Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Friday, 5 October
Unusually for a Friday, three matches were raced tonight. At King’s Lynn the Stars met Birmingham in the second leg of the Premier League Trophy Final while at Somerset the Rebels took on Stoke in the first leg of their quarter final Young Shield tie. The other match was at Edinburgh where the Monarchs raced against Glasgow in the first leg of the Scottish Cup.
Premier Trophy Final, second leg: King’s Lynn 58, Birmingham 35 King’s Lynn won the Trophy on aggregate by 109-74.
King’s Lynn were at full strength but Birmingham were missing three riders – Henning Bager, Henrik Moller and Ben Powell. They had Shaun Tacey as a guest for Bager at number 5 and used Rider Replacement for Moller at number 4 with Scott James at reserve in place of Powell at number 6.
With their team in disarray with injuries and already twelve points down from the first leg, Birmingham were looking at mission impossible to win the trophy. It didn’t help when Manuel Hauzinger retired from the opening heat then withdrew from the meeting with rib injuries.
Starting with two 5-1s and a 4-2 the Stars stormed into a 22 point aggregate lead after which it was just a question of how many. Birmingham took a 2-4 from heat 4 with a Shaun Tacey win but two more 5-1s for the Stars increased their lead to 16 points on the night. In heat 7 Jason Lyons took a TR and scored all six points by beating Paul Lee. Shaun Tacey’s third place gave the Brummies a 2-7 which was followed by a shared heat and a score of 31-20.
Only Jason Lyons was able to stem the tide. Following a Nermark/Harding 5-1 in heat 9, Lyons won heat 10 to inflict the only defeat of the match on Tomas Topinka. Allott and Mills added another 5-1 then, in heat 12, Lyons finished second to Nermark for a home 4-2 which took the score to 48-27.
Tomas Topinka and Chris Mills added a 4-2 when Tacey split them in heat 13 but the last two heats were shared with wins for Trevor Harding and Jason Lyons for a 23 point win to King’s Lynn on the night and a final aggregate success by 35 points to win the Trophy.
Scorers: For King’s Lynn – Trevor Harding 11+3 (5), Tomas Topinka 11 (4), Paul Lee 10+3 (5), Daniel Nermark 10 (4), Chris Mills 7+1 (4), Adam Allott 6 (4), Benji Compton 3+1 (4).
For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 16 (5)(with 6 point TR), Shaun Tacey 7 (6), Phil Morris 6+1 (5), Lee Smart 5+1 (7), Scott James 1 (6), Manuel Hauzinger 0 (1).
Young Shield, quarter final, first leg: Somerset 58, Stoke 34
Somerset had Jason Doyle replacing Magnus Zetterstrom while Stoke used Rider Replacement for Rusty Harrison.
Since the two Stoke reserves managed only the one point from the heat 2 5-1 and since the Potters were using R/R for Rusty Harrison they had effectively only four scoring riders to contest this first leg tie. As a result they suffered a 24 point loss which will take some pulling back in the second leg tomorrow night.
Jason Doyle, making his debut for the Rebels, got the home side off to a 5-1 start which turned out to be the first of three consecutive maximums. They followed this with two 4-2s before Stoke managed to stem the tide in heat 7. Glenn Cunningham took a TR and finished second to his partner, Claus Vissing, who couldn’t afford to slow to let him pass because of the pressure being applied by Ritchie Hawkins. This gave the visitors a 1-7 cutting the gap from 18 points to 12. Another Rebels 4-2 in heat 8 stretched the lead to 14 points again with the score now 32-18.
Claus Vissing won heat 9 for the Potters then they added a 1-5 from Cunningham and Complin in heat 10 after Jason Doyle had fallen. There were now only ten points between the teams but the Rebels rebuilt their lead over the last five heats with two 5-1s and three 4-2s to add another 14 points to their advantage. Unfortunately Glenn Cunningham fell heavily on the last lap of heat 15 trying to avoid Claus Vissing who had come to grief in front of him. Cunningham was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg.
Scorers: For Somerset – Emil Kramer 13+1 (5), Jason Doyle 12 (5), Daniel Warwick 9+1 (4), Stephan Katt 8+1 (4), Simon Walker 6+2 (4), Ritchie Hawkins 6 (4), Jordan Frampton 4+1 (4).
For Stoke – Glenn Cunningham 10 (5)(with 4 point TR), Claus Vissing 10 (7), Ben Barker 8 (5), Lee Complin 5+1 (5), Barrie Evans 1 (5), Jaimie Smith 0 (3).
