Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Sunday, 4 May
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Two matches were raced today, one in the Premier League and one in the Premier Trophy. The Premier League match was at Glasgow where the Tigers faced Newcastle. The Premier Trophy match was at Mildenhall where the Fen Tigers raced against Rye House. One other match was postponed by the weather, the one scheduled at Birmingham where the Brummies were to take on Stoke.
Premier League: Glasgow 44, Newcastle 46
Glasgow were without the injured Shane Parker so had James Grieves as a guest at number 3. Newcastle, still without George Stancl, used Rider Replacement at number 2.
Glasgow went down to their fourth consecutive home defeat this afternoon against a Newcastle side which turned up with just five riders. Ben Powell failed to arrive and it was announced that he would be unlikely to ride for the Diamonds again. The match was a tail of two halves. Glasgow looked well set to get back to winning ways when they led 24-18 after 7 heats. However the Diamonds suddenly found their gating boots and pulled the match round to record an unlikely victory.
Newcastle got off to an excellent start. Josef Franc won the opening race for a shared heat then Sean Stoddart sped from the tapes in the reserves race to lead Ross Brady and Jaimie Robertson home for a 2-4. James Grieves was never troubled on his way to a heat 3 win but Josh Grajczonek finished at the back behind Jason King and Christian Henry for another shared race. Newcastle could only track Sean Stoddart in heat 4 and, when Robert Ksiezak and Ross Brady stormed from the tapes, the Tigers scored a 5-1 although Brady had a few hairy moments on the fourth bend which seemed to be causing him some problems. The Tigers were now two points in front with the score at 13-11.
They added another four points to their lead with another 5-1 in heat 5. James Grieves and Josef Franc gated together but Grieves moved Franc out on the second bend which allowed Josh Grajczonek to nip through on the inside for second. Franc lost a lot of ground as a result and another comfortable maximum went the Tigers’ way. They had a great opportunity to increase their lead further when their top pairing of Trent Leverington and Lee Dicken were up against the two Newcastle reserves. However Sean Stoddart made the start and Trent Leverington ran into him at the entry to the first bend bringing the Newcastle man down. Leverington was excluded from the rerun but Lee Dicken rode an excellent first/second bend to see off the Diamonds to win the race for a 3-3. In heat 7 Mitchell Davey had an awful looking spill on the third bend when his machine came to a sudden stop throwing him over the handlebars. He was removed from the track by ambulance and was taken to hospital for precautionary checks. After a long delay waiting for the ambulance to return Robert Ksiezak gated to head home Henry and King for a shared race but the alarm bells started to ring for Glasgow when Newcastle scored a 1-5 in heat 8. Josef Franc and Sean Stoddart left the Tigers behind from the gate to reduce the gap to two points with the score now 25-23.
James Grieves settled the nerves by beating Sean Stoddart in heat 9. Since the Diamonds could only track one rider again this was good enough for a 4-2 but the match was all square again after heat 10 when Newcastle scored another 1-5. Christian Henry and Jason King jetted from the tapes leaving Trent Leverington to pick up third place. Worse was to follow for Glasgow as yet another 1-5 went the visitors’ way in heat 11. Ross Brady developed machine troubles and was excluded under the two minute rule. He appeared on track to take his place 15 metres back but Josef Franc and Jason King (R/R) again made fast starts off the now highly favourable inside gates to leave Robert Ksiezak in third place. This put the visitors four points ahead but Glasgow pegged two points back again when James Grieves passed early race leader, Christian Henry, to win the heat with Ross Brady in third for a 4-2 which took the score to 35-37.
Newcastle could only track one rider again in heat 13 but Josef Franc won the race from Leverington and Ksiezak to keep the Diamonds two points in front. Glasgow looked to have a great chance in heat 14 with Brady and Grajczonek off the inside gates. Things looked good for them when both made fast starts but Brady took his partner way too wide on the second bend causing him to have to shut off which allowed Jason King and Sean Stoddart through. On the third bend the two Diamonds blocked the challenge from Grajczonek whose race effectively ended there. Brady was still having trouble on bend four however and Jason King, after stalking him for a couple of laps, completed a fine outside line pass on this bend on the last lap to win the race for the visitors. Stoddart’s third place gave them a 2-4 and four point lead leaving Glasgow needing a 5-1 to draw the match. They lost the toss for gate positions though and had to go from gates 2 and 4. However their hopes increased when Josef Franc fluffed the start off gate 1 leaving Robert Ksiezak to lead Christian Henry round the opening two bends. James Grieves from gate 4 was quickly on Henry’s tail but the Newcastle rider made no mistakes in taking the two points needed for victory.
