This year’s edition once again boasts a stacked field, underlining the event’s reputation as one of the standout fixtures on the domestic calendar. A host of Grand Prix stars and top UK performers will battle it out on the National Speedway Stadium shale.

Former World Champion Jason Doyle headlines the entry list alongside fellow big names Chris Holder, Fredrik Lindgren and Max Fricke. Belle Vue’s own top six are also set to feature, with strong support from riders including Rasmus Jensen, Nicolai Klindt, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Jan Kvech, Charles Wright and Tom Brennan.

With Brady Kurtz chasing a third consecutive victory and several former winners in the mix, the meeting promises fierce competition from the very first tapes of the new campaign.

Belle Vue CEO Mark Lemon believes the strength of the field highlights the event’s prestige within British Speedway.

“The line-up once again shows this is a premium event for British Speedway, and I’m very pleased with how it has come together,” he said to the Clubs website.

“It has prestige written all over it. Even though riders are looking for early-season track time, they’re all highly competitive and that really comes out in this meeting.

“We have a fantastic racetrack with plenty of racing lines, and year after year this event delivers top-quality action.”

Peter Craven Memorial – Full Line-Up

Dan Bewley, Norick Blodorn, Tom Brennan, Zach Cook, Jason Doyle, Max Fricke, Chris Holder, Niels-Kristian Iversen, Rasmus Jensen, Peter Kildemand, Nicolai Klindt, Brady Kurtz, Jan Kvech, Fredrik Lindgren, Charles Wright and Tate Zischke.

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The Australian enjoyed a stellar 2025 campaign, going agonisingly close to the sport’s biggest prize in his debut Grand Prix campaign.

With treble British Champion Dan Bewley also signed up for the Aces once more, it means the Manchester club will be tracking two of the world’s top three riders – with four of the top eight competing regularly in the UK.

Kurtz said: “I’m really looking forward to it again. It’s going to be my sixth season with the club and that’s pretty crazy to think I’ve been here that long!

“I’ve enjoyed every year and hopefully this year will be no different.

“I’ve had a really nice break over the winter in the few weeks I spent in Australia, and I’m really ready to go for the season again. I felt the break was needed and hopefully that will be the right choice.”

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The 26-year-old Australian pushed his Premiership average up to 6.20 and is now set to take on a heat-leader berth at the National Speedway Stadium in 2026.

Cook said: “I really enjoyed my time there last year, and hopefully this year we can go a few steps better, make that Final and get some silverware.

“I’m looking forward to it – not long now and we’ll be heading back over, and the season will be underway shortly.”

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Kildemand had agreed to join the Aces for the 2020 season which was cancelled due to the pandemic, and he did not return to the UK until last year when he rode for Oxford Spires in the Premiership.

The former Grand Prix winner completed the season with a 5.28 average and will be looking to improve that figure at the National Speedway Stadium.

Kildemand said: “I should have been there before but Covid killed it at the time, so I’m really happy to be there for the coming season.

“It’s an awesome track with some awesome people around it, so I’m really looking forward to it.”

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The 21-year-old will enter his fifth campaign with the Aces, having previously enjoyed title success with the Manchester club in both 2022 and 2024.

Blodorn completed the 2025 domestic season with a 4.87 average before producing a standout international performance by captaining Germany to a shock victory in the FIM Speedway of Nations 2 in Torun.

He becomes the latest confirmed signing at the National Speedway Stadium, lining up alongside Dan Bewley and new Rising Star Will Cairns.

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The ATPI Aces have revealed the seven riders who will bid to retain the title in 2025.

Inspirational boss Lemon has kept the winning formula of keeping the core of the side after attaining two championship victories in three seasons.

Captain Brady Kurtz and Dan Bewley will lead the club for a third successive campaign while Jaimon Lidsey, Norick Blodorn and Jake Mulford all return. Exciting young Australian Tate Zischke is back after his short spell at the National Speedway Stadium was ended by injury last season.

The new name is Aussie Zach Cook who, ironically, replaces his brother Ben due to his average being too high to keep the team under the Premiership’s points limit.

