WELCOME to the latest edition of the weekly BSPA bulletins keeping you in touch with news, views and fixtures from the tracks up and down the country.
BIG EVENT UPDATE…
THE race is on for a place in next month’s British Under-21 Final at Lakeside – the first Super 7even event of the season. Youngsters from up and down the country will do battle in the semi-finals at National League tracks Plymouth and Isle of Wight in a bid to make it to the final on April 24. Four plac es from each meeting are available for qualifiers with one more to be decided following the injuries sustained by seeded rider Adam Roynon pre-season. British Speedway chairman Peter Toogood said: “I always enjoy the under-21, the boys give it their all and this will be no different. “I’m sure crowds at Plymouth and the Isle of Wight will be in for a treat as the competition will be fierce with a place in the final at an Elite League track the incentive.”
PLYMOUTH: Friday, April 10: Jamie Courtney, Nicki Glanz, Daniel Halsey, Charles Wright, Paul Starke, Jamie Pickard, Scott Meakins, Kyle Hughes, Harland Cook, Robert Smith, Danny Stoneman, Scott Richardson, Gary Cottham, Richard Franklin, Charlie Saunders, Jack Roberts. ISLE OF WIGHT: Tuesday April 14: John Resh, Ben Hopwood, Jerran Hart, Jack Hargreaves, Matthew Bates, Tim Webster, Michael Bovis, Lee Smart, Lee Strudwick, Ben Taylor, Gary Irving, Brendan Johnson, Adam M Lowe, Kyle Newman, Oliver Rayson, Mark Baseby.
BRITISH UNDER-21 FINAL (seeded riders) Lakeside, Friday, April 24: Lewis Bridger, Tai Woffinden, Ben Barker, Simon Lambert, Robert Mear, Joe Haines, Josh Auty.
SUPER 7EVEN SERIES 2009 BRITISH UNDER 21 FINAL: Lakeside, Friday April 24. BRITISH FINAL: Poole, Wednesday May 20. PREMIER LEAGUE PAIRS: Somerset, Friday June 26. PREMIER LEAGUE FOURS: Workington, Saturday July 25. ELITE LEAGUE PAIRS: Eastbourne, Saturday August 8. PREMIER LEAGUE RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP: Sheffield, Sunday September 27. ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP:Coventry, Friday October 2.
ELITE AND PREMIER LEAGUE 2009… HOW THEY LINE UP.
NB: Ins and Outs refer to that club's final declaration of the 2008 season. Doubling-up and No.8 riders not included in this section.
SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE
BELLE VUE Krzysztof Kasprzak, Charlie Gjedde, Ulrich Ostergaard, James Wright, Billy Forsberg (Henning Bager to cover start of season), Patrick Hougaard. Doubling-up: Steve Boxall & Thomas H Jonasson. No.8: Josh Grajczonek. IN: Kasprzak, Ostergaard (from Reading), Wright (from Swindon). OUT: Jason Crump (unattached), Joe Screen (to Poole), Lukasz Jankowski (unattached), Stanislaw Burza (unattached).
COVENTRY Chris Harris, Rory Schlein, Edward Kennett, Olly Allen, Ben Barker, Ricky Wells. Doubling-up: Jordan Frampton & Jo el Parsons. No.8: Josh Auty. IN: Schlein (from Ipswich), Kennett (from Eastbourne), Barker (from Stoke), Wells. OUT: Hans Andersen (unattached), Simon Stead (to Swindon), Billy Janniro (unattached), Filip Sitera (unattached), Robbie Kessler (to Redcar).
EASTBOURNE Davey Watt, Lukas Dryml, David Norris, Cameron Woodward, Lewis Bridger, Ricky Kling, Simon Gustafsson. No.8: James Holder. IN: Watt (from Poole), Dryml (from Peterborough), Norris, Kling (from Lakeside). OUT: Scott Nicholls (unattached), Lee Richardson (to Lakeside), Edward Kennett (to Coventry), James Brundle (unattached).
