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Saturday 9th April 2016 Beaumont Park Leicester MDL Long Eaton 8 Belle Vue 26 Long Eaton 1. Layne Cupitt EF FX EF = 0 2. Craig Osborne FX 1 0 = 1 3. Bradley Andrews FX 3 1 = 4 4. Stephen Whitehouse 2 0 1 = 3 Belle Vue 1. David Holt 3 2 3 = 8 2. Sam Wright 2* 1* 2* = 5+3 3. Niall Strudwick 3 3 2* = 8+1 4. Connor Fletcher EF 2* 3 = 5+1 Ht1 (awarded) Holt, Wright, (Osborne fell, exc Cupitt ef) 0-5 / 0-5 Ht2 (Rerun) Strudwick, Whitehouse (Fletcher ef, Andrews fell, exc) 2-3 / 2-8 73.00 Ht3 (awarded) Strudwick, Fletcher, Osborne (Cupitt fell, exc) 1-5 / 3-13 Ht4 Andrews, Holt, Wright, Whitehouse 3-3/6-16 71.63 Ht5 Fletcher, Wright, Whitehouse, Osborne 1-5 / 7-21 75.82 Ht6 Holt, Strudwick, Andrews (Cupitt ef) 1-5 / 8-26 74.19

Scunthorpe Stags v Long Eaton Invaders E-mail from Nigel Hinchliffe: Scunthorpe Stags v Long Eaton Invaders 21:46Nigel Hinchliffe To Laurence Rogers Hi Laurence. Tonight's result: STAGS 16 Chris Hay - 2,2,2, = 6 Lloyd Ditchburn - 1+1,0,0, = 1+1 Luke Whitehead - 1+1, 2,1+1 = 4+21 Sam Chapman - 2,1+1,2, = 5+1 INVADERS 20 Layne Cupitt - 3,3,3 = 9 (max) George Rothery - F, F, F, = 0 Bradley Andrews - 3,3,3, = 9 (max) Stephen Whitehouse - 0,1,1, = 2 HT1 Cuppit, Hay, Ditchburn, Rothery (f), 3-3 (3-3) Awarded Ht2 Andrews, Chapman, Whitehead, Whitehouse. 3-3 (6-6) 62.0s Ht3 Cupitt, Hay, Whitehouse, Ditchburn. 2-4 (8-10) 62.8 Ht4 Andrews, Whitehead, Chapman, Rothery (f). 3-3 (11-13) 61.1 Ht5 Andrews, Chapman, Whitehouse, Ditchburn. 2-4 (13-17) 61.5 Ht6 Cuppit, Hay, Whitehead, Rothery (f). 3-3 (16-20) Awarded.

there is plenty of parking space both today and for Sunday ( where I am looking at overflow car parking for Bomber's Testimonial) . Don't panic folks ...all in hand !!!

If it does become a SKY match I will have to move date as normally they do not like 2nd halves .....which is a pity ! Fixtures amended : amazingly after issuing the fixtures we already have had to do some changes ...some of which help clubs out. OMIT 24/4/16 Buxton v Long Eaton (no meeting at Buxton) OMIT 24/4/16 Scunthorpe v Belle Vue ADD: 24/4/16 Scunthorpe v Buxton OMIT 22/5/16 Scunthorpe v Buxton ADD: Scunthorpe v Belle Vue ADD 24/7/16 Buxton v Scunthorpe OMIT 21/8/16 Buxton v Scunthorpe ADD : Buxton v Long Eaton

