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SOMERSET ended Leicesters unbeaten home record dating back to August 2011 with a dramatic 47-46 win at the Premier League leaders.The Rebels trailed by twelve points at the half-way stage and had also seen reserve Stefan Nielsen crash out of the meeting, but Nick Morris scored a paid maximum with Jason Doyle and Josh Grajczonek adding double-figure scores to complete a remarkable comeback.Somerset boss Garry May said: I knew that our strength lay in the second half of the meeting, and that proved to be the case as we provided six out of the last seven heat winners, but we also crucially backed that up with heat advantages with Nick, Doyley and Josh being superb all night for us.Leicester co-promoter Alan Jones added: Records are there to be broken and it is naive to think that it would go on indefinitely. It was going to happen sometime but we have to question ourselves after being ahead by twelve points.(SPEEDWAY 2)
RICHIE Worralls second place in Heat 15 was enough to secure Newcastle a hard-earned 46-44 win at Rye House after a close night of racing.Both sides led during the meeting but Worrall and Stuart Robson secured a big 5-1 in Heat 13 to put the Diamonds four points up, and with the penultimate race shared Worrall split Nelson and Anders Mellgren in the decider.Newcastle boss George English said: After last weeks Cup defeat nothing was guaranteed tonight, and as for Rye House thinking this would have been an easy win for us - I think the truth fell pretty much mid-way between their thoughts and our beliefs that this was always going to be a hard-fought match, which it was as it wasnt until the last couple of races where we nailed the three points.It could have swung either way, but were delighted to come away with more league points from our travels again and thats pushed us back up into fourth place in the Premier League, so were happy.
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BERWICK overcame the loss of two riders to defeat Plymouth 56-37 and move up to eighth in the Premier League table.Nicki Barrett (shoulder) and Kozza Smith (ill) were both withdrawn by the halfway stage of the meeting, but with Matthew Wethers and guest Ben Barker both scoring paid maximums the Bandits still had enough firepower to take a comfortable win.Berwick boss Ian Rae said: I was so proud of Matthew as he really showed us his best form and proved to everyone his signing really was a fine choice. Another great choice was to get Ben in as a guest as he too went through the night unbeaten by a Plymouth man.David (Bellego) and Robin (Aspegren) also both upped their game magnificently and Plymouth took the brunt, despite us losing two guys mid-match. This was a good performance and one to build upon.(SPEEDWAY 4)
COVENTRY extended their lead at the top of the National League table with a thumping 55-37 win at Stoke their second victory on the road this season.The Storm dominated the race wins at Loomer Road with Joe Jacobs (14+1) and skipper James Sarjeant (13) both showing strong form, whilst reserve James Shanes picked up eight (paid ten) on his debut whilst Stokes Ben Reade suffered a leg injury in a last-race crash and was taken to hospital for x-rays.Coventry boss Laurence Rogers said: What a performance we look like a strong team now, and weve got two great finds at the bottom-end in Luke (Crang) and James.Getting all four points here was very important to us, it puts us on 13 and its a good lead at this stage of the season. Other clubs have been busy racing in the National Trophy, but weve got the points on the board.
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ISLE Of Wight rider Danny Stoneman is back on the sidelines after suffering a broken leg in a freak accident shortly after his comeback from a broken shoulder.Stoneman fell into a water soakaway in a dual carriageway lay-by on his journey home to Devon, and is now likely to be out of action for around eight weeks.Meanwhile Buxton have announced the signing of Jake Knight to boost their National League prospects, although the rider has just been released from Premier League club Sheffield.Buxton promoter Jayne Moss said: We are pleased to have added Jake to our line-up and our thanks go to Sheffield and Kings Lynn for their assistance.
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SUNDAY JUNE 23:PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Berwick 3pm, Newcastle v Plymouth 6.30NATIONAL LEAGUE: Mildenhall v Isle of Wight 4.30NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP 2nd leg: Buxton v Dudley OFF
MONDAY JUNE 24:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Poole 7.30, Wolverhampton v Eastbourne 7.30NATIONAL LEAGUE KO CUP 1st leg: Kent v Isle of Wight 6.30
TUESDAY JUNE 25:NATIONAL LEAGUE: Dudley v Mildenhall 7.30, Isle of Wight v Stoke 7pm
WEDNESDAY JUNE 26:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Kings Lynn v Swindon 7.30, Poole v Belle Vue 7.30
