BRITISH SPEEDWAY WEEKLY BULLETIN ISSUE 01,2022

PIC OF THE WEEK   Picture: MARK HALL

Leicester got their 2022 Championship off to a flying start on Saturday at the Paul Chapman & Sons Arena with a resounding 62-28 win against Scunthorpe.
BRITISH SPEEDWAY STARTING LINE-UPS 2022

NB. Ins and Outs refer to clubs’ last declared line-ups of 2021.
Line-ups reported in line with ratified, published official team declarations.

PREMIERSHIP LINE-UPS

*denotes assessed average.
RS7 and RS8 denote declared Rising Stars.
Moves between clubs listed in terms of club from same league in 2021. RS8 not included in the ‘In’ section.

BELLE VUE: Max Fricke 8.81, Brady Kurtz 7.27, Charles Wright 5.92, Jye Etheridge 5.22, Jake Allen 4.80, Norick Blodorn 4.00*, Tom Brennan (RS7), Connor Bailey (RS8).
IN: Fricke, Allen (from Ipswich), Blodorn.
OUT: Dan Bewley, Steve Worrall (to Wolverhampton), Richie Worrall (to King’s Lynn).

IPSWICH: Jason Doyle 8.96, Danny King 7.76, Troy Batchelor 5.67, Erik Riss 5.08, Cameron Heeps 4.96, Paul Starke 4.47, Anders Rowe (RS7), Danyon Hume (RS8).
IN: Doyle, Batchelor (from Sheffield), Riss (from King’s Lynn), Heeps.
OUT: Craig Cook (to Sheffield), Jason Crump, Jake Allen (to Belle Vue), Drew Kemp (to Wolverhampton).

KING’S LYNN: Niels-Kristian Iversen 7.54, Josh Pickering 7.38, Richard Lawson 7.19, Thomas Jorgensen 5.89, Lewis Kerr 5.55, Richie Worrall 5.37, Jack Thomas (RS7), Jake Mulford (RS8).
NOTE: Iversen has replaced the initially declared Peter Kildemand (7.10) in the Stars’ line-up.
IN: Iversen, Pickering (from Sheffield), Worrall (from Belle Vue), Thomas.
OUT: Erik Riss (to Ipswich), Ben Barker, Kasper Andersen, Connor Mountain (to Sheffield).

PETERBOROUGH: Michael Palm Toft 7.17, Ulrich Ostergaard 7.09, Hans Andersen 7.05, Chris Harris 6.84, Scott Nicholls 6.54, Benjamin Basso 4.00*, Jordan Palin (RS7), Dan Gilkes (RS8).
IN: Basso.
OUT: Bjarne Pedersen (retired).

SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder 8.87, Adam Ellis 7.92, Craig Cook 6.81, Tobiasz Musielak 6.21, Kyle Howarth 6.04, Stefan Nielsen 3.00*, Connor Mountain (RS7), Dan Thompson (RS8).
IN: Cook (from Ipswich), Musielak, Mountain (from King’s Lynn).
OUT: Josh Pickering (to King’s Lynn), Troy Batchelor (to Ipswich), Danyon Hume (to Ipswich as RS8).

WOLVERHAMPTON: Sam Masters 8.34, Nick Morris 7.12, Ryan Douglas 6.98, Luke Becker 6.95, Steve Worrall 5.94, Drew Kemp 3.28, Leon Flint (RS7), Joe Thompson (RS8).
IN: Worrall (from Belle Vue), Kemp (from Ipswich).
OUT: Rory Schlein (retired), Broc Nicol.

CHAMPIONSHIP LINE-UPS

*denotes assessed average.
Moves between clubs listed in terms of club from same league in 2021

BERWICK: Chris Harris 7.91, Ricky Wells 6.59, Leon Flint 5.89, Theo Pijper 5.51, Ty Proctor 5.42, Jye Etheridge 5.35, Kyle Bickley 3.51.
IN: Harris (from Birmingham), Wells (from Glasgow), Pijper (from Scunthorpe), Proctor.
OUT: Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen, Aaron Summers (retired), Dany Gappmaier, Kasper Andersen (to Redcar).

BIRMINGHAM: Claus Vissing 8.43, Adam Ellis 7.47, Josh Auty 7.42, James Shanes 4.89, Ashley Morris 4.68, Stefan Nielsen 4.52, James Pearson 4.00*.
NOTE: Club initially declared Ben Morley (3.63) who made one appearance prior to the signing of Ellis.
IN: Vissing, Ellis (from Scunthorpe), Auty, Nielsen (from Poole), Pearson.
OUT: Chris Harris (to Berwick), Erik Riss (to Redcar), Paco Castagna (to Edinburgh), Jack Thomas (to Oxford), Valentin Grobauer.

