Speedway round-up
BIRMINGHAM went back to the top of the Premier League table with a 52-39 win at Newport on Sunday.Reserve Justin Sedgmen continued his brilliant season with a 15-point haul for the Perry Barr side. Leigh Lanham was top man for the Wasps with 11+2.Birmingham boss Graham Drury said: “That was much more like it from us and I’m a lot happier than I was on Friday night. We’re now working hard on how we’re going to line up with new averages coming in next week.”PETERBOROUGH are set to sign French star Mathieu Tressarieu – after he made a 1,500 mile road trip to put himself in the shop window.Tressarieu, 24, impressed the Panthers’ management team – and watching fans – in after-the-meeting practice on Thursday night.His arrival will end the doubling up facilities which was being shared by Stoke’s Klaus Jakobsen and King’s Lynn’s Linus Eklof.With Jakobsen’s British career in serious doubt – he is currently withholding his services at Loomer Road – Peterborough decided to look elsewhere and bring in a rider who will be available for every meeting.Workington’s Craig Cook, who scored a six ride maximum for the Comets on Saturday night, will stay as official number eight.(FIXTURES)MONDAY MAY 24:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Swindon 7.30, Lakeside v Wolverhampton 7.30TUESDAY MAY 25:NATIONAL LEAGUE: Dudley v Bournemouth (at Wolverhampton) 7.30 WEDNESDAY MAY 26:PREMIER LEAGUE: King’s Lynn v Stoke 7.30 PREMIER TROPHY: Birmingham v Redcar 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Bournemouth v Isle of Wight 7.30 THURSDAY MAY 27:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Ipswich v Coventry 7.30, Swindon v Belle Vue 7.30 PREMIER TROPHY: Sheffield v Redcar 7.45CHALLENGE: Eastbourne v Ex-Eagles 7.45FRIDAY MAY 28:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Eastbourne 8pm, Lakeside v Peterborough 8pm PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Scunthorpe 7.30, Redcar v Sheffield 7.30, Somerset v Rye House 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP: Weymouth v Newport 7.15