BRITISH SPEEDWAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2025

(SPEEDWAY 1)

TOP OF THE TABLE TIGERS

SHEFFIELD rounded off their ROWE Motor Oil Premiership campaign with a thumping 57-33 win over Grand Finalists Ipswich at Owlerton.
The result takes the Tigers to the top of the table on race points difference from the Witches, although their title hopes were already over after their narrow play-off defeat to Leicester earlier in the week.

Former World Champion Chris Holder scored a paid maximum (12+3) whilst Anders Rowe (12+2) , Josh Pickering (12) and Jack Holder (10+1) were also in double figures for a dominant home side.
The Witches were limited to just four race wins, with guest Chris Harris top scoring on seven points, but they did come through unscathed with the Grand Final approaching.

Tigers manager Simon Stead said: “We wanted to finish off strongly. Obviously the play-offs were disappointing but we picked ourselves up like we have done all season.
“For us, it was really important to give the supporters a big performance and a big result as a thank you for the support they’ve given us all season.
“The Sheffield support is second to none and the backing we get both home and away means a lot to the lads.”

 Ipswich boss Ritchie Hawkins said: “We came through with no injuries and obviously it wasn’t a great result. Apart from Jason Edwards all the boys were so far off it with set-ups at the start of the meeting, they were all over the place.

“Everyone made changes and got better but realistically we were not making good enough starts and were losing so much ground on the opening lap, and you will never be able to pull that back.
“The main objective was to get through the meeting unharmed, ready to attack the Final in ten days.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

LEICESTER warmed up for the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership Grand Final with a 46-44 win at Oxford as they triumphed in a last-heat decider.
Skipper Max Fricke and Ryan Douglas collected a 4-2 from Heat 15 at Cowley to secure a seventh away win of the league campaign for the Lions.

The Spires had earlier clawed back from an eight-point deficit to briefly lead the meeting, before the visitors edged back ahead in the final two races.
Fricke won four times on the night to finish with 13 points for the Lions, with Douglas ending on nine, whilst Rohan Tungate (12+1) and Peter Kildemand (12) led the way for the hosts.

Leicester boss Stewart Dickson said: “We’re very pleased to get the win, and it was a good meeting. Both sides were going at each other and you wouldn’t think this was an end-of-season meeting.
“I don’t think there’s such a thing as a dead rubber, because riders only know one way to race, and that’s to race flat out.

“I think everybody did that, there were one or two surprise results, but that’s what speedway brings and certainly anybody that stayed away missed a good meeting.”
Kildemand said: “It’s a hard one to swallow when you lose by just a couple of points, but Leicester have a strong side.
“But we put on a good show and really ran them hard, and fair play to Leicester on taking the victory.”
 
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GLASGOW and Edinburgh meet in a huge Cab Direct Championship play-off semi-final at Ashfield tonight (Friday) with the visitors holding a 14-point advantage.

The Monarchs were 52-38 winners at Armadale a fortnight ago to give themselves a fighting chance of progression, but they still need to improve on their two most recent visits to their rivals in order to progress.
Glasgow have named a full-strength team including Villads Nagel who missed their Cup exit to Poole in midweek, whilst Edinburgh will operate rider replacement for skipper Paco Castagna who broke his shoulder in the Czech Republic last weekend.

Tigers boss Cami Brown said: “It’s fair to say, since finishing top of the league, it’s not really gone to plan at all. But this is when we have to get it right, simple as that.
“The Monarchs have been an excellent side all season after some very shrewd signings. This is such a difficult meeting to call.
“We will be all guns blazing. We have to, and the boys will, pull out all the stops.

“We have managed to hit 53 and 58 on the last two occasions here against the Monarchs. Those results mean nothing now but I’m confident we can do it again to race against either Redcar or Poole in the decider.”

GLASGOW: Chris Harris, Villads Nagel, Dan Thompson, Leon Flint, Kyle Howarth, Max Perry, Freddy Hodder.

EDINBURGH: Victor Palovaara, Paco Castagna r/r, Justin Sedgmen, Michael Palm Toft, Kye Thomson, Jonatan Grahn, Jordy Loftus.

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REDCAR and Oxford kick off their MAXiCAB KO Cup semi-final at the ECCO Arena tonight (Friday) as the teams look to join holders Poole in the Final.
The tie is set to be completed in 48 hours with the return scheduled for BetGoodwin Oxford Stadium on Sunday.

The in-form Bears bring in Jake Allen to guest for long-term absentee Erik Riss, whilst the Spires operate rider replacement for Jordan Jenkins at a venue where they only went down by six points in league competition.
Redcar star Danny King said: “Oxford are a really solid outfit, they cannot be overlooked at all.

You have also got to remember they have won at Poole this year so we need to be on our game.
“Sam (Masters) is having a really good year, he’s riding really well in two leagues in the UK as well as in Poland. Sam also goes very well around the ECCO Arena so he will be tough to beat.”
Oxford boss Peter Schroeck said: “We’d like another shot at Poole in the Final, but we’ve got to take it one step at a time – firstly, we must beat Redcar on aggregate.

“We lost our Cab Direct Championship clash at Redcar in May by just six points. We want to keep it tight up there on Friday while, of course, a win would be even better.
“Whatever happens, we want to be in a position where we can finish the job at the BetGoodwin Oxford Stadium on Sunday.”

REDCAR: Charles Wright, Jake Mulford, Jason Edwards, Jake Allen, Danny King, Jody Scott, Ace Pijper.

OXFORD: Sam Masters, Jordan Jenkins r/r, Luke Killeen, Mitch McDiarmid, Francis Gusts, Jonas Knudsen, Cameron Heeps.
 
(FIXTURES)

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL 2nd leg: Glasgow (38) v Edinburgh (52) 7.30
MAXICAB KO CUP SEMI-FINAL 1st leg: Redcar v Oxford 7.30

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Workington (35) v Berwick (47) 3pm
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Middlesbrough (42) v Oxford (48) 3pm
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TROPHY: Plymouth (36) v Kent (54) 7pm
RYAN DOUGLAS TESTIMONIAL: Leicester 4pm

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 28:
MAXICAB KO CUP SEMI-FINAL 2nd leg: Oxford v Redcar 5pm

ENDS