Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Saturday, 8 September
Three Premier League matches were raced tonight. At Rye House the Rockets met Mildenhall while at Stoke the Potters took on Birmingham. The other match was at Berwick where the Bandits raced against Newport.
Premier League: Rye House 65, Mildenhall 25
Rye House were at full strength while Mildenhall were missing Tom P Madsen so used Rider Replacement at number 1. They also had Karl Mason at number 6 in place of Mark Baseby.
Another massive win for Rye House was the result of this match as another team failed to hit 30 points at Hoddesdon. This time Mildenhall were the victims.
Kyle Legault and Tomas Suchanek made the start in the opening heat but by the end of lap 2 Stefan Ekberg and Chris Neath were past Suchanek. They couldn’t catch Legault however so the race was shared. A 5-1 for the Rockets resulted from the reserves race then Shaun Tacey split the Woffinden/Allen pairing for a 4-2 to the Rockets. It might have been better for the Fen Tigers but Kyle Legault finished at the back after forgetting to turn on his fuel tap. What followed next was the now usual Rye House blitz. The Rockets ran off seven straight 5-1s to disappear out of sight taking the score to 47-13 after heat 10.
It wasn’t all doom and gloom for the crowd though. Suchanek pressed Allen and Woffinden in heat 5 and in the next race Chris Neath only just got the verdict for second on the line from Jason King. In heat 7 Kyle Legault took a TR but, although he gated well, he was soon passed by Steve Boxall and Luke Bowen for no advantage. Heat 10 saw an exclusion for Kyle Legault as he brought down Stefan Ekberg with the race awarded to Neath and Ekberg.
In heat 11 Tomas Suchanek ended the visitors’ points drought by winning from Boxall and Bowen from the gate for a 3-3 then Kyle Legault managed a second place behind Tai Woffinden in heat 12 after a thrilling race with Adam Roynon in which the riders changed positions several times. This resulted in a 4-2 for the home side but they added another 5-1 in heat 13 before Tommy Allen’s engine failure in heat 14 resulted in a 3-3 as Luke Bowen won from Tacey and Paul Fry. Finally Kyle Legault finished the meeting as he had started it – with a race win. He beat Woffinden and Boxall in heat 15 for a 3-3 ruining Woffinden’s full house in the process.
Scorers: For Rye House – Tai Woffinden 14 (5), Steve Boxall 11+2 (5), Stefan Ekberg 10+1 (4), Luke Bowen 10+1 (4), Chris Neath 8+3 (4), Adam Roynon 7+3 (4), Tommy Allen 5+2 (4).
For Mildenhall – Kyle Legault 9 (6), Shaun Tacey 5 (5), Tomas Suchanek 5 (6), Paul Fry 3+1 (5), Jason King 3 (5), Karl Mason 0 (3).
Premier League: Stoke 45, Birmingham 48 Birmingham won the aggregate bonus point by 101-85
Stoke had Benji Compton at number 6 for Barrie Evans while Birmingham used Rider Replacement for the injured Emiliano Sanchez.
It looked as though it would be a good night for Stoke when Lee Complin broke the 11 year old track record formerly held by Billy Hamill in a time of 60.6 in the opening heat. He won from Manuel Hauzinger while Ben Barker did well to hold off Henning Bager for a 4-2. It all started to go wrong for the home side though when they lost a 1-5 in the reserves race to turn their two point lead to a two point arrears. The Brummies had high hopes of adding a 1-5 in heat 3 as Jason Lyons and Henrik Moller led from the tapes but Moller made a mess of the fourth bend to slip to the back resulting in a 3-3. Henning Bager passed Claus Vissing in heat 4 on the third lap for another shared race after Ben Powell has fallen and the score stood at 11-13.
Manuel Hauzinger made a fast start to heat 5 but his bike packed up leaving Jason Lyons to win the race from Harrison and Cunningham for another shared heat then Stoke finally hit back in heat 6. Lee Complin moved into the lead on the fourth bend after the two visitors had made the gate and Ben Barker followed him through on the second lap for a 5-1 ahead of Henning Bager and once again the two point lead changed hands with Stoke now in front. Back came Birmingham in heat 7. The Brummies pair again made the gate but Claus Vissing passed Henrik Moller on the third bend to chase after Jason Lyons. Jaimie Smith fell on the fourth bend so the heat resulted in a 2-4 which levelled the score. Hauzinger and Powell made the gate in heat 8 but Ben Barker passed both of them to keep the scores tied at 24-24.
