Arena-Essex face Peterborough tonight at their Purfleet Raceway in an Elite Speedway League "B" fixture.

The meeting, which will be shown live on Sky Sports, will be the second time the two sides will have met at Purfleet, with the earlier match resulting in a one points victory for the Hammers.

The bonus point, for the aggregate win, was also won by the Hammers following a run-off between Arena's Mark Loram and the Panthers Henning Bager.

The meeting will see the Hammers on television for the second time within the space of three days having featured in Sky Sports broadcast from Poole on Monday in which the visitors were beaten 43-47 after a last heat decider.

Children, aged from 11 to 15 will be admitted for just £1 to the Peterborough meeting instead of the usual price of £4.

Published Wednesday June 9, 2004

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