EDINBURGH: Sam Masters 9.41, Josh Pickering 8.34, Paco Castagna 5.52, Kye Thomson 5.46, Lasse Fredriksen 5.00*, James Sarjeant 4.18, Jacob Hook 4.00*.
IN: Castagna (from Birmingham), Fredriksen, Sarjeant (from Redcar), Hook.
OUT: Richie Worrall (to Leicester), Nathan Greaves (retired), Anders Rowe (to Leicester), Drew Kemp (to Poole).

GLASGOW: Craig Cook 8.79, Ulrich Ostergaard 7.82, Tom Brennan 5.88, Broc Nicol 5.45, Benjamin Basso 5.00*, Danyon Hume 4.88, Connor Bailey 4.17.
IN: Ostergaard (returns from injury), Basso (from Poole), Hume (from Poole).
OUT: Ricky Wells (to Berwick), Sam Jensen, Marcin Nowak.

LEICESTER: Nick Morris 8.58, Richie Worrall 7.93, Kyle Howarth 7.60, Connor Mountain 5.06, Dan Thompson 4.92, Anders Rowe 3.69, Joe Thompson 3.55.
IN: Worrall (from Edinburgh), Mountain (from Newcastle), Rowe (from Edinburgh).
OUT: Hans Andersen (to Plymouth), Ryan Douglas (to Scunthorpe), Zaine Kennedy (to Scunthorpe).

NEWCASTLE: Bradley Wilson-Dean 8.21, Matt Wethers 6.47, Paul Starke 6.11, Max Clegg 5.27, James Wright 5.07, Lee Complin 4.00*, George Congreve 4.00*.
IN: Wilson-Dean, Starke (from Kent), Complin, Congreve.
OUT: Ben Barker (to Plymouth), Adam Roynon (to Redcar), Connor Mountain (to Leicester), Archie Freeman.

OXFORD: Troy Batchelor 9.11, Scott Nicholls 9.07, Kyle Newman 5.16, Cameron Heeps 5.05, Jack Thomas 4.91, Josh Macdonald 4.00, Dillon Ruml 4.00.
NB: Club new to Championship in 2022.
IN: Batchelor (from Kent), Nicholls (from Kent), Newman, Heeps (from Kent), Thomas (from Birmingham), Macdonald (from Scunthorpe), Ruml (from Plymouth).

PLYMOUTH: Edward Kennett 8.40, Hans Andersen 8.00, Michael Palm Toft 7.32, Ben Barker 6.87, Alfie Bowtell 4.77, Dan Gilkes 3.79, Henry Atkins 2.24.
IN: Kennett, Andersen (from Leicester), Palm Toft (from Redcar), Barker (from Newcastle), Gilkes (from Kent), Atkins.
OUT: Bjarne Pedersen (retired), Richard Lawson (to Poole), Jason Crump, Zach Cook (to Poole), Zane Keleher, Dillon Ruml (to Oxford).

POOLE: Steve Worrall 9.05, Danny King 8.99, Richard Lawson 8.40, Ben Cook 5.52, Zach Cook 4.25, Drew Kemp 3.58, Nathan Ablitt 2.00*.
IN: Lawson (from Plymouth), Z.Cook (from Plymouth), Kemp (from Edinburgh), Ablitt.
OUT: Rory Schlein (retired), Danyon Hume (to Glasgow), Benjamin Basso (to Glasgow), Stefan Nielsen (to Birmingham).

REDCAR: Charles Wright 8.37, Erik Riss 7.84, Lewis Kerr 7.47, Kasper Andersen 5.87, Adam Roynon 5.08, Jordan Jenkins 3.61, Jason Edwards 2.16.
IN: Riss (from Birmingham), Andersen (from Berwick), Roynon (from Redcar), Edwards.
OUT: Jake Allen (to Scunthorpe), Michael Palm Toft (to Plymouth), James Sarjeant (to Edinburgh), Ryan Kinsley (to Scunthorpe).

SCUNTHORPE: Ryan Douglas 7.96, Jake Allen 7.88, Tero Aarnio 6.80, Simon Lambert 5.67, Jordan Palin 5.56, Zaine Kennedy 4.87, Ryan Kinsley 2.79.
IN: Douglas (from Leicester), Allen (from Redcar), Kennedy (from Leicester), Kinsley (from Redcar).
OUT: Adam Ellis (to Birmingham), Thomas Jorgensen, Theo Pijper (to Berwick), Josh Macdonald (to Oxford).

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE LINE-UPS 

*denotes assessed average.
Moves between clubs listed in terms of club from same league in 2021.

ARMADALE: Team to be declared.

