SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES
15 August 2005 - British Speedway Promoters Association

SOMERSET skipper Magnus Zetterstrom was sensationally thrown out of their meeting at Newcastle after a clash with Christian Henry.

Henry suffered a nasty gash to his thigh in a meeting which the Diamonds won 60-36 and also won the bonus point after Josef Franc beat Ritchie Hawkins. Newcastle boss George English said: ''It''s a horrible and painful injury which should never, not in a million meetings, have happened.''

SOMERSET boss Mick Bell has jumped to the defence of his skipper Magnus Zetterstrom after seeing him excluded from the meeting at Newcastle. He said: ''I couldn''t believe the decision, he just made matters worse. ''Magnus is not a dirty rider and there is no way he deliberately took Christian off - it was hard riding and there was no intent on the part of my rider.''

(FIXTURES)

MONDAY AUGUST 15:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Poole v Peterborough 7.30, Wolverhampton v Oxford 7.30, Belle Vue v Coventry 7.45 PREMIER LEAGUE: Exeter v King''s Lynn 7.30, Reading v Hull 7.30

TUESDAY AUGUST 16:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Isle of Wight v Hull 7.30

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Arena Essex v Ipswich 7.45, Peterborough v Swindon 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Hull v Workington 7.30, King''s Lynn v Glasgow 7.30, Berwick v Stoke 7.45 CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Stoke v Sittingbourne 7.30 CONFERENCE CHALLENGE: Lions v Rest of the World (at Wimbledon) 7.30

THURSDAY AUGUST 18:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Ipswich v Wolverhampton 7.30, Oxford v Poole 7.30 ELITE LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP: Swindon v Belle Vue 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Sheffield v Newcastle 7.45 BRITISH OPEN SIDECAR CHAMIONSHIP: Isle of Wight 7.30

FRIDAY AUGUST 19:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Arena Essex 8pm
PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Newcastle 7.30, Somerset v Reading 7.30 CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Weymouth v Armadale 7.30 LINCOLNSHIRE TROPHY: Boston 7.30

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