MDL FIXTURES IN DATE ORDER: SAT 9 APRIL … LONG EATON V BELLE VUE B LEAGUE SUN 10 APRIL ..SCUNTHORPE V LONG EATON …………….B SUN 10 APRIL .. MILDENHALL V MILTON KEYNES ………..A Mon 11 APRIL COVENTRY V KINGS LYNN A SAT 23 APRIL … LONG EATON V BUXTON B SUN 24 APRIL …SCUNTHORPE V BUXTON ………………B SUN 24 APRIL … MILTON KEYNES V KINGS LYNN A FRI 29 APRIL .. BELLE VUE V LONG EATON……… …..B SUN 1 MAY …. BUXTON V BELLE VUE …………………………B SUN 8 MAY ….. MILTON KEYNES V MILDENHALL ……….A FRI 13 MAY …BELLE VUE V SCUNTHORPE ………………….B FRI 13 MAY … COVENTRY V KINGS LYNN ……………………A SUN 15 MAY ….MILTON KEYNES V KINGS LYNN ………..A FRI 20 MAY … COVENTRY V MILTON KEYNES ……………A SAT 21 MAY … LONG EATON V SCUNTHORPE ……… B SUN 22 MAY ….SCUNTHORPE V BELLE VUE …………….. B SUN 22 MAY ….MILTON KEYNES V MILDENHALL………A SUN 29 MAY …MILDENHALL V COVENTRY ……………….A THUR 2 JUNE …. KINGS LYNN V MILDENHALL ………….A SAT 4 JUNE ..LONG EATON V SCUNTHORPE ……………B FRI 10 JUNE …BELLE VUE V BUXTON ………………….B SUN 12 JUNE SCUNTHORPE …v LONG EATON ……….B SAT 18 JUNE ….LONG EATON V BELLE VUE …………….B SUN 19 JUNE …MILDENHALL V KINGS LYNN ……………A WEDS 22 JUNE … KINGS LYNN V COVENTRY A FRI 24 JUNE …….BELLE VUE V BUXTON ………………….B SUN 26 JUNE BUXTON V SCUNTHORPE B THUR 30 JUNE … KINGS LYNN V MILTON KEYNES …….A SUN 3 JULY ……… MILTON KEYNES V COVENTRY …….A SUN 3 JULY …SCUNTHORPE V BELLE VUE B SUN 3 JULY ………BUXTON V LONG EATON……………….B FRI 8 JULY ……….BELLE VUE V LONG EATON…………..B FRI 15 JULY … COVENTRY V MILDENHALL ………………A SUN 17 JULY……MILDENHALL V MILTON KEYNES ……A SUN 17 JULY ….BUXTON V BELLE VUE ………………….B WEDS 20 JULY … KINGS LYNN V MILDENHALL…………A FRI 22 JULY COVENTRY V MILTON KEYNES………A SUN 24 JULY BUXTON v SCUNTHORPE B SAT 6 AUG ….. LONG EATON V BUXTON …………………B SUN 7 AUG …..SCUNTHORPE V BUXTON B SUN AUG 7 MILTON KEYNES V COVENTRY A SUN AUG 7 …MILDENHALL V KINGS LYNN A THUR 11 AUG KINGS LYNN V MILTON KEYNES A FRI 12 AUG BELLE VUE V SCUNTHORPE B WEDS 17 AUG …KINGS LYNN V COVENTRY ……………A SUN 21 AUG ,, MILDENHALL V COVENTRY A SUN 21 AUG BUXTON V LONG EATON………………..B FRI 26 AUG COVENTRY V MILDENHALL A

Sat 20th Feb OFF ---Frost in track has made it too soft and spongy ...nexty session Sat 27th

BAD NEWS!!!! Just had call off Gerard Rathbone who has had the Showground at Peterborough on to inform him that they have a major electrical fault and that we are unable to run the scheduled training sessions the coming two Saturdays...(Feb 27th and March 5th) . Apologies to all the riders who have booked in ...... but beyond our control I am afraid!! Peterborough have announced their pre-season 2016 Training School dates. Sessions are open to riders with their own equipment of all classes and ages . Free day licences for those not on SCB list. Cost is £35 and bookings are by e-mail to : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk or by TEXT to 07801429304. Riders will be put into equal ability / experience groups to maximise track time. The first session is on Saturday February 20th with sign on from 9.30 . When booking please state age, cc bike and experience. Peterborough Training School Dates: Sat February 20th Sat February 27th Sat March 5th

most, if not all , clubs hope to use as near to a squad as possible but this is not always possible for a variety of reasons. The regionalisation is to help reduce outgoings for the lads and dads (and mums etc!) as these riders receive no travel or points money at all. Riders will still appear for more than one team but not as much and I have had several new names to add to the MDL database plus some teams already have some new names for 2016

City Gearboxes MDL 2016 The CITY GEARBOXES sponsored Midland Development League held a highly successful AGM at the BSPA offices in Rugby on Wednesday. The 2016 season looks to be an exciting one as the league takes on a completely new format incorporating two separate league set-ups culminating in a Grand Final at the end of the season. Eight clubs will come to the line in 2016 with three clubs not entering sides in Wolverhampton, Stoke and Peterborough –although Milton Keynes will race their fixtures at the Showground. They raced at Mildenhall last year but the Fen Tigers will be having their own side at West Row in 2016. The league split sees the clubs meet each other in their section twice home and away with the table topping side in each mini-league at the cut -off point fighting it out to be crowned the 2016 MDL champions . The leagues have in section 1: Belle Vue, Buxton, Scunthorpe and Long Eaton; section 2 : Mildenhall, Kings Lynn, Milton Keynes and Coventry. The MDLRC will again be staged at Scunthorpe after last year’s successful event with Bank Holiday Monday August 29th pencilled in for the prestigious league event. Joint co-ordinator Dale Allitt saw the meeting as being a success, “There was a lot of constructive talk from all parties and the spirit of co-operation in ensuring the MDL continues to grow was very evident. We voted in several important changes that need ratifying but it was all very positive from one and all.” Fellow joint co-ordinator Laurence Rogers agreed wholeheartedly with this, “ it was one of the most constructive meetings I have ever been at. The split into two sections was unanimously agreed and will be good for one and all. We have some ideas as to what each section of the league might be called but need to run these past the BSPA and SCB. It all looks very exciting .”

