Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Sunday, 12 August
Four Premier League matches were due to be raced today but only three of them made it to the tapes. At Glasgow the Tigers were due to face Stoke but just as the assembled crowd were ready for the opening heat, the heavens opened and the rain came down in stair-rods causing the meeting to be postponed and Glasgow with a real fixture headache! At Newport however there were no such problems as the Wasps took on Rye House while at Mildenhall the Fen Tigers raced against the Isle of Wight. The last match to start was at Newcastle where the Diamonds faced Redcar in a local derby fixture.
Premier League: Newport 43, Rye House 50 Rye House won the aggregate bonus point by 118-66.
Newport were at full strength but Rye House were again without Robbie Kessler so used Rider Replacement at number 2 instead.
Rye House were out to forget last night’s disappointing exit from the Knockout Cup at the hands of the Isle of Wight and already looked certainties for the bonus point having beaten the Wasps by 45 points at Hoddesdon last week.
The Rockets provided the race winners in each of the first three heats – Chris Neath, Adam Roynon and Tai Woffinden. They also provided the lasts with Tommy Allen excluded from a rerun heat 3 for bringing down Phil Morris. This meant that all three races were shared. Steve Boxall touched the tapes in the second rerun of heat 4 so started from 15 metres. The first rerun was because of first bend bunching. This gave the Wasps the opportunity to draw first blood and they did so with a 5-1 when Chris Schramm and Barry Burchatt headed home Adam Roynon to take the score to 14-10.
The teams traded 5-1s in the next two heats. Neath and Roynon scored the first for Rye House in heat 5 while Michal Rajkowski and Tom Hedley produced the second for Newport in heat 6. Tai Woffinden won again in heat 7 but Tommy Allen fell so Schramm and Simmons shared the race for the Wasps. Newport took a giant step forward with another 5-1 in heat 8. Tom Hedley and Barry Burchatt did the damage relegating Adam Roynon to third and taking the score to 31-23.
Steve Boxall, after being on the wrong end of two 5-1s in his first two races, made some amends by winning heat 9 from Phil Morris and Tony Atkin but behind him Luke Bowen returned his fifth zero of the match so the heat was shared. Eight points in front things looked good for Newport but they have been known to finish matches poorly and Rye House were by no means out of it. Tai Woffinden won for the third time in heat 10 but again there was no support as Tommy Allen retired recording his third zero of the match. Bowen and Allen had now contributed eight last places in ten heats leaving Rye House still trailing by eight points at the interval having supplied seven race winners. In heat 11 Tai Woffinden took a Tactical Substitute ride off 15 metres to partner the also unbeaten Chris Neath in place of the R/R ride. What a success this was! Woffinden came through the field to win the race while his partner, Chris Neath, finished second for the big 1-8 which cut the arrears to one point with four heats to go. Woffinden was out again in heat 12 and Adam Roynon replaced Luke Bowen to partner him. The Newport collapse continued as Woffinden and Roynon completely turned the match on its head with a 1-5 from Burchatt and Morris to put the Rockets in front by three points with the score now 36-39.
Chris Neath won heat 13 but Michal Rajkowski and Chris Schramm finished ahead of Steve Boxall for a 3-3 which stemmed the haemorrhaging of points for Newport but the Wasps needed to take an advantage in heat 14 to have any chance of reward. They didn’t get it though. Tony Atkin did his bit by winning the race but Nick Simmons finished at the back behind Roynon and Bowen who finally broke his duck leaving the Rockets three points ahead going into the final heat in which they tracked the unbeaten Chris Neath and Tai Woffinden. Tai Woffinden completed a magnificent 21 point six ride maximum while Chris Neath also completed a paid maximum as the Rockets finished with a 1-5 for a seven point win having pulled back from 8 down after heat 10 but they didn’t look like achieving that when Michal Rajkowski led the race until he fell on the third lap to complete a poor afternoon for the Wasps.
