(SPEEDWAY 1)BIRMINGHAM'S enigmatic Pole Krzysztof Kasprzak went through the card with an18-point maximum at former club Coventry to help his side to a point.The home side withstood a late scare including an 8-1 to the Brummies inHeat 13, but they had to be content with two points from the meeting asKasprzak regained his form and reeled off a series of five wins.Brummies boss Graham Drury said: "That was the sort of performance I expectweek-in, week-out, and it beggars belief how Krzysztof can ride like he hasin the last few home matches, and then nobody could get near him!"Going into the last heat we were very confident we could get the 5-1 to winthe meeting, it wasn't to be but I'm still very pleased for the supporters.I think they all went home with a smile on their faces, because the journeyhome on Thursday couldn't have been a very pleasant one."(SPEEDWAY 2)PETERBOROUGH boss Trevor Swales admitted reserve strength had beenall-important as his side went down to a 55-41 defeat at Lakeside.The Hammers made a stunning start with four straight maximums to go 20-4 up,and recent signing Kim Nilsson continued his prolific start to life atPurfleet with a score of 14 (paid 17).Swales said: "It was probably just a bridge too far for the two reservesbecause they were against a strong pairing from Lakeside. Their two reservesgot paid 20 points between them whereas ours got paid four."The boys did show some spirit but by then it was a bit too late. They'vegot to get off to better starts and stop giving away silly points at thebeginning of the meeting."(SPEEDWAY 3)POOLE have completed the full transfer of Swedish youngster Thomas HJonasson from Edinburgh - although the move will not necessarily lead to theSwede racing for the club this year.Jonasson has been out of British racing since a spell with Swindon in 2010,but he has impressed on the international stage, including in the recentWorld Cup.Pirates promoter Matt Ford said: "Thomas has not fully committed to Britishspeedway but I am really keen to have him at Poole. I came close to signinghim a couple of seasons ago and have been keeping a watch on how he has beengoing."I have given Thomas a schedule of our fixtures and if we feel we need tomake a change to our declared 1-7 then obviously he could come into thereckoning, but as things stand at present it is more to a view of 2012 thatI am looking."(SPEEEDWAY 4)SCUNTHORPE skipper David Howe took a quarter of a second off the EddieWright Raceway track record to get his side off to a flying start againstGlasgow.Howe dropped just one point from five rides with flying reserve ThomasJorgensen piling up paid-19 as the Scorpions got the better of the PremierLeague title favourites with a 54-36 win.Promoter Rob Godfrey said: "We had a bigger crowd in for this meeting and itwas great that we could dig deep and win so well against strong opposition.It's a shame that our fans didn't get to see Screenie (Joe Screen) ridingbut they picked some outstanding guests and it was like facing an all-starsside."It was an outstanding meeting and with a bigger crowd and a good victoryhopefully a few will be back next week to see us take on Ipswich."(SPEEDWAY 5)IPSWICH manager Pete Simmons pinpointed an improvement in commitment as hisside returned to winning ways with a 47-43 victory at Plymouth.Ben Barker kept up his remarkable winning run for the home side - he has nowwon 31 consecutive races at the St Boniface Arena - but the Witches were themore solid team despite the injury absence of Taylor Poole.Simmons said: "Chris (Louis) and I are very pleased with the result. Theteam worked well together and showed a big improvement in their commitmentlevels."I was particularly pleased with the performance of the two reserves, Jerran(Hart) and Ritchie (Hawkins), who scored 17 points between them. We will belooking for this improved commitment to continue as we enter the secondphase of league fixtures, starting with Newcastle at home next Thursday."(SPEEDWAY 6)RORY Schlein saw off the challenge of the home regulars to secure his thirdScottish Open title at former club Edinburgh.Schlein took five wins out of five in the qualifying races before headinghome Monarchs trio Kevin Wolbert, Craig Cook and Matthew Wethers in theFinal.One of Schlein's potential challenges Olly Allen was ruled out of themeeting after a heavy first-ride crash, although reports suggest he emergedlargely unscathed.Schlein said: "I love coming back here and showing the people who gave me myfirst break in speedway how I've progressed. I've still got so many friendshere."(FIXTURES)

SATURDAY JULY 30:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Swindon 4pm PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick vNewcastle 7pm, Leicester v Newport 8pm, Rye House v Plymouth 7pm, Workingtonv Glasgow 7pm NATIONAL LEAGUE FOURS: Stoke 7pmSUNDAY JULY 31:PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Edinburgh 4pm, Newcastle v Workington 6.30NATIONAL LEAGUE: Newport v Isle of Wight 2.30 BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPRound 2: Buxton 2pmMONDAY AUGUST 1:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Coventry 7.30, Wolverhampton v Lakeside7.30TUESDAY AUGUST 2:NATIONAL LEAGUE: Dudley v Mildenhall 7.30 WPA HEALTH TROPHY: Isle of Wight7.30