IPSWICH Jarek Hampel, Piotr Swiderski, Daniel King, Tobias Kroner, Leigh Lanham, Dawid Stachyra. Doubling-up: Carl Wilkinson & Kozza Smith. No.8: TBC. IN: King (from Peterborough), Lanham (from Lakeside), Stachyra. OUT: Rory Schlein (to Coventry), Robert Miskowiak, Steve Johnston (to Somerset), Chris Schramm (to King's Lynn).
LAKESIDE Adam Shields, Lee Richardson, Jonas Davidsson, Joonas Kylmakorpi, Kauko Nieminen, Stuart Robson. Doubling-up: Chris Mills & Phil Morris. No.8: Robert Mear. IN: Richardson (from Eastbou rne), Kylmakorpi, Nieminen (from Workington), Robson. OUT: Andreas Jonsson (unattached), Leigh Lanham (to Ipswich), Tomas Jedrzejak (unattached), Ricky Kling (to Eastbourne), Krzysztof Jablonski (unattached).
PETERBOROUGH Kenneth Bjerre, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Mads Korneliussen, Karol Zabik, Ales Dryml, Claus Vissing. Doubling-up: Lee Complin & Andrew Tully. No.8: Simon Lambert. IN: Iversen (from Wolverhampton), Korneliussen (from Swindon), Dryml. OUT: Ryan Sullivan (unattached), Daniel King (to Ipswich), Lukas Dryml (to Eastbourne), Henning Bager (unattached).
POOLE Bjarne Pedersen, Chris Holder, Joe Screen, Jason Doyle, Daniel Davidsson, Kyle Legault. Doubling-up: Carl Stonehewer & Tomasz Piszcz. No.8: TBC. IN: Screen (from Belle Vue), Doyle (from Somerset), Legault (from Birmingham). OUT: Davey Watt (to Eastbourne), Magnus Zetterstrom (unattached), Adam Skornicki (to Wolverhampton), Freddie Eriksson (unattached).
SWINDON Leigh Adams, Troy Batchelor, Simon Stead, Travis McGowan, Jurica Pavlic, Krzysztof Stojanowski. Doubling-up: Ryan Fisher & Cory Gathercole. No.8: Richard Sweetman. IN: Stead (from Coventry), Stojanowski (from Isle of Wight). OUT: Mads Korneli ussen (to Peterborough), James Wright (to Belle Vue), Manuel Hauzinger (unattached).
WOLVERHAMPTON Peter Karlsson, Fredrik Lindgren, Adam Skornicki, Tai Woffinden, Nicolai Klindt, Hynek Stichauer. Doubling-up: Ty Proctor & Chris Kerr. No.8: Joe Haines. IN: Karlsson, Skornicki (from Poole), Woffinden (from Rye House), Stichauer. OUT: Niels-Kristian Iversen (to Peterborough), David Howe (to Scunthorpe), Jesper B Monberg (unattached), Morten Risager (unattached), Ludvig Lindgren (to Birmingham).
PREMIER LEAGUE
BERWICK William Lawson, Michal Makovsky, Josef Franc, Tero Aarnio, Paul Clews, Guglielmo Franchetti, Danny Warwick. IN: Lawson (from Edinburgh), Franc (from Newcastle), Warwick (from Reading). OUT: Adrian Rymel (to Workington), Tamas Sike (unattached), Scott Smith (unattached).
BIRMINGHAM Jason Lyons, Tomasz Piszcz, Ludvig Lindgren, Robert Ksiezak, Richard Sweetman, Marek Mroz, Ben Taylor. IN: Lindgren (from Wolverhampton), Ksiezak (from Glasgow), Sweetman (from Isle of Wight), Mroz, Taylor (from Buxton). OUT: Kyle Legault (to Poole), Craig Watson (to Newport), James Birkinshaw (unattached), Jack Roberts (unattached), Jay Herne (to Somerset).
