BREAKING NEWS: Elite Pairs date switched again (From Swindon Advertiser)

BREAKING NEWS: Elite Pairs date switched again

1:05pm Tuesday 15th April 2008 in

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BRITISH Speedway bosses have announced another change to the date of the Elite League Pairs Championship.

The event, which was originally washed out at King's Lynn earlier this month, will now take place at Swindon on Sunday, August 17 at 6pm.

Initial plans were for the meeting to go ahead the day after the British Grand Prix at Cardiff, but Eastbourne objected as they had already sacrificed one of their racenights for the first staging and they have a meeting with Belle Vue that day.

The new date should mean the availability of all the top stars as the only other meetings taking place that day are the Polish Under-21 Pairs Final and Danish Under-21 Final.

Chris Van Straaten, vice chairman of the BSPA, said: "We can understand Eastbourne's objection to the first restaging date we announced and we have therefore made alternative arrangements.

"The new date is the day after the Swedish Grand Prix and the field should be up to strength as the meetings in Poland and Denmark don't have any bearing on the line-up."