Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Tuesday, 11 September
It was Redcar’s turn to cross the Solent for a match on the Isle of Wight in a Premier League Match. Unfortunately not all of the Bears made the short trip across the water.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 50, Redcar 40 The Isle of Wight won the aggregate bonus point by 105-75.
With the return to the side of Andrew Bargh after his injury, the Isle of Wight were at full strength. Redcar would have been at full strength too but Gary Havelock got caught in traffic and could not make his way to the Island in time for the meeting. This meant that the Bears had to go with a six man team. Since Gary Havelock had been declared at number 1 and was therefore due to take a minimum of three rides, the Bears were forced to track one rider only in three of the heats in which he was scheduled to race.
Chris Holder and Cory Gathercole were faced with Josh Auty only in the opening race and led the heat from the start. Gathercole hit the fence on the fourth bend and catapulted off it into Josh Auty causing him to fall and his bike to shoot out of control onto the centre green where it hit one of the track staff. All concerned dusted themselves down, Gathercole was excluded from the rerun and Chris Holder won the second attempt to stage the heat from Josh Auty and a 3-2 win. The reserves race ended as a 4-2 to the Islanders with Chris Johnson winning from Jack Hargreaves. Andrew Bargh fell on the third lap but was so far ahead of Daniel Giffard that he had time to remount and continue the race for third place. The Bears hit back in heat 3 albeit with a bit of luck. Jason Bunyan suffered an engine failure while leading which allowed James Grieves through for the win from Glenn Phillips. This was balanced by a 4-2 to the home side when Krzysztof Stojanowski won from Mathieu Tressarieu and Chris Johnson taking the score to 13-10.
There was another 3-2 score in heat 5 as Josh Auty faced up alone to Glenn Phillips and Jason Bunyan. Bunyan’s bike packed up just after leaving the tapes leaving Phillips to lead Auty home then in the next race the Islanders took a 5-1 with Chris Holder winning again. Gathercole had his work cut out to hold onto his second place from Mathieu Tressarieu as the home side went eight points up. Back came the Bears again with another James Grieves win after passing Krzysztof Stojanowski. Chris Kerr was soon past Andrew Bargh for a 2-4 cutting the gap to six points but another home 5-1 in heat 8 from Cory Gathercole and Chris Johnson extended it to ten points with the score reading 28-18.
Back came the Bears again in heat 9. Mathieu Tressarieu appeared with the black and white helmet cover to take a Tactical Ride and for the third time running Jason Bunyan’s bike packed up. At least it covered a couple of laps this time but his retiral left Tressarieu to score the full six points from Glen Phillips while Daniel Giffard picked up the gift third point. This gave Redcar a 2-7 heat advantage which cut the home side’s lead to five points. Chris Holder won heat 10 from James Grieves and, with Cory Gathercole third, the Islanders took a 4-2 to go seven points ahead then Josh Auty passed Andrew Bargh to win heat 11. Jack Hargreaves was allowed to replace the absent Havelock in this race but finished last behind Stojanowski who was fortunate to hold on to his third place after getting out of shape. The result was a shared race. Incredibly it was four engine failures on the trot for Jason Bunyan in heat 12 leaving James Grieves to win the race from Chris Johnson while Daniel Giffard picked up another gift point. This gave the Bears another 2-4 which took the score to 39-34 at the interval with just three races to go. Bunyan’s continuing machine problems had certainly balanced out Havelock’s non-appearance.
After the interval, Redcar couldn’t bring in a replacement for the missing Havelock in heat 13. Chris Holder and Krzysztof Stojanowski scored a 5-1 ahead of Mathieu Tressarieu to put the home side nine points ahead and to leave the Bears needing to use a Tactical Substitute in heat 14 to give them any chance of success. None was forthcoming and the heat produced the third 3-2 race win of the night. Firstly Andrew Bargh suffered an engine failure on the first bend then Chris Kerr fell at the end of the second lap before Glen Phillips passed Jack Hargreaves for the race win. Chris Holder won the last race for another maximum while James Grieves and Josh Auty followed him home for a shared race giving the Islanders a ten point win on the night and all three points.
Scorers: For the Isle of Wight – Chris Holder 15 (5)(full maximum), Glen Phillips 10 (4), Krzysztof Stojanowski 8+2 (5), Chris Johnson 8+1 (4), Cory Gathercole 6+1 (4), Andrew Bargh 3 (4), Jason Bunyan 0 (4).
For Redcar – James Grieves 13 (5), Mathieu Tressarieu 10 (4)(with 6 point TR), Josh Auty 9+1 (5), Jack Hargreaves 4 (5), Chris Kerr 2 (4), Daniel Giffard 2 (4), Gary Havelock DNR.
