Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Thursday, 21 June
Two Premier League matches were due to be raced tonight but, with the crowd already in the stadium, the one at Sheffield where the Tigers were scheduled to take on Birmingham was called off due to a waterlogged track. This left the sole action at Redcar where the Bears faced Edinburgh.
Premier League: Redcar 52, Edinburgh 41
Redcar had Josh Auty back at reserve to partner Benji Compton. Matthew Wethers returned to the Edinburgh team but Henrik Moller was missing having suffered an injury in Denmark last night so they had to use Rider Replacement at number 5. They again had Jack Roberts at number 6 for the injured Daniele Tessari.
The two teams were due to trade fixtures on consecutive nights with the first of them tonight. Redcar had already beaten Edinburgh home and away in the Premier Trophy and, with the Monarchs suffering from injuries, were big favourites for this match. Edinburgh, on the other hand were looking to build on last Sunday’s away win at Newport.
The opening heat was shared as Gary Havelock pulled clear of Theo Pijper down the back straight while Derek Sneddon took third place. The Bears took a 4-2 for a two point lead from the reserves race won by Josh Auty who passed early race leader, Matthew Wethers, with Benji Compton third, after Jack Roberts had touched the tapes and had to go from 15 metres. James Grieves and Chris Kerr left the Monarchs’ pair way behind from the start of heat 3 resulting in a 5-1 to the home side which increased their lead to six points. However Edinburgh hit back in heat 4 with a 1-5. Derek Sneddon ran Matthew Tressarieu wide to move ahead then Matthew Wethers passed Tressarieu who fell causing the race to be awarded. The score then stood at 13-11.
James Grieves and Chris Kerr replied with another 5-1 for the Bears restoring their six point lead in heat 5 and they increased it to eight with a 4-2 in heat 6 in which Gary Havelock scored his second race win. Behind him Jack Roberts fell while in second place leaving Matthew Wethers to finish ahead of Benji Compton. In heat 7 Ronnie Correy made the start but the race was stopped when Andrew Tully hit the fence trying an outside sweep and was excluded from the rerun. In the second running, Correy missed the start and could only follow Josh Auty and Mathieu Tressarieu home as the Bears scored another 5-1 which took the lead to 12 points. In heat 8 Derek Sneddon was given a Tactical Ride as expected and he duly delivered the six points by winning. Matthew Wethers finished second ahead of Arlo Bugeja so Edinburgh took a big 1-8 cutting the deficit to 5 points with the score now standing at 28-23. At this point Derek Sneddon and Matthew Wethers had scored 19 of Edinburgh’s 23 points!
In heat 9 Matthew Wethers split the maximum pairing of James Grieves and Chris Kerr so the Bears took a 4-2 to go seven points ahead again then heat 10 was shared. Gary Havelock chalked up his third win of the meeting but Ronnie Correy and Andrew Tully finished behind him for the 3-3 as Arlo Bugeja seemed to have machine problems when lying third. Heat 11 had to be rerun. Derek Sneddon and Theo Pijper led the first running of the race for two laps but both were passed by Josh Auty. However Mathieu Tressarieu fell trying to pass Sneddon and the race had to be rerun with Tressarieu excluded. In the rerun the Edinburgh pair were again on a 1-5 but this time Josh Auty could only pass Derek Sneddon so the heat ended as a 2-4 with Theo Pijper winning it. There were only five points between the teams at this point and Redcar geared up for a big finish with Josh Auty replacing Benji Compton in heat 12. Another potential Redcar maximum bit the dust in heat 12 when, with the rain lashing down, Ronnie Correy beat James Grieves and Josh Auty for a shared heat which took the score to 40-35.
Gary Havelock was now the only unbeaten rider in the match and he completed his four programmed rides by winning heat 13. Theo Pijper took second place while Mathieu Tressarieu passed Matthew Wethers on the last lap for a 4-2 which put the Bears seven points ahead. They stretched their lead to 11 points with a heat 14 5-1. Chris Kerr and Josh Auty made the gate to lead Andrew Tully home. Then, in the last race Theo Pijper touched the tapes and withdrew from the race to allow Ronnie Correy to retain gate 3. This paid off because, in the rerun, Ronnie Correy ran James Grieves wide on the fourth bend then cut back to clamp Gary Havelock on the line to head off for a fine, tactically aware, win. The race was therefore shared and Redcar ended up with an 11 point win.
Scorers: For Redcar – Gary Havelock 14 (5), James Grieves 12+1 (5), Josh Auty 11+2 (5), Chris Kerr 8+2 (4), Mathieu Tressarieu 3+1 (4), Benji Compton 2 (3), Arlo Bugeja 2 (4).
For Edinburgh – Derek Sneddon 12+1 (5)(with 6 point TR), Matthew Wethers 10+2 (7), Ronnie Correy 10 (5), Theo Pijper 7 (5), Andrew Tully 2+1 (4), Jack Roberts 0 (4).
Two Premier League matches were due to be raced tonight but, with the crowd already in the stadium, the one at Sheffield where the Tigers were scheduled to take on Birmingham was called off due to a waterlogged track. This left the sole action at Redcar where the Bears faced Edinburgh.
