Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Sunday, 19 August
There were two Premier League matches raced tonight. At Glasgow the Tigers raced the return local derby match against Edinburgh while at Newport the Wasps took on Birmingham.
Premier League: Glasgow 55, Edinburgh 38 Glasgow won the aggregate bonus point by 104-79.
Glasgow were again at full strength. Edinburgh , on the other hand, were without George Stancl and Daniele Tessari through injury. They had to use Rider Replacement at number 1 and had James Cockle at number 6 for Tessari.
Glasgow had an eight point lead from the match on Friday at Armadale so started as strong favourites for all three points. Edinburgh were effectively a three man team but fought well until two 5-1s in the last two heats enabled Tigers to take a 17 point win.
There was a shock for the home fans in the opening heat when Derek Sneddon and Matthew Wethers saw off Craig Watson on the first two bends to score an unchallenged 1-5. This was followed by a win in heat 2 by James Cockle, former Tigers’ rider, from Coles and Dicken for a shared heat. Shane Parker rocketed from the gate to win heat 3 with Kai Laukkanen on his tail. Ksiezak finished third so the Tigers scored a 4-2 to pull two points back then repeated that score in heat 4 when Trent Leverington made the start to win from Matthew Wethers. This levelled the scores at 12-12.
Shane Parker made another fast start in heat 5 and Robert Ksiezak muscled his way past Cockle and Sneddon to join him up front for a 5-1 which put Glasgow four points ahead. Craig Watson made the gate in heat 6 then had to fend off the challenging Matthew Wethers for four laps while McAllan finished third as Cockle pulled up at the back. This gave the home side another 4-2 putting them six points ahead. It stayed that way when Kai Laukkanen won heat 7 by a distance from Trent Leverington. Behind this pair Michael Coles took third place from Andrew Tully who was slow away from the tapes again. This provided a drawn race and heat 8 was shared too. This race had to be rerun after being pulled back by the referee with David McAllan warned to stay still at the gate. In the rerun McAllan again made a fast start but he was hunted down by Derek Sneddon who pulled off one of the best passes of the day to win the race. This took the score to 27-21.
Shane Parker won heat 9 while Matthew Wethers worked himself into second ahead of Robert Ksiezak for a Glasgow 4-2 and heat 10 ended the same way. Craig Watson made the gate but Kai Laukkanen passed David McAllan for second place so Glasgow added another two points to their lead which had now stretched to 10 points. It was time for Kai Laukkanen to take a Tactical Ride for the Monarchs in heat 11. When Derek Sneddon and Laukkanen sped round the opening bends it looked like they would score the big 1-8 but on the third lap Derek Sneddon slowed going down the back straight, perhaps to let Laukkanen through, but Trent Leverington passed him too. Sneddon’s third place gave the visitors a 2-7 heat advantage cutting the Tigers’ lead to five points but they increased it to seven again with a 4-2 in heat 12. Kai Laukkanen was out for the third race on the trot and, while Shane Parker again made a fast start, this time he had to look lively to stay ahead of Laukkanen. Lee Dicken finished third against a tailed-off Cockle for third place and the score stood at 41-34.
Craig Watson gated to win heat 13 while Wethers followed him home. Derek Sneddon was briefly in third place but was passed by Trent Leverington as the Tigers added another 4-2. Matthew Wethers replaced Kalle Katajisto as a Tactical Substitute in heat 14 but never figured in the race as Ksiezak and Coles took a 5-1 ahead of Andrew Tully. Parker and Watson made the gate again in heat 15 for another 5-1 as Kai Laukkanen pulled up with a puncture giving the home side a 17 point win.
Scorers: For Glasgow – Shane Parker 15 (5)(full maximum), Craig Watson 12+1 (5), Trent Leverington 8 (4), Robert Ksiezak 7+1 (4), Michael Coles 5+2 (4), Lee Dicken 4+2 (4), David McAllan 4 (4).
For Edinburgh – Kai Laukkanen 15 (6)(with 6 point TR), Matthew Wethers 11+1 (7), Derek Sneddon 8 (5), James Cockle 3 (5), Andrew Tully 1 (4), Kalle Katajisto 0 (3).
Premier League: Newport 42, Birmingham 48 Birmingham won the aggregate bonus point by 110-69.
Both Newport and Birmingham were at full strength for this match.
What a start for Birmingham! Newport gave themselves a mountain to climb by losing both the opening heats by 1-5 to trail by eight points. However they got their crampons out and made a good fist of it. Jason Lyons won heat 3 but Morris and Atkin shared the spoils before the Wasps scored a 5-1 in heat 4. Barry Burchatt and Chris Schramm gave the home fans some hope by heading home Emiliano Sanchez cutting the deficit in half and taking the score to 10-14.
