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COVENTRY have booked their place in the Elite League play-offs - despite slipping to a 52-44 defeat at Eastbourne.The Bees will face league leaders Swindon in the semi-finals and will stage their home leg on Monday, September 21.Bees co-boss Peter Oakes said: "We've said along that the target was to get into the play-offs. We've qualified based on what's happened all season, not just in the last few weeks."

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LAKESIDE boss Jon Cook is beginning preparations for their Elite League play-off with Wolverhampton.The Hammers will go to Monmore Green on September 21 with the return the following Monday.Said Cook: "It's a terrific achievement for us to reach the play-offs for a second successive season and we will do everything we can to overcome Wolves over two legs. It will be tough but you never know."

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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8:NATIONAL TROPHY: Isle of Wight v Plymouth 7.30

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9:PREMIER LEAGUE: King's Lynn v Newport 7.30 BRITISH SIDECAR SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP: Birmingham 7.30

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Poole v Belle Vue 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Redcar v Rye House 7.30, Sheffield v Somerset 7.45 MIDLAND LEAGUE: Coventry v Wolverhampton 8pm

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Lakeside v Ipswich 8pm PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI-FINAL 1st leg: Edinburgh v Rye House 7pm PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Stoke (follows KOC fixture), Somerset v Scunthorpe 7.30, Workington v Berwick 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI-FINAL: King's Lynn v Buxton 7.30 NATIONAL TROPHY: Plymouth v Weymouth 7.30