W/E JULY 21ST 2001

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Speedway Star Cover Men

Front

Carl Stonehewer and Peter Karlsson

Rear

Martin Dixon. Steve Masters and Claus Kristensen

News

• Tony Mole has a planning bid rejected to re-introduce speedway to Ellesmere Port's Thornton Road Stadium.
• 34-year-old Belle Vue star Jimmy Nilsen announces his intention to retire at the end of the season
• British duo David Howe and Simon Stead both qualify for the World U-21 Final scheduled for Peterborough next month
• Workington duo Carl Stonehewer and Peter Karlsson are crowned Premier League Pairs champions at their home Derwent Park track
• Tragedy in Poland as Krosno rider Wojciech Kielbasa dies from injuries sustained in a training crash onhis hime circuit

Major Meetings

World U-21 Semi-Final, Krsko, July 14th 2001

• Rafal Okoniewski (14)
• Krzysztof Slabon (12)
• Simon Stead (11)
• Freddie Eriksson (11)
• Tomasz Chrzanowski (10)
• David Howe (10)
• Matej Zagar (10)
• Dawid Kujawa (10)
• Hans Andersen (9)
• Jernej Kolenko (5)
• Martin Smolinski (5)
• Henning Bager (4)
• Manuel Hauzinger (4)
• Ross Brady (2)
• Blair Scott (1)
• Primoz Klenovsek(Res) (1)
• Janos Golenya (0)

World U-21 Semi-Final, Rybnik, July 15th 2001

• Lukas Dryml (14)
• Roman Chromik (12)
• Krzysztof Kasprzak (10)
• Lukasz Romanek (10)
• David Ruud (10)
• Bjorn Hansen (9)
• Jaroslaw Hampel (9)
• Miroslav Fencl (8)
• Chris Harris (8)
• Joonas Kylmakorpi (8)
• Ryan Fisher (7)
• Rusty Harrison (6)
• Tomas Suchanek (4)
• Scott Smith (3)
• Lee Smethills (2)
• Matthias Nilsson (0)

Big Wins

Ipswich 56 v 34 Belle Vue

Craig Boyce (16)...Adam Labedzki (10+3)

Glasgow 33 v 57 Hull

Les Collins (15)...Paul Thorp (14)

Exeter 56 v 34 Glasgow

Lawrence Hare (15)..Sean Tacey(G) (11)

Newcastle 59 v 31 Trelawny

Bjarne Pedersen (15)..Kenny Olsson (10+1)

Averages - Top 5

League 1

• Leigh Adams (Oxford) 10.54
• Jason Crump (King's Lynn) 9.81
• Scott Nicholls (Ipswich) 9.78
• Tony Rickardsson (Poole) 9.77
• Billy Hamill (Coventry) 9.18

League 2

• Sean Wilson (Sheffield) 11.18
• Peter Carr (Edinburgh) 10.63
• Carl Stonehewer (Workington) 10.49
• Simon Stead (Sheffield) 10.47
• Paul Thorp (Hull) 10.27

League Tables

League 1

• Oxford..20..15..3..2..40
• Ipswich..22..13..1..8..33
• Poole..21..12..2..7..32
• Coventry..20..11..2..7..29
• Peterborough..18..9..1..8..21
• Eastbourne..20..7..3..10..21
• Wolves..24..8..0..16..19
• King's Lynn..20..6..1..13..15
• Belle Vue..19..4..1..14..10

League 2 Top 5

• Hull..12..9..2..1..25
• Newcastle..11..8..1..2..19
• Swindon..10..6..2..2..14
• Edinburgh..11..6..0..5..14
• Isle Of Wight..11..6..0..5..14

League 2 Bottom 5

• Arena-Essex..11..5..0..6..11
• Glasgow..13..5..0..6..10
• Berwick..12..2..0..10..5
• Newport..9..2..0..7..4
• Trelawny..10..1..1..8..3