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KENNETH Bjerre rounded off the perfect week with a bottle of bubbly, a souvenir of his maiden Grand Prix win, an 18-point paid maximum and the Eastof England Showground track record! Stand-in skipper Bjerre led Peterborough to their biggest Elite League win of the season as they demolished champions Wolverhampton 57-36.The tiny Dane, standing in for injured captain Niels-Kristian Iversen was in unstoppable form in a week he will remember for the rest of his life. Laughed Bjerre: "I suppose it wasn't a bad night for me - but the big thing is that we got all three points."
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NEWCASTLE will face local rivals Redcar in the next round of the KnockoutCup after beating Scunthorpe over two legs.The Diamonds lost 49-41 at the Eddie Wright Raceway but that was enough togo through 100-80 on aggregate.Team manager George English said: "We were never going to take this meetingfor granted but once Kenni Larsen broke the track record in Heat One we all had a feeling tonight was going to be our night."Kenni, Dakota (North) and Mark (Lemon) rode so brilliantly to grab the wins just when we needed them and win us a deserved clash with Redcar."
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LAKESIDE boss Jon Cook hailed the return of Great Britain star Lee Richardson after a superb 53-40 win over leaders Poole.Richardson scored 13+1 in a meeting which saw the Hammers go six-points clear in second place in the Elite League.Said Cook: "We are now a third of the way through the season and to be six-points clear in second spot after beating Poole like that is a great position to be in."The boys all upped their games this weekand Lee's presence has had an immediate positive influence on the club."
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SUNDAY MAY 16:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Newport 4pm, Newcastle v Redcar 6.30
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Buxton v Isle of Wight 3pm, King's Lynn v Weymouth 7.30,Mildenhall v Rye House 5pm, Newport v Scunthorpe 2.30
MONDAY MAY 17:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Poole 7.30, Wolverhampton vPeterborough 7.30
TUESDAY MAY 18:
NATIONAL LEAGUE: Isle of Wight v King's Lynn 7.30
WEDNESDAY MAY 19:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Poole v Eastbourne 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE: Birmingham v Scunthorpe 7.30, King's Lynn v Berwick 7.30