Scorers: For Glasgow – James Grieves 13 (5), Robert Ksiezak 11+1 (5), Ross Brady 7+1 (6), Lee Dicken 5+1 (4), Trent Leverington 5 (4), Josh Grajczonek 3+1 (4), Mitchell Davey 0 (2) .
For Newcastle – Josef Franc 13 (6), Sean Stoddart 11+1 (7), Jason King 10+3 (5), Christian Henry 10+1 (5), Jaimie Robertson 2+1 (4), Ben Powell – did not arrive.
Premier Trophy: Mildenhall 35, Rye House 56
Mildenhall used Rider Replacement at number 1 for Casper Wortmann while Rye House had Joe Haines as a guest at number 2 in place of Luke Bowen and used Rider Replacement at number 4 in place of Tommy Allen.
It was another miserable afternoon for Mildenhall as Rye House added to their ever increasing number of home defeats with a comprehensive 21 point victory. The Rockets seemed to be more at home on a slick and patchy surface than the home side. There were only six points between the teams after heat 9 but the Rockets won the remaining 6 heats by 11-26.
Mildenhall got their noses in front in the opening heat which was rerun after Chris Neath had fallen and been excluded. Jan Graversen passed Henning Loof and Joe Haines to win the race with Haines second for a 4-2. Robert Mear suffered an engine failure at the start line in the reserves race but Daniel Halsey won the race for the Rockets to share the points. Rye House levelled again in heat 3 when Tai Woffinden led Kai Laukkanen from the gate with Joe Haines again beating Henning Loof for third giving the Rockets a 2-4. Heat 4 was rerun after Jari Makinen got out of shape causing Robert Mear to hit him. Makinen was excluded from the rerun but Robbie Kessler won the race for another 3-3 which took the score to 12-12.
Chris Neath gated to beat Kai Laukkanen in heat 5 while, for the third time in five heats, Joe Haines beat Henning Loof for third place. This gave the Rockets a 2-4 and two point lead and they scored another in heat 6 when Stefan Ekberg passed Kai Laukkanen with Daniel Halsey third for a four point lead. A third consecutive 2-4 in heat 7, won by Tai Woffinden after he had passed Robbie Kessler, increased the visitors’ lead to six points then Robert Mear was given the verdict in heat 8 when many thought that Makinen had won the race for a 3-3 which took the score to 21-27.
Daniel Halsey looped at the gate and was excluded from the rerun in heat 9 but Stefan Ekberg won the rerun for the Rockets from Laukkanen and Loof for another 3-3 then the gap increased to ten points when Mear and Woffinden took a 1-5 in heat 10 leaving Robbie Kessler to pick up third. Robbie Kessler then took a TR in heat 11. Chris Neath was excluded for breaking the tapes and was replaced by Robert Mear who promptly came out to win the race from Kessler and Halsey! This resulted in a share of the points with a 4-4. Heat 12 won by Laukkanen from Woffinden was shared too so the score now stood at 32-42.
It was all over after heat 13. A hard ride by Stefan Ekberg gave Robbie Kessler little room and he then drove inside Jan Graversen on the third bend causing the Fen Tiger to fall. The referee excluded Graversen and Kessler claiming that Kessler was not under power. The two man rerun provided Rye House with a 0-5 which put them out of sight with a 15 point lead. Stefan Ekberg won heat 14 from Loof and Mear for a 2-4 then Stefan Ekberg and Tai Woffinden completed the Fen Tigers’ misery by taking a 1-5 in the final race.
Scorers: For Mildenhall – Kai Laukkanen 12 (6), Robbie Kessler 10 (6) (with 4 point TR), Jan Graversen 4+1 (5), Henning Loof 4 (5), Jari Makinen 4 (5), Matt Wright 1+1 (3).
