Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Wednesday, 2 April
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There was just the one Premier Trophy match raced tonight - at Birmingham where the Brummies faced Rye House. King’s Lynn was given over to the staging of a qualifier for the British Under-21 Championship to be held at Lakeside on 25 April.
Premier Trophy:Birmingham 50, Rye House 36 match abandoned after heat 14 due to the curfew. The result stands.
Birmingham were at full strength but Rye House were without Tai Woffinden and used Rider Replacement at number 3. They also nominated Jack Roberts as their number 8.
It was a night of falls and crashes at Birmingham in this match which resulted in Kyle Legault and James Birkinshaw being withdrawn by Birmingham and Luke Bowen being withdrawn by Rye House.
Rye House took the lead in the opening race. Chris Neath and Luke Bowen led from the tapes but Bowen was passed By Kyle Legault for a 2-4 to the Rockets. Jack Hargreaves won the reserves race but Danny Betson and Robert Mear shared the points behind him. The Brummies changed their two point deficit to a two point lead with a 5-1 in heat 3 after the race had been rerun when Luke Bowen had fallen under pressure from Jason Lyons. They added another through Jack Hargreaves and Phil Morris in heat 4 to lead by 15-9.
Chris Neath touched the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back in heat 5. The result was a third consecutive 5-1 to the home side as Lyons and Smart headed Danny Betson home for a ten point lead. It was announced that Luke Bowen had withdrawn from the meeting as a result of his heat 3 fall but it wasn’t long before Birmingham had lost both Kyle Legault and James Birkinshaw too. The home pair clashed on the second lap of heat 6 after Legault had lifted and both required ambulance assistance. Both were then withdrawn from the meeting. In the rerun Jack Hargreaves replaced Birkinshaw and won the race from Stefan Ekberg and Robert Mear for a shared race. Rye House then gave a R/R and TR to Chris Neath in heat 7. Phil Morris fell while well in front gifting what seemed like a 1-8 to the Rockets but, for some reason, Tommy Allen decided to pass Neath to cut the heat advantage to a 1-7! This reduced the gap to four points but a heat eight 5-1 from Smart and Hargreaves against the Rye House reserves increased the Brummies’ lead to eight points with the score at 29-21.
Another 5-1 went the home side’s way as Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon headed home Stefan Ekberg in heat 9 then Lee Smart and Jack Hargreaves repeated the dose in heat 10 to increase the lead to 16 points. Chris Neath stopped the rot by winning heat 11 for a shared race but Birmingham were now having problems covering the missing spaces in the programme so went with just one rider in heat 12. They only needed one for a shared heat as Jason Lyons remained unbeaten taking the score to 45-29.
In heat 13 Chris Neath won again this time from Phil Morris. Also this time Jack Hargreaves missed the gate so his five race unbeaten run came to an end as he finished last behind Stefan Ekberg. The Rockets took a 2-4 from the race. Adam Roynon won heat 14 but again Hargreaves finished at the back so the race was shared. The curtain came down on proceedings at that juncture since the curfew in effect at Birmingham prevented further racing. The result stands.
Scorers: For Birmingham – Jack Hargreaves 13+2 (7), Jason Lyons 12 (4) (maximum), Lee Smart 11+1 (7), Adam Roynon 7+2 (4), Phil Morris 5+2 (4), Kyle Legault 2 (2), James Birkinshaw 0 (1).
For Rye House – Chris Neath 13 (5) (with a 4 point TR), Tommy Allen 7+1 (5), Robert Mear 5+3 (6), Stefan Ekberg 5 (5), Danny Betson 5 (5), Luke Bowen 1 (2).
British Under-21 Championship Qualifier at King’s Lynn Winner: Joe Haines.
The top three riders who qualified for the final were 1st... Joe Haines, 2nd...Sean Stoddart, 3rd...Charles Wright.
The meeting consisted of a full 16 rider, 20 heat individual with the top two scorers progressing directly to a Grand Final from which the top three finishers would qualify for the Main Final at Lakeside. The remaining two places in the final of tonight’s meeting were decided by a race off between the riders who finished in the third to sixth places. Eight of the riders are currently riding in the Premier League, seven of them as reserves. Only Workington’s Charles Wright currently rides in a declared 1-5. Four of the other eight riders were from the Conference League while the remaining four were unattached.
The Premier League riders dominated the first four races which were strewn with fallers. Byron Bekker won an awarded first race and Andrew Tully heat 2 which was also awarded. Sean Stoddart easily won heat 3 then Simon Lambert took heat 4.
The second stanza of four heats saw wins for Joe Haines in heat 5, Andrew Tully in heat 6, Sean Stoddart in heat 7 and Sam Martin in heat 8 to maintain the Premier League domination. Andrew Tully and Sean Stoddart led the field with 6 points each followed by Joe Haines and Sam Martin with 5 each.
