Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Tuesday, 6 May
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Tonight’s match was on the Isle of Wight where the Islanders raced against Reading in a Premier League match.
Premier League: Isle of Wight 58, Reading 34.
The Isle of Wight were without Krzysztof Stojanowski so used Rider Replacement at number 1. Reading were without both their reserves, Jaimie Smith and Danny Warwick. They had Jay Herne at number 6 in place of Smith and Joe Haines in place of Warwick at number 7.
Watched by a television audience of millions (?), the Isle of Wight were looking for revenge after going down to a two point defeat at Reading on Monday. On that occasion the Islanders had led by two points going into the last heat but a 5-1 from the Racers meant that they left empty handed. Unfortunately tonight’s match could hardly be described as a nail biting thriller. After containing the Islanders for the first few heats the Racers had no answer to the home side’s better gating and riding as they steadily built up a 24 point win.
Reading won the opening race to lead for the one and only time in the match. Mark Lemon was the race winner from Glen Phillips (R/R) and Chris Mills for a 2-4. The Islanders levelled again with a 4-2 in the reserves race won by James Holder from Joe Haines. The home side then took the lead with a 4-2 in heat 3 when Glen Phillips won a tight battle on the first lap for the lead with Ulrich Ostergaard. Paul Fry in third then put Ostergaard under pressure but that’s the way the race finished. It was all square again after heat 4 when Tom P Madsen made the gate to see off Jason Bunyan round the opening two bends to go on and win the race. James Holder’s third place gave the home side a 3-3 taking the score to 13-11.
The Isle of Wight then put their best gating boots on and left the Racers struggling with consecutive 5-1s in heats 5 and 6. Paul Fry leapt from the tapes to lead Glen Phillips home ahead of Mark Lemon in the former then Cory Gathercole and Jason Bunyan scored an easy maximum against Jay Herne and Tom P Madsen in the latter. This put the visitors ten points ahead so Ulrich Ostergaard came out in heat 7 as a TR. However a fine start by Jason Bunyan saw him get to the second bend ahead of Ostergaard then head off for the win. However Tomas Suchanek got the better of David Bargh for third so the visitors took a 3-5 advantage to cut their arrears to eight points. Gathercole and Holder followed this with a 5-1 in heat 8 which took the score to 31-19.
It kept getting worse for Reading as Phillips and Fry gated to beat Madsen in heat 9 for another home 5-1 then Paul Fry out again made the gate to win from Ulrich Ostergaard in heat 10. Cory Gathercole took third for a home 4-2 which increased their lead to 18 points. Heat 11 brought no comfort to the Racers as they conceded another 5-1. This time Jason Bunyan and David Bargh left Chris Mills and Mark Lemon in their wake but in heat 12 Ulrich Ostergaard stopped the rot by winning from Glen Phillips and James Holder for a shared race which took the score to 48-26.
When Jason Bunyan fell on the second bend of heat 13 Mark Lemon was left to win the heat unchallenged from Cory Gathercole. Tom P Madsen’s third place gave the Racers a welcome heat advantage with a 2-4 but their joy was short lived as the home side added a 5-1 in heat 14. David Bargh and Paul Fry reeled in and passed an excellent effort from Joe Haines who led for over two laps until his engine seemed to slow. In the final race Glen Phillips rode a stunning opening two bends to pass Mark Lemon and Ulrich Ostergaard for the race win but Jason Bunyan’s engine failure resulted in the race being shared leading to a 24 point victory.
Scorers: For Isle of Wight – Glenn Phillips 15+1 (6), Paul Fry 11+2 (5), Jason Bunyan 10+1 (6), Cory Gathercole 9 (5), James Holder 7+2 (4), Andrew Bargh 6+1 (4).
For Reading – Ulrich Ostergaard 12+1 (5) (with 4 point TR), Mark Lemon 9 (5), Tom P Madsen 5 (4), Joe Haines 3 (5), Tomas Suchanek 2+1 (4), Chris Mills 2 (4), Jay Herne 1 (3).
