W/E AUGUST 14TH 1993

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Chris Louis and Joe Screen

Rear

Per Jonsson leads Tommy Knudsen

News

• England's Joe Screen and Chris Louis safely negotiate the World Championship Semi-Final at Vetlanda and bring England's finalist count to four
• Oxford sign Andy Meredith, son of former rider Colin
• Eastbourne suffer a major blow as Andrew Silver breaks both a collarbone and ankle in a crash at Arena-Essex
• Former Russian international Gab Kadirov dies following an accident at his home
• King's Lynn make an unsuccessful bid to sign Polish star Tomasz Gollob

Major Meetings

World Championship Semi-Final, Vetlanda

• Joe Screen (12)
• Tomasz Gollob (11)
• Henrik Gustafsson (11)
• Tony Rickardsson (10)
• Sam Ermolenko (10)
• Per Jonsson (10)
• Chris Louis (9)
• Peter Karlsson (9)
• Ronnie Correy (9)
• Tommy Knudsen (7)
• Marvyn Cox (6)
• Bohumil Brhel (5)
• Jacek Krzyzaniak (4)
• Zoltan Adorjan (3)
• Antal Kocso (2)
• Piotr Swist (1)
• Hans Clausen(Res) (1)
• Laszlo Bodi(Res) (0)

Big Wins

Poole 70 v 37 Glasgow

Craig Boyce/Lars Gunnestad (14+1)..Robert Nagy (12+1)

Cradley 74 v 34 Ipswich

Billy Hamill (16)..Mitch Shirra (12+1)

Belle Vue 76 v 32 Arena-Essex

Frede Schott (13+4)..Colin White (9)

Glasgow 67 v 41 Exeter

Mick Powell (14+2)..Gordon Kennett/Richard Green (11)

Rye House 70 v 38 Sheffield

Jens Rasmussen (14)..David Blackburn (9+1)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Sam Ermolenko (Wolves) 11.19
• Per Jonsson (Reading) 10.35
• Hans Nielsen (Coventry) 10.01
• Greg Hancock (Cradley) 9.94
• Ronnie Correy (Wolves) 9.38

League 2

• Robert Nagy (Glasgow) 10.34
• Jan Staechmann (Long Eaton) 10.22
• Jason Crump (Swindon) 10.12
• Paul Thorp (Newcastle) 9.84
• Mick Poole (Peterborough) 9.40

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Wolves..25..17..0..8..46
• Eastbourne..24..13..1..10..35
• Bradford..23..14..1..8..34
• Coventry..26..12..2..12..33
• Belle Vue..24..12..0..12..31

League 1 Bottom 5

• Reading..22..11..1..10..27
• Poole..21..10..0..11..22
• Cradley..22..10..0..12..21
• Ipswich..21..7..0..14..18
• King's Lynn..22..5..3..14..14

League 2 Top 5

• Glasgow..27..19..1..7..51
• Peterborough..24..15..0..9..38
• Long Eaton..24..15..0..9..37
• Rye House..28..14..0..14..32
• Swindon..22..13..1..8..31

League 2 Bottom 5

• Newcastle..24..11..2..11..28
• Edinburgh..22..9..0..13..25
• Sheffield..24..9..0..15..22
• Exeter..25..9..0..16..20
• Oxford..24..5..0..19..12