Premier League: Redcar 52, Edinburgh 41
Redcar had Josh Auty back at reserve to partner Benji Compton. Matthew Wethers returned to the Edinburgh team but Henrik Moller was missing having suffered an injury in Denmark last night so they had to use Rider Replacement at number 5. They again had Jack Roberts at number 6 for the injured Daniele Tessari.
The two teams were due to trade fixtures on consecutive nights with the first of them tonight. Redcar had already beaten Edinburgh home and away in the Premier Trophy and, with the Monarchs suffering from injuries, were big favourites for this match. Edinburgh, on the other hand were looking to build on last Sunday’s away win at Newport.
The opening heat was shared as Gary Havelock pulled clear of Theo Pijper down the back straight while Derek Sneddon took third place. The Bears took a 4-2 for a two point lead from the reserves race won by Josh Auty who passed early race leader, Matthew Wethers, with Benji Compton third, after Jack Roberts had touched the tapes and had to go from 15 metres. James Grieves and Chris Kerr left the Monarchs’ pair way behind from the start of heat 3 resulting in a 5-1 to the home side which increased their lead to six points. However Edinburgh hit back in heat 4 with a 1-5. Derek Sneddon ran Matthew Tressarieu wide to move ahead then Matthew Wethers passed Tressarieu who fell causing the race to be awarded. The score then stood at 13-11.
James Grieves and Chris Kerr replied with another 5-1 for the Bears restoring their six point lead in heat 5 and they increased it to eight with a 4-2 in heat 6 in which Gary Havelock scored his second race win. Behind him Jack Roberts fell while in second place leaving Matthew Wethers to finish ahead of Benji Compton. In heat 7 Ronnie Correy made the start but the race was stopped when Andrew Tully hit the fence trying an outside sweep and was excluded from the rerun. In the second running, Correy missed the start and could only follow Josh Auty and Mathieu Tressarieu home as the Bears scored another 5-1 which took the lead to 12 points. In heat 8 Derek Sneddon was given a Tactical Ride as expected and he duly delivered the six points by winning. Matthew Wethers finished second ahead of Arlo Bugeja so Edinburgh took a big 1-8 cutting the deficit to 5 points with the score now standing at 28-23. At this point Derek Sneddon and Matthew Wethers had scored 19 of Edinburgh’s 23 points!
In heat 9 Matthew Wethers split the maximum pairing of James Grieves and Chris Kerr so the Bears took a 4-2 to go seven points ahead again then heat 10 was shared. Gary Havelock chalked up his third win of the meeting but Ronnie Correy and Andrew Tully finished behind him for the 3-3 as Arlo Bugeja seemed to have machine problems when lying third. Heat 11 had to be rerun. Derek Sneddon and Theo Pijper led the first running of the race for two laps but both were passed by Josh Auty. However Mathieu Tressarieu fell trying to pass Sneddon and the race had to be rerun with Tressarieu excluded. In the rerun the Edinburgh pair were again on a 1-5 but this time Josh Auty could only pass Derek Sneddon so the heat ended as a 2-4 with Theo Pijper winning it. There were only five points between the teams at this point and Redcar geared up for a big finish with Josh Auty replacing Benji Compton in heat 12. Another potential Redcar maximum bit the dust in heat 12 when, with the rain lashing down, Ronnie Correy beat James Grieves and Josh Auty for a shared heat which took the score to 40-35.
Gary Havelock was now the only unbeaten rider in the match and he completed his four programmed rides by winning heat 13. Theo Pijper took second place while Mathieu Tressarieu passed Matthew Wethers on the last lap for a 4-2 which put the Bears seven points ahead. They stretched their lead to 11 points with a heat 14 5-1. Chris Kerr and Josh Auty made the gate to lead Andrew Tully home. Then, in the last race Theo Pijper touched the tapes and withdrew from the race to allow Ronnie Correy to retain gate 3. This paid off because, in the rerun, Ronnie Correy ran James Grieves wide on the fourth bend then cut back to clamp Gary Havelock on the line to head off for a fine, tactically aware, win. The race was therefore shared and Redcar ended up with an 11 point win.
Scorers: For Redcar – Gary Havelock 14 (5), James Grieves 12+1 (5), Josh Auty 11+2 (5), Chris Kerr 8+2 (4), Mathieu Tressarieu 3+1 (4), Benji Compton 2 (3), Arlo Bugeja 2 (4).
For Edinburgh – Derek Sneddon 12+1 (5)(with 6 point TR), Matthew Wethers 10+2 (7), Ronnie Correy 10 (5), Theo Pijper 7 (5), Andrew Tully 2+1 (4), Jack Roberts 0 (4).
1 comment:
Hi Merlin. Just found yr site on Speedwayplus. Keep it going, blogs are a godsend for this sort of thing. I've started my own, mainly photos and short meeting reviews. It is Tigers based, you'll have to forgive that..... ;D
I'll stick a link in for ya anyway....
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