Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Sunday, 6 April
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Four matches were scheduled today but two inches of snow covering Ashfield resulted in the postponement of the Premier League match between Glasgow and Redcar. The match between Newcastle and Scunthorpe was also postponed but the two remaining matches went ahead. At Newport the Wasps faced the Isle of Wight while at Mildenhall the Fen Tigers took on Birmingham. Both were Premier Trophy matches.
Premier Trophy: Newport 47, Isle of Wight 42
Newport were at full strength but the Isle of Wight were without Krzysztof Stojanowski, injured at Somerset on Friday night, so used Rider Replacement at number 3.
Newport, having lost at home to Somerset and Reading in the Premier Trophy, were anxious to record a win over the Isle of Wight, the other team in their Premier Trophy section to avoid a complete whitewash in their home fixtures. When they went nine points in arrears after the opening six heats it looked like another afternoon of misery for them particularly since they lost Tony Atkin after a heat 3 fall. However they fought back well to lead by a point going into the last race in which a home 5-1 saw them succeed for their first win of the season.
The Wasps took a 4-2 from the opening heat as Craig Watson got them off to a winning start by beating Cory Gathercole as Jason Bunyan retired at the back but they followed that with two dreadful heats. Firstly, heat 2 ended up a 1-5 to the Islanders thanks to Andrew Bargh and James Holder then, even worse, they lost a 0-5 in heat 3. Tony Atkin was taken to hospital after falling in the first running of the race then, in the rerun, Marek Mroz retired leaving the visitors to score an unchallenged five points. Nick Simmons won heat 4 for the home side but Sebastian Truminski fell so the race points were shared with the score standing at 8-15.
Marek Mroz won heat 5 from Gathercole and Bunyan and a 3-3 but Newport fell further behind when Glen Phillips beat Craig Watson in heat 6 and was supported with a third place from James Holder. The 2-4 had the Islanders nine points to the good and Truminski’s win in heat 7 was only good enough to share the points to keep it that way. Newport hit back in heat 8, though, with a 5-1 from Paul Clews and Nick Simmons to cut the visitors’ lead by four points and take the score to 21-26.
Another two points were pulled back with a rather fortunate 4-2 from Simmons and Hart, who had replaced Marek Mroz, excluded under the two minute rule, in heat 9 Glen Phillips shed a chain while leading but a 1-5 for the Islanders from Phillips and Fry in heat 10 had the home side struggling badly again facing a 7 point deficit. Truminski won again in heat 11 but Bunyan and Gathercole subdued Simmons at the back for a shared race but the Wasps rallied again scoring a 5-1 in heat 12 thanks to Nick Simmons and Marek Mroz cutting the gap to three points by taking the score to 34-37.
Another 5-1 for the home side took them into the lead for the first time since heat 1. Sebastian Truminski and Craig Watson were the heroes beating Jason Bunyan and Glen Phillips for a one point lead with just two races left. There was no change from heat 14. Andrew Bargh won for the Islanders but an engine failure for Paul Fry left Jerran Hart and Nick Simmons to share the points setting up a last heat decider. Sebastian Truminski and Craig Watson made no mistake in heat 15 scoring another 5-1 from Phillips and Gathercole to send the Newport fans home happy.
Scorers: For Newport – Sebastian Truminski 12 (5), Nick Simmons 12 (7), Craig Watson 9 (5), Marek Mroz 5 (4), Paul Clews 5 (4), Jerran Hart 4 (5), Tony Atkin 0 (1).
For the Isle of Wight – Glen Phillips 9 (6), Cory Gathercole 8 (6), Andrew Bargh 7 (4), Paul Fry 7 (5), James Holder 6 (4), Jason Bunyan 5 (5).
Premier Trophy: Mildenhall 32, Birmingham 42 The meeting was abandoned after 12 heats.
Mildenhall had Barrie Evans as a guest at number 2 and again had to use Rider Replacement for the injured Robbie Kessler at number 4. Birmingham had Jack Roberts at number 2 in place of James Birkinshaw and had to use Rider Replacement at number 1 for Kyle Legault.
After their mauling at the hands of the Berwick Bandits last week Mildenhall were going to need a much improved performance to have any chance of beating Birmingham. They got off to the best possible start with a 5-1 in the opening race with Kai Laukkanen and Jack Roberts outpacing (R/R) Adam Roynon for a four point lead. Mark Baseby won a rerun reserves race from Jack Hargreaves and Lee Smart to keep it that way but the Brummies pulled two points back in heat 3. Jason Lyons won the heat while, after an exciting race, (R/R) Mark Baseby fended off Adam Roynon for second place and a 2-4. Things began to look ominous for Mildenhall when the visitors added a 1-5 in heat 4. Lee Smart won the race from the front while Phil Morris passed Casper Wortmann then James Cockle to join his partner up front. This took the score to 11-13.
