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MK Knights 25 1. Niall Strudwick 1, 2+, 3 (6+1) 2. Conor Dwyer 3, 3, 3 (9) 3. Connor Mountain 3,3 (6) 4. Martin Pearce 2+, 2+, DNS, DNS (4+2) Sheffield Tiger Cubs 9 1. Ben Holloway R/R 2. Alex Wilson 2, 1, 2, 2 (7) 3. Liam Sanderson F/Ex, F/Ex, DNS 4. Lawrence Fielding 0, 1, 1, R (2) Heat 1. Dwyer, Wilson, Strudwick, Fielding. Time: 56.9. 4-2 Heat 2. Mountain, Pearce, Fielding, Sanderson F/Ex. Time: 54.5. 5-1 (9-3) Heat 3. Dwyer, Strudwick, Fielding, re-run after Sanderson F/Ex. Time: 56.2. 5 - 1 (14-4) Heat 4. Mountain, Pearce, Wilson. Time: 55.5. 5-1 (19-5) Heat 5. Dwyer, Wilson, Fielding F/DNF, Pearce DNS. Time 56.2 3-2 (22-7) Heat 6. Strudwick, Wilson, Pearce DNS, Sanderson DNS. Time: 56.1 3-2 (25-9)

Buxton Jr Hitmen 14 Long Eaton Invaders 21 Jr Hitmen 14 Tom Bacon 2, 2 F =4 Bradley Seal F, NS, NS =0 Scooter Webster 2, 1, 3, 2= 8 Luke Whitehead 1*, 1* 0, 0= 2+2 Invaders 21 David Holt 3, 3, 3 =9 Robert Parker 1, 2* 2= 5+1 Cameron Hoskins 3, 3 R =6 Sam Darroch 0, F, 1*= 1+1 Heat details 1. Holt, Bacon, Parker, Seal (F) 2-4 AWD 2. Hoskins, Webster, Whitehead Darroch 5-7 60.8 3. Hoskins, Bacon, Whitehead, Darroch (F) 8-10 AWD 4. Holt, Parker, Webster, Whitehead 9-15 60.2 5. Webster, Parker, Darroch, Whitehead 12-18 63.6 6. Holt, Webster, Bacon (F) Hoskins ® 14-21

Rye House 22 ( Aaron Mogridge 9, Luke Harris 6+1, Couzins 4+1, Rob Watts 3+1) Castleford 14 ( Adam Sheppard 9, Adam Portwood 4+1, Chris Neame 1, Layne Cupiitt R/R)

