SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES - 26TH SEPTEMBER
26 September 2006 - British Speedway Promoters Association

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LEAGUE leaders Peterborough will face Elite newcomers Reading in the Play-off Final to decide the new champions.

Peterborough beat reigning champions Coventry 52-40 at the East of England Showground with reserve Richard Hall top scoring on 11.

And Reading, back in the top flight for the first time in a decade, beat neighbours Swindon 51-43 despite the absence of skipper Greg Hancock with food poisoning. Matej Zagar was the hero with 16.

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READING''S co-boss Sam Ermolenko believes concentration was the key to his team''s 51-43 win against rivals Swindon to reach the Play-off final.

He said: ''We got the call in the early hours of the morning to say Greg Hancock was ill with food poisoning, his wife is also suffering from it.

''From that moment, we were under pressure. I told the guys to stay focussed and that''s what they did.''

FIXTURE UPDATE

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26:
PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY-OFF QUARTER FINAL: Isle of Wight v Glasgow 7.30

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Oxford v Arena-Essex 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY-OFF QUARTER FINAL: King''s Lynn v Redcar 7.30
CONFERENCE SHIELD: Stoke v Sittingbourne OFF

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28:
ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI FINAL 2nd leg: Poole v Belle Vue 7.30
CRAVEN SHIELD: Ipswich v Wolverhampton v Eastbourne 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI FINAL 2nd leg: Sheffield v Somerset 7.45
CONFERENCE SHIELD: Cleveland Bays v Stoke 7.30
MIKE BROADBANK BENEFIT: Swindon v Australia Select 7.30

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Arena-Essex v Oxford 7.45
ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP SEMI FINAL 2nd leg: Coventry v Eastbourne 8pm
PREMIER LEAGUE PLAY OFF QUARTER FINAL: Somerset v Rye House 7.30pm
DAVID NIX MEMORIAL: King''s Lynn 7.30

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