Scorers: For Newport – Tom Hedley 8+2 (4), Michal Rajkowski 8+1 (5), Chris Schramm 8+1 (5), Barry Burchatt 6+3 (5), Tony Atkin 6+1 (4), Phil Morris 4+1 (4), Nick Simmons 3+1 (3).
For Rye House – Tai Woffinden 21 (6)(with 6 point TS)(full maximum), Chris Neath 13+2 (5)(paid maximum), Adam Roynon 10+2 (6), Steve Boxall 5 (4), Luke Bowen 1+1 (6), Tommy Allen 0 (3).
Premier League: Mildenhall 51, Isle of Wight 43
Four Premier League matches were due to be raced today but only three of them made it to the tapes. At Glasgow the Tigers were due to face Stoke but just as the assembled crowd were ready for the opening heat, the heavens opened and the rain came down in stair-rods causing the meeting to be postponed and Glasgow with a real fixture headache! At Newport however there were no such problems as the Wasps took on Rye House while at Mildenhall the Fen Tigers raced against the Isle of Wight. The last match to start was at Newcastle where the Diamonds faced Redcar in a local derby fixture.
Premier League: Newport 43, Rye House 50 Rye House won the aggregate bonus point by 118-66.
Newport were at full strength but Rye House were again without Robbie Kessler so used Rider Replacement at number 2 instead.
Rye House were out to forget last night’s disappointing exit from the Knockout Cup at the hands of the Isle of Wight and already looked certainties for the bonus point having beaten the Wasps by 45 points at Hoddesdon last week.
The Rockets provided the race winners in each of the first three heats – Chris Neath, Adam Roynon and Tai Woffinden. They also provided the lasts with Tommy Allen excluded from a rerun heat 3 for bringing down Phil Morris. This meant that all three races were shared. Steve Boxall touched the tapes in the second rerun of heat 4 so started from 15 metres. The first rerun was because of first bend bunching. This gave the Wasps the opportunity to draw first blood and they did so with a 5-1 when Chris Schramm and Barry Burchatt headed home Adam Roynon to take the score to 14-10.
The teams traded 5-1s in the next two heats. Neath and Roynon scored the first for Rye House in heat 5 while Michal Rajkowski and Tom Hedley produced the second for Newport in heat 6. Tai Woffinden won again in heat 7 but Tommy Allen fell so Schramm and Simmons shared the race for the Wasps. Newport took a giant step forward with another 5-1 in heat 8. Tom Hedley and Barry Burchatt did the damage relegating Adam Roynon to third and taking the score to 31-23.
Steve Boxall, after being on the wrong end of two 5-1s in his first two races, made some amends by winning heat 9 from Phil Morris and Tony Atkin but behind him Luke Bowen returned his fifth zero of the match so the heat was shared. Eight points in front things looked good for Newport but they have been known to finish matches poorly and Rye House were by no means out of it. Tai Woffinden won for the third time in heat 10 but again there was no support as Tommy Allen retired recording his third zero of the match. Bowen and Allen had now contributed eight last places in ten heats leaving Rye House still trailing by eight points at the interval having supplied seven race winners. In heat 11 Tai Woffinden took a Tactical Substitute ride off 15 metres to partner the also unbeaten Chris Neath in place of the R/R ride. What a success this was! Woffinden came through the field to win the race while his partner, Chris Neath, finished second for the big 1-8 which cut the arrears to one point with four heats to go. Woffinden was out again in heat 12 and Adam Roynon replaced Luke Bowen to partner him. The Newport collapse continued as Woffinden and Roynon completely turned the match on its head with a 1-5 from Burchatt and Morris to put the Rockets in front by three points with the score now 36-39.
Chris Neath won heat 13 but Michal Rajkowski and Chris Schramm finished ahead of Steve Boxall for a 3-3 which stemmed the haemorrhaging of points for Newport but the Wasps needed to take an advantage in heat 14 to have any chance of reward. They didn’t get it though. Tony Atkin did his bit by winning the race but Nick Simmons finished at the back behind Roynon and Bowen who finally broke his duck leaving the Rockets three points ahead going into the final heat in which they tracked the unbeaten Chris Neath and Tai Woffinden. Tai Woffinden completed a magnificent 21 point six ride maximum while Chris Neath also completed a paid maximum as the Rockets finished with a 1-5 for a seven point win having pulled back from 8 down after heat 10 but they didn’t look like achieving that when Michal Rajkowski led the race until he fell on the third lap to complete a poor afternoon for the Wasps.
Scorers: For Newport – Tom Hedley 8+2 (4), Michal Rajkowski 8+1 (5), Chris Schramm 8+1 (5), Barry Burchatt 6+3 (5), Tony Atkin 6+1 (4), Phil Morris 4+1 (4), Nick Simmons 3+1 (3).
For Rye House – Tai Woffinden 21 (6)(with 6 point TS)(full maximum), Chris Neath 13+2 (5)(paid maximum), Adam Roynon 10+2 (6), Steve Boxall 5 (4), Luke Bowen 1+1 (6), Tommy Allen 0 (3).
Premier League: Mildenhall 51, Isle of Wight 43
Mildenhall were at full strength but the Isle of Wight were without Andrew Bargh and used Conference League guest Tom Brown at number 6.
The Islanders arrived fresh from their success at Rye House last night where they put Rye House out of the Knockout Cup. Aiming for a place in the top four, the Islanders would be looking to this match for a possible win.
The Mildenhall riders made the gate in the opening race with Tom P Madsen leading but Chris Holder passed Shaun Tacey for second place leaving the Fen Tigers to take a 4-2 and two point lead. Tomas Suchanek suffered an engine failure in the reserves race but Mark Baseby came from the back to win the race from Chris Johnson for a 3-3. Kyle Legault fresh from his 21 point haul for Edinburgh last night continued his winning streak by beating Jason Bunyan in heat 3 while Paul Fry took third place for another home 4-2 which put the home side four up. Then Jason King and Tomas Suchanek had the visitors in big trouble when they added a 5-1 in heat 4 at the expense of Glen Phillips to take the score to 16-8.
Chris Holder brought Legault’s winning run to an end by passing the Mildenhall man on the second lap in heat 5 while Cory Gathercole beat Paul Fry for third so the Islanders hit back with a 2-4 to trail by six. The Glen Phillips plus reserve partnership again proved vulnerable conceding another 5-1 in heat 6 this time to Madsen and Tacey putting the home side 10 points ahead. Immediately the Isle of Wight gave Jason Bunyan a Tactical Ride in heat 7. Much of the Fen Tigers hard work was undone when the Isle of Wight pair gated to the big 1-8 with Bunyan heading home Stojanowski and King to cut the gap to only three points. Undaunted they replied with another 5-1 from Suchanek and Tacey with Gathercole third after a strong challenge. This put the home side 7 points ahead again with the score standing at 29-22.
Glenn Phillips finished on the wrong end of a 5-1 for the third time in the match as Kyle Legault and Paul Fry all but put the home side out of sight now 11 points in front but the visitors replied in kind with a 1-5 from Jason Bunyan and Krzysztof Stojanowski again cutting the lead to 7 points as both riders passed early race leader Shaun Tacey who finished last. There had only been one shared heat up to this point as the match swung back and forth. Chris Holder won heat 11 but Cory Gathercole packed up on the first bend so this became the second shared race of the match. In heat 12 Kyle Legault was fortunate to be allowed back in the rerun of the race after it had to be stopped when he collided with Jason Bunyan on his outside causing both riders to fall. In the rerun Legault and Suchanek gated to leave Bunyan behind and record another 5-1 to give the home side an 11 point lead with the score at 43-32 with three races to go.
Chris Holder won heat 13 but Glen Phillips continued his miserable afternoon by finishing at the back as Jason King and Tom P Madsen shared the heat. Incredibly Phillips, rather than Chris Holder, was nominated for a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back in heat 14 when the Islanders still had an outside chance of a draw!
