Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Saturday, 5 April
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There was a programme of three Premier Trophy matches tonight. These were the matches at Rye House between the Rockets and Birmingham, at Stoke between the Potters and Sheffield and at Workington between the Comets and Edinburgh. Two other Premier League tracks were due to host meetings. At Berwick the Karl Friar Memorial Trophy was staged but at King’s Lynn the Elite League Pairs Championship was postponed due to the weather.
Premier Trophy: Rye House 54, Birmingham 36
Rye House were at full strength while Birmingham missing Kyle Legault and James Birkinshaw through injury had Jack Roberts riding at number 2 for Birkinshaw and used Rider Replacement for Kyle Legault at number 1.
Rye House were quickly into their stride with a 5-1 in the rerun of the opening race. Chris Neath and Luke Bowen made the start from Jack Roberts. At the start of lap 2 Adam Roynon (R/R) fell trying to pass his partner as the Rockets raced off for the maximum. Jack Hargreaves scored an excellent win for the Brummies in heat 2 rounding Danny Betson for a shared race but the home side added another 5-1 in heat 3 which had to be rerun after Jason Lyons fell on the second lap. Tai Woffinden and Tommy Allen led Adam Roynon home although the former Rocket made inroads later in the race. Birmingham shared the points in heat 4 won by Phil Morris from the gate taking the score to 16-8.
Woffinden and Allen made the start to heat 5 for another Rockets’ 5-1. Behind them Jack Roberts shed a chain while Jason Lyons got into trouble by spinning through 360 degrees. He completed the race though for the third place point but the visitors now trailed by 12 points. They hit back immediately with a 1-5 from Phil Morris and Jack Hargreaves. Chris Neath fell behind the visiting pair attempting a pass on Hargreaves on the third lap so the race was awarded. This cut the home side’s lead to eight points then, in heat 7, Stefan Ekberg fell on the fourth bend after being passed by Jason Lyons so was excluded from the rerun in which Adam Roynon and Jason Lyons scored another 1-5 from Danny Betson to cut the lead further to four points. The rain started falling as heat 8 got underway. Luke Bowen fell on the third lap but Danny Betson won the heat for the Rockets to share the spoils and take the score to 26-22.
Rye House added two points to their lead in heat 9 when Tai Woffinden won from Phil Morris with Tommy Allen third but the alarm bells were ringing for the home side when Birmingham scored another 1-5 in heat 10 as Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon led Luke Bowen and Chris Neath home. The lead was now down to two points but the Rockets hit back hard. In heat 12 Tai Woffinden and Lee Smart made good starts. Smart moved Woffinden out on the first bend but didn’t succeed. Instead he hampered his own partner, Jason Lyons, allowing Robert Mear through for second place and a Rockets’ 5-1 taking the score to 39-33.
Ekberg and Neath gated in heat 13 for another 5-1 ahead of Morris and suddenly the home side were ten points up again. However this afforded the visitors the chance to give Adam Roynon a TR in heat 14. Although Roynon made the gate both Betson and Allen passed him for another 5-1 which saw the Rockets home and dry (or wet as the case may be). The last race produced a fourth consecutive 5-1 to the Rockets with Tommy Allen and Tai Woffinden leading Phil Morris and Jason Lyons home for an eighteen point win which hardly seemed likely after heat 11 when they led by just two points!
Scorers: For Rye House – Tai Woffinden 14+1 (5) (paid maximum), Tommy Allen 11+2 (5), Danny Betson 10+1 (5), Stefan Ekberg 6+1 (4), Chris Neath 5+1 (4), Robert Mear 4+3 (4), Luke Bowen 4+1 (4).
For Birmingham – Phil Morris 13 (6), Adam Roynon 7+1 (5), Jack Hargreaves 7+1 (6), Jason Lyons 6+1 (6), Jack Roberts 2+1 (3), Lee Smart 1 (4)..
Premier Trophy: Stoke 45, Sheffield 48
Stoke were at full strength but Sheffield once again used Simon Lambert at number 7 in place of Lee Smethills.
This match opened with three consecutive shared heats. Ben Barker gated to win the opener from Ricky Ashworth and Joel Parsons then Sam Martin did likewise for the visitors leading Barrie Evans and Mark Burrows home. Lee Complin took heat 3 from Andre Compton and Paul Cooper then in heat 4 Mark Burrows fell at the gate and was excluded from the rerun. Sheffield took the chance to forge ahead as Ben Wilson beat Emiliano Sanchez while Simon Lambert picked up the gift third place point for a 2-4 which took the score to 11-13.
