Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Sunday, 7 October
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Three matches were raced today. At Glasgow the Tigers ran a double header. In their first match they faced Redcar in the second leg of their quarter final Young Shield tie then they took on Edinburgh in the second leg of the Scottish Cup. The other match was at Newcastle where the Diamonds raced against Workington in the second leg of their quarter final Young Shield tie.
Young Shield: Glasgow 43, Redcar 47
Glasgow again had Jason Lyons guesting for the injured Shane Parker while Redcar were missing both Mathieu Tressarieu who was injured and Josh Auty who was riding for Scunthorpe. They used Rider Replacement for Tressarieu at number 2 and had Jittendra Duffill filling in at number 4.
Redcar were basically a five man team for this match as a result of Auty’s absence. Their eight point lead didn’t look enough to cope with a near full strength Glasgow side but they rose to the occasion not only to qualify on aggregate but also to win the match.
Glasgow looked to have five points in the bag in the opening race but McAllan got badly out of shape on the first bend of lap three to let Havelock through for a 4-2. Wins for Lee Dicken and James Grieves resulted in shared heats but Glasgow pulled four points clear with a 4-2 in heat 4 when Chris Kerr split Trent Leverington and Lee Dicken. With the score at 14-10 Glasgow now trailed by just four points on aggregate. That however turned out to be the nearest they came to success.
An excellent round the boards pass by Daniel Giffard on Robert Ksiezak in heat 5 gave Redcar another shared race as Jason Lyons beat Gary Havelock then the Bears dealt the Tigers a real killer blow in heat 6. Daniel Giffard rounded the field on the opening two bends to take the lead while Chris Kerr squeezed Craig Watson out on bend one to follow him. David McAllan took up the chase but Chris Kerr rode brilliantly to cover his partner all the way home leaving the frustrated McAllan with no chance to make a pass. The 5-1 levelled the match and restored Redcar’s aggregate lead. James Grieves was out in both heats 7 and 8 (as Rider Replacement) and won them both for shared races to take the score to 24-24 so Glasgow had made no inroads into their deficit.
Heat 9 saw a bad crash. Jason Lyons made the gate and locked up coming off the second bend. Robert Ksiezak tried to avoid him by moving out but only succeeded in crashing into Chris Kerr on his outside while Daniel Giffard piled into the carnage. The referee who was blindsided somehow found Kerr to be at fault and excluded him from the rerun which was won by Lyons. Ksiezak was clearly not well and trundled in behind Giffard before withdrawing from the meeting with concussion. The 4-2 put Glasgow back in front again but not for long. James Grieves won his fourth race in heat 10 for a shared heat before the Bears wiped out the Tigers advantage and went into a two point lead with a 1-5 in heat 11. Trent Leverington made the gate but with Chris Kerr roaring round the outside and Gary Havelock charging through on the inside he didn’t quite know which line to cover. He didn’t cover either as the Bears duo operated a pincer movement to head off for a maximum. Glasgow then had to face another Grieves race win in heat 12 for a 3-3 which took the score to 35-37 effectively deciding the outcome of the tie.
Gary Havelock and Chris Kerr looked like adding a 1-5 in heat 13 but Trent Leverington came from the back in fine style to split the Bears’ pair for a 2-4 to put the visitors four points up. Lee Dicken’s heat 14 success was only good enough for a 3-3 then Jason Lyons finally got the better of James Grieves with a fast start to win heat 15 for another share of the points.
Scorers: For Glasgow – Jason Lyons 13 (5), Lee Dicken 10+1 (5), Trent Leverington 8 (5), David McAllan 5+1 (4), Craig Watson 4+1 (4), Robert Ksiezak 2+1 (3), Michael Coles 1+1 (4).
For Redcar – James Grieves 17 (6), Gary Havelock 11+1 (5), Daniel Giffard 8+3 (6), Chris Kerr 7+2 (5), Jack Hargreaves 4 (5), Jittendra Duffill 0 (3).
Scottish Cup (second leg): Glasgow 51, Edinburgh 41 Edinburgh won the Cup on aggregate by 97-88.