Stoke then took the lead in heat 9. Glenn Cunningham was first away to beat Henning Bager while Rusty Harrison held off the charging Lee Smart for a 4-2 and two point lead again. Back came Birmingham in heat 10 with a 2-4 to tie the match again. Jason Lyons beat Lee Complin with a flyer from the gate. Ben Barker was comfortably third but he hit the air fence on the second bend of the last lap which allowed Henrik Moller through for third place. Hauzinger and Powell roared away from the tapes again in heat 11 but Claus Vissing muscled his way past Powell for second place. The Brummies scored a 2-4 and they were back in front by two points again. Their lead went to four points for the first time in the match when they added another 2-4 in heat 12. Jason Lyons continued on his way to a maximum by making another fast start to beat Glenn Cunningham with Lee Smart third taking the score to 34-38.
Heat 13 was a disaster for the Potters as a massive start from Manuel Hauzinger and Henning Bager left Lee Complin in their wake resulting in a 1-5 to the Brummies increasing their lead to eight points with just two heats to go. There was some consolation for the home side, however, as the eight point deficit enabled Lee Complin to take a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back in heat 14 replacing Benji Compton. In the first running of the race Ben Powell fell on the fourth bend and failed to clear the track causing a rerun without him. In the second running Lee Complin produced a stunning race by passing Henrik Moller on the second bend of the second lap. Rusty Harrison had made a good start and once Lee Complin had passed him the Potters took the big 8-1 to narrow the gap to just one point going into the last heat. Much to the annoyance of the home side this heat was called back for an unsatisfactory start after Jason Lyons, moving at the tapes, was caught out when the tapes went up. In the rerun Lyons made no mistake at the second attempt and held off Lee Complin for the win. Behind him there was another good tussle with Manuel Hauzinger beating Glenn Cunningham for a three point win and all three points which gives the Brummies a massive boost in their challenge for a top four place.
Scorers: For Stoke – Lee Complin 17 (6)(with 6 point TS), Glenn Cunningham 8+1 (5), Rusty Harrison 6+2 (4), Ben Barker 6+1 (4), Claus Vissing 6 (4), Jaimie Smith 2+1 (4), Benji Compton 0 (3).
For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 18 (6)(full maximum), Manuel Hauzinger 11 (6), Henning Bager 8+1 (5), Ben Powell 5+2 (5), Lee Smart 3+1 (4), Henrik Moller 3 (4).
Premier League: Berwick 32, Newport 61 Newport won the aggregate bonus by either 99-67 or 99-86 depending on the outcome of an appeal against the amended score of the match between the two sides at Newport.
Berwick completely ‘redesigned’ their team after last night’s match at Rye House. They said “cheerio” to Andreas Bergstrom and Theo Pijper and substituted them with Matej Kus and John Morrison. Matej Kus, who came into the side on assessed 8 point average, was at number 1 with Byron Bekker at number 2. Rempala remained at four while R/R was operated at number 5. Stanislaw Burza moved to number 5 while Joe Haines filled the number 7 reserve berth to partner Sam Martin at 6. Newport managed somehow to get Berwick rider, Sebastian Truminski, into their side after ‘dispensing’ with the services of the supposedly injured, Phil Morris who, despite a shoulder injury, had declared himself fit to ride. Truminski had still to serve a one match ban for his non-appearance at Newport for Berwick but that seems to have got lost in the wash. Truminski came into the Wasps’ side as a direct replacement for Morris.
Perhaps a veil should be thrown over this sorry match. Newport opened with four consecutive 1-5s before Berwick finally managed to get a ‘genuine’ point on the board with a 2-4 in heat 5 thanks to a second place from Rempala as he split the Rajkowski/Hedley pairing. Heat 6 was shared after Chris Schramm had been excluded with Byron Bekker and Matej Kus picking up the gift three points behind Nick Simmons. Two more 1-5s from Newport took the score after eight heats to 11-37.
There was an oasis in the desert for the Bandits in heat 9 when Jacek Rempala took a TR and won the race followed by Stanislaw Burza for an 8-1 beating Nick Simmons after Chris Schramm had been excluded but Newport hit two more 1-5s in heats 10 and 11 before another Rempala win in heat 12 ahead of Sebastian Truminski gave the Bandits a shared race taking the score to 24-51.
Heat 13 was another 1-5 to the Wasps from Schramm, who this time wasn’t excluded, and Rajkowski but Berwick managed a shared race in heat 14 with another Rempala win before finishing with a 4-2 in heat 15 as Rempala won from Truminski again while Burza ended Rajkowski’s maximum hopes by relegating him to last to ensure that the Bandits at least topped the 30 point mark.
Scorers: For Berwick – Jacek Rempala 17 (6)(with 6 point TR), Stanislaw Burza 5+1 (6), Matej Kus 3+1 (5), Byron Bekker 3 (4), Sam Martin 2 (5), Joe Haines 2 (4).
For Newport – Sebastian Truminski 11+2 (5), Michal Rajkowski 11+1 (5), Tony Atkin 10+1 (4), Tom Hedley 8+2 (4), Nick Simmons 8+1 (4), Barry Burchatt 7+4 (4), Chris Schramm 6 (4).
