SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES - 26TH JULY
26 July 2006 - British Speedway Promoters Association

SPEEDWAY 1

WORLD Champion Tony Rickardsson has withdrawn from this Saturday''s Italian Grand Prix at Lonigo due to double vision.

It will be the first GP that the Swede has missed, and it leaves Greg Hancock as the only ever-present since the series begun in 1995.

Rickardsson''s place is taken by first reserve Hans Andersen, who won the last event in Denmark as a Wild Card.

SPEEDWAY 2

EDINBURGH have signed Italian youngster Daniele Tessari who joins the club as a replacement for the axed Rusty Harrison.

Tessari is a former Italian Junior Champion and was recommended by former Grand Prix rider Armando Castagna.

Monarchs promoter John Campbell said: ''We are delighted to welcome Daniele to Edinburgh. We believe he has the potential to do well given time to settle.''

FIXTURE UPDATE

WEDNESDAY JULY 26:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Arena-Essex v Coventry 7.45, Oxford v Eastbourne 7.30, Poole v Peterborough 7.30, Reading v Wolverhampton 7.30
PREMIER TROPHY SEMI FINAL: King''s Lynn v Workington 7.30
CONFERENCE LEAGUE KO CUP: Stoke v Scunthorpe 7.30

THURSDAY JULY 27:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry v Belle Vue 8pm, Ipswich v Oxford 7.30, Peterborough v Reading 7.30, Swindon v Arena-Essex 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE: Redcar v Mildenhall 7.30
PREMIER TROPHY SEMI FINAL: Sheffield v Rye House 7.45

FRIDAY JULY 28:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Edinburgh v Somerset 7.30
CONFERENCE LEAGUE KO CUP: Plymouth v Newport 7.30
BRITISH SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP at Somerset 7.30

SATURDAY JULY 29:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Berwick v Somerset 7pm, Stoke v Glasgow 7.30,
PREMIER TROPHY SEMI FINAL: Rye House v Sheffield 7pm, Workington v King''s Lynn 7pm

SUNDAY JULY 30:
PREMIER LEAGUE: Glasgow v King''s Lynn 4pm, Newcastle v Somerset 6.30, Newport v Rye House 2.30,
CONFERENCE TROPHY: Buxton v Plymouth 3pm, Mildenhall v Boston 4.30 FOLLOWED BY Mildenhall v Scunthorpe

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