Cycle Speedway Match Reports
Week Ending 15 June 2008
Manchester Junior & Senior Grand Prix League
Wednesday 11th June 2008
Venue - Astley & Tyldesley
Len Priestly was at Astley & Tyldesley for the recent Manchester Junior & Senior Grand Prix League meeting - in addition to the image below, see the gallery linked above.
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Northern Grand Prix Round 2 at Hull
Sunday 15th June 08
The Northern Grand Prix kicked off with the under 13's event which comprised 9 Stockport riders and Hull's Ben Swanborough. Ali Lam raced unbeaten in qualifying, but in the final Jack Lush headed home Matt Lush, Ali and Jake Read. Ben finished in 7th place with 10 points. Stockport's Jack Sweeney won the under 10's event unopposed and scored a creditable 12 in the under 13's.
Scorers: Ali Lam (Stockport) 16, Matt Lush (Stockport) 15, Jack Lush (Stockport) 14, Jake Read (Stockport) 12, Jack Sweeney (Stockport) 12, Jordan Sweeney (Stockport) 11, Ben Swanborough (Hull) 10, Georgina Healey (Stockport) 8, Joe Pickford (Stockport) 8, Sophie Pickford (Stockport) 6.
Under 10 Final: 1st Jack Sweeney (Stockport).
Under 13 Final: 1st Jack Lush (Stockport), 2nd Matt Lush (Stockport), 3rd Ali Lam (Stockport), 4th Jake Read (Stockport).
The under 16's final was won by Hull's Matt Beharrell with Stockport's Dylan Radcliffe second and Ben Higham third.
Scorers:Matt Beharrell (Hull) 14, Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport) 13, Ben Higham (Stockport) 9.Under 16 Final: 1st Matt Beharrell (Hull), 2nd Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport), 3rd Ben Higham (Stockport).
The under 19's / combination / senior / veteran's meeting attracted a healthy 14 riders, with 9 from the home club. But it was Heckmondwike's Darren Kent who rode unbeaten in qualifying, closely followed by the home sides Adam Stephenson and Matt Beharrell.
Scorers: Darren Kent (Heckmondwike) 16, Adam Stephenson (Hull) 15, Matt Beharrell (Hull) 14, Darren Spencer (Hull) 13, Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport) 12, Fred Rothwell (Bury) 12, Paul Beharrell (Hull) 11, Tom Doyle (Bury) 11, Lewis Aylmer (Hull) 10, Andy Moody (Hull) 9, Ben Higham (Stockport) 9, Ian Swanborough (Hull) 9, James Hunt (Hull) 7, Simon Plows (Hull) 2.
In The Under 19's Final Hull's Matt Beharrell held off team mates Adam Stephenson and Lewis Aylmer with Stockport's Dylan Radcliffe 4th. The combination final brought together three of these riders joined by Hull's Paul Beharrell with Matt again winning this time from Lewis, Dylan and Paul. The veteran's final saw Darren Kent continue his winning streak from Bury's Fred Rothwell and Hull's Andy Moody and Paul Beharrell. So to the senior final where previous category winners Matt Beharrell and Darren Kent lined up. But it was Hull's Darren Spencer who shot from gate 1 for victory followed by Adam Stephenson with Darren and Matt filling the minor places.
Under 19 Final: 1st Matt Beharrell (Hull), 2nd Adam Stephenson (Hull), 3rd Lewis Aylmer (Hull), 4th Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport)
Combination Final: 1st Matt Beharrell (Hull), 2nd Lewis Aylmer (Hull), 3rd Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport), 4th Paul Beharrell (Hull)
Veteran Final: 1st Darren Kent (Heckmondwike), 2nd Fred Rothwell (Bury), 3rd Andy Moody (Hull), 4th Paul Beharrell (Hull)
Senior Final: 1st Darren Spencer (Hull), 2nd Adam Stephenson (Hull), 3rd Darren Kent (Heckmondwike), 4th Matt Beharrell (Hull)
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Home International Report
From Edinburgh cycle Speedway Club
Although there was no track action for the Falcons last weekend there was no lack of cycle speedway interest as the 2008 Home International was staged at Great Blakenham on the outskirts of Ipswich.
Drawing similarities with the Scotland Football side, Scotland's Cycle Speedway Team Manager Gav Kennedy faced the prospect of his first match in charge minus several of his leading starts. Craig Newsome holidays, Mikey Hewitson broken scaphoid, Chris Shylock injured ankle, meant there was call ups for Falcons riders Neil McPherson and 15 year old Jake Slight, with the Team Manager also taking a place.
