Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Thursday, 1 May
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Following the rained-off matches at the Isle of Wight on Tuesday and at Birmingham and King’s Lynn yesterday, the rain finally relented to allow tonight’s two matches to take place. At Redcar the Bears raced Berwick in a Premier League match while at Sheffield the Tigers took on Newcastle in Premier Trophy match.
Premier League: Redcar 51, Berwick 41
Redcar were again without Chris Kerr So used Rider Replacement at number 2. They also nominated Jittendra Duffel as their number 8. Berwick were without new signing, Benny Johansson due to travel difficulties so tracked Gary Beaton at number 5. They also used Rider Replacement in place of Guglielmo Franchetti at number 4. Martin Emerson was nominated as their number 8.
Berwick took the lead in heat 1 with a 2-4. Adrian Rymel beat Gary Havelock while Norbert Magosi was left to pick up the third place point after Daniel Giffard suffered an engine failure after the tapes went up. A reserves race 5-1 for the Bears reversed the lead after Adam McKinna had touched the tapes and had started from 15 metres back. Adam McKinna led heat 3 from the tapes and it took until the last bend of the race before James Grieves got up to get the verdict on the line. Michal Makovsky took third for a shared race but Redcar doubled their lead with a 4-2 from Ty Proctor and Daniel Giffard, split by Tero Aarnio, in heat 4 taking the score to 14-10.
James Grieves won heat 5 but it was only good enough to share the points as Rymel and Magosi finished behind him but the Bears added two points to their lead with a 4-2 in heat 6 when Gary Havelock had a comfortable win ahead of Tero Aarnio while Arlo Bugeja picked up third. Michal Makovsky won heat 7 for the Bandits but again the points were shared as Proctor and Bugeja filled the minor places. Ty Proctor gated in heat 8 but was passed by Norbert Magosi. He repassed the Hungarian while Daniel Giffard also got past him for a Redcar 5-1 which took the score to 29-19.
Heat 9 produced a 4-2 for the home side thanks to another James Grieves win and third place for Josh Autry behind Tero Aarnio. However Redcar got a jolt in heat 10 when the Bandits took a 1-5 from Makovsky and Aarnio after Gary Havelock had suffered an engine failure at the first bend. This cut the difference between the teams to eight points. Heat 11 saw the Bears pull two further points ahead with a 4-2 when Ty Proctor beat Adrian Rymel with Arlo Bugeja third but Berwick then gave Michal Makovsky a TR in heat 12. James Grieves won the race but Makovsky was second with Aarnio third so Berwick reclaimed the two points again with a 3-5 taking the score to 41-33.
Berwick’s chances disappeared in heat 13 when Proctor and Havelock scored a 5-1 from Rymel to stretch the lead to 12 points. Berwick got two points back with a 2-4 in heat 14 won by Tero Aarnio before a shared heat 15 won by Adrian Rymel left Redcar ten points to the good.
Scorers: For Redcar – Ty Proctor 15+1 (6), James Grieves 14 (5), Arlo Bugeja 7+2 (5), Gary Havelock 7+1 (4), Daniel Giffard 6+1 (5), Josh Auty 2 (5).
For Berwick – Tero Aarnio 13+2 (7), Michal Makovsky 11+1 (5) (with 4 point TR), Adrian Rymel 11 (5), Norbert Magosi 3+1 (4), Adam McKinna 3 (6), Gary Beaton 0 (3).
Premier Trophy: Sheffield 59, Newcastle 33.
Sheffield were at full strength but Newcastle were again missing George Stancl so, as usual, they used Rider Replacement at number 2.
There wasn’t a great deal between the sides over the opening six heats. Josef Franc won the opener from Joel Parsons leaving Ricky Ashworth to coast round for third place after both he and Ben Powell had suffered engine failures. The shared race was followed by a 4-2 for the Tigers when Paul Cooper won heat 2. It looked as though Sam Martin would join him for a 5-1 but Jaimie Robertson passed him for second place on the third lap. Andre Compton won heat 3 after passing first Ben Powell then Christian Henry while Lee Smethills finished at the back. Sheffield doubled their lead in heat 4 with another 4-2. Ben Wilson won the race but the action was behind him. Paul Cooper passed Sean Stoddart into second place but Jason King passed Cooper right on the line to take the score to 14-10.