Three Premier League matches were raced tonight. At Rye House the Rockets met Mildenhall while at Stoke the Potters took on Birmingham. The other match was at Berwick where the Bandits raced against Newport.
Premier League: Rye House 65, Mildenhall 25
Rye House were at full strength while Mildenhall were missing Tom P Madsen so used Rider Replacement at number 1. They also had Karl Mason at number 6 in place of Mark Baseby.
Another massive win for Rye House was the result of this match as another team failed to hit 30 points at Hoddesdon. This time Mildenhall were the victims.
Kyle Legault and Tomas Suchanek made the start in the opening heat but by the end of lap 2 Stefan Ekberg and Chris Neath were past Suchanek. They couldn’t catch Legault however so the race was shared. A 5-1 for the Rockets resulted from the reserves race then Shaun Tacey split the Woffinden/Allen pairing for a 4-2 to the Rockets. It might have been better for the Fen Tigers but Kyle Legault finished at the back after forgetting to turn on his fuel tap. What followed next was the now usual Rye House blitz. The Rockets ran off seven straight 5-1s to disappear out of sight taking the score to 47-13 after heat 10.
It wasn’t all doom and gloom for the crowd though. Suchanek pressed Allen and Woffinden in heat 5 and in the next race Chris Neath only just got the verdict for second on the line from Jason King. In heat 7 Kyle Legault took a TR but, although he gated well, he was soon passed by Steve Boxall and Luke Bowen for no advantage. Heat 10 saw an exclusion for Kyle Legault as he brought down Stefan Ekberg with the race awarded to Neath and Ekberg.
In heat 11 Tomas Suchanek ended the visitors’ points drought by winning from Boxall and Bowen from the gate for a 3-3 then Kyle Legault managed a second place behind Tai Woffinden in heat 12 after a thrilling race with Adam Roynon in which the riders changed positions several times. This resulted in a 4-2 for the home side but they added another 5-1 in heat 13 before Tommy Allen’s engine failure in heat 14 resulted in a 3-3 as Luke Bowen won from Tacey and Paul Fry. Finally Kyle Legault finished the meeting as he had started it – with a race win. He beat Woffinden and Boxall in heat 15 for a 3-3 ruining Woffinden’s full house in the process.
Scorers: For Rye House – Tai Woffinden 14 (5), Steve Boxall 11+2 (5), Stefan Ekberg 10+1 (4), Luke Bowen 10+1 (4), Chris Neath 8+3 (4), Adam Roynon 7+3 (4), Tommy Allen 5+2 (4).
For Mildenhall – Kyle Legault 9 (6), Shaun Tacey 5 (5), Tomas Suchanek 5 (6), Paul Fry 3+1 (5), Jason King 3 (5), Karl Mason 0 (3).
Premier League: Stoke 45, Birmingham 48 Birmingham won the aggregate bonus point by 101-85
Stoke had Benji Compton at number 6 for Barrie Evans while Birmingham used Rider Replacement for the injured Emiliano Sanchez.
It looked as though it would be a good night for Stoke when Lee Complin broke the 11 year old track record formerly held by Billy Hamill in a time of 60.6 in the opening heat. He won from Manuel Hauzinger while Ben Barker did well to hold off Henning Bager for a 4-2. It all started to go wrong for the home side though when they lost a 1-5 in the reserves race to turn their two point lead to a two point arrears. The Brummies had high hopes of adding a 1-5 in heat 3 as Jason Lyons and Henrik Moller led from the tapes but Moller made a mess of the fourth bend to slip to the back resulting in a 3-3. Henning Bager passed Claus Vissing in heat 4 on the third lap for another shared race after Ben Powell has fallen and the score stood at 11-13.
Manuel Hauzinger made a fast start to heat 5 but his bike packed up leaving Jason Lyons to win the race from Harrison and Cunningham for another shared heat then Stoke finally hit back in heat 6. Lee Complin moved into the lead on the fourth bend after the two visitors had made the gate and Ben Barker followed him through on the second lap for a 5-1 ahead of Henning Bager and once again the two point lead changed hands with Stoke now in front. Back came Birmingham in heat 7. The Brummies pair again made the gate but Claus Vissing passed Henrik Moller on the third bend to chase after Jason Lyons. Jaimie Smith fell on the fourth bend so the heat resulted in a 2-4 which levelled the score. Hauzinger and Powell made the gate in heat 8 but Ben Barker passed both of them to keep the scores tied at 24-24.
