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COVENTRY star Edward Kennett is out of the second leg of the Elite League Grand Final after breaking his ankle in a crash on Thursday.Kennett came to grief in his second ride of the Cup-tie against Wolverhampton, a meeting which the Bees won on the night but lost on aggregate.His absence at Poole on Monday will be covered by the rider-replacement facility, with all riders except No.1 Krzysztof Kasprzak entitled to an extra outing.Bees boss Alun Rossiter said: "Edward's injury is a blow, but it's happened and we have to get on with it. It's the first bit of bad luck we've had during our fantastic run so we won't be whinging about it, and we'll still go to Poole in a positive frame of mind."I felt we threw away some silly points (against Wolves), and maybe there were a few minds on Monday as well. It's disappointing to go out of the Cup,but we go to Poole with eleven straight wins behind us, so we're still confident we can do it in the Grand Final."
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FREDDIE Lindgren's dramatic Heat 15 overtaking move at Coventry booked Wolverhampton a place in the Knockout Cup semi-finals.The Midlands rivals looked to be heading for a replay when Chris Harris and Krzysztof Kasprzak held the last-race 5-1 required for the Bees to level the scores.But Lindgren rounded Kasprzak at the start of the last lap and then justheld on against the Pole's return challenge, being awarded second place by the narrowest of margins in a blanket finish.Wolves boss Peter Adams said: "It's a magnificent result. We've worked veryhard for it and I think we deserve it over two legs."I thought Freddie would make the start from gate three, but that's another unbelievable ride we've seen from him at Brandon and it was so important."
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SHEFFIELD pulled off one of results of the season by overturning a huge first leg deficit to knock Premier League champions Edinburgh out of the promotion play-offs.The Monarchs appeared to have more than one foot in the final having run upa 59-31 win at Armadale last Friday - but the Tigers turned it around in stunning fashion.They won 61-31 at Owlerton with Josh Auty, Richard Hall and Ricky Ashworth all scoring 12+1, whilst Simon Lambert racked up 11+4 at reserve to book a clash with Birmingham or Newcastle.Tigers co-promoter David Hoggart said: "As the night went on you could tellthere was more and more belief amongst our riders and fans, and it's a sensational result. "It has to be one of the most amazing comebacks in the club's history and the only losers really were the people who stayed at home after writing us off!"
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FRIDAY
OCTOBER 1: YOUNG SHIELD Q/F 1st leg: Somerset v Scunthorpe 7.30
NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP S/F: Newport v King's Lynn 7.30
SCOTTISH CUP 1st leg: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30
CHALLENGE: Weymouth v Team Viking
OFF BRITISH SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP: Plymouth 7.30
SATURDAY OCTOBER 2:
YOUNG SHIELD Q/F 1st leg: Berwick v Newport 7pm, 2nd leg: Scunthorpe vSomerset 7pm, Stoke v Workington 7.30
NATIONAL LEAGUE FOURS: Rye House 7pm CHALLENGE: Weymouth v Team Viking 7.15
SUNDAY OCTOBER 3:
PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP S/F 2nd leg: Newcastle v Birmingham 6pm
YOUNG SHIELD Q/F 2nd leg: Workington v Stoke 7pm
SCOTTISH CUP 2nd leg: Glasgow v Edinburgh 4pm
NATIONAL LEAGUE RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP: Rye House 2pm
CHALLENGE: Scottish Select v Team Viking (at Newcastle) (follows KOCfixture)
MONDAY OCTOBER 4:
ELITE LEAGUE GRAND FINAL 2nd leg: Poole v Coventry 7.30
