W/E JUNE 26TH 2004

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Speedway Star Cover Men

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Pairs Winners Reading

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PL Pairs action between Sheffield and Reading

News

• Reading duo Danny Bird and Phil Morris make the most of home advantage to win the PL Pairs Championship at Smallmead
• Coventry's desperately poor season is casting doubt over their future as owner Avtar Sandhu considers his future options
• More controversy around the new double-points rules as Glasgow attempts to contrive a heat result at Stoke are thwarted when referee Paul Ackroyd refuses to allow the rule to be used in the next race - despite Glasgow now being eight points adrift
• Struggling Newcastle make a bold move to improve things by signing experienced Aussie, Jason Lyons
• Swindon sign Swedish rider Peter Ljung from Eastbourne to take the team spot sadly left by Rafal Kurmanski's recent passing
• Eastbourne move to sign Dane Steen Jensen and Polish youngster Pawel Hlib

Major Meetings

World Championship Semi-Final, Heusden-Zolder, June 20th 2004

• Craig Watson (12)
• Sebastian Ulamek (12)
• Peter Karlsson (11)
• Damian Balinski (10)
• Kenneth Bjerre (10)
• David Norris (9)
• Ronni Pedersen (8)
• Stefan Andersson (8)
• Niklas Klingberg (8)
• David Howe (7)
• Stefan Danno (7)
• Matej Ferjan (6)
• Lukas Dryml (5)
• Janusz Kolodziej (5)
• Theo Pijper (2)
• Matthias Schultz (0)

Big Wins

Isle Of Wight 57 v 35 Sheffield

Craig Boyce (16)...Craig Watson(G) (12)

Hull 65 v 27 Exeter

Ross Brady (15)..Mark Simmonds (7+1)

King's Lynn 67 v 27 Stoke

Tomas Topinka (13+2)...Jan Staechmann (9)

Sheffield 67 v 26 Newcastle

Richard Hall (13+1)..Richard Juul (9+1)

Exeter 64 v 30 Sheffield

Chris Harris(G) (15)..Craig Watson(G) (12)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Leigh Adams (Swindon) 11.38
• Tony Rickardsson (Poole) 10.82
• Jason Crump (Belle Vue) 10.65
• David Norris (Eastbourne) 10.29
• Greg Hancock (Oxford) 10.06

League 2

• Peter Carr (Edinburgh) 10.48
• Craig Watson (Newport) 10.43
• Frede Schott (Edinburgh) 10.17
• Danny Bird (Reading) 10.00
• Rory Schlein (Edinburgh) 10.00

League Tables - Top/Bottom 5

League 1 Top 5

• Poole..22..16..1..5..38
• Wolves..20..11..0..9..30
• Ipswich..19..11..0..8..26
• Oxford..17..10..0..7..24
• Arena-Essex..19..9..0..10..23

League 1 Bottom 5

• Eastbourne..18..8..1..9..20
• Belle Vue..15..7..0..8..17
• Swindon..17..7..1..9..16
• Peterborough..16..6..1..9..14
• Coventry..17..4..0..13..9

League 2 Top 5

• Newcastle..19..18..0..1..36
• Workington..16..11..1..4..23
• Ellesmere Port..14..9..1..4..19
• Crayford..17..9..0..8..18
• Peterborough..16..9..0..7..18

League 2 Bottom 5

• Teesside..16..6..0..10..12
• Oxford..17..5..1..11..11
• Eastbourne..14..5..0..9..10
• Scunthorpe..15..3..0..12..6
• Paisley..13..3..0..10..6