W/E JUNE 12TH 2004

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Speedway Star Cover Men

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British GP riders

News

• Farcical scenes at Eastbourne as Poole riders Magnus Zetterstrom and Ryan Sullivan both deliberately fail to finish a heat to enable the Pirates to utilise the new double-points rule in the next race. Poole boss Matt Ford admits to instructing the duo to throw the race
• Struggling Newcastle sign former Oxford man Lubos Tomicek in a bid to reverse fortunes
• Coventry make a change and replace American Bryan Yarrow with former Peterborough man Tomasz Piszcz
• Berwick sign unknown Pole Adam Pietraszko to replace injured heat-leader Michal Makovsky
• Edinburgh give a chance to Sweden's Tobias Johansson as replacement for Gary Phelps. Johansson was recently released by Belle Vue

Major Meetings

World Championship Semi-Final, Lonigo, June 5th 2004

• Wieslaw Jagus (13)
• Hans Andersen (12)
• Antonio Lindback (12)
• Tomasz Chrzanowski (11)
• Niels-Kristian Iversen (11)
• Marcin Rempala (10)
• Bohumil Brhel (9)
• Roman Povazhny (7)
• Stuart Robson (7)
• Jacek Rempala (7)
• Laszlo Szatmari (6)
• Andrea Maida (5)
• Izak Santej (3)
• David Ruud (3)
• Chris Neath (3)
• Josef Franc (1)

Big Wins

Poole 58 v 34 Ipswich

Bjarne Pedersen (11+2)..Scott Nicholls (12)

Oxford 71 v 21 Coventry

Travis McGowan (17+1)..Andreas Jonsson (8)

Edinburgh 62 v 32 Isle Of Wight

Rory Schlein (15)...Craig Boyce (12)

Glasgow 58 v 34 Isle Of Wight

Shane Parker (14+1)..Craig Boyce (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Leigh Adams (Swindon) 11.25
• Tony Rickardsson (Poole) 10.82
• Jason Crump (Belle Vue) 10.55
• David Norris (Eastbourne) 10.36
• Mark Loram (Arena-Essex) 9.97

League 2

• Peter Carr (Edinburgh) 10.15
• Frede Schott (Edinburgh) 10.00
• Paul Pickering (Stoke) 10.00
• Ricky Ashworth (Sheffield) 9.87
• Danny Bird (Reading) 9.83

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Poole..19..13..1..5..33
• Wolves..17..10..0..7..28
• Ipswich..16..10..0..6..23
• Oxford..14..9..0..5..20
• Arena-Essex..15..7..0..8..18

League 1 Bottom 5

• Eastbourne..14..6..0..8..14
• Peterborough..14..6..1..7..14
• Belle Vue..14..6..0..8..14
• Swindon..14..6..0..8..13
• Coventry..15..2..0..13..5

League 2 Top 5

• Stoke..6..5..0..1..12
• Hull..6..5..0..1..10
• Reading..7..4..0..3..9
• Rye House..7..4..0..3..8
• Workington..6..3..0..3..6

League 2 Bottom 5

• Glasgow..3..1..0..2..3
• Edinburgh..3..1..0..2..2
• King's Lynn..1..1..0..0..2
• Newcastle..3..0..0..3..0
• Newport..4..0..0..4..0