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The first two riders selected for the Academy will be announced soon ...so watch out for details

think you will find that he and his dad have decided to just get as many rides as they can this year and not do NL ..he has been asked by several clubs.

It is High Edge ..........depends which way you come I suppose. You go through Leek if you go on M6 !

next Coventry Training Day /Open Practice will be on Saturday July 2oth 9.30-1.30 with sign on at 8.30 and rider briefing at 9.15. Cost £35 with day licences available. Riders will be graded into similar ability / experience groups to ensure maximum track time given. Bookings by e-mail to : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk or by txt to 07801429304 or 07510768392

and where was James Sarjeant at that point ???

It was Dale Entwistle

perhaps because not all clubs doing the Trophy ?

forecast is to clear up and be sunny later

Jan O Pedersen’s newly launched British Speedway Academy , aimed at producing future home bred World Stars, is already planning ahead with the next stage of development. Having come through the highly successful Scandinavian scheme himself to reach the highest level as 1991 World Champion , Jan O wants to mirror what he knows works and add his own brand and flavour to the schemes. The initial Academy scheme is aimed at the 16-19 age group with the NVQ Level 3 qualification built in along with the help and support Jan O will provide with all aspects of the sport brought into their learning curve. But Jan O realises that there is potential for helping a wider audience of riders from a young age and those with lack of experience but outside the age parameters of the Academy. Therefore he is designing another set up that will not only provide entrants to the Academy in the years to come as well as catering for those who are outside the age levels for this. The scheme will all tie in with the membership club that has been devised with two levels of entry at £25 (Foundation) and £100 (Executive) with the more support this derives the more riders Jan O can help and support. Jan O says, “ I have thought long and hard about this and discussed it with Laurence Rogers , who is assisting me and running the membership club along with Lisa Heath who is my old fan club secretary . We believe there are riders out there from a young age to those a little older who can benefit from the scheme and want to open the opportunity up to them. “ “We are looking at running some training schools open to riders of all ages so I can assess them and give help and guidance where needed. We will also incorporate many of the aspects on the main Academy course and do workshop guidance along with diet and health as well as offering one to one help.” “ I really want to see this succeed and will do all I can to ensure it does. Riders interested in this can e-mail : jano@speedwayacademy.co.uk or laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk and we will get back to you with our plans and schedule along with details of how to join the scheme.” website : www.speedwayacademy.co.uk

Yes Phil!!

MK Knights 21: 1. Niall Strudwick 2, E/F, 2+, 1+ Total 5 + 2 2. Adam Sheppard E/F, E/F 3. Conor Dwyer 2+, 3, 3 Total 8 + 1 4. Danno Verge 3, 2+, 3 Total 8 + 1 Long Eaton Invaders 14: 1. Lee Geary R/R 2. Cameron Hoskins 1, 0, 0, 0 Total 1 3. Jez Pestell 3, F E/X, 2, 2 Total 7 4. Adam Portwood 1, 3, 1, 1 Total 6 Heat 1: MK 2 - LE 4 Pestell (r/r for Geary), Strudwick, Hoskins, Sheppard E/F Time 63.2 Heat 2: MK 5 - LE 1 (7 - 5) Verge, Dwyer, Portwood, Pestell F/ Ex Race awarded Heat 3: MK - 0 LE - 5 (7 - 10) Portwood, Pestell, Sheppard E/F, Strudwick F / Ex Time: 63.4 Heat 4: MK - 5 - LE 1 (12 - 11) Dwyer, Verge, Portwood (r/r for Geary), Hoskins (both Verge and Hoskins off 15 metres after tapes exclusions) Time: 64.1 Heat 5: MK - 5 LE - 1 (17 - 12) Verge, Strudwick (replacing Sheppard), Portwood, Hoskins Time: 63.2 Heat 6: MK - 4 LE - 2 ( 21 - 14) Dwyer, Pestell, Strudwick, Hoskins (r/r for Geary), Time: 63.5 A strong MK Knights team took on the Invaders were forced to operate rider replacement for Lee Geary's after his late call up to the Stoke squad. After taking the advantage in heat 2 the Knights were left to ruing their luck when an engine failure for Adam Sheppard and fall for Niall Strudwick allowed to Invaders to claim all five points in heat 3. Heat 4 was eventually settled on the third time of asking after Danno Verge and Cameron Hoskins both started off 15 metres for tapes infringements, with Verge coming from behind to follow Conor Dwyer home for maximum points. Advantages in heats 5 and 6 lead the Knights to victory and back to winning ways.