Belle Vue v Rye House at Stoke ------- cancelled due to curfew

MDL : CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Mercia-Vikings 14 Rye House Raiders 22 VIKINGS : 1. Ryan Terry-Daley 2 2 2 2 = 8 2. Adam Sheppard RR 3. Conor Dwyer 1’ 2 0 0 = 3+1 4. Ellis Perks f/x 1’ 2 f = 3+1 RAIDERS : 1. Danny Ayres 3 3 3 3 = 12 2. Rob Watts RR 3. Jason Garrad 3 3 1 1 = 8 4. Luke Harris 0 1 0 1 = 2 Ht 1 : Ayres Terry-Daley Dwyer Harris 3-3 3-3 65.2 2 : Garrad Dwyer Harris Perks f/x 2-4 5-7 65.8 3 : Garrad Terry-Daley Perks Harris 3-3 8-10 65.0 4: Ayres Perks Garrad Dwyer 2-4 10-14 64.5 5 : Ayres Terry-Daley Harris Perks (fell) 2-4 12-18 64.8 6 : Ayres Terry-Daley Garrad Dwyer 2-4 12-18 63.6 125cc races : 2a : Dan Thompson , Joe Thompson, Kyle Roberts, Stephen Whitehouse 73.1 4a : Dan Thompson, Joe Thompson, Kyle Roberts, Stephen Whitehouse 72.0 6a : Joe Thompson, Dan Thompson , Kyle Roberts, Stephen Whitehouse 70.8 The Rye House Raiders maintained their bid to make the end of season play offs with a 22-14 win at Coventry over the Mercia-Vikings. Both sides were reduced to three man teams with Vikings Adam Sheppard and Raiders Rob Watts caught up in massive motorway hold ups. Credit is due to both for actually making it through to Brandon with Sheppard having a 7 hour journey but both too late to ride in the match. The Raiders had Danny Ayres in top form coming through in all his rides to record a 12 point maximum whilst he got good backing from Jason Garrad , who has also been riding in Vikings colours this year, who had two wins in his eight point haul. For the home side No. 1 Ryan Terry-Daley , rusty after not having ridden since Coventry Storm’s meeting on August 1st, notching 8 from his 4 rides. Local lad Conor Dwyer started well with a superb on the line third spot in heat 1 and a second in heat 2 but his lack of recent track action saw him tail off in his last two outings. 2014 debutant Ellis Perks had a mixed night coming down in heat 2 when challenging Garrad for the lead then picking up a third and a second before falling in his last ride but showed lots of promise. The Vikings have a busy Bank Holiday Monday with a hoe clash against runaway league leaders Milton Keynes in the afternoon after the Bees clash with Leicester then travelling the short distance to face Long Eaton in the evening after the Lions v Bees return clash. Teams : VIKINGS : 1. Conor Dwyer 2. Adam Sheppard 3. Layne Cupitt 4. Ellis Perks MK KNIGHTS : 1. Shaun Tedham 2. Niall Strudwick 3. Sam Chapman 4. David Holt LONG EATON INVADERS : 1. Lee Geary 2. Alex Wilson 3. Layne Cupitt 4, Adam Portwood VIKINGS : 1. Shaun Tedham 2, Scooter Webster 3. Adam Sheppard 4. Ellis Perks

Still a few spaces left for Sun Aug 31

Sheffield v Castleford Thurs Aug 21st cancelled due to lack of medical cover after Liam Carr's crash in PL meeting .

Due to fixture backlogs it has been agreed by all parties concerned that the Stoke V Coventry and Rye House v Kings Lynn MDL clashes will count for both league points and the KO Cup.

Up to and including Saturday, August 16, 2014 M W D L W D L F A Pts 1 Milton Keynes 13 5 0 0 6 0 2 279 171 22 2 Belle Vue 12 5 0 1 3 1 2 240 173 17 3 Rye House 10 5 0 1 2 1 1 200 157 15 4 Stoke 14 4 0 3 3 0 4 252 239 14 5 King's Lynn 12 4 0 4 2 0 2 225 181 12 6 Castleford 10 3 0 1 3 0 3 156 151 12 7 Coventry 9 3 0 2 2 0 2 145 115 10 8 Long Eaton 15 3 1 4 1 0 6 236 295 9 9 Sheffield 11 1 1 3 1 0 5 131 238 5 10 Buxton 12 0 1 4 0 1 6 130 274 2

due to rider unavailability MDL match OFF

Stoke 'Hartshill Cycles' Spitfires 22 Buxton Jr Hitman 8 Spitfires 22 Cameron Hoskins 3, 3, 3 Fx =9 Ben Hewitt 2*, 3, 3 =8+1 Scooter Webster 1, 2*, 2* = 5+2 David Holt R/R Jr Hitmen 8 Sam Darroch 1, 1, 2=4 Bradley Seal 2, 1(15m) =3 Luke Whitehead 0, F, 1=1 Layne Cupitt F, F=0 Heat details: 1. Hoskins, Hewitt, Darroch Cupitt (F) AWD 5-1 2. Hoskins, Seal, Webster, Whitehead, 69.7 9-3 3. (rerun) Hewitt, Webster, Seal (T15m) Whitehead (F) AWD 14-4 4. Hoskins, Webster, Darroch, Cupitt (F) AWD 19-5 5. Hewitt, Darroch, Whitehead, Hoskins (F) AWD 22-8 6. Not run due to curfew. Cam Hoskins and Ben Hewitt showed they knew the best way round Stoke with a fantastic showing from both riders, good support from Scooter Webster meant the Spitfires were run away winners despite missing number 1 David Holt who rode 7 rides in the preceeding NL meeting. Buxton suffered a number of unlucky falls which meant the meeting didn't get as close as it perhaps should have been. Both Seal and Cupitt having bad nights, Bradley managing to go through the tapes and punished 15m in heat 3, and Cupitt falling in both his rides the second causing extensive damage to his bike. Due to the number of falls heat 6 couldn't be run as the curfew had been reached, so the referee closed the meeting. Like