For Rye House – Stefan Ekberg 17 (6), Tai Woffinden 12+2 (5), Robert Mear 12+1 (7), Daniel Halsey 6+1 (5), Chris Neath 5+1 (4), Joe Haines 4 (5).
Premier League: Glasgow 44, Newcastle 46
Glasgow were without the injured Shane Parker so had James Grieves as a guest at number 3. Newcastle, still without George Stancl, used Rider Replacement at number 2.
Glasgow went down to their fourth consecutive home defeat this afternoon against a Newcastle side which turned up with just five riders. Ben Powell failed to arrive and it was announced that he would be unlikely to ride for the Diamonds again. The match was a tail of two halves. Glasgow looked well set to get back to winning ways when they led 24-18 after 7 heats. However the Diamonds suddenly found their gating boots and pulled the match round to record an unlikely victory.
Newcastle got off to an excellent start. Josef Franc won the opening race for a shared heat then Sean Stoddart sped from the tapes in the reserves race to lead Ross Brady and Jaimie Robertson home for a 2-4. James Grieves was never troubled on his way to a heat 3 win but Josh Grajczonek finished at the back behind Jason King and Christian Henry for another shared race. Newcastle could only track Sean Stoddart in heat 4 and, when Robert Ksiezak and Ross Brady stormed from the tapes, the Tigers scored a 5-1 although Brady had a few hairy moments on the fourth bend which seemed to be causing him some problems. The Tigers were now two points in front with the score at 13-11.
They added another four points to their lead with another 5-1 in heat 5. James Grieves and Josef Franc gated together but Grieves moved Franc out on the second bend which allowed Josh Grajczonek to nip through on the inside for second. Franc lost a lot of ground as a result and another comfortable maximum went the Tigers’ way. They had a great opportunity to increase their lead further when their top pairing of Trent Leverington and Lee Dicken were up against the two Newcastle reserves. However Sean Stoddart made the start and Trent Leverington ran into him at the entry to the first bend bringing the Newcastle man down. Leverington was excluded from the rerun but Lee Dicken rode an excellent first/second bend to see off the Diamonds to win the race for a 3-3. In heat 7 Mitchell Davey had an awful looking spill on the third bend when his machine came to a sudden stop throwing him over the handlebars. He was removed from the track by ambulance and was taken to hospital for precautionary checks. After a long delay waiting for the ambulance to return Robert Ksiezak gated to head home Henry and King for a shared race but the alarm bells started to ring for Glasgow when Newcastle scored a 1-5 in heat 8. Josef Franc and Sean Stoddart left the Tigers behind from the gate to reduce the gap to two points with the score now 25-23.
James Grieves settled the nerves by beating Sean Stoddart in heat 9. Since the Diamonds could only track one rider again this was good enough for a 4-2 but the match was all square again after heat 10 when Newcastle scored another 1-5. Christian Henry and Jason King jetted from the tapes leaving Trent Leverington to pick up third place. Worse was to follow for Glasgow as yet another 1-5 went the visitors’ way in heat 11. Ross Brady developed machine troubles and was excluded under the two minute rule. He appeared on track to take his place 15 metres back but Josef Franc and Jason King (R/R) again made fast starts off the now highly favourable inside gates to leave Robert Ksiezak in third place. This put the visitors four points ahead but Glasgow pegged two points back again when James Grieves passed early race leader, Christian Henry, to win the heat with Ross Brady in third for a 4-2 which took the score to 35-37.
Newcastle could only track one rider again in heat 13 but Josef Franc won the race from Leverington and Ksiezak to keep the Diamonds two points in front. Glasgow looked to have a great chance in heat 14 with Brady and Grajczonek off the inside gates. Things looked good for them when both made fast starts but Brady took his partner way too wide on the second bend causing him to have to shut off which allowed Jason King and Sean Stoddart through. On the third bend the two Diamonds blocked the challenge from Grajczonek whose race effectively ended there. Brady was still having trouble on bend four however and Jason King, after stalking him for a couple of laps, completed a fine outside line pass on this bend on the last lap to win the race for the visitors. Stoddart’s third place gave them a 2-4 and four point lead leaving Glasgow needing a 5-1 to draw the match. They lost the toss for gate positions though and had to go from gates 2 and 4. However their hopes increased when Josef Franc fluffed the start off gate 1 leaving Robert Ksiezak to lead Christian Henry round the opening two bends. James Grieves from gate 4 was quickly on Henry’s tail but the Newcastle rider made no mistakes in taking the two points needed for victory.