Another two points were shaved off the Brummies’ lead in heat 5 by Phil Morris who beat Henning Bager and Tony Atkin who finished third after Manuel Hauzinger had fallen on the first bend. The come back was complete when the Wasps took the lead in heat 6 with another 5-1 from Michal Rajkowski and Tom Hedley ahead of Sanchez which put them two points in front. However their euphoria was short-lived. Birmingham recovered from the shock by taking a 2-4 in heat 7 from Lyons and Moller split by Schramm to level the scores. The Wasps were in arrears again when they conceded a 1-5 in heat 8 to Manuel Hauzinger and Ben Powell taking the score to 22-26.
Emiliano Sanchez, seemingly fed up at being on the wrong end of 1-5s, came out to win heat 9 from Atkin and Morris for a 3-3 then Tom Hedley ended Jason Lyons’ winning run by beating him in heat 10. Ben Powell was third though so this heat was shared too. Birmingham increased their lead to 6 points in heat 11 when Henning Bager won from Chris Schramm with Hauzinger third for a 2-4 and it stayed that way when Phil Morris won heat 12 with Lyons and Smart behind him for a 3-3. The score now stood at 33-39.
The Newport collapse continued when the visitors took a 2-4 in heat 13. Sanchez won again this time ahead of Chris Schramm while Henning Bager took third with Rajkowski last. The lead was now 8 points so, in heat 14 with a last throw of the dice, Newport replaced Nick Simmons with Phil Morris from 15 metres back as a Tactical Substitute. Tony Atkin won the race but, although he passed Ben Powell, Phil Morris couldn’t get up on Henrik Moller who finished second. This resulted in a 5-2 advantage to the Wasps but it was too little, too late. Finally in heat 15 Chris Schramm suffered an engine failure then Emiliano Sanchez collided with Tom Hedley and took a tumble. The race was awarded to Jason Lyons with Tom Hedley second for a 2-3 to Birmingham and a six point win for the Brummies which gives them a massive boost in their quest for one of the four play-off places.
Scorers: For Newport – Phil Morris 11+1 (5)(with 2 point TS), Tom Hedley 9+1 (5), Chris Schramm 8+1 (5), Tony Atkin 7+1 (4), Barry Burchatt 4 (4), Michal Rajkowski 3 (4), Nick Simmons 0 (3).
For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 13 (5), Henning Bager 8+1 (4), Emiliano Sanchez 8 (5), Manuel Hauzinger 7 (4), Ben Powell 6+2 (5), Lee Smart 3+2 (4), Henrik Moller 3 (3).
There were two Premier League matches raced tonight. At Glasgow the Tigers raced the return local derby match against Edinburgh while at Newport the Wasps took on Birmingham.
Premier League: Glasgow 55, Edinburgh 38 Glasgow won the aggregate bonus point by 104-79.
Glasgow were again at full strength. Edinburgh , on the other hand, were without George Stancl and Daniele Tessari through injury. They had to use Rider Replacement at number 1 and had James Cockle at number 6 for Tessari.
Glasgow had an eight point lead from the match on Friday at Armadale so started as strong favourites for all three points. Edinburgh were effectively a three man team but fought well until two 5-1s in the last two heats enabled Tigers to take a 17 point win.
There was a shock for the home fans in the opening heat when Derek Sneddon and Matthew Wethers saw off Craig Watson on the first two bends to score an unchallenged 1-5. This was followed by a win in heat 2 by James Cockle, former Tigers’ rider, from Coles and Dicken for a shared heat. Shane Parker rocketed from the gate to win heat 3 with Kai Laukkanen on his tail. Ksiezak finished third so the Tigers scored a 4-2 to pull two points back then repeated that score in heat 4 when Trent Leverington made the start to win from Matthew Wethers. This levelled the scores at 12-12.
Shane Parker made another fast start in heat 5 and Robert Ksiezak muscled his way past Cockle and Sneddon to join him up front for a 5-1 which put Glasgow four points ahead. Craig Watson made the gate in heat 6 then had to fend off the challenging Matthew Wethers for four laps while McAllan finished third as Cockle pulled up at the back. This gave the home side another 4-2 putting them six points ahead. It stayed that way when Kai Laukkanen won heat 7 by a distance from Trent Leverington. Behind this pair Michael Coles took third place from Andrew Tully who was slow away from the tapes again. This provided a drawn race and heat 8 was shared too. This race had to be rerun after being pulled back by the referee with David McAllan warned to stay still at the gate. In the rerun McAllan again made a fast start but he was hunted down by Derek Sneddon who pulled off one of the best passes of the day to win the race. This took the score to 27-21.