Midland Development League result Castleford HG Aerospace Kings 23 Kings Lynn Lightning 13 Castleford. Max Clegg............ 3 3 3 = 9 max Michael Neale....... 2+1 1 3 = 6+1 Matt Williamson.....2 3 0 =5 Adam Portwood.....0 1 2+1 =3+1 Kings Lynn. Adam Kirby...........1 2 1+1 = 4+1 Tyler Govier..........0 F 1 =1 Lewis Rose............3 2 2 =7 Josh Bailey.............1 0 0 =1 Heat 1 time 60.97 1 Clegg 2 Neale 3 Kirby 4 Govier. Clegg gated and hit the front with the other three riders all jostling for position around the first and second turn it was a determined Michael Neale who emerged from the pack and followed team mate Max Clegg, Castleford's own turbo twins striking an early blow with a 5-1 heat advantage Heat 2 time 61.87 1 Rose 2 Williamson 3 Bailey 4 Portwood. Lightning reduced the deficit by two points in this heat with Rose outgating Williamson though he did noticeably close the gap over the final two laps of the race with Bailey finishing third ahead of Portwood who immediately returned to the pits to make changes to his set up. 2-4 overall 7-5 Heat 3 time 60.82 1 Clegg 2 Rose 3 Neale 4 Bailey Clegg from the gate over Rose who led home Neale who though on the pace could not close the gap and with Bailey finishing in last place The Kings restored their four point advantage.4-2 overall 11-7 Heat 4 time 61.25 1 Williamson 2, Kirby 3. Portwood 4. Govier (fell) Williamson romped home to a tapes to flag victory over Kirby and with Portwood looking livelier he took third place with Govier falling on the second bend of the final lap. 4-2 overall 15-9 Heat 5 time 61.62 1. Neale 2. Portwood 3. Govier 4. Bailey Neale and Portwood launched themselves out of the gate with the former looking assured and stretching his lead over the four laps whilst Portwood did well to keep the Kings Lynn pair at bay as the Kings recorded their second maximum heat victory to secure their first league points of the season. 5-1 overall 20-10 Heat 6 time 60.72 1. Clegg 2. Rose 3. Kirby 4. Williamson The question on everyone's lips was could anyone prevent Max Clegg from recording a maximum and when Rose and Kirby both outgated Clegg a shock looked on the cards. With Clegg and partner Williamson tussling around the first and second bend with Kirkby it was Clegg who emerged out of the pack but by now Rose was the length of the back straight ahead. Clegg was relentless in stalking his prey and was on the back wheel of Rose at the end of lap two eventually lining him up for a superb inside swoop to pass him entering the third turn of the penultimate lap 3-3 final score 23-13

