GREAT BRITAIN Speedway Team captain Tai Woffinden has a simple message ahead of the 2019 Speedway of Nations tournament – “we’re going for gold!”
The Speedway World Champion was named in the trio for the opening round in Manchester on May 11 alongside Craig Cook and Under-21 reserve Robert Lambert - with Chris Harris and Dan Bewley the other two squad members – and knows that it’s going to be a fiercely contested battle.
GB face off against Australia, Denmark, Finland, France, Latvia and USA at the National Speedway Stadium, with the top three nations progressing to the Final in Russia in July.
Woffinden expects a testing qualification round, but feels his side have what it takes to make a strong start to this year’s competition.
He said: “We’ve got a pretty tough round, obviously Denmark and the Aussies look pretty strong but there’s some other good teams out there and we know it’s gunna be hard.
“Last year we put in a pretty good performance at Belle Vue and we’re looking to do the same again, we want to win our round and lay down a bit of a marker to the other countries and head to Russia with a big result.
“We’ve got a strong team again, Cookie knows Manchester inside out and Rob Lambert is improving all the time and I’d say he’s even better now than he was last year so we have no reason to fear anyone.”
Great Britain fell agonisingly short of the gold medal last year when Russia pipped them to victory in the all-or-nothing final race, but the triple world champion has his eyes on the ultimate prize this year.
“We want to go one further than last year, nobody expected us to do what we did last time but this year maybe a few people will look at us and know that we’ve got what it takes to win so our only goal is the gold medal. We only want to win. But first we’ve got to get to Russia!”
Woffy also said he’s looking forward to his first appearance on British shores of 2019, saying “It’s always cool racing for your country in front of your home fans and last year the atmosphere was awesome, I don’t get to race here too often so it’s always special when I do.
“We want to see as many fans there as possible cheering us on and we’ll do the best we can to send them home happy.”
You can also keep in touch with the GB Speedway Team via their website and social media - Website: www.gbspeedwayteam.com - Twitter: @GBspeedwayTeam.
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 23:
PETER CRAVEN MEMORIAL, Belle Vue 1 Dan Bewley (Belle Vue) 2 Ryan Douglas (Wolverhampton/Leicester) 3 Max Fricke (Unattached) 4 Chris Harris (Peterborough/Birmingham) 5 Luke Becker (Wolverhampton) 6 Nick Morris (Wolverhampton/Leicester)ENDS
CHAMPIONSHIP KO CUP FINAL 1st leg Edinburgh 42 (Richie Worrall 11) Poole 47 (Benjamin Basso 13+3)
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE Armadale 34 (Tom Woolley 11) Mildenhall 56 (Jason Edwards 16+1) NDL points: Armadale 0 Mildenhall 4 Mildenhall confirmed as 2021 NDL Champions
TEST MATCH, Glasgow Great Britain 36 – Dan Bewley 11 Poland 35 – Bartosz Zmarzlik 8+1 Abandoned after Heat 12 (rain) – Result stands
TUESDAY OCTOBER 19:
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Kent 44 – Dan Gilkes 15
Mildenhall 45 – Jordan Jenkins 12
NDL points: Kent 0 Mildenhall 3
MONDAY OCTOBER 18:
RORY SCHLEIN FAREWELL, Wolverhampton 1 Danny King (Ipswich/Poole) 2 Ryan Douglas (Wolverhampton/Leicester) 3 Rory Schlein (Wolverhampton/Poole) 4 Luke Becker (Wolverhampton)
SATURDAY OCTOBER 16:
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF S/F, 1st leg
Edinburgh v Glasgow - OFF
Re-staging date: Friday October 22 - 7.30pm
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL 2nd leg: Leicester 40 – Ryan Douglas 12 Poole 50 – Steve Worrall 12+1 Poole win 98-82 on aggregate.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 15:
CHAMPIONSHIP KO CUP SEMI FINAL, 2nd leg
Edinburgh 55 – Richie Worrall 13
Glasgow 35 – Craig Cook 11
Edinburgh win 92-88 on aggregate
THURSDAY OCTOBER 14:
PREMIERSHIP GRAND FINAL, 2nd leg Peterborough 51 (Bjarne Pedersen 13+1) Belle Vue 39 (Dan Bewley 15) Peterborough win 95-85 on aggregate and are crowned 2021 Premiership Champions.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13:
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF S/F, 1st leg Poole 48 (Steve Worrall 12+1) Leicester 42 (Kyle Howarth 12)
TUESDAY OCTOBER 12:
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF QUARTER-FINAL, 2nd leg
Edinburgh 57 – Josh Pickering 12+1
Redcar 33 – Lewis Kerr 12
Edinburgh win 108-72 on aggregate
Leicester 38 – Nick Morris 12
Scunthorpe 28 – Connor Mountain 7+2
Abandoned after 11 heats due to weather/track conditions – Result STANDS
Leicester win 92-64 on aggregate
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
Kent 59 – Jake Mulford 15
Leicester 31 – Tom Spencer 8+2
NDL points: Kent 3 Leicester 0
MONDAY OCTOBER 11:
PREMIERSHIP GRAND FINAL, 1st leg Belle Vue 46 (Dan Bewley 15) Peterborough 44 (Scott Nicholls 14+1)
