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arms when Jessie wanted to go to the National Speedway Stadium to see what Dad used to do. As the Aces prepare for a fifth season at the magnificent venue, there was sad news just before
Christmas with planning permission granted for over 100 homes on the site of their former track next door on Kirkmanshulme Lane. First Hyde Road, now the Greyhound Stadium. Thank goodness, then, the National Speedway Stadium
dream was realised in 2016 and the Aces will challenge for the Premiership play-offs again. Screen will always be a Belle Vue legend and one of the most spectacular riders to ever grace Kirky
Lane, which is where the club moved once Hyde Road fell to the bulldozers. Planning permission for housing means the imminent demise of the last dog track in the North West and
another savage blow to the Stock Car industry following the closure of Coventry and Stoke. Screen readily admits he drifted away from the sport after retirement and one season in charge of
Sheffield. He hardly even watched it on TV, but after returning to watch Belle Vue he has got the bug back. And he admits Kirky Lane will always have a special place in his heart.
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An Ace
OE Screen appeared lost to the sport for good – but he’s back thanks to his teenage daughter! Former national title winner Screen drifted away as he focused on the family business and another
one of the British greats, a World Under-21 Champion, seemed gone from speedway. But Belle Vue bosses Adrian Smith and Mark Lemon welcomed him and daughter Jessie with open
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