SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES - 11 MAY
11 May 2006 - British Speedway Promoters Association

SPEEDWAY 1

THE British Grand Prix will be staged at Cardiff until at least 2011 after series organisers BSI confirmed a five-year extension to their deal.

The Millennium Stadium event has proved to be a huge success since the first staging in 2001 with a 40,000-plus crowd expected this year.

BSI MD Paul Bellamy said: ''We are delighted to have secured this contract to allow us to continue our successful relationship with the stadium.''

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ALUN Rossiter has assured Swindon fans that the absence of Renat Gafurov this week will not become a regular issue for the club to face.

Gafurov misses the Robins'' matches against Coventry as he is racing in the Russian League.

Rossiter said: ''It is totally out of our hands, but it''s a thing that will only affect us on a minimal amount of occasions during the season.''

FIXTURES

THURSDAY MAY 11:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Ipswich v Wolverhampton 7.30, Peterborough v Poole 7.30, Swindon v Coventry 7.30
PREMIER TROPHY: Redcar v Glasgow 7.30
CHALLENGE: Sheffield v king''s Lynn 7.45

FRIDAY MAY 12:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Swindon 8pm
PREMIER TROPHY: Edinburgh v Stoke 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE: Somerset v Redcar 7.30
CONFERENCE CHALLENGE: Plymouth v Carmarthen 7.30

SATURDAY MAY 13:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Eastbourne v Ipswich 7.30
PREMIER TROPHY: Berwick v Stoke 7pm
PREMIER LEAGUE: Rye House v Mildenhall 7pm, Workington v Newport 7pm
CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Rye House v Scunthorpe (Follows PL match)

SUNDAY MAY 14:
FIM WORLD UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING ROUND: Sheffield 6pm
PREMIER LEAGUE: Newcastle v Isle of Wight 6.30
PREMIER TROPHY: Glasgow v Redcar 4pm, Newport v King''s Lynn 2.30, Stoke v Berwick 7.30pm
CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Mildenhall v Boston 3.30, Buxton v Plymouth 3pm

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