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LINE-UPS have been declared for the National League Fours at Stoke on Sunday (3.30pm).All eight clubs are represented in this weekends prestigious event at Loomer Road with Mildenhall defending their title.Stoke promoter Dave Tattum said: Were really banging the drum for the meeting, and its a huge honour for Stoke Speedway to be staging this major event.It should be a great day of racing and were looking forward to welcoming supporters from all over the country.
GROUP A:KINGS LYNN: Lewis Rose, Darren Mallett, Jake Knight, Lewis Kerr.ISLE OF WIGHT: Ben Hopwood, Brendan Johnson, Adam Ellis, Darryl Ritchings.COVENTRY: Luke Crang, James Shanes, James Sarjeant, Oliver Greenwood.MILDENHALL: Josh Bates, Nathan Stoneman, Jon Armstrong, Dan Halsey.GROUP B:STOKE: Luke Priest, Luke Chessell, Steve Worrall, Kyle Hughes.DUDLEY: Gareth Isherwood, Lewis Blackbird, Paul Starke, Ashley Morris.BUXTON: Ryan Blacklock, Adam McKinna, Liam Carr, Charles Wright.KENT: Benji Compton, David Mason, Ben Morley, Steve Boxall.
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SWINDON returned to the top of the Elite League table with a convincing 56-37 win over Kings Lynn at Blunsdon.The Robins have the best race-points difference of the three clubs level on 48, with reserve Kyle Howarth putting in a fine display against the Stars with 11+3 as all of the home sides regular riders scored well. The visitors went into the meeting without Latvian rider Andzejs Lebedevs, who has stood down from his place in the team.Swindon boss Alun Rossiter said: That was a good nights work from us. They were a bit depleted but you can only beat whats in front of you, and they are a team in contention for the play-offs.Kyle was great. Hes been working hard and getting frustrated, so this is great for him because hes been going in the right direction. Things are looking good and theres more to come.
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WOLVERHAMPTON gained revenge over local rivals Birmingham with a 51-39 win in front of a bumper crowd at Monmore Green.Tai Woffinden scored a paid maximum and reserve Jacob Thorssell also contributed an impressive 14+1 for the home side, who had been beaten 57-33 at Perry Barr last week.Wolves boss Peter Adams said: I don't normally single riders out but Jacob was brilliant, to score like that was a major factor in us gaining all three points.It was a fabulous speedway meeting and the three points go a long way towards us securing a place in the play-offs.
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BELLE Vue paid tribute to club legend Peter Craven in perfect style with a hefty 59-35 home win over Coventry.Craig Cook headed up a powerful all-round performance for the Aces, dropping his only point to Bees No.1 Krzysztof Kasprzak in the last race, as the home side dominated proceedings for their second successive home win.Belle Vue Director of Operations Chris Morton said: It was great to see such a big crowd in attendance for this special event, but I think what was really positive about it was that we had such a good meeting.I think we needed the win. Everyone was enjoying their speedway instead of getting frustrated with it, and all of the riders had a good meeting, including the guests, which was good for us and very good for the fans.
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SEBASTIAN Alden is set to return to British racing with former club Berwick.The Swede quit Kings Lynn earlier in the season but is now being lined-up by the Bandits who stress it will be as an injury replacement for Ricky Ashworth, whose condition remains unchanged after his crash at Scunthorpe earlier this month.Berwick manager Ian Rae said: As soon as news about Ricky reached Seb, he contacted us to enquire about his former team-mates well-being, and then after thinking about it to offer to come back and ride as a Bandit again if we were going to be short-handed.This came right out of the blue, but after discussing the matter with Rob Lyon at Kings Lynnwho was sympathetic about the situationand talking it though with everyone, we have elected to bring Seb back in as an injury replacement, if the authorities give us the all-clear.(FIXTURES)
TUESDAY AUGUST 13:NATIONAL LEAGUE: Dudley v Stoke 7.30, Isle of Wight v Mildenhall 7pm
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14:SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Poole v Peterborough 7.30PREMIER LEAGUE: Somerset v Sheffield 7.30NATIONAL LEAGUE: Kings Lynn v Kent 7.30
THURSDAY AUGUST 15:PREMIER LEAGUE: Ipswich v Workington 7.30, Redcar v Leicester 7.30, Sheffield v Edinburgh 7.45
FRIDAY AUGUST 16:PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Somerset 7.30, Scunthorpe v Plymouth 7.30NATIONAL LEAGUE: Coventry v Kings Lynn 7.30
