SPEEDWAY NEWS AND FIXTURES 6.10.06
06 October 2006 - British Speedway Promoters Association

SPEEDWAY 1

KING''S Lynn are hopeful skipper Tomas Topinka will be back from injury for the home leg of the Knockout Cup Final with Somerset next Wednesday.
Topinka crashed out of the Pride of the East meeting at the Norfolk Arena on Wednesday and suffered a broken finger.
Chris Holder steps in for the first leg at Somerset tonight (Friday) and manager Rob Lyon said: ''It could have been a lot worse.''

SPEEDWAY 2

SOMERSET boss Mick Bell insists his side have nothing to fear in the Premier League Knockout Cup Final with King''s Lynn.
He said: ''Somebody is going to beat King''s Lynn, so why can''t we? I really do believe we have what it takes to do it and we''ll all be up for it on Friday.
''I''m sick and tired of hearing everyone say King''s Lynn cannot be beaten.''

SPEEDWAY 3

SHEFFIELD skipper Andre Compton will return to lead his side in the Premier League Fours Championship at Workington on Saturday.
Compton crashed out of the Premier League Riders'' Championship on his home track almost a fortnight ago and aggravated a shoulder injury.
Tigers chief Neil Machin said: ''Andre is desperate to ride for us in the business end of the season, it''s a measure of the man.''

SPEEDWAY 4

GLASGOW ace Shane Parker reckons Sunday''s Premier League Pairs Championship at his home track is wide open.
Parker won last year''s event with former colleague George Stancl and Parker is under no illusion about the size of the task ahead.
He said: ''When you take a look at the field you realise just how well you have to ride to win this event and you really can''t pick a winner.''

FIXTURE UPDATE

FRIDAY OCTOBER 6:
CRAVEN SHIELD SEMI FINAL: Coventry v Peterborough v Belle Vue 8pm
PREMIER LEAGUE KNOCKOUT CUP FINAL 1ST LEG: Somerset v King''s Lynn 7.30
SCOTTISH CUP: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30
DEVON/DORSET TROPHY: Plymouth v Weymouth 7.30

SATURDAY OCTOBER 7:
CRAVEN SHIELD: Eastbourne v Ipswich v Wolverhampton 7.30
PREMIER LEAGUE FOURS: Workington 7pm
CONFERENCE LEAGUE PLAY-OFF SEMI FINAL 1st leg: Rye House v Scunthorpe 7pm
CONFERENCE SHIELD: Sittingbourne v Scunthorpe 12pm followed by Sittingbourne
v Buxton
BRITISH UNDER-15 CHAMPIONSHIP: Redcar 3pm

SUNDAY OCTOBER 8:
PREMIER LEAGUE PAIRS: Glasgow 3pm
CONFERENCE LEAGUE PLAY-OFF SEMI FINAL 2nd leg: Scunthorpe v Rye House 3pm
CONFERENCE LEAGUE: Mildenhall v Newport 4.30pm
CONFERENCE TROPHY: Stoke v Buxton 7.30
BRITISH SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP: Swindon 7pm

MONDAY OCTOBER 9:
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE PLAY-OFF FINAL 2nd Leg: Peterborough v Reading 7.30
ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP FINAL 1st leg: Belle Vue v Coventry 7.45

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