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BELLE Vue gave all-conquering Poole a shock with a richly deserved 50-40 victory in the first leg of their Knockout Cup tie at Kirkmanshulme Lane on Monday.The Aces were never behind in a close match which provided the most thrilling racing of the season.Captain Hans Andersen led the way with 12 points but fellow Dane Ulrich Ostergaard, who has just rejoined the club, stole the glory with a barnstorming ten-point display. The return leg is on July 21.Aces' team boss Chris Morton said: "We have been asking for real team displays and that's what we got. We were happy to beat a strong team like Poole by ten points but we were disappointed it wasn't more after such a great effort."

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TITLE-CHASING Kenneth Bjerre escaped relatively unscathed from a horror crash just days before the British Grand Prix.Paramedics feared that the Peterborough number one had broken his wrist during the Panthers' 37-56 Elite League defeat at Eastbourne on Monday night.Bjerre suffered a hand and knee injury that required several stitches although he will be fit enough to take his place at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday.He initially went to Eastbourne General Hospital but after being told there was a four-hour waiting time for treatment was driven to a hospital close to his Huntingdon home.He said: "I know my wrist isn't broken because I've done that before and know how it felt."

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WEDNESDAY JULY 7:PREMIER LEAGUE: Birmingham v Redcar 7.30, Kings Lynn v Scunthorpe 7.30

THURSDAY JULY 8:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Lakeside 7.30, Ipswich v Wolverhampton 7.30, Swindon v Eastbourne 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Redcar v Berwick 7.30, Sheffield v Newcastle 7.45 NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP 2nd leg: Bournemouth v King's Lynn 7.30

FRIDAY JULY 9:PREMIER LEAGUE PAIRS: Somerset 7.30NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP 2nd leg: Newport v Weymouth 7pmCHALLENGE: Plymouth v Team Viking 7.30