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GREAT Britain boss Neil Middleditch has called up Ben Barker and Lewis Bridger for Thursdays World Cup Race-Off in Prague.Barker and Bridger join Tai Woffinden and skipper Chris Harris from the line-up which finished second to Denmark at Kings Lynn on Monday, and they replace Craig Cook and Edward Kennett.Middleditch said: Ben rides in the Czech League and has got the experience out there. He has started to show his true form of late, so were giving him the opportunity.Lewis rides in Poland for Rybnik and he assures me he has fast bikes out there, so weve also handed him the chance for Thursday which hes very excited about.I feel sorry for Craig Cook, he worked his socks off on Monday night and his chance will come again without doubt.Australia are beatable, so are Latvia and the USA, Ive spoken to both Chris and Tai and there is a genuine feeling that we can win the Race-Off and make the World Cup Final.(SPEEDWAY 2)
SHEFFIELD star Richard Hall is celebrating winning his first-ever Longtrack Grand Prix after taking victory in Marmande on Saturday.Hall had finished seventh and fourth in the two previous rounds before taking the final step to the top of the podium at the weekendand to complete a fine result for Great Britain, Scunthorpes David Howe was in third place.Hall said: Everything just went so well for me and I'm really happy. It was one of those days when everything felt so right. The bike felt good and I was enjoying riding, and thats the key to it all really.Hopefully this can help me with my form for the rest of the season and it has to go down as the best result of my career, definitely. Im just over the moon.
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WORKINGTONS Kyle Howarth will be fit to return for the Comets this weekend despite his bizarre accident in Sundays Premier League Fours at Peterborough.Howarth suffered an arm injury in the back-straight incident which occurred shortly after a race stoppage, but with no broken bones he is set to resume at Plymouth on Friday.Comets boss Tony Jackson said: When he got knocked off his machine on Sunday after his first race was stopped it was initially feared that he may have suffered a broken left arm but thankfully Kyle has escaped with bad bruising. He obviously feels a bit second-hand right now but says that he will definitely be fit for this coming weekend, which is great news.
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GLASGOW have signed Danish Under-21 international Anders Thomsen as they bid to end a run of eleven straight defeats.19-year-old Thomsen has joined the Ashfield club as a replacement for Jonas Raun and will make his debut at Somerset on Friday.Tigers boss Sean Courtney said: Anders rode in Poland in the European final and beat a few good ones there. He was the World 80cc Champion three years ago. He came back from an injury this year and hes got going pretty good, so he sounds like a good talent to get.Hes only 19 so we feel like the potential is there. If someone goes out and wins a World title in any event it shows theyve got a good pedigree.(SPEEDWAY 5)
STOKE boss Malcolm Vasey says he will not get carried away by the Potters 48-45 win at Kent on Monday.Vaseys side ended a disappointing run of results with victory in the final National Trophy fixture of the season with Kyle Hughes top-scoring on 13 points as they finished third in the table behind Isle of Wight and Mildenhall.Vasey said: We took the lead in the early stages of the meeting despite missing Luke (Chessell) who was caught up in traffic and we maintained the lead throughout which was very pleasing. Having said that, Kent have not beaten anyone so far this season and we will not let it cloud our judgmentyes, it was very pleasing to win, but it still does not iron over the cracks that we have.
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TUESDAY JULY 16:FAST GOLDEN HAMMER: Dudley 7.30
WEDNESDAY JULY 17:NATIONAL LEAGUE: Kings Lynn v Isle of Wight 7.30
THURSDAY JULY 18:PREMIER LEAGUE: Ipswich v Scunthorpe 7.30, Redcar v Edinburgh 7.30, Sheffield v Rye House 7.45
FRIDAY JULY 19:PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Newcastle 7.30, Plymouth v Workington 7.15, Scunthorpe v Redcar 7.30, Somerset v Glasgow 7.30NATIONAL LEAGUE: Coventry v Isle of Wight 7.30
