BRITISH SPEEDWAY MAY 25,2025

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MULFORD QUALIFIES INTO SGP2

BELLE Vue and Redcar racer Jake Mulford is through to the three-round SGP2 (World Under-21) series after negotiating Saturday’s rain-curtailed Qualifier at Glasgow.
Mulford scored seven points from three rides, a total beaten only by Denmark’s Mikkel Andersen who scored nine, with Jan Przanowski of Poland also on seven.

The meeting was abandoned after Heat 12 due to rain, leaving a tie for the fourth qualifying place involving four riders, none of whom could be separated on countback.
The ballot was won by another Polish rider, Antoni Mencel, meaning frustration for Great Britain’s Joe Thompson, Aussie star Tate Zischke and Villads Nagel of Denmark.

Ashton Boughen was one point off the qualifying mark with five, whilst British Under-21 Champion Sam Hagon finished seventh in his qualifier in the Czech Republic, scoring nine points.

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GREAT Britain youngster Cooper Rushen has won his semi-final of the FIM SGP3 competition and will now compete for the title itself in Prague on Friday.
15-year-old Rushen, who rides for Leicester and King’s Lynn in the Development leagues in the UK, overcame a first-bend crash at Slovenian venue Krsko to score 13 points and head the qualifiers for what is effectively the World Youth Championship.

He said: “To go and win the SP3 Qualifiers, I’m speechless.
“I had a big first bend bunching crash so have to rebuild a bike this week, but we will be ready for Prague.”
Rushen will be the sole GB representative in the Final as fellow youngsters Seth Norman and Archie Rolph were unable to make it through the second semi-final, although both will have benefited from the experience.

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EDINBURGH set up a MAXiCAB KO Cup quarter-final clash with rivals Glasgow by completing the job of seeing off Workington in the first round.
The Monarchs had raced to an enormous 65-24 win at Armadale on Friday and followed it up with a 45-45 draw at the GT Tyres Arena the following afternoon.

They looked set to win on the day with a run of three 5-1s in four races from Heats 11 to 14, all involving the prolific Victor Palovaara.
But Troy Batchelor and guest Leon Flint salvaged a share of the spoils on the day for the Comets with a 5-1 in Heat 15.
Palovaara (15+1) and Jonatan Grahn (11+1) led the scoring for the visitors, with Batchelor collecting 13 for the hosts.
 
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PLYMOUTH will take an eight-point lead to Poole on Wednesday thanks to a 49-41 home win in the first leg of their MAXiCab KO Cup quarter-final.
It was the Gladiators’ first-ever victory over the Pirates in this competition, as they built an advantage in the closing stages after the scores were tied with five races remaining.

Having dropped ten points down, Poole hit back with a 4-2 from Richard Lawson and Anders Rowe in Heat 15 to bring the deficit back to single figures.
Captain Ben Barker led the Gladiators’ scoring with 13, whilst Lawson recovered from a Heat 1 last place to post 10 for the Pirates.

Poole promoter Dan Ford said: “I don’t really know why, but we just seemed to fall apart a bit between Heats 11 and 14, and that allowed them to get away from us.
“We were able to salvage something from Heat 15 that certainly keeps the tie alive, but we have got to be strong from start to finish on Wednesday.”
 
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OXFORD host Edinburgh today (Sunday) in a clash of two sides with early 100 per cent records in the WSRA National Development League.
The Chargers won their home opener against Middlesbrough, with the Academy having been successful at Armadale against the Tigers and Belle Vue.
Oxford are at full strength whilst Edinburgh operate rider replacement for Kyran Lydren who was injured in their last meeting.

Home boss Peter Schroeck said: “It’s been almost a month since the Chargers took to the track as a complete team and we beat Middlesbrough.
“Since then, the creation of the parallel National Development Trophy competition has meant the boys have still been clocking valuable track time.

“Edinburgh will be no pushovers, because they’ve already won a couple of meetings this season. As always, there will be no pressure placed on our lads – we’ll just be helping them to achieve their best on the afternoon.
“Our home meetings with the Chargers are always exciting and full of action.”

OXFORD: Jody Scott, Jacob Clouting, Arran Butcher, Ashton Vale, Darryl Ritchings, Max Broadhurst, Senna Summers.

EDINBURGH: Connor Coles, Kyran Lyden r/r, Matt Marson, Sam McGurk, Dayle Wood, Mark Parker, Lee Harrison.

(FIXTURES)
 SUNDAY MAY 25:
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Oxford v Edinburgh 3pm

MONDAY MAY 26:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R2: Belle Vue v Oxford 12pm
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: Leicester (50) v Birmingham (40) 12pm, Birmingham v King’s Lynn 7.30, Sheffield v Leicester 6.30
WSRA NATONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Steelers v Leicester (at Sheffield) (follows Prem fixture)

WEDNESDAY MAY 28:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Oxford v Scunthorpe 7.30
MAXICAB KO CUP Q/F 2nd leg: Poole (41) v Plymouth (49) 7.30