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COVENTRY stage the first of several Sunday afternoon fixtures this weekend with the Storm taking centre-stage for their 2015 home opener (4pm). Laurence Rogers’ side will be taking on a Birmingham/Cradley Select side in a Challenge match which should produce plenty of competitive action between two well-matched line-ups. This date was to have been used for a league match against Cradley but that meeting will now take place later in the season – giving the City Gearboxes Storm the opportunity for track time ahead of a busy schedule of away matches to come. Having already ridden well to gain a point from their first league match at Cradley last week, they visit Buxton next Sunday (April 26) and also have trips to Mildenhall and Kent in early May. The full Storm team will be on show with Dan Greenwood in particular having made a blistering start to the campaign with high scores in all of his meetings, both for Coventry and in a series of guest appearances elsewhere. The visitors include six riders from the Birmingham and Cradley line-ups plus Buxton’s Adam Extance, and amongst their septet they track the Brummies’ talented reserve youngster Zach Wajtknecht, who scored paid-15 in a home win over Rye House on Wednesday. In addition to the 15-heat match, there is also a Midland Development League challenge plus 125cc demo races – and for the third season running, admission to National League level meetings at Brandon is just £10 for all adults, with all under-16s going free. Rogers said: “We can only take positives from our opening encounter at Cradley where we picked up a valuable league point. “I wanted to start the new home season with a challenge rather than go straight into a league clash, especially with four new riders in our side, and also Cradley would have been missing several riders on Premier League duty. So this was seen as a sensible solution all round.” COVENTRY (from): Luke Crang, Conor Dwyer, Stefan Farnaby, Dan Greenwod, Martin Knuckey, Darryl Ritchings, Rob Shuttleworth. CRADLEY/BIRMINGHAM (from): Harvie Banks, Adam Extance, Nathan Greaves, Luke Harris, Arron Mogridge, Zach Wajtknecht, Matt Williamson.

BELLE VUE COLTS 21 David Holt 3 3 3 3 = 12 Connor Fletcher R 1 0 = 1 Michael Neale DNR Andy Mellish 3 1 2 2' = 8+1 Long Eaton 14 Lee Geary 2 0 1 = 3 Paul Bowen 1' 2 3 = 6+1 Sam Darroch Fx 2 1 R = 3 Sean Phillips 2 F = 2 Ht 1 - Holt, Geary, Bowen (Frm), Fletcher ® (3-3) (3-3) 69.5 Ht 2 - Mellish, Phillips, Darroch (Fx) 3 riders only (3-2) (6-5) 69.4 Ht 3 - Holt, Darroch, Fletcher, Phillips (f) (4-2) (10-7) Awarded Ht 4 - Holt, Bowen, Mellish, Geary (4-2) (14-9) 68.0 Ht 5 - Bowen, Mellish, Darroch, Fletcher (2-4) (16-13) 67.9 Ht 6 - Holt, Mellish, Geary, Darroch ® (5-1) (21-14) 68.6

BELLE VUE COLTS 21 David Holt 3 3 3 3 = 12 Connor Fletcher R 1 0 = 1 Michael Neale DNR Andy Mellish 3 1 2 2' = 8+1 Long Eaton 14 Lee Geary 2 0 1 = 3 Paul Bowen 1' 2 3 = 6+1 Sam Darroch Fx 2 1 R = 3 Sean Phillips 2 F = 2 Ht 1 - Holt, Geary, Bowen (Frm), Fletcher ® (3-3) (3-3) 69.5 Ht 2 - Mellish, Phillips, Darroch (Fx) 3 riders only (3-2) (6-5) 69.4 Ht 3 - Holt, Darroch, Fletcher, Phillips (f) (4-2) (10-7) Awarded Ht 4 - Holt, Bowen, Mellish, Geary (4-2) (14-9) 68.0 Ht 5 - Bowen, Mellish, Darroch, Fletcher (2-4) (16-13) 67.9 Ht 6 - Holt, Mellish, Geary, Darroch ® (5-1) (21-14) 68.6

