ANDRE Compton will ride through the pain barrier when Sheffield Pirtek Tigers go to the Isle of Wight int he first leg of their Premier League play-off semi-final (7.30pm). The Owlerton skipper has travelled with the team despite still suffering some discomfort from a shoulder injury. "The play-off is the only reason I am back on a bike," said Compton. "I know just how important these meetings are, we want to be through to the final and challenge for that league championship." Tigers have already won at Smallbrook once this season - but club owner Neil Machin is warning it will be tougher tonight. "They had some injury problems at the time," said Machin. "Now Ray Morton is back for them and he's flying, so this will be a very difficult meeting for us. "We have to go there with a positive attitude and try and keep the score as close as possible to bring back to our place for the second leg on Thursday." TIGERS: Ricky Ashworth, Ben Wilson, Emiliano Sanchez, Kyle Legault, Andre Compton, Paul Cooper, Mark Thompson. LIVE COVERAGE from Smallbrook on Pirtek Tigers ClubCall 09066 555 923 - calls 60p/min. Read More...

RICKY Ashworth and Ben Wilson secured the runners-up position for the Pirtek Tigers in Sunday's Premier League Pairs at Glasgow. Ashworth (8) and Wilson (13) qualified from Group A along with Newcastle (25), defeating King's Lynn on countback after both pairs had finished on 21 points. They were joined in the semi-finals by Group B qualifiers Somerset and Glasgow, and in the race against the Rebels Wilson managed to force Magnus Zetterstrom out to hold onto third place, Ashworth taking the win ahead of Emil Kramer. That put Sheffield into the Final, but Danny Bird made the start on this occasion - and although Ashworth took second place, Shane Parker held off Wilson for third to ensure victory for Glasgow. Newcastle beat Somerset in the consolation final for third place. Read More...

HOSTS Workington won the Premier Fours at Derwent Park on Saturday - with the Pirtek Tigers finishing on the rostrum in third place. Sheffield stormed through their group, dropping just four points in the eight races - and three of them came when skipper Andre Compton had mechanical failure in his first outing! Ricky Ashworth and Kyle Legault won both of their rides with Ben Wilson adding five points as Tigers went through along with King's Lynn - Rye House and Newcastle going home at that stage. But in the Final it was group B qualifiers Workington and Somerset who raced clear in the early stages, and it always looked like being a battle between them for the top prize. Tigers scored just four points from the first six races but then mounted a strong fightback to ease clear of King's Lynn and be just two points adrift of Somerset, for whom Magnus Zetterstrom rode through the whole meeting unbeaten. However, Workington clinched the Fours title in Heat 11 as after Rusty Harrison had tangled with Ashworth and been ruled out of the re-run, Alan Mogridge came in for his last-ever ride in speedway - and won it. Final Result: Workington 23, Somerset 21, Sheffield 16 (A.Compton 5, B.Wilson 4, K.Legault 4, R.Ashworth 3), King's Lynn 12. Read More...

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.” Read More...