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SWINDON skipper Leigh Adams warmed up for the Elite League Grand Final with his first win in the Elite League Riders' Championship.Adams qualified for the final with 12-points and then beat Coventry's Chris Harris, Poole star Chris Holder and Wolverhampton's Freddie Lindgren in the final.He said: "That's my first one and I'm pretty pumped about that. I've had afew opportunities to win it before and it has never happened."

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COVENTRY skipper Chris Harris reckons he is in the best form of the season -with only a few weeks left! Harris finished runner-up on his home track Coventry in the Elite League Riders' Championship.He said: "I feel the last few weeks have gone a lot better and I just wish I'd started the season the same way! It was good for me to finish on the rostrum in a big event like this."

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 3:YOUNG SHIELD: Rye House v Sheffield 7pm, Workington v Berwick 7pmNATIONAL LEAGUE: King's Lynn v Newport 7.30JUNIOR CHALLENGE: Scotland v Rest of the World, Berwick 7pm

SUNDAY OCTOBER 4:PROMOTION PLAY-OFF 1st leg: Newcastle v Edinburgh 6.30NATIONAL LEAGUE: Newport v King's Lynn 2.30NATIONAL TROPHY: Buxton v Weymouth 3pm, Mildenhall v Plymouth 6pm

MONDAY OCTOBER 5:ELITE LEAGUE GRAND FINAL 1st leg: Wolverhampton v Swindon 7.30ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI FINAL 2nd leg: Belle Vue v Coventry 7.30