Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Friday, 18 April
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Tonight’s matches were at Somerset where the Rebels raced Birmingham in a Premier League match and at Scunthorpe where the Scorpions took on Stoke in a Premier Trophy match.
Premier League: Somerset 48, Birmingham 45
Somerset were at full strength but Birmingham used Rider Replacement for Kyle Legault at number 1, had James Holder at number 4 in place of Phil Morris and Jack Roberts at reserve in place of James Birkinshaw.
After a whirlwind start by the Rebels which saw them score 5-1s in the opening three heats, they looked to be coasting to victory when they led by 18 points with just five heats to go. However they got the shock of their lives when they lost 13 points of that lead in the next three races against another patched up Birmingham side which continues to battle well in the face of adversity.
It was a perfect start for Somerset. An easy 5-1 in the opening heat and in the reserves’ race was followed by a third after Jason Lyons had touched the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back. Adam Roynon stopped the rot by winning heat 4 and was supported by Jack Roberts who passed Brent Werner for third and a 2-4 which took the score to 17-7.
Another 5-1 in heat 5 from Kramer and Katt resulted in the Rebels rocketing to a 14 points lead and the Brummies looking down the barrel of a thrashing. The next two heats were shared with wins from the two Jasons - Jason Doyle and Jason Lyons, the latter having to hold off a strong challenge from Jordan Frampton then Somerset stretched their lead further to 16 points with a win from Henning Loof and a third place from Stephan Katt behind Roynon for the 4-2 which took the score to 32-16.
Kramer and Katt added a 4-2 in heat 9 with Adam Roynon splitting the home pair and this was followed by a Jason Doyle win for a shared heat in heat 10 to keep the Rebels 18 points in front. Then came the fight back! In heat 11 Adam Roynon took an R/R ride and a Tactical Ride. When Jordan Frampton, in second place fell, on the last lap, the Brummies cashed in with the big 1-8 as Lee Smart followed Roynon home ahead of Simon Walker. This cut the lead to 11 points and another two points were knocked off it when Jason Lyons just held on in heat 12 to beat Emil Kramer. Jack Hargreaves took the third place point from Brent Werner for the 2-4 which took the score to 42-33.
The alarm bells were starting to sound in heat 13 as Birmingham made further inroads to the home side’s lead by taking a 1-5 in heat 13 as Roynon and Lyons team rode to keep Jason Doyle in third place. The lead was now down to just five points but Somerset scrambled over the winning line in heat 14. Simon Walker and Stephan Katt were leading 5-1 until Katt developed machine problems which saw him slip to the back. The 3-3 was enough to secure the Rebels’ win but Birmingham finished with a 2-4 in heat 15 with Lyons winning another exciting race with Kramer and Roynon finishing third ahead of Doyle. It was a great effort from Birmingham who won over the last five heats by 9–24.
Scorers: For Somerset – Emil Kramer 13 (5), Jason Doyle 10 (5), Simon Walker 8+1 (4), Stephan Katt 5+2 (4), Henning Loof 5+1 (4), Jordan Frampton 4 (4), Brent Werner 3+1 (4).
For Birmingham – Adam Roynon 17 (6) (with 6 point TR), Jason Lyons 14+1 (6), Jack Roberts 6+3 (6), Jack Hargreaves 5 (5), Lee Smart 2+1 (4), James Holder 1 (3).
Premier Trophy: Scunthorpe 47, Stoke 43.
Both teams were at full strength.
It was another closely fought match at Scunthorpe with this time the Scorpions running out winners by four points in a last heat decider.
The home side went ahead in heat 1 with Andrew Moore winning from Barker and Wilkinson for a 4-2 but the two point lead changed hands in the reserves race won by Mark Burrows in which Stoke scored a 1-5 after the early race leader, Benji Compton, retired. Magnus Karlsson had an engine failure at the gate in heat 3 but Viktor Bergstrom won the race for the Scorpions for a 3-3. The Potters pulled further ahead in heat 4. With the visitors sitting on a 1-5, Benji Compton fell at the end of lap 1 and was excluded as the race had to be rerun. In the second running Emiliano Sanchez led from the gate to win the race while Richard Hall, on a borrowed bike, got up to pass Buzz Burrows on the line to salvage two points for the home side taking the score to 10-14.
