Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Tuesday, 7 August
The sole action tonight was, as usual for a Tuesday night, on the Isle of Wight where the Islanders took on Rye House in a Premier League Match.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 50, Rye House 40.
The Isle of Wight were missing Andrew Bargh through injury and had Gary Cotham in his place at number 6. Rye House, too, were a rider short due to the injury to Robbie Kessler on Saturday night so were obliged to use Rider Replacement at number 2 instead.
Rye House called the shots in the early part of the meeting providing three of the first four race winners. The Islanders hit back with consecutive 5-1s but Rye House battled back before learning that Tai Woffinden had suffered a shoulder injury in a heat 3 fall and had to withdraw from the meeting. Left with only five riders and their two reserves having to cover for Kessler and Woffinden the Rockets resources were stretched to the limit but they kept the gap down to two points until heat 11.
Chris Neath won the first race from Chris Holder while Cory Gathercole, who had to start from 15 metres back after breaking the tapes, passed Luke Bowen, taking the Rider Replacement ride, for third place to share the race points. In heat 2 Adam Roynon won from Chris Johnson while Luke Bowen finished third for a 2-4 to the visitors who now led by two points. Tai Woffinden fell on the second lap of heat 3 leading to some concern as the ambulance took to the track but the young Rye House rider recovered to walk back to the pits unaided. He was excluded from the rerun though in which Jason Bunyan and Krzysztof Stojanowski registered a 5-1. Tommy Allen fell but remounted to take the third place point. This wiped out the Rockets’ two point lead and put the Islanders two in front but it was all change again after heat 4. Steve Boxall and Adam Roynon took a 1-5 for the visitors from Glen Phillips so the two point lead changed hands again with the score going to 11-13.
In heat 5, Rye House tracked two of their three race winners, Chris Neath and Adam Roynon, but the Bunyan/Stojanowski pairing repeated their heat 3 performance by scoring a 5-1 which put the home side two points up again. They stretched their lead to six points with another 5-1 in heat 6 through Chris Holder and Cory Gathercole, the latter passing Luke Bowen on the third lap to join his partner up front. Glen Phillips won heat 7 while Tai Woffinden and Tommy Allen shared the points behind him but Rye House came storming back into the match with another 1-5 in heat 8. Cory Gathercole fell on the last lap while lying second to Tommy Allen allowing Adam Roynon through for second place. The maximum took the score to 25-23 but Rye House were down to five riders when Tai Woffinden had to withdraw from the meeting with a shoulder injury leaving the two reserves to cover his two remaining rides and the remaining R/R ride.
The Rockets, familiar with such set backs, shared the points in heat 9 thanks to a Steve Boxall win which ended Bunyan and Stojanowski’s unbeaten run. Chris Holder won heat 10 but Cory Gathercole suffered an engine failure as Tommy Allen and Luke Bowen shared the points. There was no change in heat 11 either when Chris Neath won from Chris Johnson and Glen Phillips keeping the Rockets within two points of their hosts. The Rockets had no option but to track both their reserves in heat 12 and the Islanders took full advantage by scoring a 5-1, through Jason Bunyan and Chris Johnson, taking the score to 39-33.
The Islanders increased their lead to eight points with a 4-2 in heat 13. Glen Phillips won the race while Steve Boxall took second ahead of Chris Holder with Chris Neath at the back. Rye House hit back with a 2-4 in heat 14 when Adam Roynon beat Krzysztof Stojanowski while Tommy Allen finished third but it was too little, too late with the Rockets 6 points adrift with one heat left. In heat 15 Jason Bunyan hit the tapes and went from 15 metres back. Chris Holder won the race while Bunyan overcame the 15 metre handicap by passing Chris Neath and Steve Boxall for a closing 5-1 which gave the Islanders a 10 point win.
Scorers: For the Isle of Wight – Jason Bunyan 13+1 (5), Chris Holder 12 (5), Glen Phillips 8+1 (4), Chris Johnson 7+1 (5), Krzysztof Stojanowski 7+3 (4), Cory Gathercole 3+2 (4), Gary Cotham 0 (3).
For Rye House – Adam Roynon 11+2 (7), Steve Boxall 9 (5), Tommy Allen 8+1 (5), Chris Neath 7 (5), Luke Bowen 3+1 (6), Tai Woffinden 2 (2).
