W/E AUGUST 16TH 2003

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

World Cup Winners Sweden

Rear

Mikael Max, Scott Nicholls, Jarek Hampel and Leigh Adams

News

• Sweden are shock World Cup Winners after coming from 13 points behind Australia in the last seven races. The achievement was all the more remarkable as Tony Rickardsson didn't race for the victors
• Speedway is set to return to Weymouth next week after nearly twenty years
• Pre-war rider Norman Hargreaves passes away at the age of 90
• Tensions boil over at Wolves as team mates Nicki Pedersen and Peter Karlsson clash
• Stoke sign former Potters rider Rob Grant
• Hull sign Swede Jimmy Jansson. 22-year-old Jansson is the nephew of former Wimbledon hero the late Tommy Jansson
• Trelawny re-sign Czech Richard Wolff to cover the injured Emiliano Sanchez
• Lars Gunnestad is Norwegian Champion for a tenth time

Major Meetings

World Cup Third Round, Holsted, August 5th 2003

wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1700/swc-2003-event-iii-holsted

World Cup Race-Off, Outrup, August 7th 2003

wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1701/swc-2003-event-iv-outrup

World Cup Final, Vojens, August 9th 2003

wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/1702/swc-2003-final-vojens

Big Wins

Peterborough 62 v 28 Ipswich

Chris Harris (14+2)...Daniel Nermark (7+1)

Berwick 58 v 32 Somerset

Claus Kristensen (20+1)..Mark Lemon (14+1)

Stoke 60 v 32 Hull

Paul Pickering (13+1)..Paul Thorp (14)

Glasgow 59 v 31 Reading

Jiri Stancl (14)...Andrew Appleton (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Jason Crump (Belle Vue) 10.55
• Ryan Sullivan (Peterborough) 9.92
• Leigh Adams (Poole) 9.84
• Tony Rickardsson (Poole) 9.56
• Scott Nicholls (Ipswich) 9.52

League 2

• Frede Schott (Edinburgh) 10.76
• Adam Shields (IOW) 10.07
• Carl Stonehewer (Workington) 9.98
• Matej Zagar (Trelawny) 9.84
• Kenneth Bjerre (Newcastle) 9.84

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1

• Poole..26..19..1..6..49
• Peterborough..25..15..0..10..37
• Coventry..22..15..0..7..35
• Wolves..22..12..1..9..31
• Eastbourne..23..10..1..12..26
• Oxford..21..10..0..11..24
• Belle Vue..20..4..1..15..10
• Ipswich..23..4..0..19..8

League 2 Top 5

• Shffield..27..16..0..11..41
• Isle Of Wight..21..15..0..6..37
• Edinburgh..20..14..0..6..32
• Swindon..23..13..0..10..32
• Berwick..22..13..1..8..31

League 2 Bottom 5

• Reading..20..7..1..13..16
• Rye House..20..7..1..12..16
• Stoke..20..7..0..13..15
• Somerset..20..6..1..13..14
• Hull..23..4..0..19..9