W/E JUNE 14TH 2003

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Speedway Star Cover Men

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Britain's five riders in the Cardif GP

News

• Belle Vue are forced to call off their meeting against Ipswich as the stock-car safety fence had not been removed follwoing a meting the previous day
• Polish star Krzysztof Cegielski suffers serious back injuries in a crash in Sweden
• Chris Johnson scores 14 to clinch a GB u-16 victory over their German counterparts at King's Lynn. Tobias Busch scores 11 for the Germans
• Andy Smith makes his debut as Oxford rider-coach in the Conference League;unsurprisingly he scores an 18-point maximum
• Belle Vue sign Jiri Stancl and Mark Lemon to share a doubling-up team spot
• Simon Stead and David Howe are named as wildcards for the Cardiff GP

Major Meetings

World u-21 Championship Semi-Final, Abensberg, June 9th 2003

• Chris Harris (13)
• Niels K Iversen (13)
• Krzysztof Kasprzak (12)
• Jaroslaw Hampel (12)
• Fredrik Lindgren (10)
• Robert Miskowiak (9)
• David Howe (7)
• Ryan Fisher (7)
• Martin Smolinski (7)
• Renat Gafurov (6)
• Andrew Appleton (6)
• Simon Stead (6)
• Tomas Suchanek (4)
• Rory Schlein (3)
• Fritz Wallner (3)
• Rune Sola (2)

World Championship Qualifying Round, Heusden-Zolder, June 8th 2003

• Lukas Dryml (12)
• Bohumil Brhel (12)
• Ales Dryml (11)
• Krzysztof Slabon (11)
• Peter Ljung (10)
• Joonas Kylmakorpi (10)
• Roman Povazhny (8)
• Simon Stead (8)
• Kenneth Bjerre (7)
• Matthias Schultz (7)
• Mark Lemon (6)
• Magnus Zetterstrom (6)
• Craig Watson (5)
• Leigh Lanham (5)
• Henrik Bos (2)
• Warren Meier (0)

Big Wins

Poole 57 v 33 Ipswich

Tony Rickardsson (13)..Scott Nicholls (12)

Edinburgh 59 v 37 King's Lynn

Frede Schott (15)..Dave Watt (14)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Jason Crump (Belle Vue) 10.16
• Ryan Sullivan (Peterborough) 10.00
• Leigh Adams (Poole) 9.76
• Tony Rickardsson (Poole) 9.51
• Scott Nicholls (Ipswich) 9.49

League 2

• Frede Schott (Edinburgh) 10.91
• Jiri Stancl (Glasgow) 10.22
• Danny Bird (IOW) 10.19
• Carl Stonehewer (Workington) 10.19
• Joonas Kylmakorpi (Arena-Essex) 10.08

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1

• Coventry..14..12..0..2..28
• Poole..14..10..1..3..26
• Peterborough..17..10..0..7..24
• Eastbourne..15..8..0..7..19
• Wolves..15..7..1..7..18
• Oxford..11..5..0..6..12
• Ipswich..15..3..0..12..6
• Belle Vue..13..1..0..12..2

League 2 Top 5

• Berwick..11..6..1..4..15
• Swindon..10..7..0..3..14
• Sheffield..12..5..0..7..14
• King's Lynn..12..6..0..6..14
• Edinburgh..7..6..0..1..13

League 2 Bottom 5

• Somerset..6..3..1..2..7
• Trelawny..7..3..0..4..6
• Reading..8..3..0..5..6
• Stoke..7..2..0..5..5
• Newcastle..6..1..0..5..2