Glasgow were without Craig Watson, Shane Parker and Robert Ksiezak and used Gary Havelock at number 1 for Watson, Jason Lyons at number 3 for Parker and used Rider Replacement at number 4 for Robert Ksiezak. Edinburgh were without Andrew Tully, Daniele Tessari and Kalle Katajisto and used Rider Replacement for Tully at number 4 while Daniel Giffard guested at number 6 for Tessari and Arlo Bugeja guested for Katajisto at number 7.
The stunned Edinburgh fans listened in disbelief to the news that the Edinburgh promotion had agreed to Glasgow replacing the injured Craig Watson with Gary Havelock even though Havelock’s average was 1.2 point higher than Watson’s and they were seriously weakened themselves using Rider Replacement which could only be covered by Derek Sneddon and the two reserves. With a 19 point deficit from the first leg, Glasgow might well have sensed a glimmer of hope from this generosity.
It was the Monarchs who dominated the early stages of the match with five of the first seven race winners. George Stancl got them off to a good start with a fast gate and smooth ride in heat 1 for a 3-3 then Daniel Giffard endeared himself to the Edinburgh support by doing the same in heat 2. Jason Lyons won heat 3 but again there was no heat advantage and Matthew Wethers did well to come round Trent Leverington and hold off his robust challenges to win heat 4 again for a 3-3 taking the score to 12-12.
The deadlock was broken in heat 5 and it was Edinburgh who went in front. A determined ride by George Stancl saw off Jason Lyons while Derek Sneddon picked up third for a 2-4 but Glasgow levelled again in heat 6 when Gary Havelock held off Matthew Wethers with McAllan third for a 4-2. Edinburgh went back in front with a 2-4 in heat 7 with a win from Kai Laukkanen with Arlo Bugeja picking up a gift third place point after Michael Coles had retired. However Glasgow repled with back to back 5-1s in heats 8 and 9. Derek Sneddon and David McAllan had a ding dong battle round turns one and two in heat 8. McAllan fell and Sneddon was excluded. In the rerun McAllan and Dicken headed Giffard home taking the score to 25-23.
Jason Lyons and Trent Leverington (R/R) made good starts to heat 9 and took a 5-1 stretching the Tigers’ lead to six points but the next two heats were shared to end Glasgow’s hopes of pulling back the arrears from the first leg. In heat 12 Jason Lyons beat Kai Laukkanen with Dicken third for a 4-2 to make the score 40-32.
Heat 13 produced another 4-2 for the home side. Havelock and Leverington made the gate and were warding off the challenge of George Stancl when Matthew Wethers burst round the outside to split them. That’s the way it stayed so Glasgow were now 10 points up. Edinburgh gave Derek Sneddon (R/R) a Tactical Ride in heat 14 but he could only finish behind McAllan for a 4-4 shared race. Lyons wrapped up a lucrative afternoon by winning heat 15 but Wethers and Laukkanen finished behind him for a 3-3 which gave Glasgow a 10 point win but Edinburgh overall success by winning the Cup by a nine point aggregate margin.
Scorers: For Glasgow – Jason Lyons 14 (5), Trent Leverington 10+1 (5), David McAllan 10+1 (5), Gary Havelock 9+1 (4), Lee Dicken 6+2 (6), Michael Coles 2 (5).
For Edinburgh – Kai Laukkanen 11+1 (5), Matthew Wethers 9 (5), George Stancl 8 (4), Derek Sneddon 6+1 (5), Daniel Giffard 6+1 (5), Arlo Bugeja 1 (6).
Premier League: Newcastle 46, Workington 45 Workington qualified for the semi-finals by 103-81.
Newcastle were without Christian Henry and Jonas Raun. Ricky Ashworth replaced Henry at number 1 while Rider Replacement was used for Jonas Raun at number 2. They nominated Gary Beaton as their number 8. Workington were without Mattia Carpanese and Charles Wright. They used Rider Replacement for Carpanese at number 2 and had Scott James guesting for Charles Wright at number 6. They nominated Ben Taylor as their number 8.
It was a tall order for Newcastle to pull back a 23 point deficit and they never looked like doing it. In fact a late charge by the Comets took them to within a point of beating the Diamonds in this match too.