Scottish Cup, first leg: Edinburgh 56, Glasgow 37
Edinburgh were without the injured Andrew Tully and both their reserves. They used Rider Replacement for Tully and had Daniel Giffard and Paul Clews filling the reserve berths. Glasgow had James Grieves replacing Shane Parker.
Both sides benefited from having an excellent guest in their side. Paul Clews gave Edinburgh some real punch at reserve while James Grieves dropped only two points from his five rides. However the rest of the Glasgow team couldn’t muster a race win between them and turned in one of their poorest displays of the season. The score might have been even more emphatic for Edinburgh if Paul Clews had not run out of room trying to pass Watson for the lead in heat 5 and had an engine failure while on a 5-1 with Derek Sneddon in heat 8.
Edinburgh took a two point lead from the reserves race before moving into a six point lead in heat 5 with a 5-1 from Matthew Wethers and super-reserve Clews. Another 5-1 in heat 6 from George Stancl and Derek Sneddon put the Monarchs ten points in front just in time for James Grieves to take a Tactical Ride in heat 7. A fast start took him clear of Matthew Wethers while Robert Ksiezak took third place for a Glasgow 2-7 which cut the lead to five points. A shared heat 8 took the score to 28-23 after heat 8.
In heat 10 George Stancl and James Grieves thrilled the crowd with a sensational race. Grieves saw off Stancl from the gate but Stancl chased him hard and executed a fantastic pass on the home straight on the outside where there seemed no room to win the race. Sneddon’s third place gave the Monarchs a 4-2 which they followed with a 5-1 in heat 11 courtesy of Matthew Wethers and Paul Clews. Another Grieves win in heat 12 resulted in a 3-3 and 43-32 score.
Two more 5-1s in heats 13 and 14 rocketed the Monarchs into a 19 point lead and James Grieves won heat 15 to stop George Stancl’s maximum and keep it that way leaving the Tigers with a lot to do in the second leg on Sunday.
Scorers: For Edinburgh – George Stancl 14 (5), Paul Clews 12+2 (7), Kai Laukkanen 12+1 (5), Matthew Wethers 9+2 (4), Derek Sneddon 8+2 (4), Daniel Giffard 1 (5).
For Glasgow – James Grieves 16 (5)(with 6 point TR), Lee Dicken 6 (4), David McAllan 5+2 (5), Craig Watson 4+1 (4), Trent Leverington 3 (4), Robert Ksiezak 2+1 (4), Michael Coles 1+1 (4).
Unusually for a Friday, three matches were raced tonight. At King’s Lynn the Stars met Birmingham in the second leg of the Premier League Trophy Final while at Somerset the Rebels took on Stoke in the first leg of their quarter final Young Shield tie. The other match was at Edinburgh where the Monarchs raced against Glasgow in the first leg of the Scottish Cup.
Premier Trophy Final, second leg: King’s Lynn 58, Birmingham 35 King’s Lynn won the Trophy on aggregate by 109-74.
King’s Lynn were at full strength but Birmingham were missing three riders – Henning Bager, Henrik Moller and Ben Powell. They had Shaun Tacey as a guest for Bager at number 5 and used Rider Replacement for Moller at number 4 with Scott James at reserve in place of Powell at number 6.
With their team in disarray with injuries and already twelve points down from the first leg, Birmingham were looking at mission impossible to win the trophy. It didn’t help when Manuel Hauzinger retired from the opening heat then withdrew from the meeting with rib injuries.
Starting with two 5-1s and a 4-2 the Stars stormed into a 22 point aggregate lead after which it was just a question of how many. Birmingham took a 2-4 from heat 4 with a Shaun Tacey win but two more 5-1s for the Stars increased their lead to 16 points on the night. In heat 7 Jason Lyons took a TR and scored all six points by beating Paul Lee. Shaun Tacey’s third place gave the Brummies a 2-7 which was followed by a shared heat and a score of 31-20.
Only Jason Lyons was able to stem the tide. Following a Nermark/Harding 5-1 in heat 9, Lyons won heat 10 to inflict the only defeat of the match on Tomas Topinka. Allott and Mills added another 5-1 then, in heat 12, Lyons finished second to Nermark for a home 4-2 which took the score to 48-27.
Tomas Topinka and Chris Mills added a 4-2 when Tacey split them in heat 13 but the last two heats were shared with wins for Trevor Harding and Jason Lyons for a 23 point win to King’s Lynn on the night and a final aggregate success by 35 points to win the Trophy.
Scorers: For King’s Lynn – Trevor Harding 11+3 (5), Tomas Topinka 11 (4), Paul Lee 10+3 (5), Daniel Nermark 10 (4), Chris Mills 7+1 (4), Adam Allott 6 (4), Benji Compton 3+1 (4).