Premier League: Isle of Wight 58, Reading 34.
The Isle of Wight were without Krzysztof Stojanowski so used Rider Replacement at number 1. Reading were without both their reserves, Jaimie Smith and Danny Warwick. They had Jay Herne at number 6 in place of Smith and Joe Haines in place of Warwick at number 7.
Watched by a television audience of millions (?), the Isle of Wight were looking for revenge after going down to a two point defeat at Reading on Monday. On that occasion the Islanders had led by two points going into the last heat but a 5-1 from the Racers meant that they left empty handed. Unfortunately tonight’s match could hardly be described as a nail biting thriller. After containing the Islanders for the first few heats the Racers had no answer to the home side’s better gating and riding as they steadily built up a 24 point win.
Reading won the opening race to lead for the one and only time in the match. Mark Lemon was the race winner from Glen Phillips (R/R) and Chris Mills for a 2-4. The Islanders levelled again with a 4-2 in the reserves race won by James Holder from Joe Haines. The home side then took the lead with a 4-2 in heat 3 when Glen Phillips won a tight battle on the first lap for the lead with Ulrich Ostergaard. Paul Fry in third then put Ostergaard under pressure but that’s the way the race finished. It was all square again after heat 4 when Tom P Madsen made the gate to see off Jason Bunyan round the opening two bends to go on and win the race. James Holder’s third place gave the home side a 3-3 taking the score to 13-11.
The Isle of Wight then put their best gating boots on and left the Racers struggling with consecutive 5-1s in heats 5 and 6. Paul Fry leapt from the tapes to lead Glen Phillips home ahead of Mark Lemon in the former then Cory Gathercole and Jason Bunyan scored an easy maximum against Jay Herne and Tom P Madsen in the latter. This put the visitors ten points ahead so Ulrich Ostergaard came out in heat 7 as a TR. However a fine start by Jason Bunyan saw him get to the second bend ahead of Ostergaard then head off for the win. However Tomas Suchanek got the better of David Bargh for third so the visitors took a 3-5 advantage to cut their arrears to eight points. Gathercole and Holder followed this with a 5-1 in heat 8 which took the score to 31-19.
It kept getting worse for Reading as Phillips and Fry gated to beat Madsen in heat 9 for another home 5-1 then Paul Fry out again made the gate to win from Ulrich Ostergaard in heat 10. Cory Gathercole took third for a home 4-2 which increased their lead to 18 points. Heat 11 brought no comfort to the Racers as they conceded another 5-1. This time Jason Bunyan and David Bargh left Chris Mills and Mark Lemon in their wake but in heat 12 Ulrich Ostergaard stopped the rot by winning from Glen Phillips and James Holder for a shared race which took the score to 48-26.
When Jason Bunyan fell on the second bend of heat 13 Mark Lemon was left to win the heat unchallenged from Cory Gathercole. Tom P Madsen’s third place gave the Racers a welcome heat advantage with a 2-4 but their joy was short lived as the home side added a 5-1 in heat 14. David Bargh and Paul Fry reeled in and passed an excellent effort from Joe Haines who led for over two laps until his engine seemed to slow. In the final race Glen Phillips rode a stunning opening two bends to pass Mark Lemon and Ulrich Ostergaard for the race win but Jason Bunyan’s engine failure resulted in the race being shared leading to a 24 point victory.
Scorers: For Isle of Wight – Glenn Phillips 15+1 (6), Paul Fry 11+2 (5), Jason Bunyan 10+1 (6), Cory Gathercole 9 (5), James Holder 7+2 (4), Andrew Bargh 6+1 (4).
For Reading – Ulrich Ostergaard 12+1 (5) (with 4 point TR), Mark Lemon 9 (5), Tom P Madsen 5 (4), Joe Haines 3 (5), Tomas Suchanek 2+1 (4), Chris Mills 2 (4), Jay Herne 1 (3).
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