An influx of sidecar newcomers have been announced for this year's Centenary TT, with thirteen crews set to make their debuts.

Heading the list is German ace Mike Roscher, who's been competing in the World Championships for a number of years.

Another new face is Leeds youngster Dougie Wright, who impressed at last year's Southern 100 and Scarborough meets.

Dougie is the son of TT podium finisher Eddy Wright, who's making a comeback for his first TT since 1999.

Another notable addition to this year's event are current Japanese Sidecar champions, Masahito Watanabe and Hideyuki Yoshida, who hope to make their event debut with an LCR chassis-ed Honda outfit.

All these riders were among the sidecar crews who visited the Island last week to prepare for their first assaults on the Mountain Course.

Whilst here they spent considerable time with a number of the event's current stars, and received expert tuition on the course from the likes of Dave Molyneux, Nick Crowe and Roy Hanks.