Jan Graversen raised home hopes by winning heat 5 but Barrie Evans could offer no support behind Jack Roberts and Lee Smart. Kai Laukkanen then won heat 6 but Evans finished last again as Morris and Hargreaves shared the points. Another 1-5 for the Brummies in heat 7 put them six points ahead. Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon did the damage leaving Casper Wortmann and Mark Baseby to trail home behind them. Heat 8 was rerun with all four back after Barrie Evans had fallen on the first bend. In the rerun Lee Smart won the race while James Cockle and Barrie Evans took second and third ahead of Jack Hargreaves. The shared race took the score to 21-27.
The Fen Tigers got two points back in heat 9 when Mark Baseby won from Phil Morris. Jan Graversen finished ahead of Lee Smart for a 4-2 cutting the gap between the sides to four points. However, Birmingham scored a killer 1-5 in heat 10 when Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon relegated Kai Laukkanen to third increasing the visitors’ lead to eight points. They followed it with a 2-4 in heat 11. Casper Wortmann led from the tapes but was passed by the field in the space of the first lap leaving Phil Morris to win the race from Mark Baseby taking the Birmingham lead to ten points. In heat 12 Jan Graversen took a TR while Mark Baseby replaced James Cockle. The race had to be rerun with all four as three riders fell leaving Graversen as the sole survivor. Jason Lyons was withdrawn from the meeting and his place in the rerun was taken by Lee Smart. Jack Hargreaves won the rerun from Graversen while Lee Smart finished third. As a result the heat was shared 4-4 and the score went to 32-42.
There was a bad crash in heat 13 too. Phil Morris seemed to come off worst and was taken to hospital while Casper Wortman had to be assessed by the paramedics. Birmingham’s injury jinx had struck again leaving them with just four riders to complete the last three heats one of whom, Jack Roberts, was ineligible for any of them. At this stage, however, the meeting was abandoned.
Scorers: For Mildenhall – Mark Baseby 10 (6), Jan Graversen 8 (4) (with 4 point TR), Kai Laukkanen 7 (3), Barrie Evans 3+2 (5), James Cockle 3 (3), Casper Wortman 1 (3).
For Birmingham – Lee Smart 9+2 (6), Phil Morris 9+1 (4), Jason Lyons 9 (3), Adam Roynon 6+2 (4), Jack Hargreaves 6+1 (4), Jack Roberts 3 (3).
Four matches were scheduled today but two inches of snow covering Ashfield resulted in the postponement of the Premier League match between Glasgow and Redcar. The match between Newcastle and Scunthorpe was also postponed but the two remaining matches went ahead. At Newport the Wasps faced the Isle of Wight while at Mildenhall the Fen Tigers took on Birmingham. Both were Premier Trophy matches.
Premier Trophy: Newport 47, Isle of Wight 42
Newport were at full strength but the Isle of Wight were without Krzysztof Stojanowski, injured at Somerset on Friday night, so used Rider Replacement at number 3.
Newport, having lost at home to Somerset and Reading in the Premier Trophy, were anxious to record a win over the Isle of Wight, the other team in their Premier Trophy section to avoid a complete whitewash in their home fixtures. When they went nine points in arrears after the opening six heats it looked like another afternoon of misery for them particularly since they lost Tony Atkin after a heat 3 fall. However they fought back well to lead by a point going into the last race in which a home 5-1 saw them succeed for their first win of the season.
The Wasps took a 4-2 from the opening heat as Craig Watson got them off to a winning start by beating Cory Gathercole as Jason Bunyan retired at the back but they followed that with two dreadful heats. Firstly, heat 2 ended up a 1-5 to the Islanders thanks to Andrew Bargh and James Holder then, even worse, they lost a 0-5 in heat 3. Tony Atkin was taken to hospital after falling in the first running of the race then, in the rerun, Marek Mroz retired leaving the visitors to score an unchallenged five points. Nick Simmons won heat 4 for the home side but Sebastian Truminski fell so the race points were shared with the score standing at 8-15.
Marek Mroz won heat 5 from Gathercole and Bunyan and a 3-3 but Newport fell further behind when Glen Phillips beat Craig Watson in heat 6 and was supported with a third place from James Holder. The 2-4 had the Islanders nine points to the good and Truminski’s win in heat 7 was only good enough to share the points to keep it that way. Newport hit back in heat 8, though, with a 5-1 from Paul Clews and Nick Simmons to cut the visitors’ lead by four points and take the score to 21-26.
Another two points were pulled back with a rather fortunate 4-2 from Simmons and Hart, who had replaced Marek Mroz, excluded under the two minute rule, in heat 9 Glen Phillips shed a chain while leading but a 1-5 for the Islanders from Phillips and Fry in heat 10 had the home side struggling badly again facing a 7 point deficit. Truminski won again in heat 11 but Bunyan and Gathercole subdued Simmons at the back for a shared race but the Wasps rallied again scoring a 5-1 in heat 12 thanks to Nick Simmons and Marek Mroz cutting the gap to three points by taking the score to 34-37.