Coventry Training School /Practice Cancelled this Sunday (Aug 17th) Regrettably Sunday’s Training School/ Practice (which was fully booked) will now not take place. With the recent wet weather and a busy schedule of Elite League Speedway action on Friday and Monday at Brandon plus car racing on Saturday the decision has been made early. Organiser Laurence Rogers is naturally disappointed but fully understands the Stadium’s situation, “ The riders will be as disappointed as me I am sure. This was due to be our first school this year and was fully booked with many new faces lined up to ride. Our next school is on Sunday August 31st and that one is already over half booked as is the one on Sunday September 14th.” “Riders wishing to book for these can text 07801429304 or e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk with their name, contact details, age, cc of bike and riding experience so they can be allocated to correct groups.”

Coventry Training School /Practice Cancelled this Sunday (Aug 17th) Regrettably Sunday’s Training School/ Practice (which was fully booked) will now not take place. With the recent wet weather and a busy schedule of Elite League Speedway action on Friday and Monday at Brandon plus car racing on Saturday the decision has been made early. Organiser Laurence Rogers is naturally disappointed but fully understands the Stadium’s situation, “ The riders will be as disappointed as me I am sure. This was due to be our first school this year and was fully booked with many new faces lined up to ride. Our next school is on Sunday August 31st and that one is already over half booked as is the one on Sunday September 14th.” “Riders wishing to book for these can text 07801429304 or e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk with their name, contact details, age, cc of bike and riding experience so they can be allocated to correct groups.”

thank you for your concern tsc1 but we have a very good turn out booked and as far as we are concerned it is all systems go >>>>>> the dirt deflector question .....can you message me or e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk and will discuss it. I realise about the fence etc but this should be all sorted.

CUBS FIRST WIN ON THE ROAD LONG EATON 16 TIGER CUBS 19 The Tiger Cubs recorded their first win away from home with a well deserved victory against a spirited Long Eaton Invaders team at Leicester last night. The Cubs got off to the worst possible start with Alex Wilson taking an uncharacteristic fall at the tricky 3rd/4th bend and Sean Phillips correctly pulling over when he found his front wheel spindle working loose to gift the Invaders a first heat 5-0. However the Cubs hit straight back in an eventful Heat 2. Michael Neale, guesting for the Cubs in place of the unavailable Ben Holloway, gated ahead of Cameron Hoskins with Dan Miles making a brilliant gate in third in front of Luke Whitehead who came in as a very late replacement for the home team. Hoskins then lost the back end in turn 2 of the second lap and did a 360 before falling gently to the floor. Miles and Whitehead passed Hoskins who remounted and set off in pursuit. The next two and a half laps were nail-biting as Dan rode faultlessly to hold off Whitehead who was snapping at his back wheel with Hoskins closing at a rate of knots on the pair of them. Going into turn 3 of the last lap there wasn't a whisker between the three of them and Whitehead appeared to have bravely blasted past Miles as they emerged from turn 4 but Dan was not to be outdone and kept the gas on full right to the line to take the referee's verdict by inches at the chequered flag. An absolutely brilliant race and the resulting 5-1 to the Cubs brought us right back into the match and got all the lads buzzing, sensing the possibility of a victory. Heat 3 pitched together first-time winners Layne Cupitt and Michael Neale against each other and it appeared that Cupitt would take the honours as he made the jump out of the gate and led for the first couple of laps but then slid off and handed the Cubs a 4-2 heat advantage. After that disastrous start the Cubs were now one point ahead and with Alex and Sean taking the minor placings behind Cam Hoskins in the next they kept their slender lead going into the final two heats. A 4-2 to the Invaders meant the Cubs were trailing by 1 point going into the final race which saw a repeat of the the tantalising Cupitt/Neale confrontation. This time it was Michael who made the gate and settled into a great rhythm to keep Layne at bay, and with Sean close behind in third the heat advantage was enough to hand the Cubs victory. When Layne's engine blew on lap 3 it was only the margin of victory that changed. A great team effort by all the Cubs and a great advert for MDL racing with the Invaders also playing their part in a very exciting meeting. LONG EATON INVADERS 16 Layne Cupitt 3,F,R, = 3 Sam Darroch 2+1,2,1, = 5+1 Luke Whitehead 1,0,1, = 2 Cameron Hoskins 0,3,3, = 6 SHEFFIELD TIGER CUBS 19 Sean Phillips R,1+1,2+1, = 3+2 Alex Wilson F,2,2, = 4 Michael Neale 3,3,3, = 9 (max) Dan Miles 2+1,1,0 = 3+1 Heat1 - Cupitt, Darroch, Phillips®, Wilson(F), - 5-0 (5-0) Heat2 - Neale, Miles, Whitehead, Hoskins(F,rem) - 1-5 (6-5) Heat3 - Neale, Darroch, Miles, Cupitt(F) - 2-4 (8-9) Heat4 - Hoskins, Wilson, Phillips, Whitehead, - 3-3 (11-12) Heat5 - Hoskins, Wilson, Darroch, Miles, - 4-2 (15-14) Heat6 - Neale, Phillips, Whitehead, Cupitt® - 1-5 (16-19)

