SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES
01 October 2005 - British Speedway Promoters Association

DAVID Howe is hoping to make it a Scottish double when he rides at Glasgow in the Ashfield Classic on Sunday.

The Wolverhampton rider has already won the Scottish Open in Edinburgh and will start Glasgow''s individual event as one of the favourites. He said: ''I always enjoy these meetings and I was pleased to be invited by Glasgow. It would be lovely to go there and win it.''

ANDRE Compton won a last heat decider to help Sheffield through to the Young Shield semi-finals at the expense of Edinburgh. The Monarchs won 54-38 on the night but Sheffield edged through 95-91 on aggregate and they will now meet new league champions Rye House. Tigers boss Neil Machin said: ''It got very tense towards the end and we''re just delighted to be going through to meet the champions.''

(FIXTURES)

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1:
ELITE LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP FINAL: Eastbourne v Belle Vue 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Rye House v Somerset 7pm, Stoke v Isle of Wight 7.30 YOUNG SHIELD: Workington v King''s Lynn 7pm BORDERNAPOLIS INDIVIDUAL: Berwick 7pm CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Sittingbourne v Rye House 1pm, Armadale v Newport 2pm

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2:
ASHFIELD CLASSIC: Glasgow 3pm
BRONZE HELMET: Mildenhall 3pm
BRITISH UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIP: Mildenhall (follows Bronze Helmet) BRITISH SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP: Swindon 7.30

MONDAY OCTOBER 3:
ELITE LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP FINAL: Belle Vue v Eastbourne 7.45

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4:
CRAVEN SHIELD SEMI-FINAL: Peterborough v Coventry v Poole 7.30 BRITISH SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP: Isle of Wight 7.30

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5:
CRAVEN SHIELD SEMI-FINAL: Poole v Coventry v Peterborough 7.30 LEIGH LANHAM TESTIMONIAL: Arena Essex 7.45 YOUNG SHIELD: King''s Lynn v Workington 7.30 LAURELS INDIVIDUAL: Wimbledon 7.30

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