BIG EVENT LATEST... GREAT Britain Young Lions managers Phil Morris and Neil Vatcher have announced their plans for the British Youth Championship - with an invitation to new riders to get involved.
The series, previously known as the Under-15 Championship is open to any British rider under the age of 16. There are three classes catered for, with a British Championship at 500cc and 250cc levels, and a 125cc support class, and any new riders who wish to be involved should e-mail younglionsspeedway@hotmail.co.uk for full details.
There will also be two training days during the season, provided free of charge, with a full day's tuition provided by riders such as former World Champion Gary Havelock. Dates and times for these events are to be confirmed. The Championship itself takes in events at Newport (May 15), Buxton (June 12), Plymouth (Aug 6), Isle of Wight (Aug 18), Sittingbourne (Sept 11) and Stoke (Sept 25).
Morris and Vatcher will be taking a keen interest in the first of the 2011 SpeedwayGB Events series - the British Under-21 Final at Lakeside on April 15.
Defending Champion Joe Haines has already received a boost in his bid to retain the title, as although he is currently without a team place following his accident in Australia over the winter, he picked up track time with two guest bookings for former club Rye House during their season-opening Anglia Cup fixtures against Ipswich.
Haines and his fellow nine seeded riders for the showpiece event at Purfleet are set to discover which six riders will join them in the line-up, with the semi-final taking place at Stoke on Saturday, March 26.
There have been two changes to the initially-declared Loomer Road field, with new Potters signing Jaimie Pickard and Newcastle's Ritchie Worrall coming into the meeting in place of Ben Morley and Oliver Rayson.
The top rider in the Final at Lakeside, with the exception of Haines, Josh Auty, Jerran Hart and Tai Woffinden, will earn a place in the quarter-finals of the World Under-21 Championship at Lviv in the Ukraine. Haines, Auty and Hart are already booked in for the German qualifier at Herxheim, whilst Woffinden has elected to concentrate on his senior commitments this year.
Seeded to British U21 Final: Tai Woffinden, Josh Auty, Joe Haines, Jerran Hart, Kyle Newman, Paul Starke, Marc Owen, Ben Hopwood, Joe Jacobs and Kyle Howarth.
Semi-final line-up, Stoke, March 26: Steven Worrall, John Resch, Ashley Morris, Adam Wrathall, Tom Perry, Shane Hazelden, Ritchie Worrall, Lewis Kerr, Jason Garrity, Jaimie Pickard, Brendan Johnson, Jake Knight, Richard Franklin, Ben Taylor, Ashley Birks, Tom Young. Reserves: James Sarjeant, Aaron Baseby. SUPER7EVEN SERIES SPEEDWAY GB EVENTS BRITISH UNDER-21 FINAL: Lakeside, April 15 ELITE LEAGUE PAIRS: King's Lynn, April 27 BRITISH FINAL: Wolverhampton, June 6 PREMIER LEAGUE PAIRS: Somerset, June 24 PREMIER LEAGUE RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP: Sheffield, September 25 PREMIER LEAGUE FOURS: Details TBC ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP: Details TBC ELITE LEAGUE LINE-UPS NOTE: Teams correct as at midday on Tuesday, March 22. All subject to change. Ins & Outs refer to final declaration of 2010 - doubling-up riders not included in this section. BELLE VUE: Chris Harris, Rory Schlein, Patrick Hougaard, Ricky Kling, Charlie Gjedde/Jordan Frampton (d-up), Kozza Smith/Craig Cook (d-up), Tomasz Piszcz. No.8: TBC IN: Harris (from Coventry), Schlein (from Peterborough), Kling (from Eastbourne), Piszcz. OUT: Peter Karlsson (to Wolverhampton), James Wright (to Workington), Filip Sitera (to King's Lynn), Hans Andersen, Ulrich Ostergaard. BIRMINGHAM: Krzysztof Kasprzak, Danny King, Daniel Nermark, Ben Barker/Rene Bach (d-up), Ales Dryml, Kevin Wolbert/James Wright (d-up), Claus Vissing. No.8: Theo Pijper. INS & OUTS: New to Elite League in 