It was Redcar’s turn to cross the Solent for a match on the Isle of Wight in a Premier League Match. Unfortunately not all of the Bears made the short trip across the water.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 50, Redcar 40 The Isle of Wight won the aggregate bonus point by 105-75.
With the return to the side of Andrew Bargh after his injury, the Isle of Wight were at full strength. Redcar would have been at full strength too but Gary Havelock got caught in traffic and could not make his way to the Island in time for the meeting. This meant that the Bears had to go with a six man team. Since Gary Havelock had been declared at number 1 and was therefore due to take a minimum of three rides, the Bears were forced to track one rider only in three of the heats in which he was scheduled to race.
Chris Holder and Cory Gathercole were faced with Josh Auty only in the opening race and led the heat from the start. Gathercole hit the fence on the fourth bend and catapulted off it into Josh Auty causing him to fall and his bike to shoot out of control onto the centre green where it hit one of the track staff. All concerned dusted themselves down, Gathercole was excluded from the rerun and Chris Holder won the second attempt to stage the heat from Josh Auty and a 3-2 win. The reserves race ended as a 4-2 to the Islanders with Chris Johnson winning from Jack Hargreaves. Andrew Bargh fell on the third lap but was so far ahead of Daniel Giffard that he had time to remount and continue the race for third place. The Bears hit back in heat 3 albeit with a bit of luck. Jason Bunyan suffered an engine failure while leading which allowed James Grieves through for the win from Glenn Phillips. This was balanced by a 4-2 to the home side when Krzysztof Stojanowski won from Mathieu Tressarieu and Chris Johnson taking the score to 13-10.
There was another 3-2 score in heat 5 as Josh Auty faced up alone to Glenn Phillips and Jason Bunyan. Bunyan’s bike packed up just after leaving the tapes leaving Phillips to lead Auty home then in the next race the Islanders took a 5-1 with Chris Holder winning again. Gathercole had his work cut out to hold onto his second place from Mathieu Tressarieu as the home side went eight points up. Back came the Bears again with another James Grieves win after passing Krzysztof Stojanowski. Chris Kerr was soon past Andrew Bargh for a 2-4 cutting the gap to six points but another home 5-1 in heat 8 from Cory Gathercole and Chris Johnson extended it to ten points with the score reading 28-18.
Back came the Bears again in heat 9. Mathieu Tressarieu appeared with the black and white helmet cover to take a Tactical Ride and for the third time running Jason Bunyan’s bike packed up. At least it covered a couple of laps this time but his retiral left Tressarieu to score the full six points from Glen Phillips while Daniel Giffard picked up the gift third point. This gave Redcar a 2-7 heat advantage which cut the home side’s lead to five points. Chris Holder won heat 10 from James Grieves and, with Cory Gathercole third, the Islanders took a 4-2 to go seven points ahead then Josh Auty passed Andrew Bargh to win heat 11. Jack Hargreaves was allowed to replace the absent Havelock in this race but finished last behind Stojanowski who was fortunate to hold on to his third place after getting out of shape. The result was a shared race. Incredibly it was four engine failures on the trot for Jason Bunyan in heat 12 leaving James Grieves to win the race from Chris Johnson while Daniel Giffard picked up another gift point. This gave the Bears another 2-4 which took the score to 39-34 at the interval with just three races to go. Bunyan’s continuing machine problems had certainly balanced out Havelock’s non-appearance.
After the interval, Redcar couldn’t bring in a replacement for the missing Havelock in heat 13. Chris Holder and Krzysztof Stojanowski scored a 5-1 ahead of Mathieu Tressarieu to put the home side nine points ahead and to leave the Bears needing to use a Tactical Substitute in heat 14 to give them any chance of success. None was forthcoming and the heat produced the third 3-2 race win of the night. Firstly Andrew Bargh suffered an engine failure on the first bend then Chris Kerr fell at the end of the second lap before Glen Phillips passed Jack Hargreaves for the race win. Chris Holder won the last race for another maximum while James Grieves and Josh Auty followed him home for a shared race giving the Islanders a ten point win on the night and all three points.
Scorers: For the Isle of Wight – Chris Holder 15 (5)(full maximum), Glen Phillips 10 (4), Krzysztof Stojanowski 8+2 (5), Chris Johnson 8+1 (4), Cory Gathercole 6+1 (4), Andrew Bargh 3 (4), Jason Bunyan 0 (4).
For Redcar – James Grieves 13 (5), Mathieu Tressarieu 10 (4)(with 6 point TR), Josh Auty 9+1 (5), Jack Hargreaves 4 (5), Chris Kerr 2 (4), Daniel Giffard 2 (4), Gary Havelock DNR.
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