The teams traded 4-2s in the opening two races, in the first of which Kauko Nieminen suffered an engine failure, then Josef Franc won heat 3 for a shared race to keep the scores tied. Ulrich Ostergaard failed to beat the two minute time allowance in heat 4 and went from 15 metres back. The Diamonds took full advantage when Carl Wilkinson and Paul Clews took a 5-1 to put the Diamonds ahead at 14-10.
Josef Franc won again in heat 5 from Kauko Nieminen and, with Sean Stoddart third, the 4-2 put the home side six points ahead. Ostergaard won heat 6 for a 3-3 but any lingering hopes the Diamonds might have had disappeared when the Comets took a 1-5 from heat 7. James Wright and Craig Branney did the damage by beating Carl Wilkinson cutting the gap to two points. Newcastle replied with a 4-2 in heat 8 won this time by Wilkinson from Craig Branney so the score stood at 26-22.
The Diamonds restored their six point lead in heat 9 with another 4-2 when Josef Franc beat Ulrich Ostergaard but Workington replied with a 2-4 from James Wright who beat Ricky Ashworth and Craig Branney. The pattern of 4-2s continued as Wilkinson beat Ostergaard in heat 11 with Sam Dore third for a six point lead again and it went to eight points when the Diamonds took another 4-2 from heat 12. Josef Franc won his fourth race beating James Wright with Paul Clews third taking the score to 40-32.
Ostergaard won heat 13 for a 3-3 then Workington replaced John Branney with James Wright in heat 14 as a Tactical Substitute from 15 metres back. Craig Branney won the race by passing Sean Stoddart as James Wright took third place by passing Paul Clews giving the Comets a 2-5 success cutting the gap to five points. In the last race Wright and Ostergaard scored a 1-5 ahead of Ricky Ashworth as the previously unbeaten Josef Franc trailed in last.
Scorers: For Newcastle – Josef Franc 12 (5), Carl Wilkinson 12 (5), Ricky Ashworth 8+2 (5), Paul Clews 8+1 (7), Sean Stoddart 5 (5), Sam Dore 1 (3).
For Workington – James Wright 15 (6)(with 2 point TS), Ulrich Ostergaard 10+1 (5), Craig Branney 9+2 (5), John Branney 6 (6), Kauko Nieminen 4 (4), Scott James 1 (4).
Three matches were raced today. At Glasgow the Tigers ran a double header. In their first match they faced Redcar in the second leg of their quarter final Young Shield tie then they took on Edinburgh in the second leg of the Scottish Cup. The other match was at Newcastle where the Diamonds raced against Workington in the second leg of their quarter final Young Shield tie.
Young Shield: Glasgow 43, Redcar 47
Glasgow again had Jason Lyons guesting for the injured Shane Parker while Redcar were missing both Mathieu Tressarieu who was injured and Josh Auty who was riding for Scunthorpe. They used Rider Replacement for Tressarieu at number 2 and had Jittendra Duffill filling in at number 4.
Redcar were basically a five man team for this match as a result of Auty’s absence. Their eight point lead didn’t look enough to cope with a near full strength Glasgow side but they rose to the occasion not only to qualify on aggregate but also to win the match.
Glasgow looked to have five points in the bag in the opening race but McAllan got badly out of shape on the first bend of lap three to let Havelock through for a 4-2. Wins for Lee Dicken and James Grieves resulted in shared heats but Glasgow pulled four points clear with a 4-2 in heat 4 when Chris Kerr split Trent Leverington and Lee Dicken. With the score at 14-10 Glasgow now trailed by just four points on aggregate. That however turned out to be the nearest they came to success.
An excellent round the boards pass by Daniel Giffard on Robert Ksiezak in heat 5 gave Redcar another shared race as Jason Lyons beat Gary Havelock then the Bears dealt the Tigers a real killer blow in heat 6. Daniel Giffard rounded the field on the opening two bends to take the lead while Chris Kerr squeezed Craig Watson out on bend one to follow him. David McAllan took up the chase but Chris Kerr rode brilliantly to cover his partner all the way home leaving the frustrated McAllan with no chance to make a pass. The 5-1 levelled the match and restored Redcar’s aggregate lead. James Grieves was out in both heats 7 and 8 (as Rider Replacement) and won them both for shared races to take the score to 24-24 so Glasgow had made no inroads into their deficit.