Scunthorpe were back on level terms again with a 5-1 in heat 5. Magnus Karlsson and Viktor Bergstrom team rode to keep Ben Barker in third place for the maximum. Emiliano Sanchez then won heat 6 for a shared heat but the visitors were back in front after heat 7 as both home riders fell. Byron Bekker was first to hit the deck on the opening lap but he remounted to complete the race. Richard Hall then fell on the third lap leaving Kristiansen and Complin to score a 1-5 putting the visitors four ahead again. Carl Wilkinson won heat 8 from Burrows and Compton for a 4-2 which pulled two points back and took the score to 23-25.
It was all square again after heat 9. Magnus Karlsson roared round Emiliano Sanchez for the race win while Viktor Bergstrom’s third place gave the Scorpions a 4-2 and equality. In heat 10 Carl Wilkinson led from the start while Lee Complin took Andrew Moore wide leaving him out of contention. Complin passed Wilkinson on the last bend but the home man repassed him on the line for a shared race. Richard Hall’s win in heat 11 produced another 3-3 but the Scorpions were back in front with a 4-2 in heat 12. Richard Hall won from Mark Burrows as Benji Compton finished third. This took the score to 37-35.
The home side struck a massive blow by scoring a 5-1 in heat 13 to go six ahead. Richard Hall and Andrew Moore did the damage after a passing and repassing bout between Hall and Emiliano Sanchez but Stoke pegged two points back in heat 14 as Burrows beat Bergstrom and Complin for a 2-4 which set up a last heat decider. Magnus Karlsson then scored his fourth consecutive race win from Burrows and Sanchez to see the Scorpions home.
Scorers: For Scunthorpe – Magnus Karlsson 12 (5), Carl Wilkinson 9 (4), Viktor Bergstrom 8+1 (4), Richard Hall 8 (5), Andrew Moore 6+2 (4), Byron Bekker 2 (4), Benji Compton 2 (4).
For Stoke – Mark Burrows 15 (7), Emiliano Sanchez 10+1 (5), Jesper Kristiansen 6+1 (4), Lee Complin 6+1 (4), Ben Barker 4+1 (4), Barrie Evans 2+1 (3), Klaus Jacobsen 0 (3).
Premier League: Somerset 48, Birmingham 45
Somerset were at full strength but Birmingham used Rider Replacement for Kyle Legault at number 1, had James Holder at number 4 in place of Phil Morris and Jack Roberts at reserve in place of James Birkinshaw.
After a whirlwind start by the Rebels which saw them score 5-1s in the opening three heats, they looked to be coasting to victory when they led by 18 points with just five heats to go. However they got the shock of their lives when they lost 13 points of that lead in the next three races against another patched up Birmingham side which continues to battle well in the face of adversity.
It was a perfect start for Somerset. An easy 5-1 in the opening heat and in the reserves’ race was followed by a third after Jason Lyons had touched the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back. Adam Roynon stopped the rot by winning heat 4 and was supported by Jack Roberts who passed Brent Werner for third and a 2-4 which took the score to 17-7.
Another 5-1 in heat 5 from Kramer and Katt resulted in the Rebels rocketing to a 14 points lead and the Brummies looking down the barrel of a thrashing. The next two heats were shared with wins from the two Jasons - Jason Doyle and Jason Lyons, the latter having to hold off a strong challenge from Jordan Frampton then Somerset stretched their lead further to 16 points with a win from Henning Loof and a third place from Stephan Katt behind Roynon for the 4-2 which took the score to 32-16.
Kramer and Katt added a 4-2 in heat 9 with Adam Roynon splitting the home pair and this was followed by a Jason Doyle win for a shared heat in heat 10 to keep the Rebels 18 points in front. Then came the fight back! In heat 11 Adam Roynon took an R/R ride and a Tactical Ride. When Jordan Frampton, in second place fell, on the last lap, the Brummies cashed in with the big 1-8 as Lee Smart followed Roynon home ahead of Simon Walker. This cut the lead to 11 points and another two points were knocked off it when Jason Lyons just held on in heat 12 to beat Emil Kramer. Jack Hargreaves took the third place point from Brent Werner for the 2-4 which took the score to 42-33.