Sheffield then struck again in heat 5 with a 1-5 from Ashworth and Parsons. Lee Complin missed the start and lost out in a tussle with Joel Parsons so the Tigers were now six points ahead. The Potters hit back with a 4-2 in heat 6. Ben Barker came from the back to take the lead down the back straight on the opening lap to head Ben Wilson home while Klaus Jacobsen opened his account by taking third. Heat 7 was a complete disaster for the Potters though as they conceded a 0-5. First of all Barrie Evans fell causing the race to be rerun without him. Then in the rerun Emiliano Sanchez fell leaving Paul Cooper and Andre Compton to complete the race unchallenged. Ben Barker was next to fall in heat 8 causing another rerun in which Mark Burrows won for the Potters to share the race and take the score to 19-28.
Ben Wilson won heat 9 from Lee Complin for another shared race but time was running out for the Potters. They could make no inroads in heat 10 either. Andre Compton gated but Ben Barker chased him down and passed him. There was no support from Jacobsen so another race was shared. Sheffield were out of sight after the Potters lost another 0-5 in heat 11. Emiliano Sanchez fell in the first running of the race and was excluded then in the rerun Barrie Evans fell too to leave Ashworth and Cooper to take another maximum. In heat 12 Ben Barker took a TS from 15 metres back but was beaten by Andre Compton. However he was followed home in third place by Mark Burrows so the Potters managed a 5-3 advantage but still they trailed by 12 points as the score stood at 30-42.
Emiliano Sanchez won heat 13 from Ashworth while Klaus Jacobsen took third for a 4-2 cutting the Tigers’ lead to ten points just right for Lee Complin to take a TR in heat 14. What a fright the visitors got when Complin and Burrows soared away for the big 8-1 setting up a last heat decider with Sheffield now only three points ahead. There was no happy ending however. Ben Barker missed the gate but made a great effort first of all passing Joel Parsons at the end of the first lap then, trying then to pass Compton, he got caught in the fence and fell causing the race to be rerun without him. Lee Complin won the rerun for shared race resulting in a three point win for Sheffield.
Scorers: For Stoke – Lee Complin 15 (5) (with 6 point TR), Ben Barker 13 (6) (with 4 point TS), Mark Burrows 7+3 (5), Emiliano Sanchez 5 (4), Barrie Evans 2 (3), Klaus Jakobsen 2 (4), Jesper Kristiansen 1+1 (3).
For Sheffield – Andre Compton 11+1 (5), Ricky Ashworth 10 (4), Joel Parsons 8+4 (5), Ben Wilson 8 (4), Paul Cooper 6+2 (4), Sam Martin 3 (4), Simon Lambert 2+1 (4).
Premier Trophy: Workington 48, Edinburgh 45
Workington were at full strength while Edinburgh, still without Thomas Jonasson, used Rider Replacement at number 3.
Daniel Nermark won the opening race by passing Derek Sneddon on the second lap while Scott Smith took third place as Ryan Fisher fell at the back giving the Comets a winning 4-2 start. Joe Haines gated to win the reserves race while Craig Branney fell at the back as the race was shared. In heat 3 Derek Sneddon (R/R) gated to beat Carl Stonehewer but William Lawson finished behind Charles Wright for another shared heat. Edinburgh looked like taking the lead in heat 4 with a 1-5 but Aaron Summers shed a chain on the second bend of the last lap so Matthew Wethers led Kauko Nieminen home for yet another 3-3 which took the score to 13-11.
Carl Stonehewer made the gate to win heat 5 but Ryan Fisher and Derek Sneddon finished in the minor places to share the race again. This was followed by a lengthy break to allow the snow, which had started falling heavily, to subside. When the action resumed Daniel Nermark beat Matthew Wethers in heat 6 while Scott Smith just held on to third on the line holding off Andrew Tully’s challenge. The 4-2 increased the Comets’ lead to four points and it stayed that way when heat 7 was also shared. Kauko Nieminen got a flyer at the gate to lead Ryan Fisher (R/R) and William Lawson home as Joe Haines fell at the back. Heat 8 produced the sixth shared heat. Derek Sneddon won the race from Scott Smith and Craig Branney taking the score to 26-22.
