Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Thursday, 10 April
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Two matches were raced tonight and neither was for Premier Trophy points. The meeting at Redcar where the Bears raced Edinburgh was the opening Premier League match for both teams while at Sheffield the Tigers met Scun.thorpe yet again this time in the first leg of the Knock Out Cup. The Redcar match didn’t go the distance as the rain intervened once again.
Premier League: Redcar 28, Edinburgh 26 Match abandoned after heat 9 due to a waterlogged track. The result does not stand.
Redcar were minus the injured Chris Kerr and used Rider Replacement at number 2 instead. With Thomas Jonasson returning to the side after a back injury Edinburgh were at full strength.
With just two points separating the sides with 6 races to go very heavy rain arrived at the South Tees Motor Park putting an end to proceedings so the two teams will have to start all over again at a later date.
What a start for Redcar! Gary Havelock was excluded from the opening race under the two minute rule which meant that the Bears fielded their two reserves in both heats 1 and 2. In heat 1 they both made fast starts with Daniel Giffard winning the race from Arlo Bugeja while Ryan Fisher could only chase them round in third for a 5-1 opener. They couldn’t repeat it in heat 2 though as Aaron Summers won from Giffard while Bugeja had to fend off Andrew Tully for third place and a shared race. James Grieves gated in heat 3 but had to look lively for all four laps as Thomas Jonasson pressed him hard all the way. William Lawson’s third place shared the points again but the Monarchs got two points back in heat 4 with a 2-4 when Matthew Wethers passed the fast gating Ty Proctor on the last lap while Aaron Summers took third from Daniel Giffard. The score was now 13-11.
James Grieves gated to lead heat 5 but was passed down the back straight on the first lap by Ryan Fisher who held him off for the four laps to win the race for a 3-3. Heat 6 saw another exclusion for Gary Havelock. Matthew Wethers and the Redcar number 1 had a coming together and Havelock fell. He then failed to remove his bike from the track causing the race eventually to be stopped but not before the following riders just missed his bike as they came round on the second lap. An unhappy Havelock was excluded but in the rerun it was Arlo Bugeja who made the gate. Matthew Wethers passed him at the end of the first lap so the race result was still a 2-4 to the visitors which tied the match score. Ty Proctor made the gate in heat 7 but Thomas Jonasson roared past him down the back straight to win the race. Bugeja took third for the Bears for a shared race and heat 8 was shared too. Proctor out again as R/R made another fast start for a tapes-to-flag win but Summers and Sneddon finished behind him to take the score to 24-24.
An exciting heat 9 ended with a win from James Grieves from Andrew Tully while Josh Auty took third from the previously unbeaten Matthew Wethers for a 4-2 which restored the Bears’ two point lead. Then the rain arrived and, after a delay to see whether it would ease off, the inevitable ‘match abandoned’ message confirmed what the fans suspected.
Scorers: For Redcar – James Grieves 8 (3), Ty Proctor 7 (3), Arlo Bugeja 6+3 (4), Daniel Giffard 5 (4), Josh Auty 2+1 (3), Gary Havelock 0 (2).
For Edinburgh – Matthew Wethers 6 (3), Aaron Summers 6 (3), Thomas Jonasson 5 (2), Ryan Fisher 4 (2), Andrew Tully 3 (3), William Lawson 1+1 (2), Derek Sneddon 1+1 (3).
Knock Out Cup (first round, first leg): Sheffield 55, Scun.thorpe 36.
Both teams were back at full strength for this match.
The Scorpions would be disappointed at finishing 19 points in arrears after trailing by only two points through six heats. Oce Sheffield moved up a gear they increased their lead steadily to finish as strong favourites for the aggregate win. However engine failures in heats 13 and 14 for Scorpion riders turned a 1-5 into a 5-1 and a 1-5 into a 3-3. Without them the score would have been 49-42.
A win from the gate by Carl Wilkinson shared the opening race then the Tigers took a two point lead with a 4-2 in the reserves race won by Lee Smethills from former Sheffield rider, Benji Compton, for a 4-2. Scun.thorpe shocked their hosts with a 1-5 in heat 3 as Andrew Moore and Viktor Bergstrom, who passed Andre Compton on the second bend, took maximum points turning their two point deficit into a two point lead. It was all square a heat later when Ben Wilson won comfortably from Benji Compton for a 4-2 taking the score to 12-12.
