BRITISH SPEEDWAY JULY 10, 2025
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CHEETAHS ON THE MOVE
OXFORD moved up to third place in the Cab Direct Championship with a comfortable 55-35 win over Berwick at Cowley.
Cheetahs captain Sam Masters scored a 15-point maximum with his side going ten points clear in the opening three races to take full control of the meeting.
Masters was backed up by a strong team display, including at reserve where Luke Killeen (8+2) and Francis Gusts (7) had supremacy over the visitors.
Peter Kildemand scored 12 for the Bandits and Craig Cook marked his return with 10+1, but along with Drew Kemp (9+1) their top three scored all but four of their points.
Killeen said: “Personally, I’ve had a great night and had to work hard for each and every point that I scored. I’ve proven to myself and everyone else that I can still do it.
“I had a rough patch, but I think it’s coming together for me. I’m still finding my feet in some of the Premiership meetings for Spires, but it’s coming good now.
“We all gave it our all from one-to-seven tonight and we all scored points and we picked up a good win. We’re now third in the league – if we keep chipping away, we can reach those play-offs and then anything is possible.”
Berwick boss Stewart Dickson said: “We got off to a very bad start, or Oxford got off to a very good start depending on the way you look at it.
“We battled away, and had a bit of a mini-rally, but you look at the programme and you see where we were outscored tonight. Congratulations to Peter and his team, it wasn’t our night.”
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IPSWICH host Belle Vue in a huge clash featuring two of the top three in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership at Foxhall tonight (Thursday).
The Witches are top of the table, but the Aces are only one point behind with the sides level in terms of matches raced.
A recent meeting in Manchester saw Belle Vue win 52-38, giving them a margin to defend for the aggregate point, but an early-season trip to Suffolk saw them hammered 67-23 in the KO Cup.
Ipswich bring in Vinnie Foord to guest for the injured Jordan Jenkins in the Rising Star berth, whilst the Aces again operate rider replacement for Norick Blordorn who is ruled out.
Witches boss Ritchie Hawkins said: “We had a superb performance last time we were at Foxhall (against Leicester), and we are going to need another one against the champions. We want to get back to our best at home and show everyone what we have got.
“We know Belle Vue will pose a tougher test than they did earlier on in the year, you can see that from our fixture in Manchester last week.
“We need to concentrate on getting the two points first and if we get into a winning position then we can push on and try and get the aggregate point.”
Aces skipper Brady Kurtz said: “Our home form has almost been perfect, but the away meetings can do with a bit of work.
“Hopefully at Ipswich on Thursday we can put in a good one. I would really like us to get some points from there.”
IPSWICH: Jason Doyle, Danny King, Adam Ellis, Tom Brennan, Emil Sayfutdinov, Dan Thompson, Vinnie Foord.
BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn r/r, Jaimon Lidsey, Zach Cook, Dan Bewley, Tate Zischke, Jake Mulford.
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LEICESTER can further consolidate their place in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership top four with a win over Oxford at the Hydroscand Arena, Beaumont Park tonight (Thursday).
The Lions won the reverse fixture by eight points on Easter Monday so any victory tonight will give them the aggregate point, and their recent home form has been strong.
However, the Spires are also boosted by recent performances as they seek a second win on the road, and track specialist Richard Lawson has been booked to guest for the unwell Erik Riss.
The Lions continue to operate rider replacement for the injured Luke Becker, and they are chasing a fourth successive home league win.
Manager Stewart Dickson said: “I was pleased with the performance last week against King’s Lynn, and also with the fact that there was some really good racing too.
“Now we have to keep it going, and our full focus is on Oxford because they have riders who are capable of causing us problems.
“They have a very good guest in Richard, and although it will be a long time since Peter Kildemand last saw the Leicester track, we’re going to need our reserves to be on it as they have been lately.
“Oxford had a good win over Birmingham and they went close against Ipswich, so it should be a good match, but if we carry on doing what we’ve been doing of late, it’s one we expect to be winning.”
Spires boss Peter Schroeck said: “As I’ve said before, a lot of people have written us off already, but my agenda is to get stuck in for the rest of the season and that’s what the boys are doing.
“It was disappointing we didn’t get the points against Ipswich, but I certainly wasn’t disappointed with the effort they put in.”
LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Luke Becker r/r, Ryan Douglas, Kyle Howarth, Sam Masters, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson.
OXFORD: Maciej Janowski, Rohan Tungate, Craig Cook, Charles Wright, Richard Lawson, Peter Kildemand, Luke Killeen.
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BRITISH Youth rider Fraser Buckle, who competed in the FIM Academy in Malilla, Sweden last weekend is now making his way to Latvia for more international experience.
Buckle is competing in the upcoming FIM and FIME 125cc Gold Trophy events which take place at another Grand Prix venue in the capital of Riga.
The events consist of a 20-rider format with Buckle drawn at No.17 for the Saturday event and at No.18 on Sunday.
Buckle said: “Last weekend was an amazing experience and I have learnt so much in just a couple of days, and although my Dad drove 33 hours to get here it was well worth it and we both enjoyed the Academy.
“We are now travelling to Latvia for the two upcoming events this weekend for the 125cc Gold Trophy events for both the FIM and FIM Europe.
“Of course it will be a new track for me, so again I am really excited about the prospect of competing against riders from all over Europe on a new track.
“Prior to travelling to Europe for these events, I have been trying to get as much track time as possible, and I have been pleased to compete in the British Youth rounds at Leicester and Belle Vue, competing for Berwick in the Northern Junior League as well as having lots of laps at my local club Oxford.
“Hopefully all that effort will set me up for a good weekend and we can come away with some good results.”
(FIXTURES)
THURSDAY JULY 10:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: Ipswich (38) v Belle Vue (52) 7.30, Leicester (49) v Oxford (41) 7.30
FRIDAY JULY 11:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Edinburgh (40) v Redcar (50) 7.30, Scunthorpe (47) v Plymouth (42) 7.30
SATURDAY JULY 12:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Workington v Poole 6pm
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TROPHY: Plymouth v King’s Lynn 7pm
SUNDAY JULY 13:
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Leicester v Steelers 3pm
