This Is Speedway

Title-holders Wolves may yet surprise the speedway world and turn over odds-on favourites Poole in the play-off final.

Ashley Morris and Tom Perry were the local heroes as Dudley Heathens crushed National League title rivals Newport.

Sorcerer’s apprentice Fredrik Lindgren weaved the magic as Wolves sealed their play-off place.

A double rainbow greeted fans arriving at Monmore Green and Wolves certainly found the pot of gold at its end as they defeated table toppers Poole Pirates.

Old maestro Peter Karlsson just failed to inspire Wolves to an unlikely league point at Lakeside last night.

The Royal Marines are ‘invading’ the Bournemouth cliffs this week as part of an international air fair.

Tai Woffinden retained the Midlands Open Championship with a super-smooth 15-point maximum.

Wolves’ Monmore Green stadium remains an impregnable fortress - albeit one with a few more chips gouged out of the battlements.

School is out and the young Wolves class of 2010 are ready for a big summer.

These are heady days indeed for fans of speedway in the West Midlands.