Workington doubled their lead in heat 9 when Charles Wright made the gate. Matthew Wethers held second place until he was passed by Carl Stonehewer on the last lap for a Comets’ 5-1 which put them eight points ahead. Heat 10 was shared. Daniel Nermark gated for the win but Matthew Wethers (R/R) and William Lawson finished behind him but the Comets stretched their lead to ten points with a 4-2 in heat 11. Kauko Nieminen made the gate from Ryan Fisher while Joe Haines took third place from Sneddon. Racing was now processional due to the amount of spray coming off the track causing the riders visibility problems. In heat 12 William Lawson took a TR and R/R for the Monarchs who struck lucky at just the right time. Carl Stonehewer suffered an engine failure at the tapes while Craig Branney’s challenge fizzled out on the third lap leaving Lawson and Tully clear to score the big 1-8 which cut the Comets’ lead to just three points with the score now standing at 39-36.
Daniel Nermark made another fast start in heat 13 to lead Ryan Fisher while Matthew Wethers saw off Kauko Nieminen behind them to share the points. Edinburgh then cut the lead to one point as William Lawson won again in heat 14 beating Charles Wright who held off Andrew Tully, replacing Aaron Summers, for second place in an exciting tussle. This gave the Monarchs a 2-4 setting up a last heat decider. In heat 15 Workington took a 4-2 as Daniel Nermark completed his maximum. Matthew Wethers finished second while Carl Stonehewer took the third place point after Ryan Fisher had suffered an engine failure while lying third to give the Comets a three point win. With the Comets best chance of qualifying from the section likely to be decided on race points this was nothing like enough given that Edinburgh had a 76 point lead on them going into this match.
Scorers: For Workington – Daniel Nermark 15 (5) (maximum), Carl Stonehewer 8+1 (5), Kauko Nieminen 8 (4), Charles Wright 6+1 (4), Joe Haines 4 (4), Scott Smith 4 (4), John Branney 3+2 (4).
For Edinburgh – William Lawson 11+2 (5) (with 6 point TR), Matthew Wethers 11+1 (6), Derek Sneddon 9+1 (5), Ryan Fisher 8 (6), Andrew Tully 5+1 (5), Aaron Summers 1+1 (3).
Premier Trophy: Rye House 54, Birmingham 36
Rye House were at full strength while Birmingham missing Kyle Legault and James Birkinshaw through injury had Jack Roberts riding at number 2 for Birkinshaw and used Rider Replacement for Kyle Legault at number 1.
Rye House were quickly into their stride with a 5-1 in the rerun of the opening race. Chris Neath and Luke Bowen made the start from Jack Roberts. At the start of lap 2 Adam Roynon (R/R) fell trying to pass his partner as the Rockets raced off for the maximum. Jack Hargreaves scored an excellent win for the Brummies in heat 2 rounding Danny Betson for a shared race but the home side added another 5-1 in heat 3 which had to be rerun after Jason Lyons fell on the second lap. Tai Woffinden and Tommy Allen led Adam Roynon home although the former Rocket made inroads later in the race. Birmingham shared the points in heat 4 won by Phil Morris from the gate taking the score to 16-8.
Woffinden and Allen made the start to heat 5 for another Rockets’ 5-1. Behind them Jack Roberts shed a chain while Jason Lyons got into trouble by spinning through 360 degrees. He completed the race though for the third place point but the visitors now trailed by 12 points. They hit back immediately with a 1-5 from Phil Morris and Jack Hargreaves. Chris Neath fell behind the visiting pair attempting a pass on Hargreaves on the third lap so the race was awarded. This cut the home side’s lead to eight points then, in heat 7, Stefan Ekberg fell on the fourth bend after being passed by Jason Lyons so was excluded from the rerun in which Adam Roynon and Jason Lyons scored another 1-5 from Danny Betson to cut the lead further to four points. The rain started falling as heat 8 got underway. Luke Bowen fell on the third lap but Danny Betson won the heat for the Rockets to share the spoils and take the score to 26-22.
Rye House added two points to their lead in heat 9 when Tai Woffinden won from Phil Morris with Tommy Allen third but the alarm bells were ringing for the home side when Birmingham scored another 1-5 in heat 10 as Jason Lyons and Adam Roynon led Luke Bowen and Chris Neath home. The lead was now down to two points but the Rockets hit back hard. In heat 12 Tai Woffinden and Lee Smart made good starts. Smart moved Woffinden out on the first bend but didn’t succeed. Instead he hampered his own partner, Jason Lyons, allowing Robert Mear through for second place and a Rockets’ 5-1 taking the score to 39-33.