The third set of four races started with a third win for Andrew Tully who beat Sean Stoddart to become the outright leader. Joe Haines then beat Simon Lambert in heat 10 and Jerran Hart joined the list of race winners by taking heat 11. Sam Martin won heat 12 to complete the stanza leaving Andrew Tully leading on 9 points with Sam Martin, Joe Haines and Sean Stoddart the main challengers on 8 points each with all the riders now having had three rides each.
Into the fourth set of four races it was Charles Wright who won heat 13 then Sean Stoddart produced a round the boards burst to hit the front while behind him Byron Bekker swept round the outside to pass Jerran Hart for second place in heat 14. A rerun heat 15 provided another race win for Joe Haines. Sam Martin won heat 16 while Andre Tully passed Simon Lambert for second place. This meant that there were four riders sharing the lead on 11 points – Andrew Tully, Joe Haines, Sam Martin and Sean Stoddart.
Jerran Hart took his total to 9 with a heat 17 win from Simon Lambert while Byron Bekker, Andrew Tully and Joe Haines completed their programmed rides with their fourth race wins. Andrew Tully benefited from Scott Richardson’s snapped chain on the last lap of heat 19 when Richardson was in the lead while Joe Haines’ win in heat 20 was at the expense of Charles Wright, Sean Stoddart and Sam Martin. Haines passed Stoddart and Wright to win the race while Stoddart challenged Wright hard for second place.
The semi final consisted of Sam Martin, Sean Stoddart, Charles Wright and Byron Bekker. It was the end of the road for Byron Bekker, who fell after Charles Wright locked up in front of him, and Sam Martin who retired from the race. This left race winner, Sean Stoddart, and Charles Wright to join Andrew Tully and Joe Haines in the Grand Final.
The final was awarded after Andrew Tully fell under pressure from Charles Wright who also fell trying to avoid him. At the time Joe Haines led from Sean Stoddart and Charles Wright will join them in the Main Final with Andrew Tully nominated as the meeting reserve.
Scorers: Joe Haines 14, Andrew Tully 14, Sean Stoddart 12, Charles Wright 11, Sam Martin 11, Byron Bekker 9, Jerran Hart 9, Simon Lambert 8, Adam Lowe 7, Guy Kendrew 6, Kieran Morris 4, Scott Campos 4, Scott Whittingham 3, Scott Richardson 3, Oliver Rayson 2, Ben Hannon 0 Richard Franklin 0 (1).
Premier Trophy:Birmingham 50, Rye House 36 match abandoned after heat 14 due to the curfew. The result stands.
Birmingham were at full strength but Rye House were without Tai Woffinden and used Rider Replacement at number 3. They also nominated Jack Roberts as their number 8.
It was a night of falls and crashes at Birmingham in this match which resulted in Kyle Legault and James Birkinshaw being withdrawn by Birmingham and Luke Bowen being withdrawn by Rye House.
Rye House took the lead in the opening race. Chris Neath and Luke Bowen led from the tapes but Bowen was passed By Kyle Legault for a 2-4 to the Rockets. Jack Hargreaves won the reserves race but Danny Betson and Robert Mear shared the points behind him. The Brummies changed their two point deficit to a two point lead with a 5-1 in heat 3 after the race had been rerun when Luke Bowen had fallen under pressure from Jason Lyons. They added another through Jack Hargreaves and Phil Morris in heat 4 to lead by 15-9.
Chris Neath touched the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back in heat 5. The result was a third consecutive 5-1 to the home side as Lyons and Smart headed Danny Betson home for a ten point lead. It was announced that Luke Bowen had withdrawn from the meeting as a result of his heat 3 fall but it wasn’t long before Birmingham had lost both Kyle Legault and James Birkinshaw too. The home pair clashed on the second lap of heat 6 after Legault had lifted and both required ambulance assistance. Both were then withdrawn from the meeting. In the rerun Jack Hargreaves replaced Birkinshaw and won the race from Stefan Ekberg and Robert Mear for a shared race. Rye House then gave a R/R and TR to Chris Neath in heat 7. Phil Morris fell while well in front gifting what seemed like a 1-8 to the Rockets but, for some reason, Tommy Allen decided to pass Neath to cut the heat advantage to a 1-7! This reduced the gap to four points but a heat eight 5-1 from Smart and Hargreaves against the Rye House reserves increased the Brummies’ lead to eight points with the score at 29-21.
Another 5-1 went the home side’s way as Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon headed home Stefan Ekberg in heat 9 then Lee Smart and Jack Hargreaves repeated the dose in heat 10 to increase the lead to 16 points. Chris Neath stopped the rot by winning heat 11 for a shared race but Birmingham were now having problems covering the missing spaces in the programme so went with just one rider in heat 12. They only needed one for a shared heat as Jason Lyons remained unbeaten taking the score to 45-29.
