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Belle Vue to host 2024 Speedway of Nations SPEEDWAY Belle Vue Speedway has confirmed that Manchester has been selected as the host city for the 2024 FIM Speedway of Nations from July 9-13.
Lancaster City 2 Ashton Utd 1 Northern Premier League Ashton were denied their fourth successive draw in the league as a second half defensive mix up handed a winning goal to the hosts at the Giant Axe. James Caton was hand- ed a start in midfield with Sam Baird drafted into the defence as the game got off to a slow start on a sur- face made tricky by persis- tent recent rain. Lancaster had a pen- alty shout turned away as Baird challenged Hol- land-Wilkinson and full back Sam Bailey fired in a bouncing effort which needed Tom Scott to palm it away. On 25 minutes, Sean Newton’s pass from the back saw Mendes repel Alex Byrne’s cross with Caton firing the rebound over and Byrne himself then got insufficient con - tact on Nathan Lowe’s first time cross. Newton then rescued his defence after a loose pass by Dan Cowan and at the other end Newton’s curling cross was just too high for Keilen Adams’ far post header. With the interval ap- proaching Charlie Bailey won a corner from Baird and the dropping ball was volleyed home by Hol- land-Wilkinson for the home side’s first goal in five games. The visitors opened the second period by winning a corner off home captain Teague and when Byrne’s deep delivery reached Newton he levelled mat- ters up with a stooping header. A raking effort from Sam Bailey then needed Scott to palm it out and the full back played a 1-2 with Teague on the edge of the box before just missing the left hand post. On the hour Teague’s header brought a good save from Scott after Charlie Bailey’s deflected shot had won a corner but with 20 minutes remaining a pass into Ashton’s area saw Cowan turn the ball back towards Scott who was already advancing and unable to prevent the ball crossing the line for the winning goal. Att: 257 Team: Scott, Cowan (Jeb- bison 84), Newton, Couto (Cusani 77), Burke, Baird, Byrne, Rose, Adams, Lowe, Caton (Milner 63). SNU: Catt, De Silva. David Robinson
The event returns to the National Speedway Stadium after three years when, in 2021, Great Britain were crowned world champions in front of their home crowd. Subsequently, in 2022, the Brits claim the silver medal behind reigning Speed- way of Nations Champions Australia, who will be looking to defend their title in the UK. Belle Vue CEO Mark Lemon shared his delight at the return of a major international Speedway event to Britain and says the club is looking forward to welcoming back the world’s best. He said: “We are thrilled to welcome such a prestigious global event back to the city of Manchester and, as a club, we are immensely proud to be selected as hosts. “The National Speedway Stadium was designed with such events as this at its heart, and we have seen in past seasons the level of enthusiasm by the British supporters to join us at this
WELCOME RETURN: Belle Vue has been selected to host the 2024 FIM Speedway of Nations.
this Stadium and a first for Belle Vue Speedway. “On behalf of ourselves and Man - chester City Council, with whom we share an excellent relationship, we can- not wait to work with Warner Brothers
Discovery next year on these four huge meetings.” n Ticket information for the 2024 FIM Speedway of Nations will be commu- nicated in due course, as will details concerning hospitality packages.
wonderful venue. “We are also very much looking forward to hosting the Speedway of Nations 2 event, in addition to the senior event, which is a huge cap for
FOOTBALL Convincing win sees Bloods go through
much time at the back post and put the hosts ahead just shy of half time. George West ended his goalscoring drought with a sec- ond-half brace, the first coming ten minutes following the restart, the second being a penalty, and Droylsden’s fifth of the day. It was his first goal since October 10th against Ilkley Town. Shaquille Lewys also got on the scoresheet in the second half, making an instant impact with a goal only minutes after being brought on from the bench. It was his first goal of the season for Droylsden. Droylsden then followed this up with another 5-1 win over Ab- bey Hey in the Macros Cup and will play Darwen FC on Saturday in the next round. Ben McCarthy
Droylsden 5 Nelson 1
CUP VICTORY: Bloods celebrate their win.
Droylsden advanced into the next round of the Edward Case Cup following their empathic victory over Nelson at the Butchers Arms Ground. Despite an early red card, the visitors took the lead after ten minutes through Jacob Holgate. Droylsden was punished after some slack play whilst playing from out the back. However, it didn’t take long for the Bloods to respond. After 17 minutes a vicious cross from Nelson Van resulted in an own goal from Nelson. The home side thought they’d taken the lead shortly after, but Faud Kasali was adjudged offside. Dave Pace’s side did go into the break with a 2-1 lead. Harry Shipton found himself with too
Three wins on the trot put Nash on road to success Curzon Ashton have bounced back from their disappointing FA Cup exit just under a fortnight ago in the most impressive fashion, winning all three of their next three matches. After turning things around just days visitors in the first half, Curzon were handed an opportunity to do so early in the second when Jamie Allen was brought down inside the area and the referee pointed to the spot. Up stepped Will Hayhurst who the crossbar, but despite the late scare Curzon managed to hold on and seal all three points. Craig Mahon’s side were back in time at the end of the first half when Jimmy Spencer smashed the ball home after the ball ricocheted to him inside the penalty area. Spencer then turned provider early
action on Tuesday with another home match, this time they took on Blyth Spartans. The hosts took the lead early on with Spaniard Stefan Mols lashing in from close range to put Curzon ahead after just 12 minutes. The Nash doubled their lead in added
in the second half, putting the ball on a plate for Stefan Mols who made no mis- take, scoring his second of the evening and putting Curzon 3-0 up. Visitors Spartans did manage to find a late goal, with JJ Hooper finding the back of the net two minutes from time.
after the defeat to Barnet with a 2-1 win away to Spennymoor Town, The Nash looked to build on the victory on Saturday, when they welcomed Bishop’s Stortford to the Tameside Stadium. After failing to break down the
converted from the spot to put his side ahead, scoring his second penalty in as many games. The visitors came close to levelling the scoring moments from the end when Jack Thomas’ effort cannoned back off
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