Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Tuesday, 24 July
This week’s meeting on the Isle of Wight was between the Islanders and Glasgow Tigers in a Premier League Match.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 59, Glasgow 32.
The Isle of Wight and Glasgow were both at full strength for this match
Glasgow went the way of many others to the Island’s Smallbrook track ending up on the wrong end of a 27 point defeat. The Islanders provided 12 of the 15 race winners leaving the Tigers with a big task to win the aggregate bonus point when the two teams meet later in the season at Ashfield.
Glasgow’s early resistance lasted for three heats. Cory Gathercole fell while Chris Holder won the opening race for a shared heat then Lee Dicken was excluded in heat 2 under the two minute time allowance and had to go from 15 metres back. The Islanders were on a 5-1 when Andrew Bargh developed engine trouble allowing Coles and Dicken to share the race. Jason Bunyan won heat 3 from Shane Parker but Robert Ksiezak took third place from Krzysztof Stojanowski for another shared race. The Islanders finally took the lead with a 5-1 from Glenn Phillips and Chris Johnson in heat 4 to lead by 14-10.
Two more 5-1s followed. Stojanowski and Bunyan scored the first of them in heat 5 ahead of Craig Watson then Chris Holder made a bad start in heat 6 but passed both Coles and Leverington to follow his partner, Cory Gathercole, home for the second maximum. Glasgow were now 12 points adrift so gave Shane Parker a Tactical Ride in heat 7. They gave it to the wrong man though as it was Robert Ksiezak who won the race from Glen Phillips as Parker trailed home third. This gave the Tigers a 2-5 heat success cutting the gap to 9 points. The Islanders stretched their lead to 11 points with a 4-2 from Gathercole and Johnson in heat 8 with David McAllan finishing second taking the score to 30-19.
Two more 5-1s for the Islanders followed. In heat 9 Jason Bunyan recovered from a bad start to pass Coles and Leverington to follow Stojanowski home for the first maximum then Chris Holder and Cory Gathercole scored the second ahead of Parker and Ksiezak. Glen Phillips won heat 11 while Craig Watson and David McAllan shred the points behind him. Shane Parker then won heat 12 from Jason Bunyan but Chris Johnson took third from Michael Coles for a shared race which took the score to 46-27.
Heat 13 produced another home 5-1, their sixth of the match, as Holder and Phillips beat Watson into third place but Robert Ksiezak popped out the gate to win heat 14 from Stojanowski and Johnson for a shared race before Holder and Bunyan wrapped up proceedings with another 5-1 in the last race as Ksiezak and Parker finished at the back.
Scorers: For The Isle of Wight – Chris Holder 14+1 (5)(paid maximum), Jason Bunyan 11+ 3 (5), Glen Phillips 10+1(4), Cory Gathercole 8+1 (4), Krzysztof Stojanowski 8 (4), Chris Johnson 8+3 (5), Andrew Bargh 0 (3).
For Glasgow – Robert Ksiezak 8+1 (5), Shane Parker 8 (5)(with 2 point TR), Craig Watson 6 (4), David McAllan 4+2 (4), Trent Leverington 3 (4), Michael Coles 2 (4), Lee Dicken 1+1 (4).
This week’s meeting on the Isle of Wight was between the Islanders and Glasgow Tigers in a Premier League Match.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 59, Glasgow 32.
The Isle of Wight and Glasgow were both at full strength for this match
Glasgow went the way of many others to the Island’s Smallbrook track ending up on the wrong end of a 27 point defeat. The Islanders provided 12 of the 15 race winners leaving the Tigers with a big task to win the aggregate bonus point when the two teams meet later in the season at Ashfield.
Glasgow’s early resistance lasted for three heats. Cory Gathercole fell while Chris Holder won the opening race for a shared heat then Lee Dicken was excluded in heat 2 under the two minute time allowance and had to go from 15 metres back. The Islanders were on a 5-1 when Andrew Bargh developed engine trouble allowing Coles and Dicken to share the race. Jason Bunyan won heat 3 from Shane Parker but Robert Ksiezak took third place from Krzysztof Stojanowski for another shared race. The Islanders finally took the lead with a 5-1 from Glenn Phillips and Chris Johnson in heat 4 to lead by 14-10.
Two more 5-1s followed. Stojanowski and Bunyan scored the first of them in heat 5 ahead of Craig Watson then Chris Holder made a bad start in heat 6 but passed both Coles and Leverington to follow his partner, Cory Gathercole, home for the second maximum. Glasgow were now 12 points adrift so gave Shane Parker a Tactical Ride in heat 7. They gave it to the wrong man though as it was Robert Ksiezak who won the race from Glen Phillips as Parker trailed home third. This gave the Tigers a 2-5 heat success cutting the gap to 9 points. The Islanders stretched their lead to 11 points with a 4-2 from Gathercole and Johnson in heat 8 with David McAllan finishing second taking the score to 30-19.
Two more 5-1s for the Islanders followed. In heat 9 Jason Bunyan recovered from a bad start to pass Coles and Leverington to follow Stojanowski home for the first maximum then Chris Holder and Cory Gathercole scored the second ahead of Parker and Ksiezak. Glen Phillips won heat 11 while Craig Watson and David McAllan shred the points behind him. Shane Parker then won heat 12 from Jason Bunyan but Chris Johnson took third from Michael Coles for a shared race which took the score to 46-27.
Heat 13 produced another home 5-1, their sixth of the match, as Holder and Phillips beat Watson into third place but Robert Ksiezak popped out the gate to win heat 14 from Stojanowski and Johnson for a shared race before Holder and Bunyan wrapped up proceedings with another 5-1 in the last race as Ksiezak and Parker finished at the back.
Scorers: For The Isle of Wight – Chris Holder 14+1 (5)(paid maximum), Jason Bunyan 11+ 3 (5), Glen Phillips 10+1(4), Cory Gathercole 8+1 (4), Krzysztof Stojanowski 8 (4), Chris Johnson 8+3 (5), Andrew Bargh 0 (3).
For Glasgow – Robert Ksiezak 8+1 (5), Shane Parker 8 (5)(with 2 point TR), Craig Watson 6 (4), David McAllan 4+2 (4), Trent Leverington 3 (4), Michael Coles 2 (4), Lee Dicken 1+1 (4).
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