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(SPEEDWAY 1)WORLD Champion Jason Crump has agreed to appear in the Billy Sanders Memorial meeting at Ipswich on Thursday, April 29.The meeting will mark the 25th anniversary of the sad passing of Sanders, a world-class Australian rider.Ipswich Press Officer Mike Western said: "There is also a personal connection between the Crump family and Billy as Jason's father Phil was a team-mate of Billy's in the Australian national side of that era, making Jason's participation in the meeting all the more poignant."(SPEEDWAY 2)ADAM Shields will be back in Eastbourne colours for their eagerly-awaited clash with Coventry at Arlington on Saturday.Shields, a former Eagles favourite, deputises for Matej Zagar who is racing in the Slovenian Championship.And Eastbourne co-boss Mike Bellerby believes ex-Bees man Joonas Kylmakorpi is a key member of the side.He said: "If he can continue in the same vein and Adam is able to perform as we know he can, I am confident that we will have the measure of Coventry."(FIXTURES)THURSDAY APRIL 15:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Ipswich v Eastbourne 7.30, Swindon v Wolverhampton 7.30 PREMIER TROPHY: Redcar v Stoke 7.30, Sheffield v Birmingham 7.45FRIDAY APRIL 16:BRITISH UNDER-21 FINAL: Lakeside 8pmSKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Belle Vue 8pm PREMIER TROPHY: Edinburgh v Workington 7.30, Somerset v Newport 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP 1st leg: Scunthorpe v Dudley 7.30SIDECARS: Plymouth 7.30SATURDAY APRIL 17:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Coventry 7.30 PREMIER TROPHY: Berwick v Glasgow 7pm, Rye House v King's Lynn 7pm, Stoke v Birmingham 7.30, Workington v Edinburgh 6.30 SUNDAY APRIL 18:PREMIER TROPHY: Glasgow v Workington 4pm, Newcastle v Edinburgh 6.30, Newport v Somerset 2.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Buxton v Dudley 3pm, King's Lynn v Rye House 7pm MONDAY APRIL 19:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Ipswich 7.30, Wolverhampton v Eastbourne 7.30

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