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TAI Woffinden swept into the British Final with a 15-point maximum in Thursdays semi-final at Sheffield.Woffinden will be chasing his first national title on home territory at Wolverhampton on May 13, with Josh Auty, Olly Allen, Richard Hall, Ashley Birks, Chris Schramm and defending champion Scott Nicholls joining him as qualifiers from Owlerton.Woffinden said: It was another good night for me. I made some good starts and some bad starts but I had plenty of speed all night so managed ended unbeaten which was great. I'm really happy to have booked my place in the Final and I'm looking forward to trying to finally win it.Ben Barker and Simon Stead have been named as British Final Wild Cards, although Birmingham and Ipswich have an injury concern over Barker who withdrew on Thursday with a recurrence of a scaphoid injury. (SPEEDWAY 2)
SWINDON were made to work hard by Eastbourne at Blunsdon with the home side winning 49-43 but the Eagles taking an Elite League point.Simon Gustafsson and Cameron Woodward managed a 4-2 in the final race, inflicting the first defeat of the night on Robins skipper Hans Andersen, to give the visitors some reward for their display.Swindon boss Alun Rossiter said: I'm pleased that we got the win but slightly disappointed that we threw a point away because we should have had all three really.His Eagles counterpart Trevor Geer added: That was much more like it. A lot more fight, a lot more passion, particularly from Simon and Timo (Lahti) and another fantastic performance from Cameron.
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NEWCASTLE snatched a late League Cup point at Redcar despite the early withdrawal of heat-leader Richie Worrall following a first-ride crash.The Diamonds had been emphatic winners on their previous visit to the South Tees Motorsports Park, but were 32-46 down after thirteen races before 5-1s in the last two races brought the final gap down to six points.Newcastle boss George English said: We said these Bears were a better side than earlier in the season and tonight they proved that, but our minor but debilitating knock to Richie was a telling point in the result.I'm sure we were still in for the win had he been there to take his full compliment of races, and now sadly it looks like Richie wont make the Plymouth Knockout Cup first leg (on Friday).
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BERWICK have booked in-form Kevin Doolan to guest for injured No.1 Ricky Ashworth in their Premier League opener against Sheffield on Saturday.Ashworth is still suffering from the effects of his crash at Edinburgh last week so Doolana Bandits rider back in 2002steps in, with the visitors themselves monitoring the fitness of their own No.1 Simon Stead.Berwick director George Hepburn said: We will not ask Ricky to rush back onto the bikes. He has had a couple of bouts of concussion in short order recently, and needs a bit of rest to recuperate.He has been to see a specialist near his Manchester home this week, and well listen to the medical report, as well as making sure Ricky is ready, before any plans are made to bring him back on board.
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FRIDAY APRIL 26:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Peterborough v Belle Vue 7.30PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP 1st leg: Plymouth v Newcastle 7.15LEAGUE CUP: Edinburgh v Berwick 7.30
SATURDAY APRIL 27:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Poole 7.30PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Sheffield 7pmPREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP 2nd leg: Workington v Ipswich 7pmLEAGUE CUP: Rye House v Plymouth 7pmCHALLENGE: Stoke v Buxton 7pm
SUNDAY APRIL 28:PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Redcar 3pmPREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP 2nd leg: Newcastle v Plymouth 6.30NATIONAL LEAGUE: Mildenhall v Coventry 4.30NATIONAL TROPHY: Buxton v Isle of Wight 3pm
MONDAY APRIL 29:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Poole 7.30, Coventry v Wolverhampton 7.30
TUESDAY APRIL 30:PREMIER LEAGUE: Scunthorpe v Workington 7.30NATIONAL SHIELD: Dudley v Mildenhall 7.30CHALLENGE: Isle of Wight v Stoke 7pm
