Coventry Bees skipper Chris Harris won his first British title in 2007

Coventry Bees captain Chris Harris successfully defended his British title at Wolverhampton on Monday night.

The Bees skipper pipped former team-mate Scott Nicholls to the crown, to earn his third British title win.

But Harris only qualified for the final race-off after crashing a couple of times during the meeting.

Coventry rider Ben Barker finished an impressive third, but fellow Bees rider Edward Kennett just missed out on a place in the last four.

Harris told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire: "I've done it the hard way with two crashes. but it's paid off in the end.

"I knew if I could get to the final I could do it and, same as last year, I had third choice of gate - gate three - and I made it count.

"It's the national title and I wanted to keep it and that's what I came here to do."

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