MIDLAND DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE AVERAGES 2015 League matches only. Averages don't include bonus points. (Compiled by Mike Moseley) BELLE VUE RIDER MAT RIDES POINTS BP TOTAL AVERAGE Rob Shuttleworth 2 6 18 0 18 12.00 George Hunter 1 3 8 1 9 10.67 Adam Sheppard 4 12 30 4 34 10.00 ** Alex Wilson 1 3 7 1 8 9.33 Tom Woolley 1 3 7 1 8 9.33 Jack P Blackburn 3 10 23 0 23 9.20 ** David Holt 12 37 84 9 93 9.08 Sam Woods 2 4 9 1 10 9.00 Tom Bacon 4 11 23 0 23 8.36 Andy Mellish 13 43 89 14 103 8.28 ** Sam Ward 1 3 5 1 6 6.67 Ben Basford 2 6 9 0 9 6.00 Sam Darroch 9 26 21 7 28 3.23 ** Connor Fletcher 3 9 7 1 8 3.11 Adam Portwood 2 6 3 1 4 2.00 Stephen Whitehouse 3 7 3 3 6 1.71 Sam Woolley 2 5 1 0 1 0.80 Layne Cupitt 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 ** The Scunthorpe v Belle Vue meeting counted as both home and away fixtures, so the riders scores have been doubled in the above records. BUXTON Danyon Hume 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Dale Lamb 1 3 8 0 8 10.67 David Holt 2 6 16 1 17 10.67 Lee Geary 1 3 8 1 9 10.67 Jack P Blackburn 8 25 64 0 64 10.24 Sam Wright 1 4 10 0 10 10.00 Tom Bacon 2 5 12 0 12 9.60 Jamie Halder 1 3 7 1 8 9.33 Alex Wilson 2 6 14 2 16 9.33 Ben Basford 2 7 15 2 17 8.57 George Hunter 2 5 10 2 12 8.00 Kevin Whelan 2 5 10 1 11 8.00 Tom Woolley 3 7 14 1 15 8.00 Adam Kirby 1 3 6 0 6 8.00 Jeremy Pestell 1 3 5 1 6 6.67 George Rothery 1 3 5 1 6 6.67 Ryan MacDonald 1 4 6 1 7 6.00 David Morgan 6 17 25 5 30 5.88 Chris Bambury 2 7 8 2 10 4.57 Sam Woolley 5 16 18 1 19 4.50 John Gaskell 3 9 10 2 12 4.44 Jack Smith 1 2 2 0 2 4.00 David Speight 1 3 3 0 3 4.00 Stephen Whitehouse 8 25 23 8 31 3.68 Luke Whitehead 1 4 3 0 3 3.00 Paul Bowen 1 4 3 1 4 3.00 Lloyd Ditchburn 1 2 1 1 2 2.00 Blair Smith 2 4 2 1 3 2.00 Lewis Millar 1 3 1 1 2 1.33 Cameron Hoskins 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 COVENTRY Tom Bacon 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Jack P Blackburn 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Martin Knuckey 3 10 28 1 29 11.20 Jeremy Pestell 1 3 8 1 9 10.67 Josh Bailey 1 3 7 1 8 9.33 Conor Dwyer 6 19 44 3 47 9.26 Jamie Halder 3 7 16 0 16 9.14 Danyon Hume 4 13 25 1 26 7.69 ** Robert Parker 6 16 30 1 31 7.50 George Hunter 4 13 24 1 25 7.38 ** Callum Walker 3 8 11 2 13 5.50 Sam Darroch 1 3 4 0 4 5.33 Kyle Roberts 10 31 34 8 42 4.39 ** Rob Watts 1 3 3 0 3 4.00 Mitchell Beckett 8 25 18 8 26 2.88 Connor Fletcher 1 3 2 1 3 2.67 Craig Hancock 2 5 2 1 3 1.60 Sean Phillips 2 4 1 0 1 1.00 Lawrence Fielding 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 