MDL K O Cup Semi-Final Friday June 21st Coventry CITY GEARBOXES Mercia-Vikings 20 (42) Long Eaton Invaders 16 (29) The CITY GEARBOXES Vikings secured their place in the inaugural MDL KO Cup Final with a 20-16 victory over Long Eaton to give an overall scoreline of 42-29. They will face Stoke in the Final following the Spitfires 23-13 away win over Kings Lynn midweek with the Norfolk club conceding the tie. The Vikings were well led by 16 year old whiz kid James Shanes , who has gained promotion to the Coventry Storm National League side. The Dorset based teenager raced to another 9 point maximum to follow up being unbeaten in the first leg at Leicester a few weeks ago. He was backed up by new recruit Ryan Terry Daley who won his first to rides convincingly before snapping a chain on the line in his final ride to rob him of a maximum as well. New skipper John Markham ended on a high note with a race win in his last ride after a wheel to wheel battle with Long Eaton’s Jeremy Pestell who crashed on the pits bend with the closely following Viking Cam Hoskins laying his bike down to avoid him with the race awarded. The Invaders batted hard with Lee Springthorpe in the thick of the action having a ding dong battle with John Markham in heat 4 getting the better of the Coventry captain on the final bend. CITY GEARBOXES Vikings 20 1. Ryan Terry-Daley 3 3 R = 6 2. Cam Hoskins 0 0 1 = 1 3. James Shanes 3 3 3 = 9 4. John Markham 1 0 3 = 4 LONG EATON Invaders 16 1. Lee Geary 2 2 1’ = 5 +1 2. Lee Springthorpe 1’ 1’ 2 = 4+2 3. Conor Dwyer 0 1’ 2 = 3 +1 4. Jeremy Pestell 2 2 f/x = 4 Ht 1 : Terry-Daley Geary Springthorpe Hoskins 3-3 3-3 63.4 2 : Shanes Pestell Markham Dwyer 4-2 7-5 65.1 3 : Terry-Daley Pestell Dwyer Hoskins 3-3 10-8 64.2 4 : Shanes Geary Springthorpe Markham 3-3 13-11 64.4 5 : Markham Springthorpe Hoskins Pestell(f/x) 4-2 17-13 Awarded 6 : Shanes Dwyer Geary Terry-Daley (ret) 3-3 20-16 64.1

STOKE Hartshill Cycles Spitfires romped to a 23-13 victory over the King’s Lynn Lightning in the first leg of the Midland Development League KO Cup semi final at the Norfolk Arena on Wednesday evening. The Spitfires were in control of the meeting from the off and continued to dominate the six heats which sees’ them take a ten point lead into the second leg at Loomer Road. Spitfires team manager Mike Gittings said “It was a great performance from the guys. Charles rode very well to gain vital points beating both Josh Bailey and Connor Mountain. The result now gives us a great chance for a place in the Midland Development League KO Cup final and we now have to keep our feet on the ground with the second leg to come at Loomer Road.” King’s Lynn Lightning 13: Andy Mountain 9 Josh Bailey 4 Connor Mountain 0 Stoke 23: Adam Portwood 8+2, Shaun Tedham 9, Charles Wallace 6+3

Sorry Sam . At this stage we haven't hire bikes available. School FULLY BOOKED now ......will release date for July session asap.

Stoke ' Hartshill Cycles ' Spitfires romped to a 23-13 away win in the mdl ko cup against Kings Lynn Lighting scores: Spitfires- A.portwood 8+2 S. Tedham 9 C. Wallace 6+3. Lightning- A.Mountain 9 J. Baliey 4 C. Mountain 0