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A DRAW AFTER FOUR TIGER CUBS 12 BUXTON JUNIOR HITMEN 12 A horrendous-looking crash in the main meeting caused a lengthy delay leaving little time for the MDL match with the curfew looming. However with co-operation from all sides four races were completed and a result achieved. Heat 1 saw the normally-reliable Tom Bacon flip his bike over from the start but thankfully he was soon stomping back across the centre green, more than a little annoyed with himself. The re-run was won comfortably by Layne Cupitt to share the points (3-3) and that set the trend for the remaining races with each one resulting in wins for the Cubs but with the Junior Hitmen packing in for the minor places. Ben Holloway (pictured), in his first meeting for the Cubs since his return from injury, was particularly impressive with two comfortable wins including a rare defeat of Cupitt in Heat 4, and was well supported by the ever-improving Alex Wilson who notched up a win and a second place. Layne Cupitt led the Junior Hitmen from the front with his team-mates all chipping in with vital points to keep the scores level. It's never satisfactory not to complete all six races, and no doubt both teams will believe that they could have clinched victory in the last two races, but, based on the first four heats, a draw was probably a fair result. SHEFFIELD TIGER CUBS 12 Sean Phillips 1+1,F, = 1+1 Alex Wilson 2,3, = 5 Ben Holloway 3,3, = 6 Dan Miles 0,0, = 0 BUXTON JUNIOR HITMEN 12 Layne Cupitt 3,2, = 5 Tom Bacon F,1+1, = 1+1 Scooter Webster 1+1,2 = 3+1 Bradley Seal 2,1+1, = 3+1 Heat 1 - Cupitt, Wilson, Phillips, Brown (F) - 3-3 (3-3) 68.9 Heat 2 - Holloway, Seal, Webster, Miles - 3-3 (6-6) 68.1 Heat 3 - Wilson, Webster, Seal, Phillips (F) - 3-3 (9-9) Awarded Heat 4 - Holloway, Cupitt, Bacon, Miles - 3-3 (12-12) 68.4 Lik

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COVENTRY Storm's away match at Devon on Saturday has been postponed. A statement from the Plymouth promotion reads as follows: THE Saturday afternoon double header with the Devon Demons in National League action against Coventry and Stoke has been postponed because of a planning issue. An official statement from the promotion says: “Devon Demons Speedway regrets to announce that, due to a technical issue regarding the Planning Consent at St Boniface Arena, it is not possible to stage speedway racing at the venue this Saturday afternoon August 9. “The matches against Coventry and Stoke are therefore postponed. “Plymouth Speedway wish to assure both their supporters and speedway fans in general that the situation is purely about this meeting and all other matches at Plymouth, both in the Premier League and National League, are unaffected.” There is no meeting at Brandon this Friday (Aug 8) but Coventry stage the Buildbase National League Fours, involving eight teams, on Sunday afternoon (2.30pm).

