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MANCHESTER City Council have given the go-ahead for the new Belle Vue Sports Village which will include a custom-built stadium for the Aces.It will now go to the planning permission stage, with the club targeting an opening date of March 2014.CEO David Gordon said: This is a red letter day in the long history of the club. It marks the start of a new era and gives speedway in Manchester a massive future.Chief Operations Officer Chris Morton added: I have dreamed of the Aces having a new stadium ever since the one at Hyde Road closed in 1987. This is a brilliant day and the reward for so much hard work.
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SWINDON made it four wins out of four at the start of the Elite League season with victory in a thriller at Birmingham.Peter Kildemand won the decisive final race for the Robins as they took the match 47-43, with Polish youngster Kacper Gomolski playing a key role at reserve to inflict the Brummies first defeat.Swindon boss Alun Rossiter said: This is a hard place to come and obviously we are all thrilled with the result, it's brilliant.When I looked at the last race I was always confident of getting what was needed because Peter and Batch (Troy Batchelor) were in great form. I'm very happy.(SPEEDWAY 3)
KINGS Lynn withstood a strong challenge from Coventry to emerge from their Norfolk Arena clash with maximum points and move second in the Elite League table.The Stars trailed 29-31 after Heat 10 but finished strongly and No.1 Niels-Kristian Iversen took a fine win in Heat 15 to secure a 49-41 resultleaving Bees promoter Mick Horton to rue a missed opportunity.Horton said: It was a much-improved performance, and the boys tried very hard. But obviously the collapse in the races following the interval was disappointing.The meeting was there and we should at least have come away with a point, which was what we deserved, but once again were so near and yet so far, so in the end its a very frustrating and disappointing evening.(SPEEDWAY 4)
LAKESIDE will go into their home match against Birmingham on Friday without skipper Davey Watt due to a broken scaphoid.The Hammers will use the rider-replacement facility for the Australian and have also confirmed a kids for a quid admission deal to cover children aged 6-16, with accompanied younger children free.Promoter Jon Cook said: Its time to get the season properly underway and with no Davey we need all of the team to pull their weight.This meeting is the last home Friday match for three weeks due to the break for the Grand Prix but Sky Sports will be in town a week on Tuesday (April 23) when the Kings Lynn Stars will be with us.
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THE Premier League Knockout Cup gets underway at Edinburgh on Friday as the Monarchs take on Leicester in a first-round tie.The return fixture takes place in the East Midlands on Saturday, whilst the Berwick/Redcar tie also gets underway on the same evening.Edinburgh skipper Derek Sneddon said: Leicester will not be easy opponents in the Cup, they look very strong on paper. But I honestly believe we can do it, we did fantastically well down there last year and were unlucky not to win.Leicester boss Glyn Taylor said: Edinburgh are another team with a very good home record and at the very least we need to keep in contention throughout the meeting up in Scotland to give ourselves a chance of outscoring them over the two leg tie.
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REDCAR have moved for Australian rider Mitchell Davey on a temporary contract to replace broken leg victim Max Dilger.The 23-year-old former Glasgow and Berwick man will make his Bears debut in their League Cup clash with Workington at the South Tees Motorsport Park on Thursday.Promoter Brian Havelock said: Mitchell knows our track well and he has the experience of the away circuits too. He is keen to get back into racing in the Premier League again and welcomes the opportunity with our club.
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THURSDAY APRIL 11:LEAGUE CUP: Ipswich v Somerset 7.30, Redcar v Workington 7.30, Sheffield v Leicester 7.45
FRIDAY APRIL 12:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Kings Lynn 8pm, Lakeside v Birmingham 8pm, Peterborough v Swindon 7.30PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP 1st leg: Edinburgh v Leicester 7.30LEAGUE CUP: Plymouth v Ipswich 7.15, Somerset v Rye House 7.30PREMIER SHIELD 1st leg: Scunthorpe v Newcastle 7.30
SATURDAY APRIL 13:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Birmingham 7.30PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP 2nd leg: Leicester v Edinburgh 7.30PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP 1st leg: Berwick v Redcar 7pmLEAGUE CUP: Rye House v Plymouth 7pm, Workington v Newcastle 7pmCHALLENGE: Stoke v Isle of Wight 7pm
SUNDAY APRIL 14:LEAGUE CUP: Glasgow v Edinburgh 3pmPREMIER SHIELD 2nd leg: Newcastle v Scunthorpe 6.30NATIONAL TROPHY: Mildenhall v Stoke 4.30