Heat 9 saw a bad crash. Jason Lyons made the gate and locked up coming off the second bend. Robert Ksiezak tried to avoid him by moving out but only succeeded in crashing into Chris Kerr on his outside while Daniel Giffard piled into the carnage. The referee who was blindsided somehow found Kerr to be at fault and excluded him from the rerun which was won by Lyons. Ksiezak was clearly not well and trundled in behind Giffard before withdrawing from the meeting with concussion. The 4-2 put Glasgow back in front again but not for long. James Grieves won his fourth race in heat 10 for a shared heat before the Bears wiped out the Tigers advantage and went into a two point lead with a 1-5 in heat 11. Trent Leverington made the gate but with Chris Kerr roaring round the outside and Gary Havelock charging through on the inside he didn’t quite know which line to cover. He didn’t cover either as the Bears duo operated a pincer movement to head off for a maximum. Glasgow then had to face another Grieves race win in heat 12 for a 3-3 which took the score to 35-37 effectively deciding the outcome of the tie.
Gary Havelock and Chris Kerr looked like adding a 1-5 in heat 13 but Trent Leverington came from the back in fine style to split the Bears’ pair for a 2-4 to put the visitors four points up. Lee Dicken’s heat 14 success was only good enough for a 3-3 then Jason Lyons finally got the better of James Grieves with a fast start to win heat 15 for another share of the points.
Scorers: For Glasgow – Jason Lyons 13 (5), Lee Dicken 10+1 (5), Trent Leverington 8 (5), David McAllan 5+1 (4), Craig Watson 4+1 (4), Robert Ksiezak 2+1 (3), Michael Coles 1+1 (4).
For Redcar – James Grieves 17 (6), Gary Havelock 11+1 (5), Daniel Giffard 8+3 (6), Chris Kerr 7+2 (5), Jack Hargreaves 4 (5), Jittendra Duffill 0 (3).
Scottish Cup (second leg): Glasgow 51, Edinburgh 41 Edinburgh won the Cup on aggregate by 97-88.
Glasgow were without Craig Watson, Shane Parker and Robert Ksiezak and used Gary Havelock at number 1 for Watson, Jason Lyons at number 3 for Parker and used Rider Replacement at number 4 for Robert Ksiezak. Edinburgh were without Andrew Tully, Daniele Tessari and Kalle Katajisto and used Rider Replacement for Tully at number 4 while Daniel Giffard guested at number 6 for Tessari and Arlo Bugeja guested for Katajisto at number 7.
The stunned Edinburgh fans listened in disbelief to the news that the Edinburgh promotion had agreed to Glasgow replacing the injured Craig Watson with Gary Havelock even though Havelock’s average was 1.2 point higher than Watson’s and they were seriously weakened themselves using Rider Replacement which could only be covered by Derek Sneddon and the two reserves. With a 19 point deficit from the first leg, Glasgow might well have sensed a glimmer of hope from this generosity.
It was the Monarchs who dominated the early stages of the match with five of the first seven race winners. George Stancl got them off to a good start with a fast gate and smooth ride in heat 1 for a 3-3 then Daniel Giffard endeared himself to the Edinburgh support by doing the same in heat 2. Jason Lyons won heat 3 but again there was no heat advantage and Matthew Wethers did well to come round Trent Leverington and hold off his robust challenges to win heat 4 again for a 3-3 taking the score to 12-12.
The deadlock was broken in heat 5 and it was Edinburgh who went in front. A determined ride by George Stancl saw off Jason Lyons while Derek Sneddon picked up third for a 2-4 but Glasgow levelled again in heat 6 when Gary Havelock held off Matthew Wethers with McAllan third for a 4-2. Edinburgh went back in front with a 2-4 in heat 7 with a win from Kai Laukkanen with Arlo Bugeja picking up a gift third place point after Michael Coles had retired. However Glasgow repled with back to back 5-1s in heats 8 and 9. Derek Sneddon and David McAllan had a ding dong battle round turns one and two in heat 8. McAllan fell and Sneddon was excluded. In the rerun McAllan and Dicken headed Giffard home taking the score to 25-23.
Jason Lyons and Trent Leverington (R/R) made good starts to heat 9 and took a 5-1 stretching the Tigers’ lead to six points but the next two heats were shared to end Glasgow’s hopes of pulling back the arrears from the first leg. In heat 12 Jason Lyons beat Kai Laukkanen with Dicken third for a 4-2 to make the score 40-32.