In heat 13 Chris Neath won again this time from Phil Morris. Also this time Jack Hargreaves missed the gate so his five race unbeaten run came to an end as he finished last behind Stefan Ekberg. The Rockets took a 2-4 from the race. Adam Roynon won heat 14 but again Hargreaves finished at the back so the race was shared. The curtain came down on proceedings at that juncture since the curfew in effect at Birmingham prevented further racing. The result stands.
Scorers: For Birmingham – Jack Hargreaves 13+2 (7), Jason Lyons 12 (4) (maximum), Lee Smart 11+1 (7), Adam Roynon 7+2 (4), Phil Morris 5+2 (4), Kyle Legault 2 (2), James Birkinshaw 0 (1).
For Rye House – Chris Neath 13 (5) (with a 4 point TR), Tommy Allen 7+1 (5), Robert Mear 5+3 (6), Stefan Ekberg 5 (5), Danny Betson 5 (5), Luke Bowen 1 (2).
British Under-21 Championship Qualifier at King’s Lynn Winner: Joe Haines.
The top three riders who qualified for the final were 1st... Joe Haines, 2nd...Sean Stoddart, 3rd...Charles Wright.
The meeting consisted of a full 16 rider, 20 heat individual with the top two scorers progressing directly to a Grand Final from which the top three finishers would qualify for the Main Final at Lakeside. The remaining two places in the final of tonight’s meeting were decided by a race off between the riders who finished in the third to sixth places. Eight of the riders are currently riding in the Premier League, seven of them as reserves. Only Workington’s Charles Wright currently rides in a declared 1-5. Four of the other eight riders were from the Conference League while the remaining four were unattached.
The Premier League riders dominated the first four races which were strewn with fallers. Byron Bekker won an awarded first race and Andrew Tully heat 2 which was also awarded. Sean Stoddart easily won heat 3 then Simon Lambert took heat 4.
The second stanza of four heats saw wins for Joe Haines in heat 5, Andrew Tully in heat 6, Sean Stoddart in heat 7 and Sam Martin in heat 8 to maintain the Premier League domination. Andrew Tully and Sean Stoddart led the field with 6 points each followed by Joe Haines and Sam Martin with 5 each.
The third set of four races started with a third win for Andrew Tully who beat Sean Stoddart to become the outright leader. Joe Haines then beat Simon Lambert in heat 10 and Jerran Hart joined the list of race winners by taking heat 11. Sam Martin won heat 12 to complete the stanza leaving Andrew Tully leading on 9 points with Sam Martin, Joe Haines and Sean Stoddart the main challengers on 8 points each with all the riders now having had three rides each.
Into the fourth set of four races it was Charles Wright who won heat 13 then Sean Stoddart produced a round the boards burst to hit the front while behind him Byron Bekker swept round the outside to pass Jerran Hart for second place in heat 14. A rerun heat 15 provided another race win for Joe Haines. Sam Martin won heat 16 while Andre Tully passed Simon Lambert for second place. This meant that there were four riders sharing the lead on 11 points – Andrew Tully, Joe Haines, Sam Martin and Sean Stoddart.
Jerran Hart took his total to 9 with a heat 17 win from Simon Lambert while Byron Bekker, Andrew Tully and Joe Haines completed their programmed rides with their fourth race wins. Andrew Tully benefited from Scott Richardson’s snapped chain on the last lap of heat 19 when Richardson was in the lead while Joe Haines’ win in heat 20 was at the expense of Charles Wright, Sean Stoddart and Sam Martin. Haines passed Stoddart and Wright to win the race while Stoddart challenged Wright hard for second place.
The semi final consisted of Sam Martin, Sean Stoddart, Charles Wright and Byron Bekker. It was the end of the road for Byron Bekker, who fell after Charles Wright locked up in front of him, and Sam Martin who retired from the race. This left race winner, Sean Stoddart, and Charles Wright to join Andrew Tully and Joe Haines in the Grand Final.
The final was awarded after Andrew Tully fell under pressure from Charles Wright who also fell trying to avoid him. At the time Joe Haines led from Sean Stoddart and Charles Wright will join them in the Main Final with Andrew Tully nominated as the meeting reserve.
Scorers: Joe Haines 14, Andrew Tully 14, Sean Stoddart 12, Charles Wright 11, Sam Martin 11, Byron Bekker 9, Jerran Hart 9, Simon Lambert 8, Adam Lowe 7, Guy Kendrew 6, Kieran Morris 4, Scott Campos 4, Scott Whittingham 3, Scott Richardson 3, Oliver Rayson 2, Ben Hannon 0 Richard Franklin 0 (1).
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