Forthcoming Fixtures
| THURSDAY 8 | |
| Ipswich v Wolverhampton (Elite League A) | 7.30 pm |
| Peterborough v Poole (Elite League A) | 7.30 pm |
| Swindon v Coventry (Elite League A) | 7.30 pm |
| Redcar v Somerset (Premier League) | 7.30 pm |
| Sheffield v Hull (Challenge) | 7.45 pm |
| FRIDAY 9 | |
| Edinburgh v Reading (Premier League) | 7.30 pm |
| Scunthorpe v Workington (Premier League) | 7.30 pm |
| Somerset v Rye House (Premier League) | 7.30 pm |
| Plymouth v Boston (Conference League) | 7.30 pm |
| SATURDAY 10 | |
| Berwick v Isle of Wight (Premier League) | 7.00 pm |
| Rye House v Edinburgh (Premier League) | 7.00 pm |
| Stoke v Newcastle (Premier Trophy) | 7.30 pm |
| Workington v Reading (Premier League) | 7.00 pm |
| Weymouth v Sittingbourne (Conference League) | 7.30 pm |
| SUNDAY 11 | |
| Glasgow v Isle of Wight (Premier League) | 4.00 pm |
| Mildenhall v Edinburgh (Premier League) | 4.30 pm |
| Boston v Buxton (Conference Trophy) | 7.00 pm |
| Newcastle: Junior Individual | 5.30 pm |
| Sittingbourne v Rye House (CL Knockout Cup) | 12.00 pm |
| MONDAY 12 | |
| Belle Vue v Swindon (Elite League B) | 7.30 pm |
| Coventry v Lakeside (Elite League A) | 8.00 pm |
| Eastbourne v Poole (Elite League A) | 7.30 pm |
| Reading v Sheffield (Premier League) | 7.30 pm |
| TUESDAY 13 | |
| Isle of Wight v Sheffield (Knockout Cup) | 7.30 pm |
| WEDNESDAY 14 | |
| Poole v Belle Vue (Elite League A) | 7.30 pm |
| Birmingham v Glasgow (Premier League) | 7.45 pm |
| King's Lynn v Rye House (Premier League) | 7.30 pm |
IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK…
• Bjarne Pedersen’s Grand Prix hopes have suffered a major setback after Poole’s Danish star suffered a broken wrist during the Pirates’ Craven Shield defeat at Coventry. Pedersen could be out of action for between four and six weeks and will miss the next two GP rounds – at Leszno and Gothenburg.
• Jim Lynch, the new Great Britain team manager, has handed a British Final place to Sheffield’s Andre Compton. Lynch will nominate the Premier League rider for one of the wild card entries if he doesn’t qualify automatically as one of the top 10 Brits.
• Newcastle look set to part company with winter signing Ben Powell after the rider failed to turn up for the Diamonds’ Premier League match at Glasgow. Promoter George English has branded Powell’s non-appearance as “disgraceful” although the rider disputes Newcastle’s version of events and says he is not with-holding his services.
ALSO IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE…
• Somerset promoter Mike Golding took a party of British youngsters for five days of training with Polish club Czestochowa. A great time was had by all, as Ian Belcher reports.
• Plus! Leszno GP preview • Q&A with Jason Doyle of Somerset • Down Your Track visits Coventry, for what turned out to be a cracker of a match against Poole
• And all the week’s top stories, including an injury crisis for Premier League Glasgow.