Milton Keynes Knights 16 1, Jez Pestell 3, F/EX, 1 (4) 2. Rob Watts 1, 2, 1, 1+ (5+1) 3. Connor King DNS (0) 4. Robert Parker 2, 0, 3, 2 (7) Kings Lynn Lightning 20 1. Ryan Kinsley 2, 3 0 (5) 2. Lewis Griggs 0, 2, 0 (2) 3. Adam Portwood 3, 3, 3 (9) 4. Jack Thomas 1, 1, 2 (4) 1. Pestell, Kinsley, Watts, Griggs. Time: 58.0, 4-2 2. Portwood, Parker, Thomas, King DNS. Time 58.6, 2-4 (6-6) 3. Portwood, Watts, Thomas, Pestell F/Rm 0. Time: 58.1, 2-4 (8-10) 4. Kinsley, Griggs, Pestell, Parker F/Ex. Time; 59.3, 1-5 (9-15) 5. Parker, Thomas, Watts, Griggs. Time: 60.4, 4-2 (13-17) 6. Portwood, Parker, Watts, Kinsley. Time: 57.9, 3-3 (16-20)

Midland Development League Sunday 12th April 2015 PETERBOROUGH Thundercats 22 Scunthorpe Stags 14 Peterborough 22 1. Conor Dwyer 2 3 3 2 = 10 2. R/R 3. Danyon Hume 3 1 2 1’ = 7+1 4. Ben Holloway 1’ 1 1’ 2’ = 5+2 Scunthorpe 14 1, Arron Mogridge 3 3 3 = 9 2. Stephen Whitehouse 0 0 F = 0 3. Jamie Halder 2 2 0 = 4 4. Luke Whitehead 0 0 1 = 1 Ht 1 : Mogridge Dwyer Holloway Whitehouse 3-3 3-3 66.8 2 : Hume Halder Holloway Whitehead 4-2 7-5 3 : Dwyer Halder Hume Whitehead 4-2 11-7 4 : Mogridge Hume Holloway Whitehouse 3-3 14-10 5 : Dwyer Holloway Whitehead Whitehouse 5-1 19-11 6 : Mogridge Dwyer Hume Halder 3-3 22-14

Midland Development League Sunday 12th April 2015 PETERBOROUGH Thundercats 22 Scunthorpe Stags 14 Peterborough 22 1. Conor Dwyer 2 3 3 2 = 10 2. R/R 3. Danyon Hume 3 1 2 1’ = 7+1 4. Ben Holloway 1’ 1 1’ 2’ = 5+2 Scunthorpe 14 1, Arron Mogridge 3 3 3 = 9 2. Stephen Whitehouse 0 0 F = 0 3. Jamie Halder 2 2 0 = 4 4. Luke Whitehead 0 0 1 = 1 Ht 1 : Mogridge Dwyer Holloway Whitehouse 3-3 3-3 66.8 2 : Hume Halder Holloway Whitehead 4-2 7-5 3 : Dwyer Halder Hume Whitehead 4-2 11-7 4 : Mogridge Hume Holloway Whitehouse 3-3 14-10 5 : Dwyer Holloway Whitehead Whitehouse 5-1 19-11 6 : Mogridge Dwyer Hume Halder 3-3 22-14

LONG EATON Invaders 15 1. Lee Geary 3,3,2,2 = 10 2. Bradley Seal ef, NS, NS = 0 3. Robert Parker 1, 2, fx = 3 4. Harry Jones 0, 1*, 1*, = 2 + 2 BELLE VUE Colts 21 1. David Holt 2,3,3 = 8 2. Stephen Whitehouse 1, 0, 0 = 1 3. Sam Ward 3,1*,1 = 5+1 4. Adam Shepperd 2*, 2, 3 = 7 +1 Ht1 Geary, Holt, Whitehouse, Seal Ret 3-3 / 3-3 71.07 Ht2 Ward, Sheppherd, Parker, Jones 1-5/4-8 74.25 Ht3 Geary, Shepperd, Ward, Seal NS 3-3/7-11 72.00 Ht4 Holt, Parker, Jones, Whitehouse 3-3/10-14 71.31 Ht5 Shepperd, Geary, Jones, Whitehouse 3-3/13-17 72.56 Ht6 Holt, Geary, Ward, Parker Fell 2-4/15-21 Awarded NT