Paul Fry won the heat while Stojanowski finished second ahead of his partner on the TS which gave the Islanders a 3-4 to trail by ten points going into the last race. Chris Holder won heat 15 from Kyle Legault while Jason Bunyan took third from Tomas Suchanek. The 2-4 resulted in an eight point win for the home side.
Scorers: For Mildenhall – Kyle Legault 13 (5), Jason King 8 (4), Tom P Madsen 7+2 (4), Tomas Suchanek 7+2 (5), Shaun Tacey 6+1 (4), Paul Fry 6+1 (4), Mark Baseby 4+1 (4).
For the Isle of Wight – Chris Holder 14 (5), Jason Bunyan 13 (5)(with 6 point TR), Krzysztof Stojanowski 6+2 (4), Glen Phillips 5+1 (5)(with 2 point TS), Chris Johnson 2 (3), Cory Gathercole 2 (4), Tom Brown 1+1 (4).
Premier League: Newcastle 38, Redcar 55
Newcastle had Josef Franc back in the side but were without Jonas Raun so used Rider Replacement at number 2. Sam Dore continued at number 6 and Paul Clews, replacing Ross Brady, made his debut at number 4. Redcar were at full strength.
The smiles of the Newcastle fans, following their win at Edinburgh on Friday night, was well and truly wiped off their faces as they were taken to the cleaners by a Redcar side firing on all cylinders. Indeed had it not been for an inspirational 16 point score from Sean Stoddart at reserve what the final result might have been must make the Diamonds shudder.
After the opening two races, won by Christian Henry from Gary Havelock and Sean Stoddart from Daniel Giffard, were shared the Bears simply tore Newcastle apart. James Grieves and Chris Kerr started the mauling with a 1-5 in heat 3 ahead of Josef Franc followed by a 3-3 in heat 4 won by Mathieu Tressarieu from Stoddart and Wilkinson to take the score to 10-14.
Josh Auty and Gary Havelock added another 1-5 in heat 5 as Josef Franc was relegated to third again but Newcastle pulled two points back with a 4-2 in heat 6 won by Stoddart from Tressarieu with Christian Henry third. This cut the gap to six points but James Grieves won heat 7 from Carl Wilkinson while Chris Kerr’s third place gave the Bears another 2-4 and eight point lead. Sean Stoddart was doing his best to keep the Newcastle ship afloat by winning for the third time in heat 8 after Carl Wilkinson had been excluded for tape touching but, with Josh Auty and Jack Hargreaves in the minor places, it was only for a 3-3. The score now stood at 20-28.
Josef Franc finally won a race in heat 9 again only for a 3-3 as Paul Clews finished at the back. Then the Bears stepped up a gear. James Grieves beat Christian Henry in heat 10 with Chris Kerr third for a 2-4 which opened the lead to 10 points. Then Gary Havelock and Josh Auty headed home Sean Stoddart in heat 11 to increase the lead to 14 points and the Diamonds were now completely out of the running. Josef Franc took a Tactical Ride in heat 12 and inflicted the only defeat of the match on James Grieves in winning the race. Sean Stoddart was third for a 7-2 advantage for the Diamonds which took the score to 33-42.
Any lingering hope the home side might still have entertained disappeared when Gary Havelock and Mathieu Tressarieu hammered home another 1-5 in heat 13 to increase the lead to 13 points. Sean Stoddart, still offering resistance, won heat 14 for a shared race but Redcar applied the coup de grace with a final heat 1-5 from James Grieves and Gary Havelock to leave the home side in tatters.
Scorers: For Newcastle – Sean Stoddart 16 (7), Josef Franc 11 (5)(with 6 point TR), Christian Henry 8 (5), Carl Wilkinson 3+1 (5), Sam Dore 0 (4), Paul Clews 0 (5).
For Redcar – James Grieves 14 (5), Gary Havelock 12+2 (5), Mathieu Tressarieu 9+1 (4), Josh Auty 8+2 (4), Chris Kerr 5+2 (4), Daniel Giffard 5+1 (5), Jack Hargreaves 2+2 (3).
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