The sole action tonight was, as usual for a Tuesday night, on the Isle of Wight where the Islanders took on Rye House in a Premier League Match.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 50, Rye House 40.
The Isle of Wight were missing Andrew Bargh through injury and had Gary Cotham in his place at number 6. Rye House, too, were a rider short due to the injury to Robbie Kessler on Saturday night so were obliged to use Rider Replacement at number 2 instead.
Rye House called the shots in the early part of the meeting providing three of the first four race winners. The Islanders hit back with consecutive 5-1s but Rye House battled back before learning that Tai Woffinden had suffered a shoulder injury in a heat 3 fall and had to withdraw from the meeting. Left with only five riders and their two reserves having to cover for Kessler and Woffinden the Rockets resources were stretched to the limit but they kept the gap down to two points until heat 11.
Chris Neath won the first race from Chris Holder while Cory Gathercole, who had to start from 15 metres back after breaking the tapes, passed Luke Bowen, taking the Rider Replacement ride, for third place to share the race points. In heat 2 Adam Roynon won from Chris Johnson while Luke Bowen finished third for a 2-4 to the visitors who now led by two points. Tai Woffinden fell on the second lap of heat 3 leading to some concern as the ambulance took to the track but the young Rye House rider recovered to walk back to the pits unaided. He was excluded from the rerun though in which Jason Bunyan and Krzysztof Stojanowski registered a 5-1. Tommy Allen fell but remounted to take the third place point. This wiped out the Rockets’ two point lead and put the Islanders two in front but it was all change again after heat 4. Steve Boxall and Adam Roynon took a 1-5 for the visitors from Glen Phillips so the two point lead changed hands again with the score going to 11-13.
In heat 5, Rye House tracked two of their three race winners, Chris Neath and Adam Roynon, but the Bunyan/Stojanowski pairing repeated their heat 3 performance by scoring a 5-1 which put the home side two points up again. They stretched their lead to six points with another 5-1 in heat 6 through Chris Holder and Cory Gathercole, the latter passing Luke Bowen on the third lap to join his partner up front. Glen Phillips won heat 7 while Tai Woffinden and Tommy Allen shared the points behind him but Rye House came storming back into the match with another 1-5 in heat 8. Cory Gathercole fell on the last lap while lying second to Tommy Allen allowing Adam Roynon through for second place. The maximum took the score to 25-23 but Rye House were down to five riders when Tai Woffinden had to withdraw from the meeting with a shoulder injury leaving the two reserves to cover his two remaining rides and the remaining R/R ride.
The Rockets, familiar with such set backs, shared the points in heat 9 thanks to a Steve Boxall win which ended Bunyan and Stojanowski’s unbeaten run. Chris Holder won heat 10 but Cory Gathercole suffered an engine failure as Tommy Allen and Luke Bowen shared the points. There was no change in heat 11 either when Chris Neath won from Chris Johnson and Glen Phillips keeping the Rockets within two points of their hosts. The Rockets had no option but to track both their reserves in heat 12 and the Islanders took full advantage by scoring a 5-1, through Jason Bunyan and Chris Johnson, taking the score to 39-33.
The Islanders increased their lead to eight points with a 4-2 in heat 13. Glen Phillips won the race while Steve Boxall took second ahead of Chris Holder with Chris Neath at the back. Rye House hit back with a 2-4 in heat 14 when Adam Roynon beat Krzysztof Stojanowski while Tommy Allen finished third but it was too little, too late with the Rockets 6 points adrift with one heat left. In heat 15 Jason Bunyan hit the tapes and went from 15 metres back. Chris Holder won the race while Bunyan overcame the 15 metre handicap by passing Chris Neath and Steve Boxall for a closing 5-1 which gave the Islanders a 10 point win.
Scorers: For the Isle of Wight – Jason Bunyan 13+1 (5), Chris Holder 12 (5), Glen Phillips 8+1 (4), Chris Johnson 7+1 (5), Krzysztof Stojanowski 7+3 (4), Cory Gathercole 3+2 (4), Gary Cotham 0 (3).
For Rye House – Adam Roynon 11+2 (7), Steve Boxall 9 (5), Tommy Allen 8+1 (5), Chris Neath 7 (5), Luke Bowen 3+1 (6), Tai Woffinden 2 (2).
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