The Scotland Team found the going extremely tough and a distant last place was always going to be extremely hard to avoid. Top scorer for Scotland was the ever dependable Alan Smith and mention should go to young Jake Slight for grabbing an impressive 2nd place in his last outing.
Final Scores
2008 Home International at Great Blakenham, Suffolk
England 62 (Daniel Pike 16, Andy Angell 15, Nick Myhill 13, Ian Grange 12, Chris Osborne 6)
Wales 52 (Dave Murphy 13, Ryan Hughes 12, Mark Winwood 11, Dave Carmichael 10, Nigel Clarke 6)
Ireland 39 (Lee Cossey 13, David Martin 10, Tom Doyle 9, Gary Colby 5, Daniel Butler 2)
Scotland 26 (Alan Smith 7, Jake Slight 6, Neil McPherson 5, Richard Hunt 4, Gavin Kennedy 4)
Referee: Terry Ashford (Suffolk)
Next home match for the Falcons is 6th July v Astley & Tyldesley - tapes up at 2pm. There has also been a change to the Glasgow Olympique individual meeting which was originally pencilled in for 7th Sep. This will now be run on 17th Aug at Cathkin Park Glasgow. Start time is still to be agreed but we can guarantee that anyone interested in spectating will have plenty time to get to the Glasgow Tigers v Edinburgh Monarchs motor speedway match in Glasgow that afternoon.
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Premier League: Poole v Sheffield
Report & Images: Graham Sutton
More image from this match at bottom of page
From the moment that Sheffield turned around a 6 - 4 reversal to a 7 - 3 advantage courtesy of World Champion Marcin Szymanski and man of the match Andy Angell in the opening race, the home side knew they were up against it in this top of the table clash. With a single point between the sides after 7 races, Szymanski once again played a crucial role in heat 8 as he drew the exclusion of Gavin Wheeler who tried valiantly to block his opponants' passing move but referee Colin Simmons ruled a 3 man re-start which gave the Stars a crucial 7 - 2.
Worse was to come for hosts in heat 11 when the race was controversially called back just when the Wheeler/Roberts pairing were on to a morale boosting 7 - 3. The re-start saw Roberts excluded for a first bend infringement and a complete nightmare in the third re-start as Wheeler sheared a pedal arm at the gate, gifting the Stars with an improbable 7- 0 and a 59 - 45 margin. Game over in terms of the results although Poole bounced back with two consecutive heat maximum wins from Chris Roberts and Richard Clanfield in heat 14 and a repeat from Tom Colling and Gavin Wheeler in the 15th.
Any hopes of a late home revival were dashed in heat 16 as Andy Angell withstood four laps of pressure from top Poole scorer Artur Poprawski to settle the Sheffield nerves with a scoreline of 81 - 73 with 2 heats remaining. Trying too hard to finish a disappointing day on a high note, Gavin Wheeler picked up a second exclusion in the final heat allowing the Stars to secure another maximum race and a final scoreline of 93 -80 which probably flattered them a little.
In terms of a spectacle, this was team racing of the very highest standard although the home side were a little disappointing with only those two late 7 - 3's to really excite local supporters. Szymanski turned in an imperious performance trailing Thomas Reed, Gavin Wheeler and Artur Poprawski in three heats but each time ending the victor. But in Andy Angell, the Stars had the man of the match taking four race wins on his first visit to the track and in this level of competition was a truely outstanding achievement by the Hull youngster. Word of praise too for match referee Colin Simmons who controlled a difficult match very well.
Premier League
Poole Seaview Coaches 80 (Artur Poprawski 14+1, Thomas Reed 12+2, Pawel Cegielski 12, Chris Roberts 11+1, Tom Colling 9+1, Aaron Lowey 9, Gavin Wheeler 7+1, Richard Clanfield 6+1),
Sheffield 93 (Marcin Szymanski 19+1, Andy Angell 16+1, Darius Pilas 13, Michell Spear 12+2, Radek Sieriadski 12+2, Pawel Kozlowski 12+1, Chris Turner 5, Ryan Hoyland 4).
Division 2
Poole 72 (Sam Hearn 14, Karol Wlodarczyk 12,Kevin Lowman 11,Jake Williams 9, Aidan Hedgecock 8,Luke Armes 6, Jessie Lamb 4, Matt Elstom 4)
Sheffield 62 (Ryan Hoyland 20, Jamie Brown 15, Simon Gamble 10, Martin Gamble 8, R.Hudson 5, W.Gamble 4).
