W/E MAY 29TH 2004

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Jaroslaw Hampel

News

• Belle Vue's Antonin Svab suffers a career-threatening compound thigh fracture in a spill against Eastbourne
• Eastbourne suffer a shock as up-and-coming star Edward Kennett announces he is quitting the club to enable him to develop further in the Premier League
• Struggling Coventry appoint Peter Oakes as joint team manager to assist current boss Colin Pratt
• Former Exeter and Crewe rider Peter Thompson passes away at the young age of just 56
• Coventry's efforts to strengthen continue to be thwarted as Jaroslaw Hampel becomes the latest rider to tuen the club down

Big Wins

Workington 58 v 33 Newcastle

Carl Stonehewer (15+1)...Kristian Lund (10)

Exeter 64 v 32 Newcastle

Graeme Gordon (14+2)..Lee Smethills (11)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Leigh Adams (Swindon) 11.40
• Tony Rickardsson (Poole) 10.82
• Jason Crump (Belle Vue) 10.59
• David Norris (Eastbourne) 10.30
• Greg Hancock (Oxford) 10.00

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Poole..13..10..0..3..23
• Wolves..14..9..0..5..23
• Ipswich..13..9..0..4..20
• Oxford..10..7..0..3..14
• Belle Vue..11..6..0..5..14

League 1 Bottom 5

• Arena-Essex..12..5..0..7..12
• Eastbourne..11..4..0..7..10
• Peterborough..11..4..0..7..9
• Swindon..10..3..0..7..7
• Coventry..11..1..0..10..3