Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Wednesday, 23 April
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In what must be one of the wettest ever starts to the season, tonight saw yet another casualty when heavy rain during the day caused the postponement of the King’s Lynn versus Newcastle Premier League match. One fixture did take place, however, and that was the second leg of the first round Knock Out Cup tie at Birmingham between the Brummies raced and Glasgow.
Knock Out Cup (first round, second leg): Birmingham 43, Glasgow 47. Birmingham won through to the second round on aggregate by 95-87.
Birmingham introduced at number 7 their new signing, Mattia Carpanese, who took over from Jack Roberts who in turn had deputised for James Birkinshaw and was nominated as their number 8 for this match. They also had Chris Schramm as a guest at number 4 in place of Phil Morris and used Rider Replacement at number 1 for Kyle Legault. Glasgow were missing Ross Brady and Mitchell Davey who were both recovering from injuries. They had Chris Mills (Reading) as a guest for Mitchell Davey and used Rider Replacement at number 2 for Ross Brady.
Trailing by twelve points from the first leg of the tie at Ashfield last Sunday, Glasgow had the proverbial mountain to climb to have any further interest in this competition. Birmingham despite all their injury problems seem capable of rising to any occasion and must have been confident of winning through with something to spare. It didn’t work out that way though.
Clearly Glasgow hadn’t read the script! They shot into a four point lead with a 1-5 in the first heat when Shane Parker and Robert Ksiezak (R/R) led home Lee Smart and the Birmingham number 8, Jack Roberts, who took the (R/R) ride then promptly increased their lead to six in heat 2 with a 2-4. Mattia Carpanese went through the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back in his debut for his new club. Josh Grajczonek won the rerun from Jack Hargreaves with Lee Dicken third. Back came Birmingham in heat 3 with a 5-1 from Jason Lyons and Chris Schramm against Trent Leverington to cut the gap to two points and it stayed that way after a shared heat 4. Robert Ksiezak and Lee Dicken led from the start but Adam Roynon passed both Glasgow riders within a lap to win the race with Carpanese trailed off at the back taking the score to 11-13.
Birmingham completed the recovery by levelling the match again in heat 5. Jason Lyons beat Shane Parker while Chris Schramm took third from Josh Grajczonek (R/R) for a 4-2. The home side then stormed four points in front with a 5-1 in heat 6. Jason Lyons (R/R) won the race while Lee Smart caught and passed Robert Ksiezak in fine style to join him up front for the maximum. However the Brummies got another rude awakening when Trent Leverington won heat 7 from Adam Roynon while Chris Mills took third from Hargreaves for a 2-4 which cut the gap to two. Then they found themselves behind again when they lost another 1-5 in heat 8! Josh Grajczonek and Trent Leverington (R/R) headed home Lee Smart and Mattia Carpanese for the maximum which put the Tigers two points ahead again with the score now 23-25.
Birmingham wiped out the Glasgow lead to go two up again with a 5-1 in heat 9 when Jason Lyons and Chris Schramm beat Robert Ksiezak then a thrilling heat 10 involving all four riders was won by the Glasgow guest, Chris Mills. Roynon (R/R) and Smart kept Leverington at the back so the race was shared. Adam Roynon won heat 12 by a distance for the home side but Shane Parker and Chris Mills (R/R) kept Jack Hargreaves at the back for the second of three consecutive shared races. The third was won by Jason Lyons who had to pass Leverington and Grajczonek as Carpanese again finished last so the score went to 37-35.
The scores were level again after heat 13 when Shane Parker and Robert Ksiezak made the gate. Adam Roynon passed Ksiezak so the Tigers took a 2-4 then they added a 1-5 in heat 14. This was a tale of two guests. Chris Mills won for Glasgow while Chris Schramm suffered an engine failure for Birmingham. Josh Grajczonek followed Mills home ahead of Jack Hargreaves who had had a miserable night so the Tigers went four points ahead with one race to go. Shane Parker won heat 15 from Roynon and Lyons to see the Tigers home. It was a great result for Glasgow which served only as consolation as they were beaten on aggregate.
Scorers: For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 16+1 (6), Adam Roynon 14 (6), Lee Smart 5+2 (4), Chris Schramm 5+2 (5), Jack Hargreaves 3 (4), Jack Roberts 0 (1), Mattia Carpanese 0 (4).