Midland Development League : Monday June 17th Belle Vue DIAMOND H Colts 15 Coventry CITYGEARBOXES Mercia-Vikings 21 The 100% unbeaten record of the Belle Vue Colts was taken with the on-form Mercia Vikings recording their third successive away win with a convincing 21-15 victory. The Vikings had previously had away success at Leicester against Long Eaton in the MDL K O Cup semi-final and then followed that up with a 20-16 victory at Stoke on Saturday. They started their clash in Manchester with the Belle Vue Colts with a strong opening two heats to lead 9-3 with newest recruit Ryan Terry-Daley leading the way with two victories including a heat one success over high flying Dudley reserve Max Clegg. The Colts pulled back some of the deficit with a 4-2 in heat 3 only for the CITY GEARBOXES Vikings to put themselves in a great position with a 5-1 from Terry-Daley and Conor Dwyer in heat 4 to lead 16-8. Michael Neale took heat 5 but with Danny Phillips and Terry-Daley behind him the drawn heat meant that Coventry were home and dry at 19-11. A final heat 4-2 to the home side gave a final score of 15-21 with the three man Vikings side claiming the two league points to catapult them up the league table to third . Missing the unavailable Tyler Govier the trio of Dwyer, Terry-Daley and Phillips took four rides apiece to maintain the Vikings recent form. The Vikings now face Long Eaton at Coventry on Friday in the MDL K O Cup Semi-Final 2nd leg holding a nine point lead from the first leg. DIAMOND H Colts 15 1. Max Clegg 2 3 3 = 8 2. Michael Neale F 1 3 =4 3. Matt Williamson R 0 1 = 1 4. Andy Mellish 1 1 0 = 2 CITY GEARBOXES Vikings 21 1. Conor Dwyer 1 0 2’ R = 3+1 2. Ryan Tery-Daley 3 3 3 1’ = 10+1 3. Tyler Govier R/R 4. Danny Phillips 2’ 2 2 2 = 8+1 Ht 1 : Terry-Daley Clegg Dwyer Neale(fell) 2-4 2-4 2 : Terry-Daley Phillips Mellish Williamson (ret) 1-5 3-9 3 : Clegg Phillips Neale Dwyer 4-2 7-11 4 : Terry-Daley Dwyer Mellish Williamson (f/rm) 1-5 8-16 5 : Neale Phillips Terry-Daley Mellish 3-3 11-19 6 : Clegg Phillips Williamson Dwyer(ret) 4-2 15-21

Tony has retired. Small mention in speedway star this week with an interview with him in the next edition. Great guy , an inspiration as a captain ...would make a great team manager

so do I TMW --was trying to help Tom Young last night having known him since he started riding and rode for me at Newport. He had bike problems we tried to sort but it was his confidence that was a big problem as well.

AJ KIng is correct --it was Tom Young not Perry who fell and withdrew last night at Stoke. Hope Tom Perry is ok.

Newport tried a few meetings with £10 admission and one did have a much better attendance ....but as pointed out the increase has to be much higher to cover the costs involved

Castleford HG Aerospace KIngs 15 Belle Vue Diamond H Colts 21 Castleford 15 Danny Phillips 7 ... Andrew Blackburn 4 Callum Harris 2+1 Kevin Keay © 2 Belle Vue Colts Max Clegg 7+1 Matt Williamson 8 Robert Shuttleworth 5+1 Sean Phillips 1 heat 1 Clegg Blackburn S.Phillips Keay time 60.22 heat 2 D.Phillips Williamson Shuttleworth Harris time 60.44 heat 3 Williamson Blackburn Shuttleworth Keay time 60.81 heat 4 D.Phillips Clegg Harris S. Phillips FX no time race awarded 3rd lap heat 5 Shuttleworth Keay Harris S.Phillips NS time 63.31 heat 6 Williamson Clegg D.Phillips Blackburn time 60.13 An entertaining MDL meeting with some good racing marred by an injury to Long Eaton Invaders Sean Phillips who was guesting for Belle Vue.Heat 1 saw Max Clegg pop out of the gate to lead for the duration of the race with Andy Blackburn collecting 2 points for second place and Colts Sean Phillips picking up third Belle Vue opened up an early 2 points advantage.Heat 2 saw Danny Philips swoop around the outside of Matt Williamson exiting the second bend of the first lap and with Robert Shurttleworth picing up third place the points were shared.Heat 3 saw Williamson lead from the gate to be followed home by Castlefords Andy Blackburn and with Shuttleworth again picking up 3rd place Colts increased their overall lead to four points.Heat 4 was the race of the night with Danny Phillips outgating Clegg who hounded him throughout the race and twice moved to make an inside pass only for Danny to block the move and with Clegg again shaping to line up Danny coming out of turn two of the final lap the referee switched on the red lights and awarded the race D.Phillips Clegg Harris giving Castleford their first heat advantage and pulling back the defecit to two points.The race was stopped after Sean Philips picked up extra drive exiting the fourth bend on lap three resulting in him crashing in to the fence at the end of the start finish straight.Heat 5 and with Sean Phillips in the ambulance Belle Vue elected to start the race with one rider Robert Shuttleworth who lead from the gate followed home by Kevin Keay and Callum Harris for a share of the points leaving the Colts holding a slender two point heat going in to the final race of the night.Heat 6 saw Clegg and Williamson out gate Danny Phillips who hounded them for four laps but the Colts team riding held him at bay.Andy Blackburn who had rode well after a long spell of inactivity on the track was understandably by now tiring and finished in last position.A below strength Colts and a hastily assembled scratch built Kings team provided good racing and a 6 point win for the Colts looks a more convincing win than it actually was with the Kings always in contention until the final heat.Sean Phillips was taken to Scunthorpe Hospital for an x-ray on his injured right ankle and early reports were hopeful that there will be no fracture. (Sean Phillips --broken bone in foot)

