BRITISH SPEEDWAY OCTOBER 19, 2023

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FORD SAYS GOOD START REQUIRED FOR VICTORY 
POOLE promoter Dan Ford is confident of securing Championship KO Cup success once again on Saturday – but says a fast start on the night is important.

The Pirates trail Scunthorpe by just four points heading into the home leg of the Final on Saturday, although recent Wimborne Road clashes with the Scorpions and Glasgow in the league play-offs have seen the visiting teams put in impressive displays.
Ford said: “I guess we are only one good heat advantage down, a 5-1 and we are back on level terms.
“What we can’t afford is to get off to a start like we did against Glasgow, but provided we settle early then I would hope we shouldn’t have too many problems in pulling that deficit back.

“But we know it is going to be tough. Dougie [Ryan Douglas] and Drew [Kemp] showed us last time they were here just how much they enjoy riding our circuit, and with Dougie having confirmed that he won’t be racing at this level next season I am sure he will want to go out on a high.
“But there is good confidence in our camp and the boys feel that they owe it to the fans to produce a good result.”

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OXFORD boss Peter Schroeck is backing his NDL team to secure the club’s first item of team silverware since their hugely successful return to the sport last year.
The Chargers have reached the league Grand Final where they take on defending champions Leicester, and a close contest is expected as just one race point separated the sides on aggregate when they met in the regular competition earlier this season.

A date for Oxford’s home leg is to be confirmed after Wednesday’s postponement, but the teams are due to meet at Leicester on Sunday afternoon. Schroeck said: “Everyone at the club is proud of the squad’s achievement in reaching the Grand Final, but we want to go a step further and end the year with silverware in our cabinet.
“Leicester have been fantastic all season and secured all seven aggregate points available to them, so we’re under no illusions how tough both meetings will be.
“But all year we’ve championed how talented our own squad is and personally I see no reason why we can’t overturn the formbook and end the year on a high. There’s very little between both squads and for the neutral it’ll be an amazing spectacle.”
 
(FIXTURES)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 20:
TEESSIDE SILVER HELMET: Redcar 7.30

SATURDAY OCTOBER 21:
CHAMPIONSHIP KO CUP FINAL 2nd leg: Poole (43) v Scunthorpe (47) 7.30

SUNDAY OCTOBER 22:
NDL GRAND FINAL 1st leg: Leicester v Oxford 3pm
NDL KO CUP FINAL 2nd leg: Leicester (49) v Mildenhall (38) (follows previous fixture)

MONDAY OCTOBER 23:
FAREWELL TO MONMORE – WE’LL MEET AGAIN TROPHY: Wolverhampton 7.30

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25:
BRITISH UNDER-19 FINAL: Birmingham 7.30
CHAMPIONSHIP JUBILEE LEAGUE FINAL: Poole v Leicester 7.30