2011. EASTBOURNE: Bjarne Pedersen, Joonas Kylmakorpi, Cameron Woodward, Simon Gustafsson, Lukas Dryml, Lewis Bridger, Dawid Lampart. No.8: Taylor Poole. IN: Pedersen (from Poole), Bridger (from Coventry), Lampart. OUT: Ricky Kling (to Belle Vue), Matej Zagar, Tomasz Jedrzejak. KING'S LYNN: Kenneth Bjerre, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Mads Korneliussen, Olly Allen, Tomas Topinka/Morten Risager (d-up), Sam Masters/Lasse Bjerre (d-up), Filip Sitera. No.8: Adam Roynon. INS & OUTS: New to Elite League in 2011. LAKESIDE: Lee Richardson, Adam Shields, Piotr Swiderski, Kauko Nieminen, Peter Ljung, Kyle Legault/Stuart Robson, Robert Mear. No.8: Lubos Tomicek. IN: Swiderski, Mear. OUT: Jonas Davidsson, Paul Hurry. POOLE: Chris Holder, Davey Watt, Darcy Ward, Rafal Dobrucki, Renat Gafurov, Dennis Andersson, Christian Hefenbrock/Kyle Newman (d-up). No.8: TBC IN: Dobrucki, Gafurov, Andersson. OUT: Bjarne Pedersen (to Eastbourne), Artur Mroczka, Leon Madsen, Jason Doyle. NB: Jason Doyle/Gary Havelock (d-up) named as short-term replacement for injured Darcy Ward. SWINDON: Scott Nicholls, Simon Stead, Tomasz Chrzanowski, Grzegorz Zengota, Maciek Janowski, Josh Grajczonek/Cory Gathercole (d-up), Justin Sedgmen. No.8: Kenny Ingalls. IN: Nicholls (from Ipswich), Sedgmen (from Birmingham), Chrzanowski. OUT: Mads Korneliussen (to King's Lynn), Morten Risager (to King's Lynn), Leigh Adams. WOLVERHAMPTON: Fredrik Lindgren, Tai Woffinden, Peter Karlsson, Ty Proctor, Ludvig Lindgren, Tyson Burmeister, Ricky Wells. No.8: TBC IN: Karlsson (from Belle Vue), Burmeister, Wells. OUT: Adam Skornicki, Nicolai Klindt. PREMIER LEAGUE LINE-UPS NOTE: Teams correct as at midday on Tuesday, March 22. All subject to change. Ins & Outs refer to final declaration of 2010. BERWICK: Charlie Gjedde, Josef Franc, Lee Complin, Kozza Smith, Hynek Stichauer, Tamas Sike, Jade Mudgway. IN: Gjedde, Franc, Smith, Stichauer, Sike. OUT: Michael Rajkowski (to Glasgow), Michal Makovsky, Marcin Rempala, Paul Clews, Grzegorz Strozyk. EDINBURGH: Kevin Wolbert, Matt Wethers, Kalle Katajisto, Andrew Tully, Craig Cook, Jay Herne, Ashley Morris. IN: Cook (from Workington), Herne (from Bournemouth NL). OUT: Ryan Fisher, William Lawson GLASGOW: Joe Screen, Josh Grajczonek, James Grieves, Christian Henry, Theo Pijper, Michal Rajkowski, Nick Morris. IN: Grieves (from Redcar), Rajkowski (from Berwick), Henry, Pijper. OUT: Travis McGowan (to Somerset), John Branney, Lee Dicken, Jake Anderson. IPSWICH: Kevin Doolan, Chris Schramm, Taylor Poole, Morten Risager, Lasse Bjerre, Chris Mills, Jerran Hart. INS & OUTS: New to Premier League in 2011. LEICESTER: Sergey Darkin, Richard Sweetman, Ilya Bondarenko, Richard Hall, John Oliver, Jan Graversen, Jamie Courtney. INS & OUTS: New to Premier League in 2011. NEWCASTLE: Rene Bach, Mark Lemon, Stuart Robson, Jason King, Derek Sneddon, Kyle Newman, Richie Worrall. IN: Robson (from Lakeside), Newman (from Birmingham), Worrall (from Scunthorpe). OUT: Kenni Larsen, Dakota North (to Somerset), Adam McKinna. NEWPORT: Leigh Lanham, Kyle Legault, Kim Nilsson, Robin Aspegren, Mark Jones, Alex Davies, Todd Kurtz. IN: Jones (from Newport NL). OUT: Craig Watson. PLYMOUTH: Ben Barker, Jason Bunyan, Claes Nedermark, Lee Smart, Mark Simmonds, Jesper Kristiansen, James Cockle. INS & OUTS: New to Premier League in 2011. REDCAR: Jason Lyons, Gary Havelock, Aaron Summers, Matej Kus, Peter Juul, Adam Roynon, Robert Branford. IN: Lyons (from Birmingham), Summers (from Birmingham), Roynon (from King's Lynn), Branford (from Buxton), Kus. OUT: James Grieves (to Glasgow), Emiliano Sanchez (to Sheffield), Charles Wright (to Workington), Joe Haines, Tomas Suchanek. RYE HOUSE: Jordan Frampton, Steve Boxall, Chris Neath, Ritchie Hawkins, Luke Bowen, (Tyson) Nelson, Ben Morley. IN: Hawkins (from Somerset), Boxall, Bowen, Nelson. OUT: Linus Sundstrom, Kyle Hughes (to Somerset), Stefan Ekberg, Robbie Kessler. NB. Jason Doyle named as short-term replacement for injured Steve Boxall. SCUNTHORPE: David Howe, Thomas Jorgensen, Carl Wilkinson, Tero Aarnio, Ben Wilson, Viktor Bergstrom, Steve Worrall. IN: Wilson (from Stoke), Jorgensen, Worrall. OUT: Jerran Hart (to Ipswich), Jan Graversen (to Leicester), Magnus Karlsson SHEFFIELD: Shane Parker, Ricky Ashworth, Josh Auty, Emiliano Sanchez, Hugh Skidmore, Simon Lambert, Ashley Birks. IN: Parker (from Somerset), Sanchez (from Redcar), Birks (from Scunthorpe). OUT: Josef Franc (to Berwick), Richard Hall (to Leicester), Paul Cooper (to Scunthorpe/Sheffield NL). SOMERSET: Travis McGowan, Cory Gathercole, Sam Masters, Christian Hefenbrock, Kyle Hughes, Dakota North, James Holder. IN: McGowan (from Glasgow), Hughes (from Rye House), North (from Newcastle). OUT: Shane Parker (to Sheffield), Ritchie Hawkins (to Rye House), Kyle Howarth (to Belle Vue NL). WORKINGTON: James Wright, Tomas Topinka, Rusty Harrison, Peter Kildemand, Richard Lawson, Kenny Ingalls, Charles Wright. IN: J.Wright (from Belle Vue), Topinka (from King's Lynn), Ingalls, C.Wright OUT: Chris Schramm (to Ipswich), Craig Cook (to Edinburgh), Andre Compton, Casper Wortmann. FIXTURE PICTURE... WEDNESDAY MARCH 23: NATIONAL LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Sheffield 7.30 CHALLENGE 2nd leg: Poole v Eastbourne 7.30 CHALLENGE 1st leg: King's Lynn v Birmingham 7.30 THURSDAY MARCH 24: PREMIER LEAGUE: Ipswich v Berwick 7.30 CHALLENGE 2nd leg: Birmingham v King's Lynn 7.30 CHALLENGE 1st leg: Swindon v Lakeside 7.30 CHALLENGE: Redcar v Leicester 7.30 STEEL TOWN TROPHY 2nd leg: Sheffield v Scunthorpe 7.45 FRIDAY MARCH 25: PREMIER LEAGUE: Scunthorpe v Berwick 7.30 PREMIER SHIELD 1st leg: Edinburgh v Newcastle 7.30 CHALLENGE 2nd leg: Lakeside v Swindon 8pm SATURDAY MARCH 26: BRITISH UNDER-21 SEMI-FINAL: Stoke 7.30 SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Wolverhampton 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Rye House v Sheffield 7pm CHALLENGE: Newport v Rest of the World Select 7pm ADRIAN RYMEL TESTIMONIAL: Berwick 7pm SUNDAY MARCH 27: CHALLENGE 1st leg: Newcastle v Redcar 6.30 ADAM SKORNICKI TESTIMONIAL: Wolverhampton 4pm MONDAY MARCH 28: SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v King's Lynn 7.30, Birmingham v Poole 7.30 WEDNESDAY MARCH 30: SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: King's Lynn v Belle Vue 7.30 MARK LORAM FAREWELL: Poole 7.30 THURSDAY MARCH 31: PREMIER LEAGUE: Sheffield v Berwick 7.45, Ipswich v Scunthorpe 7.30 CHALLENGE: Redcar v Workington 7.30 FRIDAY APRIL 1: SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Lakeside v Wolverhampton 8pm PREMIER LEAGUE: Scunthorpe v Newcastle 7.30, Somerset v Rye House 7.30 SPRING TROPHY 1st leg: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30 SATURDAY APRIL 2: SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Belle Vue 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Redcar 7pm, Newport v Somerset 7pm, Rye House v Newcastle 7pm, Workington v Scunthorpe 7pm CHALLENGE: Leicester v Sheffield 7.30, Stoke v Team Viking 7.30 SUNDAY APRIL 3: PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Newport 4pm PREMIER SHIELD 2nd leg: Newcastle v Edinburgh 6.30 MONDAY APRIL 4: SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Swindon 7.30 ELITE SHIELD 1st leg: Wolverhampton v Poole 7.30 WEDNESDAY APRIL 6: SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: King's Lynn v Swindon 7.30 ELITE SHIELD 2nd leg: Poole v Wolverhampton 7.30 THURSDAY APRIL 7: SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Swindon v King's Lynn 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Ipswich v Somerset 7.30, Redcar v Scunthorpe 7.30, Sheffield v Newport 7.45 CHALLENGE: Birmingham Bulls v Team America 7.30