Lemon admitted: “Naturally I am delighted with the team that has been assembled.

“Having to break up a title-winning team is always very difficult but obviously that’s a situation forced upon us by rules.

“But I have great faith in Zach. He has shown fantastic progress over the last season and he will fit into the side perfectly.

“There’s a great deal of power at the top end and potential right down the order.

“We are led by two Grand Prix riders and both Brady and Dan were outstanding as we won the title last season.

“There’s room for improvement from Jaimon, Norick, Tate and Jake. If they can fulfil their potential, we will be a huge threat home and away.”

Lemon also admits that the biggest task in the sport is to defend a league title.

He added: “It’s a huge challenge to go back-to-back but we are ready to go for it.

“The last time the top flight title was defended was 10 years ago in 2015.

“We are excited to try and achieve something special. It will be tough but that’s what fires everyone up. What is sport without fierce competition and the 2025 Premiership looks stronger than ever.

“It’s been an outstanding few years for the club. We are back in our rightful mantle of the biggest club in British speedway, the most history and the most title wins.

“With that comes the expectation of more success. We have to accept that and use it as motivation. The class of 2025 knows what is expected.”

The new season, a historic tenth at the National Speedway Stadium, will start next spring, fixture dates to be released in due course.

The NSS will also host its first Manchester SGP on June 14 and British Championship final, date also to be confirmed at a later date.

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The 20-year old from Norwich made his first top flight appearance for the ATPI Aces two years ago, when he debuted for the club as their No.7 at just 18 years old.

An unfortunate Grasstrack accident half way through the 2023 season ruled him out with a broken leg, but he returned to Manchester midway through this campaign again as the Rising Star.

Several impressive performances in the last few months, in particular during the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership Grand Final, was enough to convince CEO Mark Lemon to bring him back to the NSS.

Lemon said: “Jake was a natural choice for us. Since riding for the Belle Vue Colts, and making his Premiership debut, he has shown a great deal of promise and potential.

“We’re very excited to bring him back to Manchester in 2025. We have seen first-hand the how he has developed since his first meetings in the Premiership.

“He is much more confident on the bike and his achievements this season, in particular in the World U23 Long Track championship, are proof of his progression.”

Mulford added: “I was delighted to be given a second shot by Belle Vue in 2024, and I’m very much looking forward to being back with the team for next season.

“I’ve not had chance to show what I can do in a full season in the Premiership yet, but in the last two years I think I’ve come a long way since my first meeting.

“I’m grateful to Mark for the opportunity and for putting his faith in me again, and I can’t wait to see what the 2025 season brings for me.”

Further team news for 2025 is expected to arrive at the club’s annual Christmas Cracker in December, following the league AGM next month.

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Just 37 points separated them from their 14th league crown after thumping the Leicester Lions 54-36 at the National Speedway Stadium, and their evening couldn’t have got off to a better start.

Beginning the night with a 3-3 in heat 1, it was the reserve pairing of Antti Vuolas and Jake Mulford who put the Aces one step ahead with a superb 5-1 in Heat 2 to increase their aggregate lead.

A succession of shared races followed before skipper Brady Kurtz and Norick Blodorn teamed up for another heat advantage in Heat 5, further extending their overall lead.

The Lions finally bit back with a 5-1 of their own in Heat 10, but time was rapidly running out for the hosts as the ATPI Aces persisted in preventing any kind of comeback.

And with one final advantage to Kurtz and Blodorn one race later, they clinched the league title with time to spare while also going on to seal the win on the night 41-49.

It was fitting that the skipper, who has valiantly led his team throughout the season while battling his own injury issues, was the one to lead his team to victory with the German prodigy.

Hundreds of hopeful Belle Vue fans made the trip to the Pidcock Motorcycles Arena for the grand finale, with epic scenes unfolding after the trophy presentations between riders and fans.

World No.4 Dan Bewley wowed the crowds with another 15-point maximum to make it a perfect 30-point score over two legs, while Brady Kurtz also recorded an 11+1 paid maximum.

