Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
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Thursday, 11 October
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The sole action tonight was at Redcar where the Bears took on Workington in a first leg semi-final Young Shield match.
Young Shield (semi-final, first leg): Redcar 50, Workington 40.
Redcar used Rider Replacement for Mathieu Tressarieu while Workington used Rider Replacement for Mattia Carpanese.
Gary Havelock won the first race for Redcar from Kauko Nieminen and Charles Wright (R/R) resulting in a 3-3 but it was Workington who provided the next 5 race winners. John Branney just pipped Daniel Giffard in heat 2 for a shared race then James Wright won from James Grieves and Josh Auty again for a 3-3. However when Chris Kerr had an engine failure in heat 4, Ulrich Ostergaard and John Branney took full advantage to take a 1-5 from Jack Hargreaves. This put the Comets four points ahead with the score at 10-14.
Kauko Nieminen won heat 5 for another shared race to keep the visitors four points in front as the fast gating Comets continued to cause the home side some problems. Gary Havelock made the gate in heat 6 but was passed by both Ulrich Ostergaard and Charles Wright on the first lap. On the last lap Havelock re-passed Wright to take second place but the heat still finished as a 2-4 to the Comets increasing their lead to six points. Finally, Redcar produced another race winner in heat 7 in the shape of Chris Kerr but James Wright and Craig Branney shared the points behind him. James Grieves (R/R) produced another race win for the Bears in heat 8 but again Workington shared the heat through the Branney brothers who finished behind him taking the score to 21-27.
Redcar scored their first heat advantage in heat 9. Josh Auty forced his way to the front and together with James Grieves looked like taking a 5-1. However Ulrich Ostergaard forced his way past Grieves to limit the Bears to a 4-2 which cut the gap to four points. The Comets’ lead was down to two points after heat 10. Gary Havelock won from James Wright while Chris Kerr had to settle for third place for a 4-2. Workington pulled away again with a 2-4 in heat 11. Kauko Nieminen passed Chris Kerr on the fourth bend of the third lap while John Branney took advantage of a mistake by Daniel Giffard to pull away for third place increasing the Comets’ lead to four points. Redcar had a huge slice of luck in heat 12 to square the match. James Wright suffered an engine failure on the second lap while leading the race and James Grieves and Jack Hargreaves took full advantage by heading home Charles Wright for a 5-1 which levelled the scores at 36-36.
Spurred on by that success the Bears soared into the lead with a crucial 5-1 in heat 13. Gary Havelock and Chris Kerr team rode to full points against Ulrich Ostergaard and Kauko Nieminen both of whom had dropped only one point each from their first three races! This gave Redcar a four point lead with just two races to go. The Bears then made it a hat trick of 5-1s with another in heat 14. Josh Auty won it comfortably enough but there was a great race behind him for second place. Jack Hargreaves was second from the tapes behind Auty but Craig Branney passed Hargreaves at the start of the third lap. Jack Hargreaves chased him and re-passed on the next bend but the chase was then on for the line with Hargreaves getting the referee’s verdict in a blanket finish. Redcar’s stunning burst had rocketed them into an eight point lead and the question was could they repeat their success of heat 13 in heat 15 which had the same contestants. Well the answer was not quite but they did take a 4-2 when Gary Havelock beat Kauko Nieminen with Chris Kerr taking third place from Ulrich Ostergaard for a ten point lead, two more than they had for the second leg at Glasgow on Sunday. Workington were left wondering what had happened!
Scorers: For Redcar – Gary Havelock 14 (5), James Grieves 10+1 (5), Chris Kerr 9+1 (5), Chris Kerr 9+1 (5), Jack Hargreaves 6+3 (5), Daniel Giffard 2 (4).
For Workington – Kauko Nieminen 10 (5), Ulrich Ostergaard 9 (5), John Branney 8+2 (6), James Wright 7 (4), Craig Branney 3+1 (5), Charles Branney 3+1 (5).
Young Shield (semi-final, first leg): Redcar 50, Workington 40.
Redcar used Rider Replacement for Mathieu Tressarieu while Workington used Rider Replacement for Mattia Carpanese.
Gary Havelock won the first race for Redcar from Kauko Nieminen and Charles Wright (R/R) resulting in a 3-3 but it was Workington who provided the next 5 race winners. John Branney just pipped Daniel Giffard in heat 2 for a shared race then James Wright won from James Grieves and Josh Auty again for a 3-3. However when Chris Kerr had an engine failure in heat 4, Ulrich Ostergaard and John Branney took full advantage to take a 1-5 from Jack Hargreaves. This put the Comets four points ahead with the score at 10-14.
Kauko Nieminen won heat 5 for another shared race to keep the visitors four points in front as the fast gating Comets continued to cause the home side some problems. Gary Havelock made the gate in heat 6 but was passed by both Ulrich Ostergaard and Charles Wright on the first lap. On the last lap Havelock re-passed Wright to take second place but the heat still finished as a 2-4 to the Comets increasing their lead to six points. Finally, Redcar produced another race winner in heat 7 in the shape of Chris Kerr but James Wright and Craig Branney shared the points behind him. James Grieves (R/R) produced another race win for the Bears in heat 8 but again Workington shared the heat through the Branney brothers who finished behind him taking the score to 21-27.
Redcar scored their first heat advantage in heat 9. Josh Auty forced his way to the front and together with James Grieves looked like taking a 5-1. However Ulrich Ostergaard forced his way past Grieves to limit the Bears to a 4-2 which cut the gap to four points. The Comets’ lead was down to two points after heat 10. Gary Havelock won from James Wright while Chris Kerr had to settle for third place for a 4-2. Workington pulled away again with a 2-4 in heat 11. Kauko Nieminen passed Chris Kerr on the fourth bend of the third lap while John Branney took advantage of a mistake by Daniel Giffard to pull away for third place increasing the Comets’ lead to four points. Redcar had a huge slice of luck in heat 12 to square the match. James Wright suffered an engine failure on the second lap while leading the race and James Grieves and Jack Hargreaves took full advantage by heading home Charles Wright for a 5-1 which levelled the scores at 36-36.
Spurred on by that success the Bears soared into the lead with a crucial 5-1 in heat 13. Gary Havelock and Chris Kerr team rode to full points against Ulrich Ostergaard and Kauko Nieminen both of whom had dropped only one point each from their first three races! This gave Redcar a four point lead with just two races to go. The Bears then made it a hat trick of 5-1s with another in heat 14. Josh Auty won it comfortably enough but there was a great race behind him for second place. Jack Hargreaves was second from the tapes behind Auty but Craig Branney passed Hargreaves at the start of the third lap. Jack Hargreaves chased him and re-passed on the next bend but the chase was then on for the line with Hargreaves getting the referee’s verdict in a blanket finish. Redcar’s stunning burst had rocketed them into an eight point lead and the question was could they repeat their success of heat 13 in heat 15 which had the same contestants. Well the answer was not quite but they did take a 4-2 when Gary Havelock beat Kauko Nieminen with Chris Kerr taking third place from Ulrich Ostergaard for a ten point lead, two more than they had for the second leg at Glasgow on Sunday. Workington were left wondering what had happened!
Scorers: For Redcar – Gary Havelock 14 (5), James Grieves 10+1 (5), Chris Kerr 9+1 (5), Chris Kerr 9+1 (5), Jack Hargreaves 6+3 (5), Daniel Giffard 2 (4).
For Workington – Kauko Nieminen 10 (5), Ulrich Ostergaard 9 (5), John Branney 8+2 (6), James Wright 7 (4), Craig Branney 3+1 (5), Charles Branney 3+1 (5).
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