Within hours of announcing the schools we have had an amazing response and for the initial one on Sun Aug 17th there are still a few spaces remaining ,,,,,so get booking!! Sorry that we do not have any hire bikes etc as we have had a few enquiries for this. It is for riders with heir own equipment and open to all classes of speedway bikes

MDL SUN AUG 3rd Buxton 11 (Reece Downes 3r 8 , Luke Whitehead 3r 3, Dan Miles 3r 0) Castleford 23 ( Tom Bacon 3r 8, Sam Darroch 4r 7+2, Andy Blackburn 3r 6, Layne Cupitt 2r 2+1( Stoke 14 ( Lawrence Fielding 3r 5, Sam ward 3r 4+1, Tom Bacon 3r 3+_1, Paul Bowen 3r 2) Belle Vue ( Michael Neale 3r 9, David Holt 3r 7+2, Connor Fletcher 3r 3, Ben Holloway 3r 3) Ht 1 : Neale Holt Bacon Ward 1-5 1-5 69.2 2 : Holloway Fielding Fletcher Bowen(f/x) 2-4 3-9 Awarded 3 : R/R -- Ward Bacon Fletcher Holloway (x) 5-1 8-10 70.6 4 : Neale Holt Fielding Bowen (f/rm) 1-5 9-15 68.8 5 : Neale Fielding Fletcher Bacon (f/x) 2-4 11-19 Awarded 6 : Holt Bowen Ward Holloway 3-3 14-22 68.1

Coventry Speedway Training School dates : Due to the re-arranged Bees v Leicester EL clash for Sun Aug 31st the Training School has to be cancelled.

Match not going ahead as track staff need to work on air fence etc ahead of Sky match on Monday 28th. No new date yet.

COVENTRY Storm have moved to fill the gap created by Luke Crang’s injury with the signing of experienced National League racer Luke Priest. Crang faces six to eight weeks on the sidelines with a broken shoulder-blade, and with several fixtures coming up over the coming weeks the City Gearboxes Storm have brought in a new face rather than rely on the rider-replacement facility. 29-year-old Priest captained Stoke last season and finished with an unreflective sub-five point average – not helped by the fact that the Potters failed to complete their fixtures. That average, however, enables him to slot into the Storm team initially at reserve, where subject to BSPA approval he will make his debut in Friday’s double-header against Buxton and King’s Lynn. With no team place forthcoming over the winter, despite being linked with several clubs, Priest spent an extended spell in Australia, but having recently returned to the UK he is excited to get his chance with the Storm. He said: “I’ve been back in the country for just over a month, and this is a really good move for me. “I’ve got to make the most of being at reserve, some people might see it as a backward step but it’s a good opportunity to score some big points for the club. “My equipment is top-notch and I feel good in myself, so although inevitably I’m not going to go out and win every race I’m confident and I like riding at Coventry. I understand the play-offs are a possibility, we’re still in the KO Cup, and it’s great to be part of a winning team!” Storm boss Laurence Rogers said: “Luke and I go back a long way, he’s a rider who gives 100 per cent and he’s always been a great team man. He’s champing at the bit to get going for us. “I’m absolutely amazed that nobody included him on his average this year, and when we got the news of Luke Crang’s injury we really felt rider-replacement wouldn’t give us enough, especially with the number of fixtures coming up. “I’d like to thank my good friend Peter Mole and his colleagues at Luke’s parent club Sheffield, who were very good and helpful. “I’ve discussed it with Crangy, who doesn’t know exactly how long he’ll be out for, and he understands that we have to do the best we can – he wants us to win the League. I really feel sorry for him having got his bikes all sorted again, he’s gutted about the injury but I’m sure he’ll be back.”

and good racing!!