Referee Colin Simmons.
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Premier League: Horspath v Gt Blakenham
Premier League:
Horspath 82 ( L.Osborne 18, M.Glover 7, S.Harris 14, W.Hutt 6, M.Szymczak 13, M.Carmichael 6, R.Hunt 7, D.Carmichael 10+1 )
Gt Blakenham 94 ( A.Zielinski 13+2, J.Brooke 13+1, J.Ashford 12+4, J.Studd 17, A.Peck 14+2, C.Osborne 12+1, L.Ridgewell 2, L.Mower 11)
referee Terry Ashford
Combination
Horspath 50 ( A.Ward 11, B.Ormand 4, J.Wyatt 10+1, W.Clarke 7, R.Edge 9, L.Clarke 3, M.Cooper 4, B.Green 1 )
Gt Blakenham 79 ( M.Szyszlyk 13+2, A.Turnbull 12, D.Osborne 12+4, R.Pike 16, L.Ridgewell 16, T.Ashford 12 )
referee Wayne Hutt
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Premier League: Wednesfield v Norwich
Wednesfield Aces took full advantage of the fact that Norwich did not have their strongest squad of riders available for this premier match and from the start tghe Aces showed no mercy has they slammed in a 6-4 and three 7-3s in the first four heats with Chris jewkes, Lewis Bates, Terry Norman and Sam Smith all recording race wins,
by the halfway stage Wednesfield were leading by 20 points 55-35 after the interval the next nine heats were full of incidents with six exclusions and three of those coming in the last heat,
Heat eleven Lewis Bates was excluded after a perfect pass under Lee Grange but referre Mike Legg thought otherwise in heat twelve Richard Hunt wa\s excluded for obstruction After himself and Ian Grange sanwiched Chris Timms and brought him off, in heat 17 Lee Aris was excluded for moving at the start tapes the Aces were already 32 points up at this stage and it did not really matter, Then we had a most extraordinary final heat when first Lee Grange was excluded for taking his opponents racing line and then in the re-run Lewis Bates did the same thing in the next re-run Garry Pearce was excluded for moving at the start leaving just Lee Cossey to pick up the 4 race points
Must mention my rider of the match young Sam Smith (Wednesfield)with some great starts and passing!
Wednesfield: 97 (Chris Jewkes 14+1,Chris Timms 9+2,Lewis Bates 9,Lee Aris 14+2,Terry Norman 17+2,Garry Pearce 12+1,Sam Smith 14,Andy Franks 8+1)
Norwich: 74 (Peter Williamson 2,Lee Cossey 12+1,Richard Hunt 9+1,Ian Grange 11+1,Lee Grange 5+1,Mick Myhill 17,Gary Colby 7,Richard Williamson 11)
Premier Combination:
Wednesfield 84 (Mick Aris 19+1,Andy Palmer 11+1,Charlie Ellitts 6,Dayle Peace 15+1,Scott Doherty 12+4,Stuart Bentley 16,Jordan Rich 5)
Norwich 43 (Kieron Parr 10,Lewis Conner 1,Liam Parker? 6+1,Danny Wright 9,Jamie Wakefield 7, Josh Colby 10)
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14/6 Wosskow Brown British Youth & Junior League Regional Round 4 at Somersham & Gt.Blakenham
IPSWICH 341.5 HETHERSETT 171.5 KESGRAVE 132 GT.BLAKENHAM 94 SOMERSHAM 43 COLCHESTER 16 NORWICH 15
Grand Prix A Finals
U8 - 1 Ollie Knight IPS 2 Tyler Brinkhoff GTB 3 Callum Martin HET 4 Pierce Bacon KES
U10 - 1 Michael Blackwell GTB 2 Ross Knight IPS 3 Charlie Reeve IND 4 Philip Day GTB
U12 - 1 Adam Overett IPS 2 Richard Fellgett IPS 3 Daniel Knights IPS 4 Rosie Woollard IPS
U14 - 1 Josh Colby NOR 2 Liam Overett IPS 3 Scott Grimes HET 4 Patrick Kruger COL
U16 - 1 Harley Hamill HET 2 Ben Collins HET 3 Dan Chambers HET 4 Jordan Stant IPS
U18 - 1 Josh Brooke GTB 2 Jazz Abbott HET 3 David Adams HET
77 riders (maybe a record for Regional Round)
Referees - Gary Brown, Bill Brooke, Tony Stant, Ray Pyke
The above means that the qualifiers for the National Rounds are -- WEDNESFIELD, SHEFFIELD, IPSWICH, EXETER, SANDWELL, HETHERSETT
Individual riders from other clubs will qualify to take part in the National Rounds by finishing in the top 6 of their Regional Grand Prix - these will be advised shortly.
