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(SPEEDWAY 1)POPULAR Czech rider George Stancl will stage his Farewell meeting at Newcastle on Monday, September 27.Stancl called time on his career two years ago after 15 seasons of racing in the UK, and his father Jiri was a multi-World Finalist.Stancl is hoping to attract some top-flight riders to compete in the meeting, although these will be confirmed when the line-up for the Elite League play-offs is completed.He said: "It will be a four team event and I want to use Glasgow, Newcastle, Sheffield and Wolverhampton because they are the teams I have ridden for most. If I can find sponsors for the teams, I will name the teams after the sponsors."It will be 16 heats and a final, and me and my dad will do two races. I have never really ridden with my dad!"

 (SPEEDWAY 2)DUDLEY Heathens moved into second place in the National League table with a62-32 win over Scunthorpe at Monmore Green.It was the Heathens' fifth successive victory with their scoring headed by a 12-point maximum for skipper Lee Smart - whilst Tom Perry, Jon Armstrong and Micky Dyer were all paid for double figures.18-year-old Steve Worrall impressed greatly for a largely inexperienced Scunthorpe side, with three race wins including over Armstrong and Perry in Heat 15.Heathens boss Will Pottinger said: "The team spirit is excellent and, fair play to Lee, he's busy right now and said he didn't mind if I left him out of Heat 15. That gave me the chance to put Tom in for an extra ride."It's nice to see a solid scorechart and our recent form is awesome, we are the form team of the National League at the moment."I was impressed by Steve Worrall at reserve for Scunthorpe, he got the Monmore track weighed up well but we had all seven riders on form which is very pleasing."(FIXTURES)

THURSDAY JULY 29:PREMIER LEAGUE: Redcar v Birmingham 7.30, Sheffield v Newport 7.45FRIDAY JULY 30:BRITISH UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP: Somerset 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Rye House 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Scunthorpe v Buxton 7.30, Weymouth v Isle of Wight 7.15 NATIONAL TROPHY: Plymouth v Newport 7.30SATURDAY JULY 31:PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Rye House 7pm, Workington v Glasgow 7pm NATIONAL LEAGUE: Rye House v Newport OFFSUNDAY AUGUST 1:PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Rye House 4pm, Newcastle v Scunthorpe 6.30, Newport v King's Lynn 2.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: King's Lynn v Newport 7pm


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