Shane Parker won heat 9 while Matthew Wethers worked himself into second ahead of Robert Ksiezak for a Glasgow 4-2 and heat 10 ended the same way. Craig Watson made the gate but Kai Laukkanen passed David McAllan for second place so Glasgow added another two points to their lead which had now stretched to 10 points. It was time for Kai Laukkanen to take a Tactical Ride for the Monarchs in heat 11. When Derek Sneddon and Laukkanen sped round the opening bends it looked like they would score the big 1-8 but on the third lap Derek Sneddon slowed going down the back straight, perhaps to let Laukkanen through, but Trent Leverington passed him too. Sneddon’s third place gave the visitors a 2-7 heat advantage cutting the Tigers’ lead to five points but they increased it to seven again with a 4-2 in heat 12. Kai Laukkanen was out for the third race on the trot and, while Shane Parker again made a fast start, this time he had to look lively to stay ahead of Laukkanen. Lee Dicken finished third against a tailed-off Cockle for third place and the score stood at 41-34.
Craig Watson gated to win heat 13 while Wethers followed him home. Derek Sneddon was briefly in third place but was passed by Trent Leverington as the Tigers added another 4-2. Matthew Wethers replaced Kalle Katajisto as a Tactical Substitute in heat 14 but never figured in the race as Ksiezak and Coles took a 5-1 ahead of Andrew Tully. Parker and Watson made the gate again in heat 15 for another 5-1 as Kai Laukkanen pulled up with a puncture giving the home side a 17 point win.
Scorers: For Glasgow – Shane Parker 15 (5)(full maximum), Craig Watson 12+1 (5), Trent Leverington 8 (4), Robert Ksiezak 7+1 (4), Michael Coles 5+2 (4), Lee Dicken 4+2 (4), David McAllan 4 (4).
For Edinburgh – Kai Laukkanen 15 (6)(with 6 point TR), Matthew Wethers 11+1 (7), Derek Sneddon 8 (5), James Cockle 3 (5), Andrew Tully 1 (4), Kalle Katajisto 0 (3).
Premier League: Newport 42, Birmingham 48 Birmingham won the aggregate bonus point by 110-69.
Both Newport and Birmingham were at full strength for this match.
What a start for Birmingham! Newport gave themselves a mountain to climb by losing both the opening heats by 1-5 to trail by eight points. However they got their crampons out and made a good fist of it. Jason Lyons won heat 3 but Morris and Atkin shared the spoils before the Wasps scored a 5-1 in heat 4. Barry Burchatt and Chris Schramm gave the home fans some hope by heading home Emiliano Sanchez cutting the deficit in half and taking the score to 10-14.
Another two points were shaved off the Brummies’ lead in heat 5 by Phil Morris who beat Henning Bager and Tony Atkin who finished third after Manuel Hauzinger had fallen on the first bend. The come back was complete when the Wasps took the lead in heat 6 with another 5-1 from Michal Rajkowski and Tom Hedley ahead of Sanchez which put them two points in front. However their euphoria was short-lived. Birmingham recovered from the shock by taking a 2-4 in heat 7 from Lyons and Moller split by Schramm to level the scores. The Wasps were in arrears again when they conceded a 1-5 in heat 8 to Manuel Hauzinger and Ben Powell taking the score to 22-26.
Emiliano Sanchez, seemingly fed up at being on the wrong end of 1-5s, came out to win heat 9 from Atkin and Morris for a 3-3 then Tom Hedley ended Jason Lyons’ winning run by beating him in heat 10. Ben Powell was third though so this heat was shared too. Birmingham increased their lead to 6 points in heat 11 when Henning Bager won from Chris Schramm with Hauzinger third for a 2-4 and it stayed that way when Phil Morris won heat 12 with Lyons and Smart behind him for a 3-3. The score now stood at 33-39.
The Newport collapse continued when the visitors took a 2-4 in heat 13. Sanchez won again this time ahead of Chris Schramm while Henning Bager took third with Rajkowski last. The lead was now 8 points so, in heat 14 with a last throw of the dice, Newport replaced Nick Simmons with Phil Morris from 15 metres back as a Tactical Substitute. Tony Atkin won the race but, although he passed Ben Powell, Phil Morris couldn’t get up on Henrik Moller who finished second. This resulted in a 5-2 advantage to the Wasps but it was too little, too late. Finally in heat 15 Chris Schramm suffered an engine failure then Emiliano Sanchez collided with Tom Hedley and took a tumble. The race was awarded to Jason Lyons with Tom Hedley second for a 2-3 to Birmingham and a six point win for the Brummies which gives them a massive boost in their quest for one of the four play-off places.
Scorers: For Newport – Phil Morris 11+1 (5)(with 2 point TS), Tom Hedley 9+1 (5), Chris Schramm 8+1 (5), Tony Atkin 7+1 (4), Barry Burchatt 4 (4), Michal Rajkowski 3 (4), Nick Simmons 0 (3).
For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 13 (5), Henning Bager 8+1 (4), Emiliano Sanchez 8 (5), Manuel Hauzinger 7 (4), Ben Powell 6+2 (5), Lee Smart 3+2 (4), Henrik Moller 3 (3).
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