Stephen Whitehouse 2 6 0 0 0 0.00 ** ** The King's Lynn v Coventry meeting counted as both home and away fixtures, so the riders scores have been doubled in the above records. KING'S LYNN Josh Bailey 5 15 45 0 45 12.00 ** Jack P Blackburn 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Danyon Hume 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Danny Ayres 1 4 11 1 12 11.00 Ryan Kinsley 6 14 35 0 35 10.00 ** Layne Cupitt 8 23 47 1 48 8.17 Ben Basford 1 3 6 0 6 8.00 Sam Woods 1 3 6 2 8 8.00 Adam Kirby 1 3 6 1 7 8.00 Mitchell Beckett 1 3 5 2 7 6.67 Adam Portwood 14 39 61 10 71 6.26 ** Kyle Roberts 3 9 13 4 17 5.78 Jack Thomas 9 28 29 9 38 4.14 ** George Hunter 2 6 6 1 7 4.00 John Gaskell 1 3 3 0 3 4.00 Stephen Whitehouse 1 3 3 1 4 4.00 Cameron Hoskins 1 3 2 1 3 2.67 Lewis Griggs 3 9 6 1 7 2.67 Sean Phillips 1 3 1 0 1 1.33 ** The King's Lynn v Coventry meeting counted as both home and away fixtures, so the riders scores have been doubled in the above records. LONG EATON Tom Bacon 1 2 6 0 6 12.00 Ben Basford 1 4 10 0 10 10.00 Alex Wilson 4 11 25 1 26 9.09 Layne Cupitt 8 23 52 2 54 9.04 Lee Geary 12 38 80 6 86 8.42 Harvie Banks 1 3 6 1 7 8.00 Paul Bowen 1 3 6 1 7 8.00 Cameron Hoskins 1 3 6 2 8 8.00 Sam Woods 1 3 6 2 8 8.00 Robert Parker 6 13 24 1 25 7.38 Chris Bambury 1 3 5 1 6 6.67 George Hunter 1 3 5 0 5 6.67 Rob Watts 3 7 11 2 13 6.29 Adam Portwood 1 3 4 1 5 5.33 Lee Springthorpe 3 9 10 4 14 4.44 Sean Phillips 1 2 2 0 2 4.00 Jack Thomas 1 3 3 1 4 4.00 Sam Woolley 1 3 3 0 3 4.00 Adam Sheppard 1 1 1 1 2 4.00 Jeremy Pestell 2 5 4 0 4 3.20 Harry Jones 1 3 2 2 4 2.67 Stephen Whitehouse 1 3 2 1 3 2.67 Connor Fletcher 1 3 2 1 3 2.67 Bradley Seal 3 5 3 1 4 2.40 Sam Darroch 4 10 5 1 6 2.00 Craig Osborne 1 3 1 0 1 1.33 David Holt 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 MILTON KEYNES Alfie Bowtell 1 3 8 0 8 10.67 David Holt 2 4 9 1 10 9.00 Conor Dwyer 1 2 4 1 5 8.00 Sam Woods 1 3 6 0 6 8.00 Chris Bambury 1 3 6 0 6 8.00 Tom Bacon 2 5 9 0 9 7.20 Jack Thomas 2 5 9 0 9 7.20 Robert Parker 7 21 37 1 38 7.05 Jeremy Pestell 8 21 35 1 36 6.67 Adam Sheppard 1 3 5 0 5 6.67 Alex Wilson 2 6 10 1 11 6.67 Rob Watts 15 43 68 11 79 6.33 Danyon Hume 1 4 6 0 6 6.00 Lee Springthorpe 6 18 26 5 31 5.78 Connor King 7 19 19 5 24 4.00 Kurtis Scarboro 1 3 2 1 3 2.67 Chris Watts 2 7 4 2 6 2.29 Niall Strudwick 3 6 2 1 3 1.33 Sam Darroch 2 7 2 1 3 1.14 Damon Hall 1 4 1 0 1 1.00 PETERBOROUGH David Holt 1 4 12 0 12 12.00 Tom Bacon 2 5 13 1 14 10.40 Alex Wilson 8 24 62 3 65 10.33 Conor Dwyer 1 4 10 0 10 10.00 Adam Portwood 2 6 15 3 18 10.00 Jamie Halder 1 4 9 2 11 9.00 Danyon