For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 16 (5)(with 6 point TR), Shaun Tacey 7 (6), Phil Morris 6+1 (5), Lee Smart 5+1 (7), Scott James 1 (6), Manuel Hauzinger 0 (1).
Young Shield, quarter final, first leg: Somerset 58, Stoke 34
Somerset had Jason Doyle replacing Magnus Zetterstrom while Stoke used Rider Replacement for Rusty Harrison.
Since the two Stoke reserves managed only the one point from the heat 2 5-1 and since the Potters were using R/R for Rusty Harrison they had effectively only four scoring riders to contest this first leg tie. As a result they suffered a 24 point loss which will take some pulling back in the second leg tomorrow night.
Jason Doyle, making his debut for the Rebels, got the home side off to a 5-1 start which turned out to be the first of three consecutive maximums. They followed this with two 4-2s before Stoke managed to stem the tide in heat 7. Glenn Cunningham took a TR and finished second to his partner, Claus Vissing, who couldn’t afford to slow to let him pass because of the pressure being applied by Ritchie Hawkins. This gave the visitors a 1-7 cutting the gap from 18 points to 12. Another Rebels 4-2 in heat 8 stretched the lead to 14 points again with the score now 32-18.
Claus Vissing won heat 9 for the Potters then they added a 1-5 from Cunningham and Complin in heat 10 after Jason Doyle had fallen. There were now only ten points between the teams but the Rebels rebuilt their lead over the last five heats with two 5-1s and three 4-2s to add another 14 points to their advantage. Unfortunately Glenn Cunningham fell heavily on the last lap of heat 15 trying to avoid Claus Vissing who had come to grief in front of him. Cunningham was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg.
Scorers: For Somerset – Emil Kramer 13+1 (5), Jason Doyle 12 (5), Daniel Warwick 9+1 (4), Stephan Katt 8+1 (4), Simon Walker 6+2 (4), Ritchie Hawkins 6 (4), Jordan Frampton 4+1 (4).
For Stoke – Glenn Cunningham 10 (5)(with 4 point TR), Claus Vissing 10 (7), Ben Barker 8 (5), Lee Complin 5+1 (5), Barrie Evans 1 (5), Jaimie Smith 0 (3).
Scottish Cup, first leg: Edinburgh 56, Glasgow 37
Edinburgh were without the injured Andrew Tully and both their reserves. They used Rider Replacement for Tully and had Daniel Giffard and Paul Clews filling the reserve berths. Glasgow had James Grieves replacing Shane Parker.
Both sides benefited from having an excellent guest in their side. Paul Clews gave Edinburgh some real punch at reserve while James Grieves dropped only two points from his five rides. However the rest of the Glasgow team couldn’t muster a race win between them and turned in one of their poorest displays of the season. The score might have been even more emphatic for Edinburgh if Paul Clews had not run out of room trying to pass Watson for the lead in heat 5 and had an engine failure while on a 5-1 with Derek Sneddon in heat 8.
Edinburgh took a two point lead from the reserves race before moving into a six point lead in heat 5 with a 5-1 from Matthew Wethers and super-reserve Clews. Another 5-1 in heat 6 from George Stancl and Derek Sneddon put the Monarchs ten points in front just in time for James Grieves to take a Tactical Ride in heat 7. A fast start took him clear of Matthew Wethers while Robert Ksiezak took third place for a Glasgow 2-7 which cut the lead to five points. A shared heat 8 took the score to 28-23 after heat 8.
In heat 10 George Stancl and James Grieves thrilled the crowd with a sensational race. Grieves saw off Stancl from the gate but Stancl chased him hard and executed a fantastic pass on the home straight on the outside where there seemed no room to win the race. Sneddon’s third place gave the Monarchs a 4-2 which they followed with a 5-1 in heat 11 courtesy of Matthew Wethers and Paul Clews. Another Grieves win in heat 12 resulted in a 3-3 and 43-32 score.
Two more 5-1s in heats 13 and 14 rocketed the Monarchs into a 19 point lead and James Grieves won heat 15 to stop George Stancl’s maximum and keep it that way leaving the Tigers with a lot to do in the second leg on Sunday.
Scorers: For Edinburgh – George Stancl 14 (5), Paul Clews 12+2 (7), Kai Laukkanen 12+1 (5), Matthew Wethers 9+2 (4), Derek Sneddon 8+2 (4), Daniel Giffard 1 (5).
For Glasgow – James Grieves 16 (5)(with 6 point TR), Lee Dicken 6 (4), David McAllan 5+2 (5), Craig Watson 4+1 (4), Trent Leverington 3 (4), Robert Ksiezak 2+1 (4), Michael Coles 1+1 (4).
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