Stoke then took the lead in heat 9. Glenn Cunningham was first away to beat Henning Bager while Rusty Harrison held off the charging Lee Smart for a 4-2 and two point lead again. Back came Birmingham in heat 10 with a 2-4 to tie the match again. Jason Lyons beat Lee Complin with a flyer from the gate. Ben Barker was comfortably third but he hit the air fence on the second bend of the last lap which allowed Henrik Moller through for third place. Hauzinger and Powell roared away from the tapes again in heat 11 but Claus Vissing muscled his way past Powell for second place. The Brummies scored a 2-4 and they were back in front by two points again. Their lead went to four points for the first time in the match when they added another 2-4 in heat 12. Jason Lyons continued on his way to a maximum by making another fast start to beat Glenn Cunningham with Lee Smart third taking the score to 34-38.
Heat 13 was a disaster for the Potters as a massive start from Manuel Hauzinger and Henning Bager left Lee Complin in their wake resulting in a 1-5 to the Brummies increasing their lead to eight points with just two heats to go. There was some consolation for the home side, however, as the eight point deficit enabled Lee Complin to take a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back in heat 14 replacing Benji Compton. In the first running of the race Ben Powell fell on the fourth bend and failed to clear the track causing a rerun without him. In the second running Lee Complin produced a stunning race by passing Henrik Moller on the second bend of the second lap. Rusty Harrison had made a good start and once Lee Complin had passed him the Potters took the big 8-1 to narrow the gap to just one point going into the last heat. Much to the annoyance of the home side this heat was called back for an unsatisfactory start after Jason Lyons, moving at the tapes, was caught out when the tapes went up. In the rerun Lyons made no mistake at the second attempt and held off Lee Complin for the win. Behind him there was another good tussle with Manuel Hauzinger beating Glenn Cunningham for a three point win and all three points which gives the Brummies a massive boost in their challenge for a top four place.
Scorers: For Stoke – Lee Complin 17 (6)(with 6 point TS), Glenn Cunningham 8+1 (5), Rusty Harrison 6+2 (4), Ben Barker 6+1 (4), Claus Vissing 6 (4), Jaimie Smith 2+1 (4), Benji Compton 0 (3).
For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 18 (6)(full maximum), Manuel Hauzinger 11 (6), Henning Bager 8+1 (5), Ben Powell 5+2 (5), Lee Smart 3+1 (4), Henrik Moller 3 (4).
Premier League: Berwick 32, Newport 61 Newport won the aggregate bonus by either 99-67 or 99-86 depending on the outcome of an appeal against the amended score of the match between the two sides at Newport.
Berwick completely ‘redesigned’ their team after last night’s match at Rye House. They said “cheerio” to Andreas Bergstrom and Theo Pijper and substituted them with Matej Kus and John Morrison. Matej Kus, who came into the side on assessed 8 point average, was at number 1 with Byron Bekker at number 2. Rempala remained at four while R/R was operated at number 5. Stanislaw Burza moved to number 5 while Joe Haines filled the number 7 reserve berth to partner Sam Martin at 6. Newport managed somehow to get Berwick rider, Sebastian Truminski, into their side after ‘dispensing’ with the services of the supposedly injured, Phil Morris who, despite a shoulder injury, had declared himself fit to ride. Truminski had still to serve a one match ban for his non-appearance at Newport for Berwick but that seems to have got lost in the wash. Truminski came into the Wasps’ side as a direct replacement for Morris.
Perhaps a veil should be thrown over this sorry match. Newport opened with four consecutive 1-5s before Berwick finally managed to get a ‘genuine’ point on the board with a 2-4 in heat 5 thanks to a second place from Rempala as he split the Rajkowski/Hedley pairing. Heat 6 was shared after Chris Schramm had been excluded with Byron Bekker and Matej Kus picking up the gift three points behind Nick Simmons. Two more 1-5s from Newport took the score after eight heats to 11-37.
There was an oasis in the desert for the Bandits in heat 9 when Jacek Rempala took a TR and won the race followed by Stanislaw Burza for an 8-1 beating Nick Simmons after Chris Schramm had been excluded but Newport hit two more 1-5s in heats 10 and 11 before another Rempala win in heat 12 ahead of Sebastian Truminski gave the Bandits a shared race taking the score to 24-51.
Heat 13 was another 1-5 to the Wasps from Schramm, who this time wasn’t excluded, and Rajkowski but Berwick managed a shared race in heat 14 with another Rempala win before finishing with a 4-2 in heat 15 as Rempala won from Truminski again while Burza ended Rajkowski’s maximum hopes by relegating him to last to ensure that the Bandits at least topped the 30 point mark.
Scorers: For Berwick – Jacek Rempala 17 (6)(with 6 point TR), Stanislaw Burza 5+1 (6), Matej Kus 3+1 (5), Byron Bekker 3 (4), Sam Martin 2 (5), Joe Haines 2 (4).
For Newport – Sebastian Truminski 11+2 (5), Michal Rajkowski 11+1 (5), Tony Atkin 10+1 (4), Tom Hedley 8+2 (4), Nick Simmons 8+1 (4), Barry Burchatt 7+4 (4), Chris Schramm 6 (4).
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