Speedway News

Rye House meetings against Newport always seem to have a certain resonance which you don't always get from the visits of other teams, possibly due to the history between the two clubs when they didn't quite see eye to eye in the 1999 season.

Speedway results for Monday 29 March. Elite League: Arena-Essex 43 - 47 Poole Mark Loram 11+1 - Tony Rickardsson 15 Belle Vue 41 - 49 Ipswich Jason Crump 11 - Hans Andersen 11

Sheffield Pirtek Tigers look to make it three straight home wins when they face Newcastle Diamonds at Owlerton Stadium on Thursday.

With the 2004 speedway season only just started Justin Elkins and Weymouth Speedway have parted company with Justin's contract now being cancelled following a poor start to the season from the Ringwood based rider.

The first away fixture for the Wildcats in the Conference League saw plenty of rain during the drive from Dorset to South Wales whilst being confirmed that the meetings, Newport v Exeter in a Premier League Trophy meeting then Newport v Weymouth in the Conference League would be going ahead.

The Newcastle Diamonds opened their Premier Trophy campaign under disappointing circumstances. Scott Smith is yet to arrive in this country though it's hoped he will be on his way from his Australian base today.

With the bad weather around the country affecting the sport the Wildcats were able to start their 2004 season off with the narrowest of victories against former Wildcat and now Swindon promoter Alun Rossiter's Sprockets side by a single point.

Coventry Bees begin a new era of Thursday night racing when they host Wolverhampton in their opening home meeting of 2004 at Brandon (Thursday, March 18).

Next Wednesday night sees the start of another speedway season at Plough Lane with the GMB Dons aiming to build upon last season's improvement with a major push for honours, in this the third comeback year for the sport in SW17.

The Conference League have released the Wildcats fixtures for the 2004 season with the Wildcats opening fixture at the Wessex Stadium this Friday evening where a bumper crowd is expected to see the Wildcats in competitive action for the first time in 2004.

Watching him tear around the Wessex Stadium these days, it's hard to believe that a year ago Paul Candy had never ridden a speedway bike in anger. To describe the 23-year-old as a late starter would be a massive understatement with most riders taking up the sport as teenagers.

The moment every Euphony Racers fan has been waiting for the past few months is just days away, the tapes are set to rise for the 2004 British Speedway season.

Tom Brown is the final link in the Berwick Speedway jigsaw for the forthcoming 2004 season which begins in earnest next Saturday night with a Premier Trophy meeting at home against Sheffield.

Speedway at Shielfield Park tomorrow (Saturday) takes the form of the annual staging of the Karl Friar Memorial Trophy, named after the 16 year old lad who worked tirelessly for Berwick Speedway when they returned to Shielfield in 1996.

Following a hugely successful Press & Public Launch on Tuesday which was followed by the official Practice session yesterday (Wednesday) the 2004 Oxford Silver Machine are ready to take to the track.

Reading Speedway are pleased to report that they have some sporting celebrities coming along to Smallmead for the opening meetings of the new 2004 season.

Coventry Bees blood three new signings when the tapes go up on their 2004 season with an Elite League challenge match at Oxford on Friday night.

Since his childhood Wildcats Chairman Brian White has lived and breathed Speedway.

Literally thousands of speedway fans from the North, and indeed the entire UK are expected to swarm on Berwick tomorrow (Saturday) night to help out the paralysed Carlos Villar, the Argentinean Speedway star with the "never give up" attitude to his exciting brand of racing, by donating to attend

Oxford promoter Nigel Wagstaff has signed the man that they have all been after and is delighted to announce that Rafal Dobrucki will line up as the sixth member of the all new 2004 Silver Machine.

Reading Euphony Racers have completed their 2004 line-up with the announcement that two riders will be sharing the number seven berth for the coming campaign.

The Arena-Essex A F Stocktaking Hammers speedway season in the Sky Sports Elite League is now less than a month away.

In 28 years the ICE World Championship Series has been seen by speedway fans in most of these United States including Alaska as well as most Canadian Provinces. However, until this weekend we had never made it to the worlds most famous and exciting city - Las Vegas, Nevada USA.

Oxford Speedway Promoter Nigel Wagstaff has waded in and caught the impressive Ryan Fisher to join the 2004 Silver Machine. Fisher first impressed the Oxford management with a string of strong performances for his club and two excellent guest appearances for the Silver Machine in 2003.