THE schedule for the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-off semi-finals has been confirmed \u2013 with the title-deciding action getting underway at Ipswich on Monday September 9.<\/p>\n
Dates and venues have been agreed for all four meetings in order to provide clarity for supporters intending to attend the events and to assist clubs with planning and publicity.<\/p>\n
The Witches face a clash with current form side Leicester, starting at Foxhall, with the second leg to take place at the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena, Beaumont Park 72 hours later on Thursday September 12.<\/p>\n
The following week features a \u2018War of the Roses\u2019 contest as Belle Vue and Sheffield meet in a repeat of the dramatic 2022 Grand Final, which was won by the Aces before the Tigers took the title last year against Ipswich.<\/p>\n
Belle Vue stage the first leg of the semi-final at the National Speedway Stadium on Monday September 16, with the return at Owlerton on Thursday September 19.<\/p>\n
The Grand Final will take place over two legs on Monday September 23 and Thursday September 26.<\/p>\n
Premiership CEO Phil Morris said: \u201cWe do realise that the exact finishing positions in the league will only be resolved following next week\u2019s fixtures between Leicester and King\u2019s Lynn.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHowever, we have taken a commercial decision with agreement from all clubs involved that it is in everyone\u2019s best interests to have these semi-finals confirmed now.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe intention was to have a blank week in terms of league matches to enable build-up to the semi-finals, but that had to change due to the weather which meant two fixtures needed to be slotted in during KO Cup Final week.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt wasn\u2019t going to be ideal to wait until next Thursday to confirm a play-off meeting for the following Monday, and whilst we\u2019ve had a good run with the weather lately you never know when that may change in any case.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThe clubs are in agreement with this decision, and they can now go ahead with promotion and publicity for their semi-finals with full clarity regarding their dates and opponents.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALS Words and Images by British Speedway<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE schedule for the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-off semi-finals has been confirmed \u2013 with the title-deciding action getting underway at Ipswich on Monday September 9. Dates and venues have been agreed for all four meetings in order to provide clarity for supporters intending to attend the events and to assist clubs with planning and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,52],"tags":[8,16,9],"class_list":["post-2705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-british-speedway","category-speedway","category-the-premiership","tag-british-speedway","tag-premiership","tag-speedway"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nMONDAY SEPTEMBER 9: Ipswich v Leicester
\nTHURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12: Leicester v Ipswich
\nMONDAY SEPTEMBER 16: Belle Vue v Sheffield
\nTHURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19: Sheffield v Belle Vue<\/p>\n