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Wolverhampton 14 1. Cameron Hoskins F F 2 = 2 2. Connor Fletcher F 2 1' = 3+1 3. Robert Parker 3 3 0 = 6 4. Chris Bambury 1 0 2 = 3 Belle Vue 20 1. David Holt 3 f/x 3 = 6 2. Adam Sheppard 2' 2 3 = 7+1 3. Tom Bacon 2 3 1 = 6 4. Adam Portwood R 1' R = 1+1 Ht 1: Holt Sheppard Hoskins (f) Fletcher (f) 0-5 0-5 2 : Parker Bacon Bambury Portwood(ret) 4--2 4-7 3 : Bacon Fletcher Hoskins (f) Holt (f/x) 2-3 6-10 4 : Parker Sheppard Portwood Bambury 3-3 9-13 5: Sheppard Bambury Fletcher Portwood (ret) 3-3 12-16 6 : Holt Hoskins Bacon Parker 2-4 14-20

Peterborough replace Castleford in the MDL A late change to the 2015 Midland Development League sees a return of a junior Peterborough side racing as the Thundercats in place of Castleford Kings , who have withdrawn from the league with immediate effect. The Kings were using the Showground at Peterborough as their home base this year and commenced their season with a 20-16 over 2014 MDL champions Milton Keynes. The fixture list remains as it was for the Kings .The MDL organisers would like to thank the Peterborough promotion for stepping in at short notice to keep the league strength at ten teams. The Thundercats first meeting will be on Sunday 12th April facing Scunthorpe.

Peterborough replace Castleford in the MDL A late change to the 2015 Midland Development League sees a return of a junior Peterborough side racing as the Thundercats in place of Castleford Kings , who have withdrawn from the league with immediate effect. The Kings were using the Showground at Peterborough as their home base this year and commenced their season with a 20-16 over 2014 MDL champions Milton Keynes. The fixture list remains as it was for the Kings .The MDL organisers would like to thank the Peterborough promotion for stepping in at short notice to keep the league strength at ten teams. The Thundercats first meeting will be on Sunday 12th April facing Scunthorpe.

LONG EATON Invaders 1. Layne Cupitt 3,3,3 = 9 2. Lee Geary 2*,2*,3 = 7+2 3. Robert Parker 3, ef, dnr = 3 4. Bradley Seal fx, 2, dnr = 2 Stoke Spitfires 1. Sam Darroch ef,3,2,2 = 7 2. Lawrence Fielding fx = 0 3. Connor Fletcher 2,1,1,1* = 5+1 4. Stephen Whitehouse ef, 0,1* = 1+1 Ht1 (Rerun) Cupitt, Geary (Darroch and Fielding excluded) 5-0 / 5-0 71.75 Ht2 (Rerun) Parker, Fletcher (Seal and Whitehouse excluded) 3-2/8-2 75.44 Ht3 Cupitt, Geary, Fletcher, Whitehouse 5-1/13-3 70.06 Ht4 (three riders only) Darroch, Seal, Fletcher 2-4/15-7 74.62 Ht5 (three riders only) Geary, Darroch, Whitehouse 3-3/18-10 70.81 Ht6 (three riders only) Cupitt, Darroch, Fletcher 3-3/21-13 70.38

CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Storm kick off their home NL season with a special challenge against a joint Perry Barr joint side from Cradley and Birmingham on Sunday April 19th at 4pm. The Heathens/ Brummies side will include Arron Mogridge, Sam Chapman, Matt Williamson, Tom Perry, Zach Wajtknecht, Harvie Banks and Luke Harris, There will also be a MDL Challenge in the 2nd half of 6 heats plus 125cc races.