Andre Compton won heat 5 under pressure from Carl Wilkinson for a shared race but the home side took the lead in heat 6 with an Ashworth/Parsons 4-2 with Hall splitting them. Another two points were added to Sheffield’s lead with another 4-2 in the next heat. Ben Wilson won the race but Andrew Moore was unlucky to suffer an engine failure on lap three while second. Viktor Bergstrom took the second place but the Tigers now led by four points. They doubled it to eight with their first 5-1 in heat 8. Parsons and Smethills did the damage while the impressive Wilkinson this time finished last. The score now stood at 28-20.
Andrew Hall won heat 9 for a shared race ahead of Paul Cooper and Andre Compton but another home 5-1 in heat 10 from Parsons and Ashworth took the lead to 12 points as the Scorpions began to struggle to remain in contention. In heat 11 Carl Wilkinson took a TR but the visitors gave the black and white helmet cover to the wrong man as it was Magnus Karlsson who won the race from Ben Wilson. Wilkinson’s third place gave the Scorpions a 2-5 to pull three points back and they now trailed by only nine points. Richard Hall went as a Tactical Substitute from 15 metres replacing Byron Bekker in heat 12 but failed to score. Andre Compton won from Andrew Moore so the 4-2 took the Tigers’ lead to 11 points with the score at 42-31.
Two consecutive 5-1s in heats 13 and 14 increased the gap to 19 points but the visitors were so unlucky in both races. In heat 13 they were on a comfortable 1-5 when Magnus Karlsson suffered an engine failure on the second lap then Richard Hall suffered the same fate on the last lap leaving Ashworth and Wilson to score a Sheffield 5-1 instead. Cooper and Smethills added another 5-1 in heat 14 but again the visitors suffered mechanical gremlins. Viktor Bergstrom was leading the race when his bike packed up on the third lap. The visitors made the gate in heat 15 but Wilkinson was passed by Ashworth and Wilson before falling leaving Richard Hall to win the race for a 3-3.
Scorers: For Sheffield – Ricky Ashworth 11+1 (5), Ben Wilson 11+1 (5), Lee Smethills 10+2 (6), Joel Parsons 9 (4), Andre Compton 8+1 (4), Paul Cooper 5 (4), Sam Martin 1 (3).
For Scun.thorpe – Richard Hall 9 (6), Carl Wilkinson 7 (5) (with 2 point TR), Andrew Moore 6 (4), Benji Compton 6 (4), Magnus Karlsson 4+1 (4), Viktor Bergstrom 4+1 (4), Byron Bekker 0 (3).
Premier League: Redcar 28, Edinburgh 26 Match abandoned after heat 9 due to a waterlogged track. The result does not stand.
Redcar were minus the injured Chris Kerr and used Rider Replacement at number 2 instead. With Thomas Jonasson returning to the side after a back injury Edinburgh were at full strength.
With just two points separating the sides with 6 races to go very heavy rain arrived at the South Tees Motor Park putting an end to proceedings so the two teams will have to start all over again at a later date.
What a start for Redcar! Gary Havelock was excluded from the opening race under the two minute rule which meant that the Bears fielded their two reserves in both heats 1 and 2. In heat 1 they both made fast starts with Daniel Giffard winning the race from Arlo Bugeja while Ryan Fisher could only chase them round in third for a 5-1 opener. They couldn’t repeat it in heat 2 though as Aaron Summers won from Giffard while Bugeja had to fend off Andrew Tully for third place and a shared race. James Grieves gated in heat 3 but had to look lively for all four laps as Thomas Jonasson pressed him hard all the way. William Lawson’s third place shared the points again but the Monarchs got two points back in heat 4 with a 2-4 when Matthew Wethers passed the fast gating Ty Proctor on the last lap while Aaron Summers took third from Daniel Giffard. The score was now 13-11.
James Grieves gated to lead heat 5 but was passed down the back straight on the first lap by Ryan Fisher who held him off for the four laps to win the race for a 3-3. Heat 6 saw another exclusion for Gary Havelock. Matthew Wethers and the Redcar number 1 had a coming together and Havelock fell. He then failed to remove his bike from the track causing the race eventually to be stopped but not before the following riders just missed his bike as they came round on the second lap. An unhappy Havelock was excluded but in the rerun it was Arlo Bugeja who made the gate. Matthew Wethers passed him at the end of the first lap so the race result was still a 2-4 to the visitors which tied the match score. Ty Proctor made the gate in heat 7 but Thomas Jonasson roared past him down the back straight to win the race. Bugeja took third for the Bears for a shared race and heat 8 was shared too. Proctor out again as R/R made another fast start for a tapes-to-flag win but Summers and Sneddon finished behind him to take the score to 24-24.