Scorers: For Glasgow – James Grieves 13 (5), Robert Ksiezak 11+1 (5), Ross Brady 7+1 (6), Lee Dicken 5+1 (4), Trent Leverington 5 (4), Josh Grajczonek 3+1 (4), Mitchell Davey 0 (2) .
For Newcastle – Josef Franc 13 (6), Sean Stoddart 11+1 (7), Jason King 10+3 (5), Christian Henry 10+1 (5), Jaimie Robertson 2+1 (4), Ben Powell – did not arrive.
Premier Trophy: Mildenhall 35, Rye House 56
Mildenhall used Rider Replacement at number 1 for Casper Wortmann while Rye House had Joe Haines as a guest at number 2 in place of Luke Bowen and used Rider Replacement at number 4 in place of Tommy Allen.
It was another miserable afternoon for Mildenhall as Rye House added to their ever increasing number of home defeats with a comprehensive 21 point victory. The Rockets seemed to be more at home on a slick and patchy surface than the home side. There were only six points between the teams after heat 9 but the Rockets won the remaining 6 heats by 11-26.
Mildenhall got their noses in front in the opening heat which was rerun after Chris Neath had fallen and been excluded. Jan Graversen passed Henning Loof and Joe Haines to win the race with Haines second for a 4-2. Robert Mear suffered an engine failure at the start line in the reserves race but Daniel Halsey won the race for the Rockets to share the points. Rye House levelled again in heat 3 when Tai Woffinden led Kai Laukkanen from the gate with Joe Haines again beating Henning Loof for third giving the Rockets a 2-4. Heat 4 was rerun after Jari Makinen got out of shape causing Robert Mear to hit him. Makinen was excluded from the rerun but Robbie Kessler won the race for another 3-3 which took the score to 12-12.
Chris Neath gated to beat Kai Laukkanen in heat 5 while, for the third time in five heats, Joe Haines beat Henning Loof for third place. This gave the Rockets a 2-4 and two point lead and they scored another in heat 6 when Stefan Ekberg passed Kai Laukkanen with Daniel Halsey third for a four point lead. A third consecutive 2-4 in heat 7, won by Tai Woffinden after he had passed Robbie Kessler, increased the visitors’ lead to six points then Robert Mear was given the verdict in heat 8 when many thought that Makinen had won the race for a 3-3 which took the score to 21-27.
Daniel Halsey looped at the gate and was excluded from the rerun in heat 9 but Stefan Ekberg won the rerun for the Rockets from Laukkanen and Loof for another 3-3 then the gap increased to ten points when Mear and Woffinden took a 1-5 in heat 10 leaving Robbie Kessler to pick up third. Robbie Kessler then took a TR in heat 11. Chris Neath was excluded for breaking the tapes and was replaced by Robert Mear who promptly came out to win the race from Kessler and Halsey! This resulted in a share of the points with a 4-4. Heat 12 won by Laukkanen from Woffinden was shared too so the score now stood at 32-42.
It was all over after heat 13. A hard ride by Stefan Ekberg gave Robbie Kessler little room and he then drove inside Jan Graversen on the third bend causing the Fen Tiger to fall. The referee excluded Graversen and Kessler claiming that Kessler was not under power. The two man rerun provided Rye House with a 0-5 which put them out of sight with a 15 point lead. Stefan Ekberg won heat 14 from Loof and Mear for a 2-4 then Stefan Ekberg and Tai Woffinden completed the Fen Tigers’ misery by taking a 1-5 in the final race.
Scorers: For Mildenhall – Kai Laukkanen 12 (6), Robbie Kessler 10 (6) (with 4 point TR), Jan Graversen 4+1 (5), Henning Loof 4 (5), Jari Makinen 4 (5), Matt Wright 1+1 (3).
For Rye House – Stefan Ekberg 17 (6), Tai Woffinden 12+2 (5), Robert Mear 12+1 (7), Daniel Halsey 6+1 (5), Chris Neath 5+1 (4), Joe Haines 4 (5).
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