Speedway News

Berwick were hit before this match even started with the news very late on Saturday night that new Pole, Stanislaw Burza had been called back to Poland for a match in his home Country on Sunday.

With most of the West Country effected by rain, and the Plymouth meeting taking an early bath, fans were greeted to the unusual sight of the Oak Tree Arena track being watered amidst gathering rain clouds.

Sidecar speedway came to the Scunthorpe Raceway for the very first time this afternoon and the crowd, most of them seeing a sidecar meeting for the first time, were served up with some excellent racing in the first round of the Wulfsport British Sidecar Speedway Championship.

The 2006 FIM Speedway World Championship heads to the expansive Olympic Stadium in Wroclaw (Poland) this Saturday night, with Australian Leigh Adams talking tough on the eve of battle.

Speedway results for Friday 28 April. Elite League: Arena Essex 58 - 33 Reading Joonas Kylmakorpi 14 - Travis McGowan 10

Following Berwick Speedway's separation with Adrian Rymel, the action has been hot and heavy as Peter Waite went about the business of signing a suitable replacement, and now we know, the new man is 28-year-old-Pole, Stanislaw Burza, who's spent the last 9 years with Tarnow in his native Poland.

Arena-Essex Speedway boss, Ronnie Russell, today announced that Pole Lukasz Romanek would be taking a break from racing in this Country. He has experienced problems adapting to the demands of racing over here and has struggled with the language.

Speedy Hire Plc (Speedy) is to extend its current sponsorship with BSI and the world championship FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP).

The meeting hadn't even started and there were problems for the Newcastle team. Some two hours earlier the Glasgow promotion lodged a complaint against Newcastle's use of Edinburgh's Derek Sneddon in place of the banned Jamie Robertson.

The Arena-Essex Speedway team went down by 20 points at Peterborough on Thursday evening in the second leg of their Knockout Cup tie against the Panthers but still managed the aggregate win by four points following their superb home victory the previous Friday by 24 points.

The 30th Annual World Championship ICE Racing Series Grand Finale will top off a very special season on April 22nd & 23rd in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The last two World Championship Points Rounds will take place at the beautiful Coliseo de Puerto Rico.

Former World Champion Jason Crump was victorious in the Sean Cracker at Owlerton on Sunday - winning a Final which would have graced the last race of a Grand Prix. A bumper crowd enjoyed a well-organised and fully competitive meeting which was packed full of quality, safe racing.

Sean Wilson will stage his 20-year benefit meeting next Sunday, March 19 - after heavy snow forced the postponement of the event this weekend.

Sheffield will open the back straight at Owlerton for the first time since 2002 with a large crowd expected for Sunday's Sean Wilson Cracker (5pm). Wilson's 20-year benefit meeting has attracted a host of top riders for what could be his last on-track appearance at his former club.

Berwick's preparations for the new season took one more vital step to completion on Wednesday with the signing of one of the most successful speedway riders to actually come out of the town of Berwick upon Tweed, and he is the Local Hero, 28-year-old David Meldrum.

Hot on the heels of Berwick's first signing for 2006, Cumbrian, Craig Branney, comes news that the Berwick management have excelled themselves with the signing of a new Swede to British League racing, and he is the exceptional 27-year-old from Kroken, Andreas Bergstrom.

The Somerset 'Mike Manning Audio' Rebels will open their 2006 season with the now traditional challenge match against local rivals, Newport Wasps.

Teenage tearaway Chris Holder has retained his Australian Under 21 Speedway Championship with a superb performance at Gillman (SA) on February 4.

The Australian Under 21 Speedway Championship will be held at the 300-metre Gillman Speedway (SA) on February 3-4, with Queenslander Troy Batchelor and defending champion Chris Holder expected to lead the pyrotechnics display.

The Somerset 'Mike Manning Audio' Rebels are please to announce that the popular 2nd half junior racing re-introduced under the guidance of Ray Dickson in 2005 is to continue in 2006.

Berwick Bandits boss Peter Waite has acted quickly to respond to reports in recent press outlets that Berwick Speedway is up for sale. His reaction follows quotes published from the former Glasgow boss, Brian Sands that hit the public domain yesterday.

The historic first ever Manufacturers World Cup Ice Racing Championship was welcomed with enthusiasm by 5,000 plus Portland, OR race fans. A fine field of riders, on meticulously prepared factory 450 race bikes weren't the least bit tentative as they took to the thickened sheet of ice.

Newcastle Diamonds announce the signing of 23-year-old Austrian Manuel Hauzinger, the Diamonds first Austrian rider. Hauzinger is an Isle of Wight asset and come in on a 3.14 average, well underneath the 4.68 available for the last space in the Diamonds' top five.

Reading speedway, has the perfect Christmas present for fans....a full team for the 2006 Elite League! The following riders have agreed terms with the Reading based club and this is the likely line-up in terms of rider numbers: