SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES
03 September 2005 - British Speedway Promoters Association

COVENTRY and Peterborough are matching each other almost point for point in the race for the crucial second place in the Elite League.

The Bees won their local derby with Wolverhampton 48-41 whilst the Panthers defeated Poole 48-42, leaving both teams on 53 match points. Coventry are in front by just 13 race points, with two away matches in hand which both take place this weekend.

WOLVERHAMPTON''S Fredrik Lindgren stole the show at Coventry on Friday night with a brilliant 15-point maximum. The in-form young Swede reeled off five straight wins on the Brandon circuit for his first-ever full house in the Elite League. Lindgren said: ''Coventry is a tough place to come to, but my gating was really good which was the main thing. I''m delighted with the maximum.''

STOKE have snapped up David Meldrum on loan from Berwick, and the 24-year old will make his debut against Newcastle on Saturday. The Potters have moved quickly after seeing Adam Allott ruled out for the rest of the season due to a broken shoulder blade. Meldrum said: ''This is an opportunity for me to show what I can do and it''s up to me to take the chance.''

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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Ipswich v Wolverhampton 7.30, Eastbourne v Coventry 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Stoke v Newcastle 7.30, Workington v Rye House 7pm PREMIER LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP SEMI-FINAL: Berwick v King''s Lynn 7pm CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Armadale v Scunthorpe 2pm, Rye House v Newport 7pm LINCOLNSHIRE TROPHY: Boston (at King''s Lynn) 7.30

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 4:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Swindon v Coventry 6pm
PREMIER LEAGUE: Newport v Reading 2.30, Rye House v Exeter 2pm, Glasgow v Stoke 3pm
INDIVIDUAL: George English Memorial (Newcastle) 5.30
CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Rye House v Oxford (follows PL meeting), Scunthorpe v Weymouth 3pm, Buxton v Stoke 3pm, Newport v Mildenhall (follows PL meeting)

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Oxford v Eastbourne 7.30, Peterborough v Swindon 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP SEMI-FINAL: Reading v Rye House 7.30 BRITISH UNDER 18 CHAMPIONSHIP at Wolverhampton 7.30 BRITISH SIDECAR SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP Round 6 at Exeter 7.30

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