An exciting heat 9 ended with a win from James Grieves from Andrew Tully while Josh Auty took third from the previously unbeaten Matthew Wethers for a 4-2 which restored the Bears’ two point lead. Then the rain arrived and, after a delay to see whether it would ease off, the inevitable ‘match abandoned’ message confirmed what the fans suspected.
Scorers: For Redcar – James Grieves 8 (3), Ty Proctor 7 (3), Arlo Bugeja 6+3 (4), Daniel Giffard 5 (4), Josh Auty 2+1 (3), Gary Havelock 0 (2).
For Edinburgh – Matthew Wethers 6 (3), Aaron Summers 6 (3), Thomas Jonasson 5 (2), Ryan Fisher 4 (2), Andrew Tully 3 (3), William Lawson 1+1 (2), Derek Sneddon 1+1 (3).
Knock Out Cup (first round, first leg): Sheffield 55, Scun.thorpe 36.
Both teams were back at full strength for this match.
The Scorpions would be disappointed at finishing 19 points in arrears after trailing by only two points through six heats. Oce Sheffield moved up a gear they increased their lead steadily to finish as strong favourites for the aggregate win. However engine failures in heats 13 and 14 for Scorpion riders turned a 1-5 into a 5-1 and a 1-5 into a 3-3. Without them the score would have been 49-42.
A win from the gate by Carl Wilkinson shared the opening race then the Tigers took a two point lead with a 4-2 in the reserves race won by Lee Smethills from former Sheffield rider, Benji Compton, for a 4-2. Scun.thorpe shocked their hosts with a 1-5 in heat 3 as Andrew Moore and Viktor Bergstrom, who passed Andre Compton on the second bend, took maximum points turning their two point deficit into a two point lead. It was all square a heat later when Ben Wilson won comfortably from Benji Compton for a 4-2 taking the score to 12-12.
Andre Compton won heat 5 under pressure from Carl Wilkinson for a shared race but the home side took the lead in heat 6 with an Ashworth/Parsons 4-2 with Hall splitting them. Another two points were added to Sheffield’s lead with another 4-2 in the next heat. Ben Wilson won the race but Andrew Moore was unlucky to suffer an engine failure on lap three while second. Viktor Bergstrom took the second place but the Tigers now led by four points. They doubled it to eight with their first 5-1 in heat 8. Parsons and Smethills did the damage while the impressive Wilkinson this time finished last. The score now stood at 28-20.
Andrew Hall won heat 9 for a shared race ahead of Paul Cooper and Andre Compton but another home 5-1 in heat 10 from Parsons and Ashworth took the lead to 12 points as the Scorpions began to struggle to remain in contention. In heat 11 Carl Wilkinson took a TR but the visitors gave the black and white helmet cover to the wrong man as it was Magnus Karlsson who won the race from Ben Wilson. Wilkinson’s third place gave the Scorpions a 2-5 to pull three points back and they now trailed by only nine points. Richard Hall went as a Tactical Substitute from 15 metres replacing Byron Bekker in heat 12 but failed to score. Andre Compton won from Andrew Moore so the 4-2 took the Tigers’ lead to 11 points with the score at 42-31.
Two consecutive 5-1s in heats 13 and 14 increased the gap to 19 points but the visitors were so unlucky in both races. In heat 13 they were on a comfortable 1-5 when Magnus Karlsson suffered an engine failure on the second lap then Richard Hall suffered the same fate on the last lap leaving Ashworth and Wilson to score a Sheffield 5-1 instead. Cooper and Smethills added another 5-1 in heat 14 but again the visitors suffered mechanical gremlins. Viktor Bergstrom was leading the race when his bike packed up on the third lap. The visitors made the gate in heat 15 but Wilkinson was passed by Ashworth and Wilson before falling leaving Richard Hall to win the race for a 3-3.
Scorers: For Sheffield – Ricky Ashworth 11+1 (5), Ben Wilson 11+1 (5), Lee Smethills 10+2 (6), Joel Parsons 9 (4), Andre Compton 8+1 (4), Paul Cooper 5 (4), Sam Martin 1 (3).
For Scun.thorpe – Richard Hall 9 (6), Carl Wilkinson 7 (5) (with 2 point TR), Andrew Moore 6 (4), Benji Compton 6 (4), Magnus Karlsson 4+1 (4), Viktor Bergstrom 4+1 (4), Byron Bekker 0 (3).
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