Heat 13 produced another 4-2 for the home side. Havelock and Leverington made the gate and were warding off the challenge of George Stancl when Matthew Wethers burst round the outside to split them. That’s the way it stayed so Glasgow were now 10 points up. Edinburgh gave Derek Sneddon (R/R) a Tactical Ride in heat 14 but he could only finish behind McAllan for a 4-4 shared race. Lyons wrapped up a lucrative afternoon by winning heat 15 but Wethers and Laukkanen finished behind him for a 3-3 which gave Glasgow a 10 point win but Edinburgh overall success by winning the Cup by a nine point aggregate margin.
Scorers: For Glasgow – Jason Lyons 14 (5), Trent Leverington 10+1 (5), David McAllan 10+1 (5), Gary Havelock 9+1 (4), Lee Dicken 6+2 (6), Michael Coles 2 (5).
For Edinburgh – Kai Laukkanen 11+1 (5), Matthew Wethers 9 (5), George Stancl 8 (4), Derek Sneddon 6+1 (5), Daniel Giffard 6+1 (5), Arlo Bugeja 1 (6).
Premier League: Newcastle 46, Workington 45 Workington qualified for the semi-finals by 103-81.
Newcastle were without Christian Henry and Jonas Raun. Ricky Ashworth replaced Henry at number 1 while Rider Replacement was used for Jonas Raun at number 2. They nominated Gary Beaton as their number 8. Workington were without Mattia Carpanese and Charles Wright. They used Rider Replacement for Carpanese at number 2 and had Scott James guesting for Charles Wright at number 6. They nominated Ben Taylor as their number 8.
It was a tall order for Newcastle to pull back a 23 point deficit and they never looked like doing it. In fact a late charge by the Comets took them to within a point of beating the Diamonds in this match too.
The teams traded 4-2s in the opening two races, in the first of which Kauko Nieminen suffered an engine failure, then Josef Franc won heat 3 for a shared race to keep the scores tied. Ulrich Ostergaard failed to beat the two minute time allowance in heat 4 and went from 15 metres back. The Diamonds took full advantage when Carl Wilkinson and Paul Clews took a 5-1 to put the Diamonds ahead at 14-10.
Josef Franc won again in heat 5 from Kauko Nieminen and, with Sean Stoddart third, the 4-2 put the home side six points ahead. Ostergaard won heat 6 for a 3-3 but any lingering hopes the Diamonds might have had disappeared when the Comets took a 1-5 from heat 7. James Wright and Craig Branney did the damage by beating Carl Wilkinson cutting the gap to two points. Newcastle replied with a 4-2 in heat 8 won this time by Wilkinson from Craig Branney so the score stood at 26-22.
The Diamonds restored their six point lead in heat 9 with another 4-2 when Josef Franc beat Ulrich Ostergaard but Workington replied with a 2-4 from James Wright who beat Ricky Ashworth and Craig Branney. The pattern of 4-2s continued as Wilkinson beat Ostergaard in heat 11 with Sam Dore third for a six point lead again and it went to eight points when the Diamonds took another 4-2 from heat 12. Josef Franc won his fourth race beating James Wright with Paul Clews third taking the score to 40-32.
Ostergaard won heat 13 for a 3-3 then Workington replaced John Branney with James Wright in heat 14 as a Tactical Substitute from 15 metres back. Craig Branney won the race by passing Sean Stoddart as James Wright took third place by passing Paul Clews giving the Comets a 2-5 success cutting the gap to five points. In the last race Wright and Ostergaard scored a 1-5 ahead of Ricky Ashworth as the previously unbeaten Josef Franc trailed in last.
Scorers: For Newcastle – Josef Franc 12 (5), Carl Wilkinson 12 (5), Ricky Ashworth 8+2 (5), Paul Clews 8+1 (7), Sean Stoddart 5 (5), Sam Dore 1 (3).
For Workington – James Wright 15 (6)(with 2 point TS), Ulrich Ostergaard 10+1 (5), Craig Branney 9+2 (5), John Branney 6 (6), Kauko Nieminen 4 (4), Scott James 1 (4).
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