Heats 5 and 6 were shared. The former was won by Andre Compton from Josef Franc and the latter by Jason King from Ashworth and Parsons. However the Tigers scored a 4-2 from heat 7 when Ben Wilson won from Christian Henry with Sam Martin taking third after Ben Powell fell. They added a 5-1 in heat 8 from Cooper and Parsons to take the score to 29-19 and leave the Diamonds struggling.
Andre Compton won heat 9 from Jason King for another 4-2 then Ashworth and Parsons put the Tigers on Easy Street with a 5-1 from Henry in heat 10 to rocket the home side into a 16 point lead. Newcastle then gave a TR to Josef Franc and things looked better for the visitors when he led from the tapes. However Franc got it all wrong on the last bend of the second lap allowing Ben Wilson through for the win. Jason King finished third so Newcastle took a 3-5 advantage from the race. Sheffield then took another 5-1 in heat 12, this time from Compton and Cooper taking the score to 46-28.
As usual Sheffield finished strongly over the final three heats dropping only two points. Josef Franc split the Ashworth/Wilson pair in heat 13 for a 4-2 then Lee Smethills won heat 14. Sam Martin passed Jaimie Robertson for third place behind Ben Powell for another 4-2 then Compton and Ashworth wrapped up the proceedings with a last heat 5-1.
Scorers: For Sheffield – Andre Compton 15 (5) (maximum), Ricky Ashworth 11+2 (5), Ben Wilson 10 (4), Paul Cooper 9+1 (4), Joel Parsons 7+3 (4), Lee Smethills 4 (4), Sam Martin 3 (3).
For Newcastle – Josef Franc 13 (6) (with 4 point TR), Jason King 8+1 (6), Christian Henry 5 (4), Jaimie Robertson 4+1 (5), Ben Powell 3+1 (5), Sean Stoddart 0 (4).
Premier League: Redcar 51, Berwick 41
Redcar were again without Chris Kerr So used Rider Replacement at number 2. They also nominated Jittendra Duffel as their number 8. Berwick were without new signing, Benny Johansson due to travel difficulties so tracked Gary Beaton at number 5. They also used Rider Replacement in place of Guglielmo Franchetti at number 4. Martin Emerson was nominated as their number 8.
Berwick took the lead in heat 1 with a 2-4. Adrian Rymel beat Gary Havelock while Norbert Magosi was left to pick up the third place point after Daniel Giffard suffered an engine failure after the tapes went up. A reserves race 5-1 for the Bears reversed the lead after Adam McKinna had touched the tapes and had started from 15 metres back. Adam McKinna led heat 3 from the tapes and it took until the last bend of the race before James Grieves got up to get the verdict on the line. Michal Makovsky took third for a shared race but Redcar doubled their lead with a 4-2 from Ty Proctor and Daniel Giffard, split by Tero Aarnio, in heat 4 taking the score to 14-10.
James Grieves won heat 5 but it was only good enough to share the points as Rymel and Magosi finished behind him but the Bears added two points to their lead with a 4-2 in heat 6 when Gary Havelock had a comfortable win ahead of Tero Aarnio while Arlo Bugeja picked up third. Michal Makovsky won heat 7 for the Bandits but again the points were shared as Proctor and Bugeja filled the minor places. Ty Proctor gated in heat 8 but was passed by Norbert Magosi. He repassed the Hungarian while Daniel Giffard also got past him for a Redcar 5-1 which took the score to 29-19.