Ekberg and Neath gated in heat 13 for another 5-1 ahead of Morris and suddenly the home side were ten points up again. However this afforded the visitors the chance to give Adam Roynon a TR in heat 14. Although Roynon made the gate both Betson and Allen passed him for another 5-1 which saw the Rockets home and dry (or wet as the case may be). The last race produced a fourth consecutive 5-1 to the Rockets with Tommy Allen and Tai Woffinden leading Phil Morris and Jason Lyons home for an eighteen point win which hardly seemed likely after heat 11 when they led by just two points!
Scorers: For Rye House – Tai Woffinden 14+1 (5) (paid maximum), Tommy Allen 11+2 (5), Danny Betson 10+1 (5), Stefan Ekberg 6+1 (4), Chris Neath 5+1 (4), Robert Mear 4+3 (4), Luke Bowen 4+1 (4).
For Birmingham – Phil Morris 13 (6), Adam Roynon 7+1 (5), Jack Hargreaves 7+1 (6), Jason Lyons 6+1 (6), Jack Roberts 2+1 (3), Lee Smart 1 (4)..
Premier Trophy: Stoke 45, Sheffield 48
Stoke were at full strength but Sheffield once again used Simon Lambert at number 7 in place of Lee Smethills.
This match opened with three consecutive shared heats. Ben Barker gated to win the opener from Ricky Ashworth and Joel Parsons then Sam Martin did likewise for the visitors leading Barrie Evans and Mark Burrows home. Lee Complin took heat 3 from Andre Compton and Paul Cooper then in heat 4 Mark Burrows fell at the gate and was excluded from the rerun. Sheffield took the chance to forge ahead as Ben Wilson beat Emiliano Sanchez while Simon Lambert picked up the gift third place point for a 2-4 which took the score to 11-13.
Sheffield then struck again in heat 5 with a 1-5 from Ashworth and Parsons. Lee Complin missed the start and lost out in a tussle with Joel Parsons so the Tigers were now six points ahead. The Potters hit back with a 4-2 in heat 6. Ben Barker came from the back to take the lead down the back straight on the opening lap to head Ben Wilson home while Klaus Jacobsen opened his account by taking third. Heat 7 was a complete disaster for the Potters though as they conceded a 0-5. First of all Barrie Evans fell causing the race to be rerun without him. Then in the rerun Emiliano Sanchez fell leaving Paul Cooper and Andre Compton to complete the race unchallenged. Ben Barker was next to fall in heat 8 causing another rerun in which Mark Burrows won for the Potters to share the race and take the score to 19-28.
Ben Wilson won heat 9 from Lee Complin for another shared race but time was running out for the Potters. They could make no inroads in heat 10 either. Andre Compton gated but Ben Barker chased him down and passed him. There was no support from Jacobsen so another race was shared. Sheffield were out of sight after the Potters lost another 0-5 in heat 11. Emiliano Sanchez fell in the first running of the race and was excluded then in the rerun Barrie Evans fell too to leave Ashworth and Cooper to take another maximum. In heat 12 Ben Barker took a TS from 15 metres back but was beaten by Andre Compton. However he was followed home in third place by Mark Burrows so the Potters managed a 5-3 advantage but still they trailed by 12 points as the score stood at 30-42.
Emiliano Sanchez won heat 13 from Ashworth while Klaus Jacobsen took third for a 4-2 cutting the Tigers’ lead to ten points just right for Lee Complin to take a TR in heat 14. What a fright the visitors got when Complin and Burrows soared away for the big 8-1 setting up a last heat decider with Sheffield now only three points ahead. There was no happy ending however. Ben Barker missed the gate but made a great effort first of all passing Joel Parsons at the end of the first lap then, trying then to pass Compton, he got caught in the fence and fell causing the race to be rerun without him. Lee Complin won the rerun for shared race resulting in a three point win for Sheffield.
Scorers: For Stoke – Lee Complin 15 (5) (with 6 point TR), Ben Barker 13 (6) (with 4 point TS), Mark Burrows 7+3 (5), Emiliano Sanchez 5 (4), Barrie Evans 2 (3), Klaus Jakobsen 2 (4), Jesper Kristiansen 1+1 (3).
For Sheffield – Andre Compton 11+1 (5), Ricky Ashworth 10 (4), Joel Parsons 8+4 (5), Ben Wilson 8 (4), Paul Cooper 6+2 (4), Sam Martin 3 (4), Simon Lambert 2+1 (4).
Premier Trophy: Workington 48, Edinburgh 45
Workington were at full strength while Edinburgh, still without Thomas Jonasson, used Rider Replacement at number 3.