Hume 8 25 56 1 57 8.96 Layne Cupitt 2 6 13 1 14 8.67 Jack P Blackburn 1 3 6 2 8 8.00 Ben Basford 7 19 36 7 43 7.58 George Hunter 3 9 16 3 19 7.11 Ben Holloway 3 9 14 4 18 6.22 Lee Geary 1 3 4 2 6 5.33 Jeremy Pestell 1 3 3 2 5 4.00 Lee Springthorpe 1 3 3 0 3 4.00 Sam Woods 1 2 2 0 2 4.00 Saul Bulley 1 3 2 0 2 2.67 Tom Sipos 2 6 4 1 5 2.67 Stephen Whitehouse 4 13 8 3 11 2.46 Daniel Hunt 2 5 3 1 4 2.40 Harry Jones 2 5 2 1 3 1.60 Mitchell Beckett 2 5 1 0 1 0.80 Sam Darroch 2 5 1 0 1 0.80 Chris Bambury 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 SCUNTHORPE Adam Kirby 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Arron Mogridge 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Robert Parker 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Paul Bowen 1 3 8 0 8 10.67 Jack P Blackburn 2 6 15 0 15 10.00 Jamie Halder 9 27 55 1 56 8.15 ** Tom Bacon 1 3 6 0 6 8.00 Mitchell Beckett 1 2 4 0 4 8.00 Chris Bambury 1 2 3 0 3 6.00 Emerson Jones 1 2 3 0 3 6.00 Sam Wright 1 3 4 0 4 5.33 Sam Darroch 5 15 19 2 21 5.07 Luke Whitehead 16 46 53 6 59 4.61 ** Sam Chapman 8 25 23 5 28 3.68 ** Stephen Whitehouse 14 40 36 12 48 3.60 ** Kurtis Scarboro 2 6 4 2 6 2.67 John Gaskell 3 9 4 4 8 1.78 Damon Hall 2 6 1 1 2 0.67 ** The Scunthorpe v Belle Vue meeting counted as both home and away fixtures, so the riders scores have been doubled in the above records. STOKE Danyon Hume 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Ryan MacDonald 2 6 17 0 17 11.33 Tom Bacon 1 4 10 0 10 10.00 Niall Strudwick 1 4 9 0 9 9.00 Sam Woods 1 2 4 1 5 8.00 Sam Ward 6 20 37 0 37 7.40 Sam Darroch 2 7 11 2 13 6.29 Lee Geary 2 6 9 0 9 6.00 Chris Bambury 4 14 19 2 21 5.43 Stevie Anderson 1 3 4 1 5 5.33 Mitchell Beckett 2 7 9 1 10 5.14 Connor Fletcher 8 29 36 3 39 4.97 Stephen Whitehouse 2 7 6 3 9 3.43 Sam Chapman 1 2 1 1 2 2.00 John Gaskell 2 5 2 0 2 1.60 Damon Hall 3 10 3 2 5 1.20 Lawrence Fielding 3 7 2 0 2 1.14 Chris Neame 1 4 1 0 1 1.00 Lloyd Ditchburn 1 4 0 0 0 0.00 Craig Osborne 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 Sean Phillips 1 4 0 0 0 0.00 WOLVERHAMPTON Lee Geary 1 4 11 0 11 11.00 David Holt 1 3 8 0 8 10.67 George Hunter 1 3 8 0 8 10.67 Layne Cupitt 5 13 31 1 32 9.54 Adam Sheppard 6 17 37 4 41 8.71 Kyle Roberts 1 3 6 0 6 8.00 Cameron Hoskins 4 11 21 0 21 7.64 Tom Bacon 1 3 5 0 5 6.67 Robert Parker 2 4 6 0 6 6.00 Sam Woolley 1 3 4 1 5 5.33 Sam Chapman 1 3 3 2 5 4.00 Mitchell Beckett 7 22 19 3 22 3.45 Chris Bambury 5 14 12 0 12 3.43 Connor Fletcher 10 28 23 2 25 3.29 Sam Wright 11 30 24 5 29 3.20 Stephen Whitehouse 4 11 5 0 5 1.82 John Gaskell 1 3 1 1 2 1.33