BELLE VUE: Jack Smith 8.70, Harry McGurk 6.80, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 6.64, Nathan Ablitt 6.29, Sam McGurk 5.25, Archie Freeman 3.00*, Freddy Hodder 3.00*.
IN: Ablitt (from Mildenhall), Freeman (from Armadale), Hodder.
OUT: Connor Coles (to Leicester), Paul Bowen (retired), Sam Woolley (to Kent).

BERWICK: Kyle Bickley 8.75, Greg Blair 7.57, Luke Crang 6.41, Kieran Douglas 4.18, Ben Rathbone 4.00, Mason Watson 3.91, Ace Pijper 3.00*.
IN: Pijper.
OUT: Ryan MacDonald.

KENT: Alfie Bowtell 9.78, Ben Morley 9.18, Danno Verge 5.56, Jamie Halder 4.63, Joe Alcock 4.36, Sam Woolley 3.00*, Chris Watts 3.00*.
IN: Bowtell, Morley, Verge, Halder, Alcock, Woolley (from Belle Vue), Watts.
OUT: Dan Gilkes (to Plymouth), Ryan Kinsley (to Mildenhall), Jake Mulford, Alex Spooner (to Mildenhall), Jacob Clouting, Josh Warren (to Mildenhall), Vinnie Foord (to Leicester).

LEICESTER: Dan Thompson 10.17, Joe Thompson 8.52, Connor Coles 6.04, Tom Spencer 5.53, Mickie Simpson 3.62, Vinnie Foord 3.00*, Max Perry 3.00*.
IN: Coles (from Belle Vue), Foord (from Kent), Perry.
OUT: Joe Lawlor (retired), Ben Trigger (to Plymouth), Kai Ward.

MILDENHALL: Team to be declared.

OXFORD: Team to be declared.

PLYMOUTH: Dan Gilkes 10.30, Richard Andrews 6.55, Henry Atkins 5.86, Adam Extance 5.67, Connor King 3.67, Ben Trigger 3.57, Eli Meadows 3.00*.
NB: Club new to NDL in 2021.
IN: Gilkes (from Kent), Andrews, Atkins, Extance, King, Trigger (from Leicester), Meadows.

FIXTURE PICTURE…

TUESDAY APRIL 5:
CHAMPIONSHIP KO CUP Q/F 1st leg: Plymouth v Poole 7pm

WEDNESDAY APRIL 6:
CHAMPIONSHIP KO CUP Q/F 2nd leg: Poole v Plymouth 7.30; 1st round 2nd leg: Birmingham v Leicester 7.30

THURSDAY APRIL 7:
LEAGUE CUP: King’s Lynn v Ipswich 7.30, Sheffield v Belle Vue 7.30

FRIDAY APRIL 8:
CHAMPIONSHIP: Redcar v Plymouth 7.30
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Armadale v Berwick 7.30

SATURDAY APRIL 9:
CHAMPIONSHIP: Leicester v Newcastle 7pm
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Berwick v Oxford 7pm

SUNDAY APRIL 10:
BRITISH UNDER-21 SEMI-FINAL: Mildenhall 3pm
TYNE/TEES TROPHY 2nd leg: Newcastle v Redcar 4pm

TUESDAY APRIL 12:
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Plymouth v Belle Vue 7pm

WEDNESDAY APRIL 13:
CHAMPIONSHIP: Birmingham v Poole 7.30, Oxford v Scunthorpe 7.30

THURSDAY APRIL 14:
LEAGUE CUP: Ipswich v Peterborough 7.30, Sheffield v Wolverhampton 7.30

FRIDAY APRIL 15:
CHAMPIONSHIP: Edinburgh v Berwick 7.30, Glasgow v Newcastle 7.30, Poole v Oxford 7.30, Redcar v Birmingham 7.30, Scunthorpe v Leicester 5pm
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Belle Vue v Plymouth 1pm
BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP Round 1 (500cc/250cc): Belle Vue (follows NDL fixture)

SATURDAY APRIL 16:
CHAMPIONSHIP: Berwick v Edinburgh 6.30, Leicester v Poole 7pm
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Berwick v Armadale (follows Champ fixture)

SUNDAY APRIL 17:
CHAMPIONSHIP KO CUP 1st round 1st leg: Newcastle v Edinburgh 5.30
POULTEC CHALLENGE: Mildenhall 3pm
CHALLENGE: Kent v Thurrock Hammers 12pm

MONDAY APRIL 18:
LEAGUE CUP: Belle Vue v Wolverhampton 12pm, Peterborough v King’s Lynn 7.30, Wolverhampton v Belle Vue 8pm

TUESDAY APRIL 19:
CHAMPIONSHIP: Plymouth v Leicester 7pm