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DARCY Ward and Chris Holder were unbeaten for the third successive home meeting as Poole defeated King's Lynn to go six points clear at the top of the Elite League table.Ward scored another full maximum with Holder paid for a full house and skipper Davey Watt added 11 from four rides in the Pirates' 58-36 win.Mads Korneliussen was the play-off chasing Stars' only race winner, taking the flag twice in his ten-point haul, with the visitors having to settle for second places in their tactical rides for Kenneth Bjerre and Niels-Kristian Iversen.The table-topping Pirates next race at Lakeside on July 22 following the World Cup break, with a trip to Coventry following three days later.
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TROY Batchelor gave arguably his finest performance in a Peterborough race-jacket with a 15-point maximum at Coventry in the first round of the Knockout Cup.The in-form Aussie led the Panthers to a 50-42 first leg win to put them firmly in control of the tie, and young Swede Linus Sundstrom also reeled off four straight wins before falling in Heat 15.Batchelor said: "It's definitely up there in terms of my best meetings, for sure. I just made some good starts and got out in front and rode my own race. It was difficult track conditions but it's a lot easier if you can get out in front!"It's been a good day; good starts and a great result for the team. We pulled off a win and we've showed what we can do when we click. It's good to see the Polish boys do well away, especially Norbi (Kosciuch). He's struggled a bit away from home but tonight he was great, and that bodes pretty well for us."
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LAKESIDE have announced that Kauko Nieminen is to join a Premier League club in a doubling-up capacity following ratification from the BSPA.The Finn will retain a place in the Hammers' Elite League squad, sharing a spot with Kevin Doolan, with the other doubling-up berth to be filled by Stuart Robson and fit-again Kyle Legault.Hammers boss Jon Cook said: "Kakke has been in need of more meetings to get back to his very best and we felt this was the time to make this move possible."I would like to tell our fans that this is probably the start of changes and it's likely we won't stop here although this will be our declared team heading into the first week's fixtures after the Speedway World Cup."(FIXTURES)
THURSDAY JULY 7:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Birmingham v Wolverhampton 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Ipswich v Glasgow 7.30, Redcar v Newcastle 7.30, Sheffield v Edinburgh 7.45
FRIDAY JULY 8:PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Somerset 7.30, Plymouth v Newport 7.30, Scunthorpe v Leicester 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Hackney v Isle of Wight (at Lakeside) 8pm
SATURDAY JULY 9:PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Somerset 7pm, Leicester v Ipswich 7.30, Newport v Redcar 7pm, Rye House v Scunthorpe 7pm NATIONAL LEAGUE: Stoke v King's Lynn 7.30
SUNDAY JULY 10:PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Somerset 4pm, Newcastle v Edinburgh 6.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE: Buxton v Hackney 3pm
