SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES - 16TH MAY
16 May 2006 - British Speedway Promoters Association

SPEEDWAY 1

BELLE Vue''s Simon Stead has been handed the prestigious Wild Card spot for the British Grand Prix at the Millennium Stadium on June 3.

British Under-21 Champion Ben Wilson and Eastbourne''s rising 16-year-old star Lewis Bridger will be the track reserves at Cardiff.

Stead said: ''The Grand Prix is where I want to be and this is the chance I need to show that I deserve to be up there.''

SPEEDWAY 2

MILDENHALL have axed skipper Shaun Tacey after a disappointing run of form and replaced him with Andrew Moore.

Moore will continue to ride for Eastbourne in the Elite League, although the Fen Tigers'' fixtures will take priority.

Club owner Mick Horton said: ''It was a very tough decision but one I felt I had to make, and hopefully a change of track will do Shaun good.''

SPEEDWAY 3

EVERYTHING you wanted to know about the 2005 speedway season is included in the Speedway Star Alamanac (£14.95), a new book which goes on sale this week from Pinegen Limited, publishers of the weekly Speedway Star magazine.

Edited by Peter Oakes, the 250-page book, in full colour throughout, is the definitive speedway yearbook, featuring a comprehensive review of the 2005 season and doubling-up as a guide to 2006.

In A-Z format, it covers every club, rider, official and country involved in the sport in 2005, including complete club-by-club reviews of all the British tracks.

The Speedway Star Alamanac is priced £14.95 (plus postage) and is available by telephoning Pinegen Limited on (020) 8335 1113.

FIXTURES

TUESDAY MAY 16:
PREMIER LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP: Isle of Wight v Rye House 7.30

WEDNESDAY MAY 17:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Arena Essex v Peterborough 7.45, Oxford v Wolverhampton 7.30, Poole v Ipswich 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP: King''s Lynn v Berwick 7.30
CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Stoke v Mildenhall 7.30

THURSDAY MAY 18:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Ipswich v Coventry 7.30, Peterborough v Arena-Essex 7.30, Swindon v Wolverhampton 7.45
PREMIER TROPHY: Redcar v Workington 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE: Sheffield v Newport 7.45

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