(SPEEDWAY 1)WOLVERHAMPTON will honour the career of their former rider Gary Peterson when they stage the Midland Open on Monday.Peterson lost his life in a track crash in 1975, and Wolves have put together a field of 16 of the brightest talents racing in the UK.Home stars Tai Woffinden and Nicolai Klindt will be amongst the favourites,and the line-up also includes Lewis Bridger and, if fit, Darcy Ward.

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 NEWPORT are hopeful that Chris Kerr's move to reserve for the month of August will give them a boost - starting on Sunday against King's Lynn.The Wasps have to cover for the injured Jordan Frampton so Kerr is set totake extra rides.Club spokesman Gareth Rogers said: "Chris has begun to pick up points at reserve for Wolverhampton in the Elite League. This change comes at a ninteresting point." 

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SATURDAY

AUGUST 1

:PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Redcar 7pm, Rye House v Birmingham 7pm, Stoke vSheffield 7.30, Workington v Newcastle 7pm

 SUNDAY AUGUST 2:

PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Stoke 4pm, Newcastle v Scunthorpe 6.30, Newport vKing's Lynn 5pm

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Buxton v King's Lynn 3pm, Mildenhall v Plymouth 4pm

MONDAY AUGUST 3:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Swindon 7.30, Poole v Coventry 7.30

MIDLAND OPEN - GARY PETERSON MEMORIAL TROPHY: Wolverhampton 7.30

TUESDAY AUGUST 4:

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Isle of Wight v Bournemouth 7.30

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5

:PREMIER LEAGUE: Birmingham v Newport 7.30, King's Lynn v Berwick 7.30