MDL : Saturday June 15th STOKE SPITFIRES 16 Coventry CITY GEARBOXES Mercia-Vikings 20 The COVENTRY GEARBOXES Vikings finally got their first MDL victory of the 2013 campaign with a 20-16 away win over Stoke to follow –up the previous week’s K O Cup away win over Long Eaton. They took full advantage of the home side losing Shaun Tedham with a cracked frame after his first ride with the on form 16 year old whiz kid James Shanes again on top form. The diminutive racer from Dorset belies his lack of experience with some breathtaking rides dropping one point to home man Lee Payne , who had scored 8 points in the preceding National League Trophy encounter, but also gaining revenge over the Stoke reserve by winning heat 6 in fine style. He also set a time just 0.1 outside Lee Smart’s heat 15 win in the main match when winning heat 3 when John Markham joined him for an all important 5-1 to put the Vikings ahead 11-7. Markham put his side in a strong position when winning the all important penultimate heat ensuring the Vikings went in to the final race two points up at 16-14. He dropped one point with paid eight in his three rides with his best performance to date in Vikings colours. Shanes and Ryan Terry-Daley then ensured victory with a 4-2. Terry-Daley was a little anxious in his second ride in heat 4 when breaking the tapes but fought through from the 15 metre handicap for a vital second place. Vikings debutant Lawrence Fielding , although not scoring, improved as the meeting progressed and will have gained from the experience. The Vikings next home clash is the second leg of the MDL K O Cup semi-Final at Brandon on Friday against Long Eaton holding a nine point lead from the away encounter. STOKE SPITFIRES 16 1. Shaun Tedham 2 N N = 2 2. Charles Wallace 1’ 1 2 0 = 4+1 3. Lee Payne 3 3 2 = 8 4. Sam Ward 0 0 1 1’ = 2+1 COVENTRY City Gearboxes MERCIA-VIKINGS 20 1. Ryan Terry-Daley 3 2 1 = 6 2. Lawrence Fielding 0 0 0 = 0 3. James Shanes 2 3 3 = 8 4. John Markham 1’ 2’ 3 = 6+2 Ht 1 : Terry-Daley Tedham Wallace Fielding 3-3 3-3 Ht 2 : Payne Shanes Markham Ward 3-3 6-6 3 : Shanes Markham Wallace Ward 1-5 7-11 4 : Payne Terry-Daley (15m) Ward Fielding (ret) 4-2 11-13 5 : Markham Wallace Ward Fielding 3-3 14-16 6 : Shanes Payne Terry-Daley Wallace 2-4 16-20

think the early heat delays were caused by the referee really -- some were down to a bit of movement at tapes but he was holding them far too long

superb all round team performance which put the Storm back at the top of the NL table