BRITISH SPEEDWAY APRIL 27, 2026

(SPEEDWAY 1)

BANDITS DEFEND LEAD

BERWICK are through to the MAXiCab KO Cup semi-finals for the first time in 21 years after defending their first leg advantage at Workington on Sunday.

The Bandits took a 26-point lead to Cumbria and were never in danger of seeing that overturned, despite a terrific 18-point maximum from Comets No.1 Jonas Jeppesen.

The home side won 48-42 on the day but the visitors had secured their progression to the last four of the competition with four races remaining.

Troy Batchelor added 12 points and Tate Zischke 11+1 for the Comets whilst Peter Kildemand headed a solid Bandits display with 10+1.
Berwick boss Stewart Dickson said: “It’s no surprise that Workington looked as if they had a point to prove after Saturday night.

“We were focussed and professional about it and got the job done. It’s been a long time since the club reached the latter stages of the Cup, but we are certainly not there to make up the numbers.

“It was a good all-round performance and we need to keep it going.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

KING’S Lynn and Sheffield open their ROWE Motor Oil Premiership campaigns at the Adrian Flux Arena tonight (Monday) with the meeting also pitching two Grand Prix stars head-to-head.

New Stars No.1 Max Fricke will go up against his Tigers counterpart Jack Holder just five days before the opening round of the World Championship in Germany this weekend.

Both sides have been eliminated from the KO Cup although Lynn collected a home win over Northampton last Monday, whilst the Tigers missed out in a thriller at Leicester last Thursday.

Paco Castagna misses out for the Stars after his crash at Edinburgh on Friday, with the home side set to operate rider replacement.

Fricke said: “They are a strong team and they’ve got riders who ride really well here, and who will want to come here and have a good one as well.
“It’s the start of the league, so it’s going to be very important. With the Holder boys and Josh Pickering in there as well, they have a strong side and I’m sure they’re going to push us all the way.

“Hopefully we can ride a bit like we did last Monday, make a few changes and see if we can improve from there.”

Sheffield manager Simon Stead said: “Looking down the scorechart (after Thursday), we need to get our reserves firing pretty quick. It’s still very early days though, and there’s plenty we can build on.
“King’s Lynn is another tough place to go and they’ve got a really nice line-up this year.
“But it’s somewhere we’ve proven to go very well at in the past and I want us to go there all guns blazing and give ourselves a very good chance.”

KING’S LYNN: Max Fricke, Paco Castagna R/R, Chris Harris, Ben Cook, Jan Kvech, Cooper Rushen, Jody Scott.

SHEFFIELD: Jack Holder, Anders Rowe, Chris Holder, Leon Flint, Josh Pickering, Jye Etheridge, Luke Killeen

(SPEEDWAY 3)

MIDDLESBROUGH pulled off a stunning away win over WSRA NDL champions Oxford with a 48-42 victory at Cowley on Sunday.

The Tigers were never headed in the meeting and they took control with a run of four successive 4-2s midway through the contest.

No.1 Ace Piper led the way with a 14-point haul from five rides, dropping his only point to Darryl Ritchings in Heat 11, whilst Nathan Ablitt scored nine.

Jody Scott totalled 10+1 for the Chargers and Ritchings scored 10, but they were unable to prevent a first-ever away victory for Middlesbrough in the current NDL era.

(SPEEDWAY 4)

LEICESTER Lion Cubs raced to a 49-41 win at Buxton in the first leg of their NDL Challenge at the Hi-Edge Raceway.

Youngster Ryan Ingram was hugely impressive for the visitors with wins in his first four rides as he scored 12 points and also recorded the fastest time since the sport returned to the Derbyshire venue this season.

Skipper Ben Morley added nine for the visitors, whilst Alfie Bowtell led the way for the Bulls with 15+1 from six rides, and Arran Butcher collected 10+2.
Ingram said: “I’m really pleased with today. I was a bit gutted to miss out on the maximum in my last heat, but I can’t complain.

“It was a good away win for the team and awesome to get the track record in Heat 3.”

(FIXTURES)

MONDAY APRIL 27:

ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1: King’s Lynn v Sheffield 7.30

WEDNESDAY APRIL 29:
BSN SERIES: Poole (39) v Oxford (51) 7.30

THURSDAY APRIL 30:

PREMIERSHIP KO CUP (SOUTH): Northampton (43) v Ipswich (47) 7.30

FRIDAY MAY 1:
BSN SERIES: Edinburgh v Berwick 7.30, Scunthorpe (41) v Workington (49) 7.30

WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Middlesbrough (48) v Oxford (42) 7.30