Daniel Nermark won the opening race by passing Derek Sneddon on the second lap while Scott Smith took third place as Ryan Fisher fell at the back giving the Comets a winning 4-2 start. Joe Haines gated to win the reserves race while Craig Branney fell at the back as the race was shared. In heat 3 Derek Sneddon (R/R) gated to beat Carl Stonehewer but William Lawson finished behind Charles Wright for another shared heat. Edinburgh looked like taking the lead in heat 4 with a 1-5 but Aaron Summers shed a chain on the second bend of the last lap so Matthew Wethers led Kauko Nieminen home for yet another 3-3 which took the score to 13-11.
Carl Stonehewer made the gate to win heat 5 but Ryan Fisher and Derek Sneddon finished in the minor places to share the race again. This was followed by a lengthy break to allow the snow, which had started falling heavily, to subside. When the action resumed Daniel Nermark beat Matthew Wethers in heat 6 while Scott Smith just held on to third on the line holding off Andrew Tully’s challenge. The 4-2 increased the Comets’ lead to four points and it stayed that way when heat 7 was also shared. Kauko Nieminen got a flyer at the gate to lead Ryan Fisher (R/R) and William Lawson home as Joe Haines fell at the back. Heat 8 produced the sixth shared heat. Derek Sneddon won the race from Scott Smith and Craig Branney taking the score to 26-22.
Workington doubled their lead in heat 9 when Charles Wright made the gate. Matthew Wethers held second place until he was passed by Carl Stonehewer on the last lap for a Comets’ 5-1 which put them eight points ahead. Heat 10 was shared. Daniel Nermark gated for the win but Matthew Wethers (R/R) and William Lawson finished behind him but the Comets stretched their lead to ten points with a 4-2 in heat 11. Kauko Nieminen made the gate from Ryan Fisher while Joe Haines took third place from Sneddon. Racing was now processional due to the amount of spray coming off the track causing the riders visibility problems. In heat 12 William Lawson took a TR and R/R for the Monarchs who struck lucky at just the right time. Carl Stonehewer suffered an engine failure at the tapes while Craig Branney’s challenge fizzled out on the third lap leaving Lawson and Tully clear to score the big 1-8 which cut the Comets’ lead to just three points with the score now standing at 39-36.
Daniel Nermark made another fast start in heat 13 to lead Ryan Fisher while Matthew Wethers saw off Kauko Nieminen behind them to share the points. Edinburgh then cut the lead to one point as William Lawson won again in heat 14 beating Charles Wright who held off Andrew Tully, replacing Aaron Summers, for second place in an exciting tussle. This gave the Monarchs a 2-4 setting up a last heat decider. In heat 15 Workington took a 4-2 as Daniel Nermark completed his maximum. Matthew Wethers finished second while Carl Stonehewer took the third place point after Ryan Fisher had suffered an engine failure while lying third to give the Comets a three point win. With the Comets best chance of qualifying from the section likely to be decided on race points this was nothing like enough given that Edinburgh had a 76 point lead on them going into this match.
Scorers: For Workington – Daniel Nermark 15 (5) (maximum), Carl Stonehewer 8+1 (5), Kauko Nieminen 8 (4), Charles Wright 6+1 (4), Joe Haines 4 (4), Scott Smith 4 (4), John Branney 3+2 (4).
For Edinburgh – William Lawson 11+2 (5) (with 6 point TR), Matthew Wethers 11+1 (6), Derek Sneddon 9+1 (5), Ryan Fisher 8 (6), Andrew Tully 5+1 (5), Aaron Summers 1+1 (3).
Karl Friar Memorial Trophy at Berwick: Winner - Michal Makovsky (Berwick)
This twelve rider individual consisted of 12 qualifying heats from which the top two scorers went directly to the final while the riders finishing 3rd to 6th contested a semi-final with the top two finishers joining them.
Josef Franc and Michal Makovsky were the top two who went straight to the final while Magnus Karlsson and Ben Powell finished first and second in the semi-final to fill the two remaining final places. The final was won by Michal Makovsky from Magnus Karlsson and Ben Powell. Josef Franc who had gone through the qualifying races unbeaten finished last!
Scorers: Josef Franc 12, Michal Makovsky 11, Magnus Karlsson 10, Carl Wilkinson 8, Ben Powell 8, Henning Bager 6, Trent Leverington 5, Josh Auty 4, Tero Aarnio 4, Shaun Harmatiuk 2, Adam McKinna 1, Tamas Sike 1.
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