Castleford HG Aerospace Kings 20 Danny Phillips © 3 3 3 9 (max) Danyon Hume 2' 2' 3 1 8+2 Adam Portwood N R N 0 Ben Holloway 2 1 X0 3 Milton Keynes Knights 16 Jeremy Pestell © 1 1 2 4 Rob Watts 0 2' 1' 3+2 Tom Bacon 3 3 R 6 Robert Parker 1 0 2 3 Heat 1 Phillips,Hume,Pestell,Watts 5-1 5-1 66.7 Heat 2 Bacon,Holloway,Parker,Portwood (N) 2-4 7-5 69.5 Heat 3 Phillips,Hume,Pestell,Parker 5-1 12-6 66.3 Heat 4 Bacon,Watts,Holloway,Portwood (Ret) 1-5 13-11 68.3 Heat 5 Hume,Parker,Watts,Holloway (XO) 3-3 16-14 68.0 Heat 6 Phillips,Pestell,Hume,Bacon (Ret) 4-2 20-16 66.8 Share This:

Sat 28th March Long Eaton v Castleford OFF --No meeting at Leicester that night. No new date as yet

Castleford v Long Eaton fixture on the MDL fxture list to be staged on Sunday 12th July has been cancelled and this is now a free second half date at Alwalton.The meeting will now be staged at Peterborough on Friday 15th May

found this on BSPA site : WITH the return of Newcastle Gems to the Northern Junior League we are now able to confirm the 2015 fixture list. As follows: Berwick 16/5 Newcastle H 23/5 Redcar H 6/6 Northside H 11/6 Redcar A 11/7 Castleford A 25/7 Castleford H 2/8 Newcastle A** 15/8 Northside A 29/8 Workington H 30/8 Workington A Castleford 18/4 Northside A 23/5 Workington H 23/5 Workington A 20/6 Newcastle H 25/6 Redcar A 11/7 Berwick H 12/7 Newcastle A 25/7 Berwick A 15/8 Redcar H 26/9 Northside H Newcastle 16/5 Berwick A 23/5 Northside A 14/6 Northside H 20/6 Castleford A 11/7 Workington A 12/7 Castleford H 23/7 Redcar A 2/8 Berwick H** 9/8 Workington H 23/8 Redcar H Northside 18/4 Castleford H 23/5 Newcastle H 6/6 Berwick A 14/6 Newcastle A 20/6 Workington H 11/7 Redcar H 25/7 Workington A 6/8 Redcar A 15/8 Berwick H 26/9 Castleford A Redcar 14/5 Workington H 23/5 Berwick A 11/6 Berwick H 25/6 Castleford H 28/6 Workington A 11/7 Northside A 23/7 Newcastle H 6/8 Northside H 15/8 Castleford A 23/8 Newcastle A Workington 14/5 Redcar A 23/5 Castleford A 23/5 Castleford H 20/6 Northside A 28/6 Redcar H 11/7 Newcastle H 25/7 Northside H 9/8 Newcastle A 29/8 Berwick A 30/8 Berwick H ** With the 2/8 now being 4TT Finals day the Newcastle v Berwick meeting will be rearranged to fall in to line with the new date the senior sides agree on. Share This:

One space left....track looking superb!!

After a couple of withdrawals have a few spaces for practice / training school at Peterborough this Sat 7th March. e-mail me : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk or text me at 07801429304

Next one Sat March 7th . Bookings to Laurence Rogers by txt on 078091429304 or e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk £35. Day licences (free) available ..riders with own equipment only. 10-3. Sign on from 9 am

Peterborough OFF Sat 28th Feb ---- Despite track work and improved weather this week (except rain yesterday) regrettably the track has not dried out enough to run tomorrow. This is a blow to everyone and Ged Rathbone apologises for this. We have been given a new date for next Sat 7th March and I will start taking bookings from today.

No rain allowed Bryn .....even for Castleford fixtures this year !

will check these. cov one is 24th as 14th is a Tuesday and the day of the under 21 final at Cov!! so many changes to fit in with everyone !! stoke v bv 27/6 le v cov 9/5 is at Leicester wolves v bv is 7/4 buxton v mk is 24/5 not 23/8 Castleford v Stoke could be either date

the weather has won again. Heavy rain last night means Sat at Peterborough is OFF.

the weather has won again. Heavy rain last night means Sat at Peterborough is OFF.