EDINBURGH Ryan Fisher, Thomas H Jonasson, Matthew Wethers, Andrew Tully, Aaron Summers, Michal Rajkowski, Sean Stoddart. IN: Rajkowski, Stoddart (from Newcastle) OUT: William Lawson (to Berwick), Derek Sneddon (to Newcastle).
GLASGOW Shane Parker, James Grieves, Peter Juul, Josh Grajczonek, Ross Brady, Anders Andersen, Mitchell Davey. IN: Juul, Grajczonek, Brady. OUT: Robert Ksiezak (to Birmingham), Trent Leverington (to Newcastle), Lee Dicken (to Newport NL).
KING'S LYNN Tomas Topinka, Christian Henry, Chris Schramm, Emiliano Sanchez, Kozza Smith, Darcy Ward, Jan Graversen. IN: Henry (from Newcastle), Schramm (from Ipswich), Sanchez (from Scunthorpe), Ward (from Boston), Graversen (from Mildenhall). OUT: Kevin Doolan (to Workington), Rusty Harrison (unattached), Shaun Tacey (unattached), Simon Lambert (to Scunthorpe), John Oliver (unattached).
NEWCASTLE Steve Boxall, Jason King, Kenni Larsen, Derek Sneddon, Trent Leverington, Craig Branney, Casper Wortmann. IN: Boxall (from Belle Vue), Sneddon (from Edinburgh), Leverington20(from Glasgow), Branney, Wortmann (from Mildenhall). OUT: Josef Franc (to Berwick), Christian Henry (to King's Lynn), Sean Stoddart (to Edinburgh), Richard Juul (now team manager), Jerran Hart (to Scunthorpe).
NEWPORT Mark Lemon, Craig Watson, Chris Kerr, Jordan Frampton, Brent Werner, James Holder, Nick Simmons. IN: Lemon (from Reading), Watson (from Birmingham), Kerr (from Redcar), Frampton (from Somerset), Werner (from Somerset), Holder (from Isle of Wight), Simmons. OUT: Club returning to competition in 2009.
REDCAR Gary Havelock, Ty Proctor, Carl Stonehewer, Ben Wilson, Robbie Kessler, Arlo Bugeja, Benji Compton. IN: Stonehewer (from Workington), Wilson (from Sheffield), K essler (from Coventry), Compton (from Redcar Cubs). OUT: James Grieves (to Glasgow), Chris Kerr (to Newport), Josh Auty (to Sheffield), Daniel Giffard (unattached).
RYE HOUSE Chris Neath, Linus Sundstrom, Tommy Allen, Robert Mear, Joe Haines, Luke Bowen, Andrew Silver. IN: Sundstrom, Haines (from Workington), Silver. OUT: Tai Woffinden (to Wolverhampton), Stefan Ekberg (unattached), Daniel Halsey (to Rye House Cobras).
SCUNTHORPE David Howe, Magnus Karlsson, Carl Wilkinson, Simon Lambert, Viktor Bergstrom, Byron Bekker, Jerran Hart. IN: Howe (from Wolverhampton), Lambert (from King's Lynn), Hart (from Newcastle). OUT: Richard Hall (to Sheffield), Emiliano Sanchez (to King's Lynn), Ben Powell (unattached).
SHEFFIELD Ricky Ashworth, Richard Hall, Joel Parsons, Ritchie Hawkins, Paul Cooper, Chris Mills, Josh Auty. IN: Hall (from Scunthorpe), Hawkins, Mills (from Reading), Auty (from Redcar). OUT: Andre Compton (to Workington), Ben Wilson (to Redcar), Lee Smethills (to Buxton), Kyle Hughes (to Plymouth).
