Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Wednesday, 9 April
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With King’s Lynn staging a Conference League Challenge match tonight the sole action was at Birmingham where Scunthorpe were the visitors in a Premier Trophy match.
Premier Trophy: Birmingham 53, Scunthorpe 37.
Birmingham were forced to field a patched up team with Kyle Legault, James Birkinshaw and Phil Morris all missing through injury. Luckily Jason Lyons had recovered sufficiently from his crash at Mildenhall on Sunday so this meant that they had to use Rider Replacement at number 1 for Kyle Legault. Former Birmingham rider, Ben Powell (Newcastle), replaced James Birkinshaw as a guest at number 2 while Ben Barker (Stoke) rode as a guest at number 5 in place of Phil Morris. With Viktor Bergstrom returning to the side, Scunthorpe were back at full strength.
It was the scoring power of Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon which was too much for the Scorpions in this match. As a pairing they rattled off two 5-1s and a 4-2 in their three rides together. Considering that Scun.thorpe had five of the heat winners at the half way stage (heat 8) they still found themselves eight points in arrears.
The visitors took 2-4s in the first two races. Magnus Karlsson won the opening race while Byron Bekker took the reserves race. Third places from Wilkinson and Compton saw the Scorpions four up before a 4-2 from Lyons and Roynon, who passed Viktor Bergstrom at the end of the first lap, pulled two points back in heat 3 with Andrew Moore splitting the pair. A heat 4 win from Richard Hall resulted in a shared race and an 11-13 lead for the visitors.
Lyons and Roynon’s 5-1 in heat 5 reversed the two point advantage as the Brummies were now in front, increased to four after Richard Hall could only split Roynon (R/R) and Powell in heat 6 for a 4-2. Andrew Moore and Carl Wilkinson, who came from the back, won the next two races but they received no support so both heats were shared taking the score to 26-22.
Lyons and Roynon were out for the third time together in heat 9 and scored another 5-1 doubling the Brummies lead to eight points. An unsupported win in heat 10 from Andrew Moore meant another shared heat but the Scorpions pulled four points back in heat 11 with a 1-5 from Carl Wilkinson and Magnus Karlsson as the challenging Ben Barker fell on the last bend while in third place. The home side replied with a 4-2 from the unbeaten Jason Lyons who headed home Andrew Moore with Lee Smart taking third place. This took the score to 39-33.
Ben Barker gated in heat 13 and, with Jason Lyons (R/R) coming from third to pass the leading pair, Birmingham scored a 5-1 to surge ten points ahead leaving the Scorpions with a mountain to climb in the last two races needing a 1-8 in heat 14 to have any chance of success. To maximise their chances they replaced Benji Compton by Byron Bekker and gave Andrew Moore a tactical substitute ride from 15 metres back replacing the pointless Viktor Bergstrom. It was a lot to ask, particularly on a track which was now greasy because of the rain, and it was no surprise when Lee Smart and Adam Roynon scored a 5-1 to ensure victory for the Brummies. Lyons and Roynon were out again in heat 15 but this time Andrew Moore ensured that there was no closing 5-1 for the home side by following home Jason Lyons, who completed his maximum, for a 4-2.
Scorers: For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 18 (6) (maximum), Adam Roynon 11+3 (6), Lee Smart 11+1 (6), Ben Powell 6+1 (4), Ben Barker 4+3 (5), Jack Hargreaves 3+1 (3).
For Scunthorpe – Andrew Moore 13 (6), Carl Wilkinson 8 (5), Richard Hall 6 (4), Magnus Karlsson 5+1 (4), Byron Bekker 4 (5), Benji Compton 1 (3), Viktor Bergstrom 0 (3).
Premier Trophy: Birmingham 53, Scunthorpe 37.
Birmingham were forced to field a patched up team with Kyle Legault, James Birkinshaw and Phil Morris all missing through injury. Luckily Jason Lyons had recovered sufficiently from his crash at Mildenhall on Sunday so this meant that they had to use Rider Replacement at number 1 for Kyle Legault. Former Birmingham rider, Ben Powell (Newcastle), replaced James Birkinshaw as a guest at number 2 while Ben Barker (Stoke) rode as a guest at number 5 in place of Phil Morris. With Viktor Bergstrom returning to the side, Scunthorpe were back at full strength.
It was the scoring power of Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon which was too much for the Scorpions in this match. As a pairing they rattled off two 5-1s and a 4-2 in their three rides together. Considering that Scun.thorpe had five of the heat winners at the half way stage (heat 8) they still found themselves eight points in arrears.
The visitors took 2-4s in the first two races. Magnus Karlsson won the opening race while Byron Bekker took the reserves race. Third places from Wilkinson and Compton saw the Scorpions four up before a 4-2 from Lyons and Roynon, who passed Viktor Bergstrom at the end of the first lap, pulled two points back in heat 3 with Andrew Moore splitting the pair. A heat 4 win from Richard Hall resulted in a shared race and an 11-13 lead for the visitors.
Lyons and Roynon’s 5-1 in heat 5 reversed the two point advantage as the Brummies were now in front, increased to four after Richard Hall could only split Roynon (R/R) and Powell in heat 6 for a 4-2. Andrew Moore and Carl Wilkinson, who came from the back, won the next two races but they received no support so both heats were shared taking the score to 26-22.
Lyons and Roynon were out for the third time together in heat 9 and scored another 5-1 doubling the Brummies lead to eight points. An unsupported win in heat 10 from Andrew Moore meant another shared heat but the Scorpions pulled four points back in heat 11 with a 1-5 from Carl Wilkinson and Magnus Karlsson as the challenging Ben Barker fell on the last bend while in third place. The home side replied with a 4-2 from the unbeaten Jason Lyons who headed home Andrew Moore with Lee Smart taking third place. This took the score to 39-33.
Ben Barker gated in heat 13 and, with Jason Lyons (R/R) coming from third to pass the leading pair, Birmingham scored a 5-1 to surge ten points ahead leaving the Scorpions with a mountain to climb in the last two races needing a 1-8 in heat 14 to have any chance of success. To maximise their chances they replaced Benji Compton by Byron Bekker and gave Andrew Moore a tactical substitute ride from 15 metres back replacing the pointless Viktor Bergstrom. It was a lot to ask, particularly on a track which was now greasy because of the rain, and it was no surprise when Lee Smart and Adam Roynon scored a 5-1 to ensure victory for the Brummies. Lyons and Roynon were out again in heat 15 but this time Andrew Moore ensured that there was no closing 5-1 for the home side by following home Jason Lyons, who completed his maximum, for a 4-2.
Scorers: For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 18 (6) (maximum), Adam Roynon 11+3 (6), Lee Smart 11+1 (6), Ben Powell 6+1 (4), Ben Barker 4+3 (5), Jack Hargreaves 3+1 (3).
For Scunthorpe – Andrew Moore 13 (6), Carl Wilkinson 8 (5), Richard Hall 6 (4), Magnus Karlsson 5+1 (4), Byron Bekker 4 (5), Benji Compton 1 (3), Viktor Bergstrom 0 (3).
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