BRITISH SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES 19.8.04
19 August 2004 - British Speedway Promoters Association

ARENA-Essex boss Ronnie Russell has moved to bolster his injury-hit line-up by snapping up Russian star Roman Povazhny for the rest of the season.

Povazhny has spent the majority of his British career with Eastbourne and was briefly included in the Eagles team earlier this year. He is expected to make his Hammers debut against Wolverhampton at Purfleet next Wednesday.

FORMER Newcastle skipper Jesper Olsen is return to the Diamonds team after over a year out of action. Olsen, a Newcastle rider for six seasons, replaces young Czech rider Lubos Tomicek in the Brough Park club''s line-up. Manager George English said: ''We want to stress in the strongest manner possible that Lubos is right at the top of our 2005 plans.''

FIXTURES

THURSDAY AUGUST 19:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Swindon v Wolverhampton 7.30, Coventry v Eastbourne 7.45, Ipswich v Belle Vue 7.30 PREMIER LEAGUE: Sheffield v Rye House 7.45, Isle of Wight v Exeter 7.30, Glasgow v Berwick 7pm

FRIDAY AUGUST 20:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Rye House v King''s Lynn 7pm, Edinburgh v Berwick 7.30, Somerset v Reading 7.30 CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Oxford v Weymouth 7.15, Oxford v Newport (follows Weymouth meeting), Boston v Buxton (at King''s Lynn) 7.30

SATURDAY AUGUST 21:
SKYBET ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Swindon 4pm
PREMIER LEAGUE FOURS: Workington 7pm
CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Rye House v Swindon 7pm
CONFERENCE TROPHY: Buxton v Mildenhall 3pm

SUNDAY AUGUST 22:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v Rye House 6pm, Newcastle v Workington 5.30, Newport v Somerset 4pm, Stoke v Hull 7pm CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Newcastle v Buxton (follows PL meeting), Carmarthen v Wimbledon 3.15 CONFERENCE TROPHY: Mildenhall v Weymouth 4pm
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