For Glasgow – Shane Parker 13 (5), Josh Grajczonek 9+2 (6), Chris Mills 8+1 (5), Trent Leverington 8+1 (6), Robert Ksiezak 7+1 (5), Lee Dicken 2+1 (3).
Knock Out Cup (first round, second leg): Birmingham 43, Glasgow 47. Birmingham won through to the second round on aggregate by 95-87.
Birmingham introduced at number 7 their new signing, Mattia Carpanese, who took over from Jack Roberts who in turn had deputised for James Birkinshaw and was nominated as their number 8 for this match. They also had Chris Schramm as a guest at number 4 in place of Phil Morris and used Rider Replacement at number 1 for Kyle Legault. Glasgow were missing Ross Brady and Mitchell Davey who were both recovering from injuries. They had Chris Mills (Reading) as a guest for Mitchell Davey and used Rider Replacement at number 2 for Ross Brady.
Trailing by twelve points from the first leg of the tie at Ashfield last Sunday, Glasgow had the proverbial mountain to climb to have any further interest in this competition. Birmingham despite all their injury problems seem capable of rising to any occasion and must have been confident of winning through with something to spare. It didn’t work out that way though.
Clearly Glasgow hadn’t read the script! They shot into a four point lead with a 1-5 in the first heat when Shane Parker and Robert Ksiezak (R/R) led home Lee Smart and the Birmingham number 8, Jack Roberts, who took the (R/R) ride then promptly increased their lead to six in heat 2 with a 2-4. Mattia Carpanese went through the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back in his debut for his new club. Josh Grajczonek won the rerun from Jack Hargreaves with Lee Dicken third. Back came Birmingham in heat 3 with a 5-1 from Jason Lyons and Chris Schramm against Trent Leverington to cut the gap to two points and it stayed that way after a shared heat 4. Robert Ksiezak and Lee Dicken led from the start but Adam Roynon passed both Glasgow riders within a lap to win the race with Carpanese trailed off at the back taking the score to 11-13.
Birmingham completed the recovery by levelling the match again in heat 5. Jason Lyons beat Shane Parker while Chris Schramm took third from Josh Grajczonek (R/R) for a 4-2. The home side then stormed four points in front with a 5-1 in heat 6. Jason Lyons (R/R) won the race while Lee Smart caught and passed Robert Ksiezak in fine style to join him up front for the maximum. However the Brummies got another rude awakening when Trent Leverington won heat 7 from Adam Roynon while Chris Mills took third from Hargreaves for a 2-4 which cut the gap to two. Then they found themselves behind again when they lost another 1-5 in heat 8! Josh Grajczonek and Trent Leverington (R/R) headed home Lee Smart and Mattia Carpanese for the maximum which put the Tigers two points ahead again with the score now 23-25.
Birmingham wiped out the Glasgow lead to go two up again with a 5-1 in heat 9 when Jason Lyons and Chris Schramm beat Robert Ksiezak then a thrilling heat 10 involving all four riders was won by the Glasgow guest, Chris Mills. Roynon (R/R) and Smart kept Leverington at the back so the race was shared. Adam Roynon won heat 12 by a distance for the home side but Shane Parker and Chris Mills (R/R) kept Jack Hargreaves at the back for the second of three consecutive shared races. The third was won by Jason Lyons who had to pass Leverington and Grajczonek as Carpanese again finished last so the score went to 37-35.
The scores were level again after heat 13 when Shane Parker and Robert Ksiezak made the gate. Adam Roynon passed Ksiezak so the Tigers took a 2-4 then they added a 1-5 in heat 14. This was a tale of two guests. Chris Mills won for Glasgow while Chris Schramm suffered an engine failure for Birmingham. Josh Grajczonek followed Mills home ahead of Jack Hargreaves who had had a miserable night so the Tigers went four points ahead with one race to go. Shane Parker won heat 15 from Roynon and Lyons to see the Tigers home. It was a great result for Glasgow which served only as consolation as they were beaten on aggregate.
Scorers: For Birmingham – Jason Lyons 16+1 (6), Adam Roynon 14 (6), Lee Smart 5+2 (4), Chris Schramm 5+2 (5), Jack Hargreaves 3 (4), Jack Roberts 0 (1), Mattia Carpanese 0 (4).
For Glasgow – Shane Parker 13 (5), Josh Grajczonek 9+2 (6), Chris Mills 8+1 (5), Trent Leverington 8+1 (6), Robert Ksiezak 7+1 (5), Lee Dicken 2+1 (3).
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