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BRITISH Champion Scott Nicholls will be going for a second major event victory of the season in the Elite League Riders’ Championship at Swindon on Saturday.Nicholls is one of two home riders in the event with team-mate Nicolai Klindt called up to replace Troy Batchelor, whilst Birmingham now also have two representatives with Daniel King joining Ben Barker as Eastbourne’s Joonas Kylmakorpi is out.Nicholls said: “The Swindon fans have been great and we all want to thank them for standing by us despite the difficult season we’ve had, we know it’s been tough and we haven’t delivered the goods.“The Elite League is still a very hard league with some of the best riders in the world. You have to be at your best to beat them consistently, and that means having everything in place mechanically too.”
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BELLE Vue have advanced to the Knockout Cup Final with a 42-33 home win over Lakeside in a curtailed fixture at Kirkmanshulme Lane. The result was enough to give the Aces a six-point aggregate victory in treacherous conditions, with both sides agreeing to abandon the meeting three heats early.Dates have already been set for the Final, with Belle Vue hosting Poole next Wednesday, October 19, and the second leg at Wimborne Road the following evening.Aces boss Jim Lynch said: “I was immensely proud of the way our boys tackled the conditions and got the job done. Poole are a very strong side who are going for the double but if anyone can topple them, we can.”
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LEGENDARY multiple world champion Hans Nielsen will be the guest of honour at Wolverhampton’s Banks’s Olympique individual meeting next Tuesday.Nielsen, who started his glittering career with the Monmore Green club in the 70s before switching to Birmingham, Coventry and Oxford, will make the journey from his Danish base to meet fans. He won the Olympique three times and his last success came in 1988 when he edged out Sam Ermolenko for the title.Wolverhampton promoter Chris Van Straaten said: “I’m sure there will be plenty of supporters who want to meet Hans and have their picture taken with one of the true legends of the sport.“Hans is more than happy with meet the fans and sign autographs as well as enjoying the occasion of this famous and traditional event which he holds so close to his heart.”
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BRITISH Speedway Events co-ordinator David Hoggart expects another fierce battle for the Elite League Riders’ Championship at Swindon on Saturday.Each top-flight club is represented with Poole duo Chris Holder and Darcy Ward going head-to-head just days after clinching the league title, whilst Wolverhampton’s Freddie Lindgren is back to go for consecutive ELRC victories.Hoggart said: “The 2010 Speedway GB Events culminated at Peterborough with one of the best ever Riders Championships I have been fortunate enough to see, it certainly put paid to the knockers who predicted an under par show. “I expect this year’s event to be even better, the field is strong and the Swindon track is more than capable of delivering top class racing. A win for any of our competitors in this company will be justly deserved, top dog in the top flight does have a ring about it.”
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PREMIER League trophy winners Glasgow and Newport are to officially be presented with their silverware this weekend.Newport defeated Glasgow to win the Knockout Cup and they will receive the trophy at Queensway Meadows on Friday – where Glasgow are the visitors in a league fixture.And in a further irony, Glasgow’s Premier League trophy presentation will take place at their double-header fixture at Ashfield on Sunday – when they face Newport!Glasgow co-promoter Alan Dick said: “These kind of days do not happen very often and I am very excited about seeing our team collect the trophy. Every year we aim to do just this, and it is the reward that our riders and the supporters deserve.”(FIXTURES)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 14:PREMIER LEAGUE: Newport v Glasgow 7.30, Plymouth v Newcastle 7.30, Somerset v Scunthorpe 7.30, Workington v Ipswich 7.30 NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL 2nd leg: Scunthorpe v Belle Vue 7.30 PRIDE OF THE MIDLANDS: Leicester 7.30
SATURDAY OCTOBER 15:ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP, Swindon 5pm PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Workington 7pmCHALLENGE: Stoke v Birmingham Bulls 7.30
SUNDAY OCTOBER 16:PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Newport 1.30, Glasgow v Newport 3.30, Rye House v Ipswich 2pm, Newcastle v Berwick 7pm, Workington v Sheffield 3.30 BERNIE KLATT MEMORIAL TROPHY: Mildenhall 4.30