The alarm bells were starting to sound in heat 13 as Birmingham made further inroads to the home side’s lead by taking a 1-5 in heat 13 as Roynon and Lyons team rode to keep Jason Doyle in third place. The lead was now down to just five points but Somerset scrambled over the winning line in heat 14. Simon Walker and Stephan Katt were leading 5-1 until Katt developed machine problems which saw him slip to the back. The 3-3 was enough to secure the Rebels’ win but Birmingham finished with a 2-4 in heat 15 with Lyons winning another exciting race with Kramer and Roynon finishing third ahead of Doyle. It was a great effort from Birmingham who won over the last five heats by 9–24.
Scorers: For Somerset – Emil Kramer 13 (5), Jason Doyle 10 (5), Simon Walker 8+1 (4), Stephan Katt 5+2 (4), Henning Loof 5+1 (4), Jordan Frampton 4 (4), Brent Werner 3+1 (4).
For Birmingham – Adam Roynon 17 (6) (with 6 point TR), Jason Lyons 14+1 (6), Jack Roberts 6+3 (6), Jack Hargreaves 5 (5), Lee Smart 2+1 (4), James Holder 1 (3).
Premier Trophy: Scunthorpe 47, Stoke 43.
Both teams were at full strength.
It was another closely fought match at Scunthorpe with this time the Scorpions running out winners by four points in a last heat decider.
The home side went ahead in heat 1 with Andrew Moore winning from Barker and Wilkinson for a 4-2 but the two point lead changed hands in the reserves race won by Mark Burrows in which Stoke scored a 1-5 after the early race leader, Benji Compton, retired. Magnus Karlsson had an engine failure at the gate in heat 3 but Viktor Bergstrom won the race for the Scorpions for a 3-3. The Potters pulled further ahead in heat 4. With the visitors sitting on a 1-5, Benji Compton fell at the end of lap 1 and was excluded as the race had to be rerun. In the second running Emiliano Sanchez led from the gate to win the race while Richard Hall, on a borrowed bike, got up to pass Buzz Burrows on the line to salvage two points for the home side taking the score to 10-14.
Scunthorpe were back on level terms again with a 5-1 in heat 5. Magnus Karlsson and Viktor Bergstrom team rode to keep Ben Barker in third place for the maximum. Emiliano Sanchez then won heat 6 for a shared heat but the visitors were back in front after heat 7 as both home riders fell. Byron Bekker was first to hit the deck on the opening lap but he remounted to complete the race. Richard Hall then fell on the third lap leaving Kristiansen and Complin to score a 1-5 putting the visitors four ahead again. Carl Wilkinson won heat 8 from Burrows and Compton for a 4-2 which pulled two points back and took the score to 23-25.
It was all square again after heat 9. Magnus Karlsson roared round Emiliano Sanchez for the race win while Viktor Bergstrom’s third place gave the Scorpions a 4-2 and equality. In heat 10 Carl Wilkinson led from the start while Lee Complin took Andrew Moore wide leaving him out of contention. Complin passed Wilkinson on the last bend but the home man repassed him on the line for a shared race. Richard Hall’s win in heat 11 produced another 3-3 but the Scorpions were back in front with a 4-2 in heat 12. Richard Hall won from Mark Burrows as Benji Compton finished third. This took the score to 37-35.
The home side struck a massive blow by scoring a 5-1 in heat 13 to go six ahead. Richard Hall and Andrew Moore did the damage after a passing and repassing bout between Hall and Emiliano Sanchez but Stoke pegged two points back in heat 14 as Burrows beat Bergstrom and Complin for a 2-4 which set up a last heat decider. Magnus Karlsson then scored his fourth consecutive race win from Burrows and Sanchez to see the Scorpions home.
Scorers: For Scunthorpe – Magnus Karlsson 12 (5), Carl Wilkinson 9 (4), Viktor Bergstrom 8+1 (4), Richard Hall 8 (5), Andrew Moore 6+2 (4), Byron Bekker 2 (4), Benji Compton 2 (4).
For Stoke – Mark Burrows 15 (7), Emiliano Sanchez 10+1 (5), Jesper Kristiansen 6+1 (4), Lee Complin 6+1 (4), Ben Barker 4+1 (4), Barrie Evans 2+1 (3), Klaus Jacobsen 0 (3).
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