SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES - 02 OCTOBER
02 October 2006 - British Speedway Promoters Association

SPEEDWAY 1

WORLD Champion Jason Crump added the Elite League Riders'' Championship to his growing list of honours at Poole.

Crump, representing Belle Vue, qualified for the final with a perfect 15-point maximum in a field which was of Grand Prix standard.

He made no mistake in the final ahead of Eastbourne''s 2003 world champion Nicki Pedersen, Reading skipper Greg Hancock - another former world champion - and Coventry ace Scott Nicholls.

SPEEDWAY 2

PREMIER League title favourites King''s Lynn have selected Rye House as their play-off semi-final opponents.

They travel to Hoddesdon on October 14 with the return on October 18. Sheffield face Isle of Wight in the other semi-final with the first leg at Smallbrook on October 10 and the return in Yorkshire 48-hours later.

King''s Lynn co-promoter Jonathan Chapman said: ''We''re looking forward to an exciting derby clash with Rye House.''

FIXTURE UPDATE

MONDAY OCTOBER 2:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE PLAY-OFF FINAL 1st Leg: Reading v Peterborough 7.30
BRITISH UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP: Wolverhampton 7.30

TUESDAY OCTOBER 3:
CHALLENGE: Isle of Wight v Plymouth 7.30

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4:
ELITE LEAGUE: Arena-Essex v Eastbourne 7.45
CRAVEN SHIELD SEMI-FINAL: Belle Vue v Coventry v Peterborough 7.45, Poole v Reading v Swindon 7.30
PRIDE OF THE EAST: King''s Lynn 7.30
CONFERENCE SHIELD: Stoke v Sittingbourne 7.30

THURSDAY OCTOBER 5:
CRAVEN SHIELD SEMI-FINAL: Peterborough v Belle Vue v Coventry 7.30
16-LAP CLASSIC: Ipswich 7.30
YORKSHIRE CUP: Sheffield v Hull 7.45
TYNE/TEES TROPHY: Redcar v Newcastle 7.30

FRIDAY OCTOBER 6:
CRAVEN SHIELD SEMI FINAL: Coventry v Peterborough v Belle Vue 8pm
SCOTTISH CUP: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30
DEVON/DORSET TROPHY: Plymouth v Weymouth 7.30

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