BRITISH SPEEDWAY OCTOBER 13, 2022

(SPEEDWAY 1)

A PREMIERSHIP CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED

THE 2022 Premiership champions will be crowned tonight (Thursday -UK time) as Sheffield host Belle Vue in the second leg of the Grand Final at Owlerton.
The Tigers are seeking their first-ever top-flight title, whilst the Aces are looking to end nearly three decades of hurt having last triumphed in the old British League Division One of 1993.

Mark Lemon’s side travel to Yorkshire with a 51-39 advantage, but Monday’s result came at a cost with two riders ruled out of the return due to injury.
Charles Wright is on the sidelines with concussion, and the Aces use rider replacement at No.2, whilst at reserve Jye Etheridge is also unfit to ride and Simon Lambert comes in to guest.

Simon Stead’s Tigers have confidence from a recent run of impressive home results, including a 57-33 win over the Aces last month – although on that occasion Belle Vue were without the injured Max Fricke, with his recent replacement Robert Lambert having scored maximums in both of his matches so far.

Stead said: “I hope the place is absolutely packed out. I know Belle Vue fans are due to make the short trip in good numbers and I have no doubt that the Sheffield public will respond as well. 
“We know the job in hand and as we’ve proven a couple of times here already this year, they are far from unbeatable. 
“The boys are so, so hungry, they really do deserve success, so here’s hoping that they can go out there and get the job done.”

Aces youngster Tom Brennan said: “Taking such a big margin to Sheffield is a massive confidence boost for the boys. Obviously we’re not getting complacent because we know how good Sheffield are at home, they’re not so unlike ourselves here in Manchester, so we know it will be tough still. 

“It’s not ideal that we go there without both Charles and Jye, and hopefully they recover pretty fast. They were two pretty big crashes so all the best to them.
“But we proved that we could still win without them at home and as long as we can pack the minor places and avoid any last places I think we’ve got an excellent chance of finishing the job.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

POOLE retained the Championship KO Cup with a 52-38 home win over Redcar for a 21-point aggregate success.
The Pirates had done much of their hard work by winning at the Ecco Arena last Friday and finished the job at Wimborne Road with the silverware secured by a 5-1 from Richard Lawson and Zach Cook in Heat 11.

Lawson top-scored for the home side with 13 from five rides, whilst Steve Worrall also won three races and Ben Cook kept up his impressive form with 9+3.
Erik Riss top-scored for the Bears with 11, who were unable to repeat their 2019 KO Cup victory, but they do have silverware to show for their 2022 campaign thanks to their Championship Pairs triumph at Oxford in August.

Pirates skipper Danny King, who rode with a broken finger, said: “We are here to win trophies and we’ve done the first part of that tonight, and it doesn’t stop now.  “We have got a league title to win next week, and I will do whatever I have to if it helps the side. If I need to lend Drew (Kemp) an engine again then I will. 

“Whatever needs to be done will be done by me because I am here to win trophies and that’s what we are all about.
“Tonight I really have to say a big thank you to Ben Cook. Me and Ben have such a great understanding on track and I love riding with him, and I think he feels the same. We just always seem to know where each other is, but I have to thank him tonight, because I was struggling out there.”
 
(FIXTURES)
 
THURSDAY OCTOBER 13:
PREMIERSHIP GRAND FINAL 2nd leg: Sheffield (39) v Belle Vue (51) 7.30

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15:
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE KO CUP FINAL 1st leg: Leicester v Mildenhall 7pm
FAREWELL TO ARMADALE – RATHO COACHES SCOTTISH OPEN: Edinburgh 6.30

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16:
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PLAY-OFF S/F 2nd leg: Mildenhall (43) v Berwick (46) 3pm