Kurtz said: “It’s been tough all season but the boys really stepped things up at Leicester and did the business. I mean, what a club and what a team! It really has been a team effort.

“I think a lot of people maybe wrote us off before the play offs and there was that feeling of us being something of the underdog but I think that just spurred us on to step things up.

“That’s what it takes when it comes to play off speedway and it was awesome to show what we can do in the semi-final against Sheffield, and now here at Leicester as well.

“We can’t thank the management enough, Lemmo [Mark Lemon], the owners, everyone who works at the club and the supporters, and it’s nice to finally have our trophy back”.

One meeting remains before Belle Vue box off their season, with the Cool Running Colts taking to the track in Manchester on Monday, October 7 when they face Sheffield/Scunthorpe.

Meeting tickets, race day programmes and south stand parking are available to pre-book online at bellevue-speedway.com/events.

Scorecard

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The Aces head to the East Midlands with an 18-point advantage after a strong display in Manchester last week, with the return now set to go ahead after twice falling victim to the weather.

The delay between legs has enabled Ben Cook to return from concussion for Belle Vue, and he takes his place in a full-strength Aces team.

Meanwhile Leicester call up Drew Kemp for the injured Craig Cook, and need to repeat the feat of Sheffield last season who turned around an identical deficit in their second leg against Ipswich.

Lions manager Stewart Dickson said: “We’ve given ourselves a bit of a mountain to climb, but can it be done? Yes, it can, anything is possible.

“Obviously if I’d won 54-36 in my home leg I’d be thinking we’d need to ride really bad for us to lose it in the second leg, so we’ve made it difficult for ourselves, but we’re going to try again on Thursday and see if we can get it back.

“The fans have come out in their numbers all season and we need them to get right behind us. If we can get off to a good start, you never know how things can change, it can happen in speedway.”

Aces boss Mark Lemon said: “I am so proud of the boys this season, and the effort they put in during the first leg especially to overcome challenging conditions to build this advantage was inspiring.

“I truly believe we can finish the job. We’ve got the bit between our teeth and we have the team to do it, we know we can achieve the results needed at Leicester but we will have to perform at our very best.”

Team Line ups

LEICESTER: Max Fricke, Richard Lawson, Sam Masters, Luke Becker, Ryan Douglas, Drew Kemp, Sam Hagon.

BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Jaimon Lidsey, Ben Cook, Dan Bewley, Antti Vuolas, Jake Mulford.

SCB Referee: Willie Dishington

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Vuolas steps in for the injured Tate Zischke while Mulford returns to the team as their Rising Star after Connor Bailey announced he was stepping down for the remainder of the year.

Flying Fin Vuolas made a particularly strong impression on the Belle Vue fans on Monday through his grit and determination, and no-nonsense raxing style against the Oxford Spires.

Mulford, likewise, is keen to prove himself after his Premiership season with the ATPI Aces was cut short last year after he suffered a broken leg while racing Grasstrack.

Mulford said: “I’m delighted to be back with Belle Vue. I was disappointed not to finish last season and I’m looking forward to proving myself.”

Vuolas added: “It feels like I’ve been here for longer than just one home meeting. It was really good to hear the fans cheering me on and it really did boost my confidence.

“Being a part of the Belle Vue team is a great ending to my season. I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it and I want to my best every time I race in the top league.

“At the beginning of the season, it was my goal to see if I could get a Premiership place and I’m really happy I have managed to achieve that, and I think it will only get better from here.

“I was surprised how well I settled down with the rest of the team to be honest, everyone was so supportive and I’m looking forward to being a part of this for the rest of the year.”

Belle Vue CEO Mark Lemon said: “It’s been a roller-coaster few weeks, first with losing Tate Ziscke and then Connor Bailey stepping down and we of course wish both of those boys the best.

“But it’s nice to have a full team once more and, for me, bringing in Jake and Antti was a no-brainer, particularly after their performance on Monday against Oxford.

“They’ve both come in and slotted into the team dynamic as though they’ve been here since the start of the year and we’re very excited to have them on board as a part of the team.”

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