top-four finish.

Swindon skipper Jason Doyle has already been retained by the Blunsdon club for the next two years but no decisions have been made regarding any other riders.

Although he his keen to stay on at the Abbey Stadium, Sedgmen says he will just have to wait and see whether he gets the call from Rossiter again for next season.

“I don’t know about next year yet. It’s good that I am a Swindon asset but it’s just one of those things where you have to wait until the AGM is done and see where the rules go. We will just have to wait and see,” said Sedgmen.

“I definitely want to come back, it’s one of my dream clubs to ride for. As a kid, I wanted to ride for Swindon but also we want to win league titles so there’s a twinge of disappointment at the end of the season.”

Sedgmen was just one of two Swindon riders to feature in all 28 Elite League meetings this year, with fellow Aussie Nick Morris the other ever-present.

He claimed 25 wins from 120 rides, although a season average of 5.90 points sees Sedgmen only sit above reserve duo Charles Wright and Stefan Nielsen in the Robins’ rankings.

Sedgmen was also on the books of Zielona Gora in Poland this year but had limited meetings outside of Britain and is keen to be busier in 2017.

“It’s been a good year but I just didn’t ride enough. I did a bit in Poland which helped me but there was a lack of meetings,” said Sedgmen, who had previously ridden for Edinburgh Monarchs in the Premier League in 2014 and 2015.

“It was okay until midway through the season. Everyone else was riding a lot and I was kind of sat around doing nothing, so that was pretty hard.

“It’s definitely something I will look at next year, just try to do as many meetings as I can.

“I will go away and assess this season and think about what’s best moving forward. One thing I need to address is my calendar.

“I know I need to be racing more and perhaps doubling up with a Premier League team might do me the world of good.

“I will wait and see what the next few months bring but I won’t be making any knee-jerk decisions.”