British Speedway
BSPA News & Fixtures: Poole, Newcastle, Scunthorpe news & fixtures
By Nick
Jul 25, 2008, 00:03

POOLE PIRATES
 
CHRIS Holder continued his sensational debut Elite League season with a 15-point maximum in Poole’s 59-33 win over Belle Vue.

The result puts the Pirates four-points clear of Swindon at the top of the Elite League in the race for a play-off place.

Boss Neil Middleditch said: “For a guy in his first season of Elite League racing Chris is just fantastic, he was head and shoulders above any Aces rider.”
 

NEWCASTLE DIAMONDS
 
NEWCASTLE’S Christian Henry faces a race against time to make it for Saturday’s Premier League Fours Championship at Workington.

Henry is suffering from damaged tendons in his shoulder and is in a sling and is likely to have a fitness test on Friday.

Manager George English said: “We need Christian for the Fours and the return meeting with Sheffield at our place on Sunday, he’s an important rider.”
 

SCUNTHORPE SCORPIONS
 
SCUNTHORPE will ride in the Premier League Fours at Workington on Saturday following the withdrawal of Berwick.

The Bandits have been hit by injuries and unavailability of riders.

Scunthorpe’s team is as follows: Magnus Karlsson, Richard Hall, Carl Wilkinson, Viktor Bergstrom.
 

FIXTURES
 
THURSDAY JULY 24:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE:
Swindon v Ipswich 7.30

PREMIER LEAGUE:
Redcar v Workington 7.30,
Sheffield v Newcastle 7.45
 

FRIDAY JULY 25:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE:
Coventry v Wolverhampton 8pm,
Lakeside v Ipswich 8pm

PREMIER LEAGUE:
Edinburgh v Redcar 7.30,
Scunthorpe v Birmingham 7.30,
Somerset v King's Lynn 7.30

CONFERENCE LEAGUE:
Plymouth v Sittingbourne 7.30
 

SATURDAY JULY 26:

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE:
Eastbourne v Lakeside 7.30

PREMIER LEAGUE FOURS: Workington 7pm

CONFERENCE LEAGUE:
Redcar v Rye House OFF

KINGSWOOD TROPHY: Weymouth 7.15