SOMERSET Steve Johnston, Emil Kramer, Cory Gathercole, Simon Walker, Justin Sedgmen, Tom Brown. Doubling-up: Jay Herne & Brendan Johnson. IN: Johnston (from Ipswich), Gathercole (from Isle of Wight), Sedgmen, Brown (from Plymouth). OUT: Jason Doyle (to Poole), Jordan Frampton (to Newport), Stephan Katt (unattached), Brent Werner (to Newport), Matthias Kroger (unattached).
STOKE Lee Complin, Jason Bunyan, Glen Phillips, Tom P Madsen, Phil Morris, Klaus Jakobsen, Jesper Kristiansen. IN: Bunyan (from Isle of Wight), Phillips (from Isle of Wight), Madsen (from Reading), Morris. OUT: Ben Barker (to Coventry), Andrew Moore (unattached), Mark Burrows (unattached), Krister Jacobsen (unattached).
WORKINGTON Kevin Doolan, Adrian Rymel, Andre Compton, Charles Wright, John Branney, Richard Lawson, Luke Priest. IN: Doolan (from King's Lynn), Rymel (from Berwick), Compton (from Sheffield), Lawson, Priest (from Weymouth). OUT: Daniel Nermark (unattached), Kauko Nieminen (to Lakeside), Carl Stonehewer (to Redcar), Joe Haines (to Rye House), Tomi Reima (unattached).
FIXTURE PICTURE…
WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 BJARNE PEDERSEN TESTIMONIAL: Poole v Newcastl e 7.30 ALAN HUNT MEMORIAL TROPHY: Birmingham 7.30
THURSDAY MARCH 19 CHALLENGE: Ipswich v Lakeside 7.30, Peterborough v Danish Select 7.30, Swindon v Lejonen 7.30
FRIDAY MARCH 20 CHALLENGE: Coventry v Wolverhampton 8pm, Lakeside v Ipswich 8pm, Scunthorpe v Sheffield 7.30 TOM P MADSEN TESTIMONIAL: King's Lynn 7pm
SATURDAY MARCH 21 PREMIER TROPHY: Rye House v Newport 7pm CHALLENGE: Berwick v Newcastle 7pm, Stoke v Birmingham 7.30
SUNDAY MARCH 22 ELITE SHIELD: Eastbourne v Poole 3.30 CHALLENGE: Glasgow v Belle Vue 3pm, Newcastle v Berwick 6.30, Newport v Somerset 3.30, Sheffield v Scunthorpe 6pm BILLY HAMILL FAREWELL: Wolverhampton 4pm
WEDNESDAY MARCH 25 ELITE SHIELD: Poole v Eastbourne 7.30 PREMIER TROPHY: Birmingham v Rye House 7.30 CHALLENGE: King's Lynn v Edinburgh 7.30
THURSDAY MARCH 26 ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP: Ipswich v Belle Vue 7.30, Peterborough v Coventry 7.30, Swindon v Wolverhampton 7.30 CHALLENGE: Redcar v Newcastle 7.30
FRIDAY MARCH 27 ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP: Coventry v Peterborough 8pm, Lakeside v Eastbourne 8pm PREMIER TROPHY: Scunthorpe v Stoke 7.30 CHALLENGE: Edinburgh v Glasgow 7.30, Somerset v Newport 7.30
SATURDAY MARCH 28 ELITE LEAGUE KO CUP: Eastbourne v Lakeside 7.30 PREMIER TROPHY: Berwick v Redcar 7pm, Rye House v Somerset 7pm, Stoke v King's Lynn 7.30, Workington v Newcastle 7pm
SUNDAY MARCH 29 PREMIER TROPHY: Newport v Rye House 3.30 CHALLENGE: Glasgow v Edinburgh 4pm, Newcastle v Redcar 6.30 BEN FUND BONANZA: Sheffield 3.30
MONDAY MARCH 30 SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE: Poole v Swindon 7.30, Wolverhampton v Lakeside 7.30 CHALLENGE: Belle Vue v Glasgow 7.30
