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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum BOMBING RAID Birkenhead nab Grand Prix Birkenhead will celebrate the closing of their first decade in the sport with the staging of the SL33 British Grand Prix. The Glyn Hughes promotion have always been in something of a hurry to achieve, winning back-to-back promotions to land a division one spot in only their third season in the league, as well as winning the KO Cup as a second tier side. They won the league championship in only their third year in the top flight, and have picked up three further trophies since, including the KO Cup (again) and Club Pairs last season. Those successes, astute dealings in the transfer market—they made a £300,000 surplus in SL32—plus a fantastic commercial department has brought funds that has led to huge investment off the track, the capacity of their Merseyside Arena doubling to 30,000 in the last year alone. Their reward is well deserved, Hughes’ setting out a blueprint that others will wish to follow. Meanwhile the European Grand Prix will have a familiar feel about it, with Sawley back to stage the meeting for a third time, having made their debut in the series when hosting the meeting back in SL21. They have also staged the British GP twice, taking their meeting tally to five, of the current British clubs only Auckland (8) have hosted a GP on more occasions. The Rhinos get the WU21 Final this season, as Timperley (GP Play Off), Southampton (Overseas) and Eastbourne (British Final) take the big final qualifying rounds leading up to the GP series. On the track Dundee’s Owen Briggs took the BU19 title, he winning this weeks final at Greenhill by a point from Reece Masters (2nd) and Iain Bryant (3rd).
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