A new junior training track is due to open in November based at The Ranch Moto-Cross track in the Midlands. The track is approx. 150 metres and the first session will be in Saturday November 7th from 11am till 3pm with cost of £20 per rider. Parking will be in the driveway and wheel bikes into the paddock area then at the end of the session allow people to turn round in the paddock to leave. Organiser Derek Cooper, a former rider himself , aims the sessions in the main for juniors but will allow bigger bikes in set groups. Bookings can be made on Derek Cooper’s Facebook page , by e-mail to : theranch.cooper@talktalk.net or by calling the track number 07772060091. The location is Stanford Mere Lane, near Stanford upon Avon. Follow the signs for Stanford Hall when you reach Stanford hall just keep going!! As you arrive at the bridge that goes over the A14 it is just there on the right hand side just look for the sign. From M6 - Jct1 or M1 - Jct 20, The Postcode is NN6 6JT. They aim to hold weekly sessions on Saturday’s through to the Spring . ---

COVENTRY will stage the final scheduled meeting of the British Speedway season at Brandon on Sunday afternoon (4pm). The City Gearboxes Storm complete their National League campaign with a double-header against Eastbourne and Mildenhall in the last official fixtures of 2015. And the home side, who go into the matches on a run of six straight wins, need to avoid defeat in either of the clashes to confirm a top-four finish in the table - which would go down as a significant achievement with a much-changed team from last year. Their first opponents, Eastbourne, came close to taking the title in their first NL season and have already secured runners-up spot with an exciting young side headed by the hugely talented Bradley Wilson-Dean. And depending on the outcome of their KO Cup Final against Cradley on Saturday, they could arrive at Brandon with a third item of silverware in the bag, having already clinched the Gold Cup and National Trophy. Mildenhall, meanwhile will be looking for their first away win of the National League season in a re-arrangement from the abandoned fixture between the two clubs in late August. Fen Tigers promoter Kevin Jolly has been active in the media with his views on that match, which came to an early halt due to a serious crash involving Storm skipper Dan Greenwood which necessitated the call-out of a county ambulance. Jolly called for his side to be awarded a 16-14 win as they were in front at the time, with just five of fifteen heats completed, as well as erroneously questioning the level of medical cover at Brandon and disputing the arrangement that the Fen Tigers will be appearing second in Sunday’s double-header - having turned down the chance to come to Coventry in a stand-alone fixture earlier this month. It all adds spice to the final match of the season, and promoter Mick Horton is expecting an entertaining 30-race schedule and hoping for a good turn-out ahead of the long winter break. Horton said: “It would be great to see plenty of support for the boys in the very last meeting of the season anywhere in the country this year. “If we win both matches we’ll finish in fourth place, which would be a great effort by the lads, and we’d actually only be one point behind Cradley. “I do hope the fans can prove to us that investing in the youth, as we’ve done over the last three years, is worthwhile. It’s the last meeting so we really want to give the lads a good send-off. We want to invest in youngsters, but we need the support to do it.” The Storm go into the matches with just one change from their regular line-up with Greenwood still on the sidelines, and Buxton heat-leader Liam Carr has been booked to guest at No.1. At the other end of the team, promising 16-year-olds Callum Walker and Jamie Halder will take one match each as the Storm utilise all available members of their squad, with the remainder of the side at full strength. Boss Laurence Rogers said: “When I put our team together I knew each and every one could improve on their starting averages, and they have been a delight to work with. “It has been a very pleasing season despite our disjointed fixture list, and now we want to finish on a high in two tough matches. “I’d like to thank Liam Carr for standing in, he goes well at Brandon and has a good attitude so I’m sure he’ll score plenty of points for us, and I really hope the Coventry fans take advantage of the last chance to see some speedway this season and come and support the boys.” The action gets underway at 4pm, with admission prices £15 for adults, and all children go free. CITY GEARBOXES STORM (from): Mark Baseby, Liam Carr, Conor Dwyer, Jamie Halder (v Mildenhall), Martin Knuckey, Darryl Ritchings, Rob Shuttleworth, Callum Walker (v Eastbourne). EASTBOURNE (from): Richard Andrews, Kelsey Dugard, Ben Hopwood, Marc Owen, Daniel Spiller R/R, Bradley Wilson-Dean, Georgie Wood. MILDENHALL (from): Danny Ayres, Tom Bacon, Ben Basford, Connor Coles, Jack Kingston, Connor Mountain, Luke Ruddick.

