SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES 8.6.05
08 June 2005 - British Speedway Promoters Association

Speedway 1, 2 & 3 and the Fixtures

(SPEEDWAY 1)

NEWPORT promoter Tim Stone feels Sunday''s Welsh Open will be too close to call.
He said: ''I am very pleased with the line-up as it''s well balanced and all the riders really want to carry off the trophy.''
LINE-UP: Niels-K Iversen, Adam Shields, Henka Gustafsson, Leigh Lanham, Mark Lemon, Henning Bager, Miroslav Fencl, George Stancl, Patrick Linhart, Mads Korneliussen, Andy Smith, Ronnie Correy, Rusty Harrison, Adam Skornicki, Davey Watt.

(SPEEDWAY 2)

BELLE VUE legend Chris Morton MBE will launch his autobiography this weekend at the British Grand Prix in Cardiff.
Morton, who won the World Pairs title with Peter Collins in 1984, admits the individual title was the one he really wanted.
He said: ''I didn''t achieve that but I had many successes along the way and overall I''m happy with my career. I''m really pleased with the book.''

(SPEEDWAY 3)

WORKINGTON boss Graham Drury is hoping to make two new signings in time for the trip to Exeter next Monday.
He said: ''I''m confident of having a replacement for Kauko Nieminen in place and I''m also looking at signing a new reserve.
''I know the riders I want, it''s just a question of getting the approval from the authoirities. I''m not a fan of using the rider-replacement facility for Nieminen.''

(FIXTURES)

WEDNESDAY JUNE 8:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Arena Essex v Oxford 7.45
PREMIER LEAGUE: Hull v Exeter 7.30, King''s Lynn v Reading 7.30

THURSDAY JUNE 9:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Oxford v Ipswich 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE: Sheffield v Glasgow 7.45

FRIDAY JUNE 10:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Somerset v Berwick 7.30, Newport v Glasgow 7pm
PREMIER TROPHY: Reading v Exeter 7.30
CONFERENCE TROPHY: Armadale v Stoke 7.30
CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Weymouth v Sittingbourne 7.30

SATURDAY JUNE 11:
FIM BRITISH GRAND PRIX: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, 7pm

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