Another 5-1 for the home side took them into the lead for the first time since heat 1. Sebastian Truminski and Craig Watson were the heroes beating Jason Bunyan and Glen Phillips for a one point lead with just two races left. There was no change from heat 14. Andrew Bargh won for the Islanders but an engine failure for Paul Fry left Jerran Hart and Nick Simmons to share the points setting up a last heat decider. Sebastian Truminski and Craig Watson made no mistake in heat 15 scoring another 5-1 from Phillips and Gathercole to send the Newport fans home happy.
Scorers: For Newport – Sebastian Truminski 12 (5), Nick Simmons 12 (7), Craig Watson 9 (5), Marek Mroz 5 (4), Paul Clews 5 (4), Jerran Hart 4 (5), Tony Atkin 0 (1).
For the Isle of Wight – Glen Phillips 9 (6), Cory Gathercole 8 (6), Andrew Bargh 7 (4), Paul Fry 7 (5), James Holder 6 (4), Jason Bunyan 5 (5).
Premier Trophy: Mildenhall 32, Birmingham 42 The meeting was abandoned after 12 heats.
Mildenhall had Barrie Evans as a guest at number 2 and again had to use Rider Replacement for the injured Robbie Kessler at number 4. Birmingham had Jack Roberts at number 2 in place of James Birkinshaw and had to use Rider Replacement at number 1 for Kyle Legault.
After their mauling at the hands of the Berwick Bandits last week Mildenhall were going to need a much improved performance to have any chance of beating Birmingham. They got off to the best possible start with a 5-1 in the opening race with Kai Laukkanen and Jack Roberts outpacing (R/R) Adam Roynon for a four point lead. Mark Baseby won a rerun reserves race from Jack Hargreaves and Lee Smart to keep it that way but the Brummies pulled two points back in heat 3. Jason Lyons won the heat while, after an exciting race, (R/R) Mark Baseby fended off Adam Roynon for second place and a 2-4. Things began to look ominous for Mildenhall when the visitors added a 1-5 in heat 4. Lee Smart won the race from the front while Phil Morris passed Casper Wortmann then James Cockle to join his partner up front. This took the score to 11-13.
Jan Graversen raised home hopes by winning heat 5 but Barrie Evans could offer no support behind Jack Roberts and Lee Smart. Kai Laukkanen then won heat 6 but Evans finished last again as Morris and Hargreaves shared the points. Another 1-5 for the Brummies in heat 7 put them six points ahead. Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon did the damage leaving Casper Wortmann and Mark Baseby to trail home behind them. Heat 8 was rerun with all four back after Barrie Evans had fallen on the first bend. In the rerun Lee Smart won the race while James Cockle and Barrie Evans took second and third ahead of Jack Hargreaves. The shared race took the score to 21-27.
The Fen Tigers got two points back in heat 9 when Mark Baseby won from Phil Morris. Jan Graversen finished ahead of Lee Smart for a 4-2 cutting the gap between the sides to four points. However, Birmingham scored a killer 1-5 in heat 10 when Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon relegated Kai Laukkanen to third increasing the visitors’ lead to eight points. They followed it with a 2-4 in heat 11. Casper Wortmann led from the tapes but was passed by the field in the space of the first lap leaving Phil Morris to win the race from Mark Baseby taking the Birmingham lead to ten points. In heat 12 Jan Graversen took a TR while Mark Baseby replaced James Cockle. The race had to be rerun with all four as three riders fell leaving Graversen as the sole survivor. Jason Lyons was withdrawn from the meeting and his place in the rerun was taken by Lee Smart. Jack Hargreaves won the rerun from Graversen while Lee Smart finished third. As a result the heat was shared 4-4 and the score went to 32-42.
There was a bad crash in heat 13 too. Phil Morris seemed to come off worst and was taken to hospital while Casper Wortman had to be assessed by the paramedics. Birmingham’s injury jinx had struck again leaving them with just four riders to complete the last three heats one of whom, Jack Roberts, was ineligible for any of them. At this stage, however, the meeting was abandoned.
Scorers: For Mildenhall – Mark Baseby 10 (6), Jan Graversen 8 (4) (with 4 point TR), Kai Laukkanen 7 (3), Barrie Evans 3+2 (5), James Cockle 3 (3), Casper Wortman 1 (3).
For Birmingham – Lee Smart 9+2 (6), Phil Morris 9+1 (4), Jason Lyons 9 (3), Adam Roynon 6+2 (4), Jack Hargreaves 6+1 (4), Jack Roberts 3 (3).
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