Stoke 'Hartshill Cycles ' Spitfires 14 Sam Ward 2,2,1 =5 Sam Woods 3,1, -,= 4+1 Connor Fletcher 0, 2,2,0 =4 Sam Chapman 1*, 0, M =1+1 Milton Keynes Knights 22 Rob Watts 3, 3,3,2* = 11+1 Alfie Bowtell 2, 3,3 =8 Chris Watts 0, 1*, 1,1 =3+1 1. R.Watts, Ward, Chapman*, C.Watts 3-3 2. Woods, Bowtell, C.Watts*, Fletcher 3-3 6-6 3. Bowtell, Ward, C.Watts, Chapman 2-4 8-10 4. R.Watts, Fletcher, Woods* (pushed home), 3-3 11-13 5. R.Watts, Fletcher, C.Watts, Chapman(2Min) 2-4 13-17 6. Bowtell, R.Watts, Ward, Fletcher 1-5 14-22 Two evenly matched team but a rather unlucky meeting for the Spitfires with bike problems for Sam Chapman, and Sam Woods shedding a chain on the last lap whilst leading, but when he pushed home for a point he got the biggest cheer of the night.

MDL Sunday October 18th Buxton JUNIOR Hitmen 18 Wolverhampton Wolf Cubs 18 Hitmen 1. Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 3 3 x/m =6 2. Stephen Whitehouse f/x 0 3 = 3 3. Lewis Millar F 1’ 0 = 1+1 4. Sam Woolley 3 2 1 2 = 8 Wolf Cubs : 1. David Holt 2 3 3 =8 2. Mitchell Beckett 1’ 0 0 = 1+1 3. Sam Chapman 1’ 1’ 1 = 3+2 4. Kyle Roberts 2 2 2 = 6 Ht 1 : JPB Holt Beckett Whitehouse(f/x) 3—3 3-3 2 : Woolley Roberts Chapman Millar (f) 3-3 6-6 3 : JPB Roberts Chapman Whitehouse 3-3 9-9 4 : Holt Woolley Milllar Beckett 3-3 12-12 5 : Whitehouse Roberts Woolley Beckett 4-2 16-14 6 : Holt Woolley Chapman Millar JPB(x/2m) 2-4 18-18

did not take place

MDL The 2015 MDL title has been a close run competition. Despite a cut-off point on September 15th the new champions have not been declared whilst consideration of fixtures up to that point were looked at by the SCB and the MDL. Although Belle Vue led the table at the cut-off date ahead of Kings Lynn a cancellation at late notice by Long Eaton at Kings Lynn was investigated. The Invaders pulled out of the fixture due to being unable to track a team with no dates before the cut-off date forfeited the meeting. Until a full investigation was made the points had not been awarded to Kings Lynn but this has now been concluded and the points awarded to Kings Lynn. Belle Vue were unable to race their match with Peterborough after the Elite League Play-Off semi-final after rain caused that meeting to be curtailed after heat 14. All these points were considered in the final decision and as a result of all this the 2015 MDL title goes to Kings Lynn Lightning.

Peterborough stage their final Training School / Practice session on Saturday October 31st with the usual 10am start with sign on from 9am. Cost is £35 and is for riders with their own equipment. Bookings must include name, age, cc of bike and experience so the riders can be placed in equal ability / experience groups to maximise track time. Bookings by text to 07801429304 or e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk

BELOW is the SCB's statement concerning the abandoned Coventry v Rye House meeting: This Meeting was the 2nd part of a Double-Header being staged after the NL Coventry v Buxton meeting. It was scheduled as a Double Header due to there being a 13th September cut-off date for the NL Gold Cup Qualifiers. However due to circumstances and the onset of rain, the meeting had to be abandoned after 8 completed heats with the score standing at 32-19 in favour of Coventry. As the Meeting could not be restaged before 13th September, it nevertheless meant that Rye House duly qualified for the NL Gold Cup Competition and the Semi-Final meetings with Eastbourne were set in the Fixture List. Coventry, due to their difficulties in restaging the Meeting, as they currently have 3 NL meetings to re-arrange, have requested the SCB to consider implementing SR 15.12 by awarding the Meeting result as the 32-19 meant it was mathematically sure, ie. a 0-5 result in both Heats 9 & 10 would still have resulted in a 32-29 result. Having carefully considered the situation this request has been granted, therefore the Result of this Meeting will be a result of Coventry 32 Rye House 19.

COVENTRY Storm will be staging a National League double-header on Sunday October 25. The opposing teams will be Eastbourne, whose earlier scheduled visit was rained-off, followed by Mildenhall whose appearance in August was abandoned. Start-time on October 25 is 4pm.

Unfortunately just had call off Ged Rathbone and our Training School / Practice on Saturday (26th) at Peterborough has had to be cancelled due to a large show at the Showground over the weekend. Apologies to one and all but beyond my control ..we have been promised an alternative date to replace it and once know I will post it . Next session is due to be Sat Oct 31st unless we get an earlier date in the month.

COVENTRY have a major concern over inspirational skipper Chris Harris ahead of Friday’s crunch play-off clash with Poole. Harris was involved in a heavy crash in Poland on Sunday and has returned to the UK with ankle, wrist and elbow injuries. He plans to see a specialist early this week and it leaves the Buildbase Bees sweating just days before their biggest match of the season. Harris said: “It was a big crash on the first bend with me, Sebastian Ulamek and Michal Szczepaniak, and we all went straight into the fence together. “Me and Seb were actually under the fence for a time and they had the ambulance out but we did manage to walk away. “I carried on in the meeting, it was an important one for the club, but it was afterwards when the adrenaline had eased that I really felt the pain, and I’ve got a swollen wrist and ankle. “I’ve got to get plenty of treatment over the next few days, I really want to be fit for Friday but I’ll have to see what the specialist says.” Bees already have Joonas Kylmakorpi on the sidelines, with Freddie Lindgren booked to guest, and it is now a relief that the initially-scheduled first leg against the Pirates tonight was put back by four days. That call was taken on Saturday afternoon due to an adverse weather forecast, with the conditions of Monday already fully justifying that decision. Boss Gary Havelock said: “You’re always worried about receiving a call saying one of your riders has crashed in another meeting, and now we have to wait and see with Bomber. “He’s massive to our team, and being without him is not really something I want to think about. It’s a huge concern for us. “I will be looking at our options, of course, but we already know how limited they are and at the moment we just have to keep our fingers crossed.”

