(SPEEDWAY 1)WOLVERHAMPTON extended their winning home run to a remarkable 43 matches by getting the better of Elite League leaders Poole.The Monmore men won 50-40 in a hard-fought contest with Freddie Lindgren scoring a faultless 15-point maximum and skipper Tai Woffinden dropping his only points in the last race.Reserve Matt Wethers was the unlikely hero in Heat 14 as he teamed up with Woffinden for a 5-1 to ensure victory for the home side. World Under-21 Champion Darcy Ward was the best Poole rider, scoring paid-12.Wolves boss Peter Adams said: "We're naturally pleased to maintain our unbeaten home record because we're very proud of that and it's important to do well at home if you are to have a successful league campaign."It's all about building up to the play-offs and hopefully we can reach peak form and fitness when it comes to that. It will all come down to whether we can win enough races away from home."(SPEEDWAY 2) LAKESIDE have signed rising star Marc Owen as a full asset of the club - the contract being signed at Purfleet on his 16th birthday.Owen was presented to supporters prior to the Hammers' home match against Wolverhampton on Friday, and he will continue gaining experience with Rye House in the National League.Lakeside boss Jon Cook said: "Marc is one hundred percent British and a big rising star of the National League destined for an exciting future in the sport. He has been earning rave reviews at Rye House this season and has caught the eye of our own senior riders when practising before the meetings here. "We have beaten a host of other clubs to his signature on his 16th birthday and I am delighted as over the last few months Marc and his Mum and Dad have become good friends of mine. This is a very big feather in the club's cap and I believe Marc will start to feature in the main team towards the middle of next season as well as spending the education years of his career at Rye."(FIXTURES) TUESDAY AUGUST 24:NATIONAL TROPHY: Isle of Wight v Plymouth 7.30 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25:ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP 2nd leg: Coventry v Wolverhampton 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: King's Lynn v Birmingham 7.30, Somerset v Edinburgh 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Dudley v Weymouth (at Birmingham) 7.30CHALLENGE: Poole v Australia OFFTHURSDAY AUGUST 26:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Wolverhampton 7.45, Ipswich v Peterborough 7.30, Swindon v Lakeside 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Sheffield v Redcar 7.45
FRIDAY AUGUST 27:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Lakeside v Ipswich 8pm, Peterborough v Swindon 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Somerset 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Weymouth v Newport 7.15 NATIONAL TROPHY: Plymouth v Buxton 7.30
SATURDAY AUGUST 28:PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Workington 7pm, Stoke v Rye House 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Rye House v Scunthorpe 7pm
SUNDAY AUGUST 29:PREMIER LEAGUE: Birmingham v King's Lynn 6.30, Glasgow v Newcastle 4pm, Newport v Sheffield 2.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Buxton v Weymouth 3pm, King's Lynn v Plymouth 7pm NATIONAL TROPHY: Buxton v Weymouth (follows NL fixture)
