THE British Final will now be staged at Belle Vue's National Speedway Stadium on Monday night (September 28).
A decision was made on Friday to move the event from Ipswich to Manchester because of concerns over the weather in Suffolk. A British Speedway statement revealed that Witches boss Chris Louis "cannot guarantee the Foxhall track will be ready after rain for the last three days and more forecast throughout Saturday". Monday's rearranged meeting at Belle Vue will still be streamed live at sportcentral.tv for £12.95. The official programme is available from curtis-sport.com for £5. British Speedway Promoters Ltd vice-chairman Damien Bates said: "It's extremely disappointing for Chris and Ipswich as a club to miss out on the meeting, it's been a stressful and time consuming exercise for him to put this on. "As a board, we are all agreed on putting this event on. Everything that has been against us will be overcome. We are taking a financial risk with no fans and we wanted to give the meeting the very best chance to go ahead. We thank Belle Vue for their co-operation and support." Louis added: "Everything has been against us and the weather was the final nail. It's a showpiece event with an online audience and we want it to be spot on. "By moving to Belle Vue on Monday with a good weather forecast, this gives us that opportunity. It's a great disappointment for Ipswich Speedway but we are right behind the event and want it to be a big success in these testing times."