Heat 9 produced a 4-2 for the home side thanks to another James Grieves win and third place for Josh Autry behind Tero Aarnio. However Redcar got a jolt in heat 10 when the Bandits took a 1-5 from Makovsky and Aarnio after Gary Havelock had suffered an engine failure at the first bend. This cut the difference between the teams to eight points. Heat 11 saw the Bears pull two further points ahead with a 4-2 when Ty Proctor beat Adrian Rymel with Arlo Bugeja third but Berwick then gave Michal Makovsky a TR in heat 12. James Grieves won the race but Makovsky was second with Aarnio third so Berwick reclaimed the two points again with a 3-5 taking the score to 41-33.
Berwick’s chances disappeared in heat 13 when Proctor and Havelock scored a 5-1 from Rymel to stretch the lead to 12 points. Berwick got two points back with a 2-4 in heat 14 won by Tero Aarnio before a shared heat 15 won by Adrian Rymel left Redcar ten points to the good.
Scorers: For Redcar – Ty Proctor 15+1 (6), James Grieves 14 (5), Arlo Bugeja 7+2 (5), Gary Havelock 7+1 (4), Daniel Giffard 6+1 (5), Josh Auty 2 (5).
For Berwick – Tero Aarnio 13+2 (7), Michal Makovsky 11+1 (5) (with 4 point TR), Adrian Rymel 11 (5), Norbert Magosi 3+1 (4), Adam McKinna 3 (6), Gary Beaton 0 (3).
Premier Trophy: Sheffield 59, Newcastle 33.
Sheffield were at full strength but Newcastle were again missing George Stancl so, as usual, they used Rider Replacement at number 2.
There wasn’t a great deal between the sides over the opening six heats. Josef Franc won the opener from Joel Parsons leaving Ricky Ashworth to coast round for third place after both he and Ben Powell had suffered engine failures. The shared race was followed by a 4-2 for the Tigers when Paul Cooper won heat 2. It looked as though Sam Martin would join him for a 5-1 but Jaimie Robertson passed him for second place on the third lap. Andre Compton won heat 3 after passing first Ben Powell then Christian Henry while Lee Smethills finished at the back. Sheffield doubled their lead in heat 4 with another 4-2. Ben Wilson won the race but the action was behind him. Paul Cooper passed Sean Stoddart into second place but Jason King passed Cooper right on the line to take the score to 14-10.
Heats 5 and 6 were shared. The former was won by Andre Compton from Josef Franc and the latter by Jason King from Ashworth and Parsons. However the Tigers scored a 4-2 from heat 7 when Ben Wilson won from Christian Henry with Sam Martin taking third after Ben Powell fell. They added a 5-1 in heat 8 from Cooper and Parsons to take the score to 29-19 and leave the Diamonds struggling.
Andre Compton won heat 9 from Jason King for another 4-2 then Ashworth and Parsons put the Tigers on Easy Street with a 5-1 from Henry in heat 10 to rocket the home side into a 16 point lead. Newcastle then gave a TR to Josef Franc and things looked better for the visitors when he led from the tapes. However Franc got it all wrong on the last bend of the second lap allowing Ben Wilson through for the win. Jason King finished third so Newcastle took a 3-5 advantage from the race. Sheffield then took another 5-1 in heat 12, this time from Compton and Cooper taking the score to 46-28.
As usual Sheffield finished strongly over the final three heats dropping only two points. Josef Franc split the Ashworth/Wilson pair in heat 13 for a 4-2 then Lee Smethills won heat 14. Sam Martin passed Jaimie Robertson for third place behind Ben Powell for another 4-2 then Compton and Ashworth wrapped up the proceedings with a last heat 5-1.
Scorers: For Sheffield – Andre Compton 15 (5) (maximum), Ricky Ashworth 11+2 (5), Ben Wilson 10 (4), Paul Cooper 9+1 (4), Joel Parsons 7+3 (4), Lee Smethills 4 (4), Sam Martin 3 (3).
For Newcastle – Josef Franc 13 (6) (with 4 point TR), Jason King 8+1 (6), Christian Henry 5 (4), Jaimie Robertson 4+1 (5), Ben Powell 3+1 (5), Sean Stoddart 0 (4).
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