Traditional Pairs on the road to Cardiff

NEWS Wednesday 10th August 2022, 6:53pm

by Mike Hunter

  Edinburgh Monarchs

Many times in recent years Speedway fans heading for the annual British Grand Prix have first of all dropped in to see the Pairs, which for a long time were staged at Somerset.

This year, with the Oak Tree Arena a distant memory, the event is being staged at the re-born Oxford Stadium, with all of the Championship teams competing.

Some of the lineups don't contain their team's top two riders, largely due to injury, and in Edinburgh's case captain and top average man Sam Masters has decided to pass on this even though he had at one point targeted the Pairs for his return. The duo of Masters and Pickering would certainly have featured amongst the most fancied, but now it will be Kye Thomson who lines up alongside Josh.

Kye warms up tonight by guesting for Birmingham at home to Berwick in the Championship. Paco Castagna also rides in this meeting for the Brummies, who are doomed to the wooden spoon this season (but have already declared their intention to run next year).

As always there are two qualifying sections in the Pairs, with the top two in each group then contesting the semi-finals.

CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS, Cowley Stadium, Oxford, Friday 12th August, 7:30pm

GROUP A:

LEICESTER: Nick Morris, Richie Worrall

EDINBURGH: Kye Thomson, Josh Pickering

GLASGOW: Danyon Hume, Benjamin Basso

SCUNTHORPE: Ryan Douglas, Simon Lambert

BIRMINGHAM: Justin Sedgmen, James Pearson

GROUP B:

POOLE: Steve Worrall, Danny King

PLYMOUTH: Ben Morley, Harry McGurk

BERWICK: Chris Harris, Jye Etheridge

OXFORD: Scott Nicholls, Aaron Summers

REDCAR: Charles Wright, Lewis Kerr

Full Result Details