MDL --Sun Sept 13th BUXTON Junior Hitmen 20 SCUNTHORPE Stags 16 Hitmen : 1. Jack Parkinson-Blackburn R N 3 3 = 6 2. Sam Wright 2 3 2 3 =10 3. David Morgan R/R 4. Chris Bambury 0 2’ f/x 2’ = 4+2 Stags : 1. Emerson Jones 3 f/x N =3 2. Stephen Whitehouse 1 1 1’ = 3+1 3. Luke Whitehead 1’ 1 0 = 2+1 4. Sam Chapman 2 3 2 1 = 8 Ht 1 : Jones Wright Whitehouse JPB (ret) 2-4 2-4 2 : Wright Chapman Whitehead Bambury 3-3 5-7 3 : Chapman Wright Whitehead 2-4 7-11 4 : JPB Bambury Whitehouse Jones (f/x) 5-1 12-12 5 : Wright Chapman Whitehouse Bambury (f/x) 3-3 15-15 6 : JPB Bambury Chapman Whitehead 5-1 20-16 Peterborough Thundercats 14 Kings Lynn Lightning 22 Thundercats : 1. Mitchell Beckett R R = 0 2. Tom Sipos 1 1 0 = 2 3. Sam Darroch f/x 0 1 = 1 4. Alex Wilson 2 3 3 3 = 11 Lightning : 1. Adam Kirby 2’ 2 2 = 6+1 2. Adam Portwood 3 1’ 2 = 6+1 3. Jack Thomas 1 2’ 0 = 3+1 4. Layne Cupitt 3 3 1’ = 7+1 Ht 1 : Portwood Kirby Sipos Beckett (ret) 1-5 1-5 2 : Cupitt Wilson Thomas Darroch (f/x) 2-4 3-9 3 : Cupitt Thomas Sipos Beckett (ret) 1-5 4-14 4 : Wilson Kirby Portwood Darroch 3-3 7-17 5 : Wilson Portwood Cupitt Sipos 3-3 10-20 6 : Wilson Kirby Darroch Thomas 4-2 14-22

Milton Keynes 1. Jeremy Pestell F Ex, Withdrawn 2. Lee Springthorpe 1, 1, 1 (3) 3. Rob Watts 0, 1, 1 (2) 4. Niall Strudwick 1, 0, 0 (1) Belle Vue Colts 1. David Holt 2+, 3, 2 (7+2) 2. Andy Mellish 3, 2+, 2+ (7+2) 3. George Hunter 3, 2+, 3 (8+1) 4. Sam Woods 2+, 3, 3 (8+1) Heat 1. Mellish, Holt, Springthorpe (Pestell F Ex, re run). Time: 57.1. 1-5 Heat 2. Hunter, Woods, Strudwick, Watts. Time 57.5. 1-5 (2-10) Heat 3. Woods, Hunter, Springthorpe. Time: 57.7. 1-5 (3-15) Heat 4. Holt, Mellish, Watts, Strudwick. Time: 58.2. 1 -5 (4-20) Heat 5. Woods, Mellish, Springthorpe, Strudwick. Time: 58.2. 1-5 (5-25) Heat 6. Hunter, Holt, Watts. Time: 58.5. 1-5 (6-30)

Heat 1 Bacon, Hunter, Bambury, Fletcher 2-4 Heat 2 Geary, Wright, Whitehouse, Beckett(Fell) 2-4 Heat 3 Hunter, Geary, Fletcher, Whitehouse 4-2 Heat 4 Bacon, Bambury, Wright, Beckett(Fell) Awarded 1-5 Heat 5 Hunter (R/R for Beckett), Bambury, Whitehouse, Fletcher (Fell) 3-3 Match ended due to curfew Wolf Cubs 12 Invaders 18

Wolverhampton 'Wolf Cubs' 12 George Hunter 2,3,3,Ab =8 Connor Fletcher !0,1,F =1 Sam Wright 2,1,Ab =3 Mitchell Beckett Frm,Fx,(GH) =0 Long Eaton 'Invaders' 18 Tom Bacon 3,3,Ab =6 Full Maximum Chris Bambury 1,2*,2 =5+1 Lee Geary 3,2,Ab =5 Stephen Whitehouse 1,0,1* =2+1 Abandoned after 5 heats- curfew. != 15m handicap, tapes Ab = Abandoned