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i thought scunny were sundays and b/h this year so why a friday, agree about somerset though with starke and wright being involved in semi's i would imagine. also notice edinburgh/plymouth meet home and away on fri/sat so could affect any of their riders, either missing friday or a long haul back to glasgow from plymouth.

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The draw has been made. Glasgow (15th May) have:
S Nicholls, B Barker, R Lawson, R Worrall, S Worrall, J Sarjeant, C Wright, K Newman, P Starke, C Cook, A Roynon, M Clegg, L Rose, D King, L Bridger, S Nielsen.

 

Top 7 Qualify. Look forward to a big crowd coming through from Edinburgh to support Cleggie

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Can't see that anyone else has posted this yet, so:

 

British SF Scunthorpe, Friday 13 May:
Harris; Auty; Wilkinson; Stead; Howarth; Bates; Garrity; Lanham; R Lambert; S Lambert; Kerr; Mear; Hall; Robson; Kennett; Morris (1st Reserve: Tai Woffinden - no, only joshing...)
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GRAND PRIX star Chris ‘Bomber’ Harris heads a dazzling British Semi-Final line-up at Scunthorpe’s Eddie Wright Raceway on Friday, May 13th (7.30pm).

 

Harris won the 2007 British Grand Prix at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, and is a three-time British Champion.

 

He is joined by a trio of current Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions – Josh Auty, Carl Wilkinson and Ashley Morris.

 

It’s a truly star-studded line-up, which also contains the likes of Simon Stead, Robert Lambert, Edward Kennett and Jason Garrity.

 

Only seven qualifying places from Scunthorpe are on offer for the final at Belle Vue on June 13th. Glasgow stage the second semi-final on May 15th, with another seven places up for grabs, while two Wild Cards will complete the line-up for the final.

 

A delighted Scunthorpe promoter Rob Godfrey said: “The line-up for our semi-final at the Eddie Wright Raceway is just superb. I think there’s going to be a real battle for the seven qualification places.

 

“It’s going to be so competitive, because there are far more than seven riders capable of reaching the final in our line-up.

 

“It’s a massive honour for Scunthorpe Speedway to hold this meeting. It’s probably the best line-up we’ve had for a meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway, since we held the Ben Fund Bonanza at the start of 2011.

 

“All I can say is that if people haven’t already put this date in their diary, then please do so now, because you’re going to regret it otherwise. It’s a top class field competing around the best racetrack in the country – it’s going to be something special.”

 

Line-up (not in riding order): Chris Harris (Coventry), Josh Auty (Scunthorpe/Leicester), Carl Wilkinson (Scunthorpe/King’s Lynn), Simon Stead (Sheffield), Kyle Howarth (Wolverhampton/Sheffield), Josh Bates (Coventry/Sheffield), Jason Garrity (Coventry/Sheffield), Leigh Lanham (Rye House), Robert Lambert (King’s Lynn/Newcastle), Simon Lambert (Peterborough), Lewis Kerr (Lakeside/Ipswich), Robert Mear (Lakeside), Richard Hall (Sheffield), Stuart Robson (Rye House), Edward Kennett (Lakeside/Rye House), Ashley Morris (Scunthorpe/Cradley).

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“All I can say is that if people haven’t already put this date in their diary, then please do so now, because you’re going to regret it otherwise. It’s a top class field competing around the best racetrack in the country – it’s going to be something special.”

 

 

Well was at Scunny, Monday, and it was obvious they knew the line up, but was not going to tell us. This fixture was not mentioned, when the original fixtures were published. Not sure how long the authorities knew before deciding to give the information out, but when they did, I already had another date in my diary, so will not be able to go (would have liked to have gone). Just wonder, why is holding back information, more important than getting fans (and income) in?

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Well thats an odd rule which should be looked into especially as far more youth development is coming through.

 

Why not have quarter finals and all EL riders seeded into the semis.

 

Say if a rider becomes World class on grass for 5 years and than is that talented he starts speedway and joins a EL team and scores 8 points per meeting. He would have to miss the British semis??

 

Odd.

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Looks like a dry day ahead in Scunny today.

 

I will be setting off straight after finishing work at 3pm and hoping that the Friday night traffic is not too bad.

 

I'm really looking forward to this meeting - so many riders who should excel around the wide open spaces of Scunny.

 

All the best

Rob

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