SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES - 2 JUNE
02 June 2006 - British Speedway Promoters Association

SPEEDWAY 1

WORLD Championship leader Jason Crump bids for his first-ever win at the Millennium Stadium in Saturday''s British Grand Prix.

Crump has won two of this season''s three events so far, but had a nightmare in Cardiff in 2005 with three exclusions.

He said: ''I will be giving it my very best and hopefully get a much better result than last year. Racing in a stadium like that is awesome.''

SPEEDWAY 2

NEWPORT have assembled a star line-up for the 2006 Welsh Open which takes place at the Hayley Stadium on Sunday at 1pm.

Home star Carl Wilkinson takes his place in a field which includes the likes of Leigh Lanham, Mads Korneliussen, Sam Simota and Andy Smith.

Promoter Tim Stone said: ''The mix of Elite and Premier League riders on show normally provides a very competitive meeting.''

FIXTURES

FRIDAY JUNE 2:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Newport v Glasgow 7pm, Somerset v Berwick 7.30
PREMIER TROPHY: Edinburgh v Sheffield 7.30
CHALLENGE: Plymouth v Exeter Select 7.30

SATURDAY JUNE 3:
FIM GRAND PRIX OF GREAT BRITAIN: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, 7pm

SUNDAY JUNE 4:
ELITE LEAGUE PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP: Swindon 5pm
WELSH OPEN: Newport 1pm
PREMIER LEAGUE: Mildenhall v Glasgow 3.30, Rye House v Workington 2pm, Stoke v Berwick 7.30pm
CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Scunthorpe v Boston 5pm

MONDAY JUNE 5:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Peterborough 7.45, Eastbourne v Swindon 7.30, Reading v Ipswich 7.30, Wolverhampton v Arena-Essex 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE: Newcastle v Newport 7.30

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