(SPEEDWAY 1)WOLVERHAMPTON owner Chris Van Straaten has turned up the heat on Elite League Grand Final opponents Swindon.The sides meet on Monday in the first leg at Monmore Green with the return at the Abbey Stadium a week later.Said Van Straaten: "All the pressure is on Swindon. They've been favourites from the start of the season and they're favourites going into the final, but we'll be determined."(SPEEDWAY 2)SHEFFIELD skipper Ricky Ashworth believes their Jack Young Shield hopes are hanging in the balance.Ashworth scored 15 in their 13-point first leg win over Rye House in the quarter-final with the return at Hoddesdon on Saturday.He said: "It's a handy lead but we could have done with more. It's going to be tough going there for the return but we'll be going for it from the first race."(FIXTURES)FRIDAY OCTOBER 2:ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP: Coventry 8pm

YOUNG SHIELD: Scunthorpe v Redcar 7.30, Somerset v Stoke 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL 2nd leg: Plymouth v Buxton 7.30

SCOTTISH CUP 1st leg: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30SATURDAY OCTOBER 3:YOUNG SHIELD: Rye House v Sheffield 7pm, Workington v Berwick 7pm

NATIONAL LEAGUE: King's Lynn v Newport 7.30

JUNIOR CHALLENGE: Scotland v Rest of the World, Berwick 7pmSUNDAY OCTOBER 4:PROMOTION PLAY-OFF 1st leg: Newcastle v Edinburgh 6.30

NATIONAL LEAGUE: Newport v King's Lynn 2.30

NATIONAL TROPHY: Buxton v Weymouth 3pm, Mildenhall v Plymouth 6pmMONDAY OCTOBER 5:ELITE LEAGUE GRAND FINAL 1st leg: Wolverhampton v Swindon 7.30

ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI FINAL 2nd leg: Belle Vue v Coventry 7.30