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Manchester League Grand Prix - 11 June 2008
Astley & Tyldesley hosted Round 4 of the Manchester League Grand Prix series at Gin Pit on Wednesday evening. There was another excellent turn-out of riders, with 45 riders appearing in 48 heats, which were completed in 2 hours. A well prepared track saw some fast times in the senior match, with A & T's Dariusz Pilas recording the fastest time of the season, 42.19 secs, when winning heat 3, which is less than 1 second outside Przemek Binkowski's five year old track record.
Pilas recorded a 16 points maximum in the Division 1 (senior) match, as A & T romped to their fourth successive victory in this series. A & T's Darek Kurkowski and Remi Burchardt both won races, with the only serious opposition coming from Stockport's former British Champion Terry Norman. Disappointingly, Bury failed to field a single rider. Dariusz Pilas now leads the Grand Prix series by a point, overhauling the earlier leader Remi Burchardt.
Manchester League Division 1 result (top 5 scorers count to team totals)
Astley & Tyldesley 55 Stockport 2006 17 Bury 0.
A & T: Dariusz Pilas 16, Darek Kurkowski 13, Remi Burchardt 11, Mick Knowles 9, Roy Heslop 6, Andy Knowles 5.
Stockport: Terry Norman 13, Chris Eaton 4.
Referee - Mike Hack (Astley & Tyldesley).
Stockport extended their lead in the Division 2 (junior) series, with a convincing win, whilst Bury pipped A & T for second place on the night. It was pleasing to see A & T fielding five riders who were making their first appearances in this competition, having progressed through the weekly training sessions and the early season North West Go-Ride Grand Prix series.
Manchester League Division 2 result (top 5 scorers count to team totals)
Stockport 2006 77 Bury 70. Astley & Tyldesley 69
U-10s: Jack Sweeney (Stockport) 15, Adam Watson (A & T) 15, Stefan Whitelegg (A & T) 12, Adam Turnbull (A & T) 11, Hollie Barnes (A & T) 8, Stephen McKeown (Bury) 8.
U-13s: Ali Lam (Stockport) 16, Matt Lush (Stockport) 15, Jack Lush (Stockport) 15, Adam Phillips (A & T) 14, Liam Burke (Bury) 13, Joe Pickford (Stockport) 12, Jake Read (Stockport) 11, Michael Kennedy (Bury) 11, Aiden Ramsden (Bury) 10, Alex McDougall (Bury) 9, Georgina Healey (Stockport) 8, Jordan Sweeney (Stockport) 7, Chris South (Stockport) 6, Adam South (Bury) 5, Sophie Pickford (Stockport) 4.
U-16s: Dylan Radcliffe (Stockport) 16, Kristian Ramsden (Bury) 14, Ben Higham (Stockport) 14, Chris Dyson (Bury) 14, Leo Brindley (Bury) 13, Ben Dickenson (A & T) 13, Kevin Yang (Bury) 10, Robin Yang (Bury) 9, John Miladinovic (Bury) 9, Ben Keen (A & T) 8, Ryan O'Shea (Bury) 8, Luke Jamson (A & T) 8, Laura Watson (A & T) 6, Elliott Barnes (A & T) 5.
U-19s: Matthew Bailey (Bury) 16, Matthew Turnbull (A & T) 15.
Referees - Mick Knowles & Mike Hack (Astley & Tyldesley).
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Midland League combination result
Leicester Monarchs 70
Bretford 60
Leicester Lions 72
Bretford 55
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15/6 South East Division 2
COLCHESTER 65 O.Clayson 15+1 C.Wright 13+1 A.Goreham 13+1
HETHERSETT B 95 D.Adams 19+1 B.Collins 14+2 Dan Chambers 13+3
15/6 South-East Youth League
COLCHESTER 73 J.Slaughter 20+2 O.Clayson 17+1 C.Wright 14+1
HETHERSETT 87 B.Collins 17+2 D.Woods 16+2 P.Adams 14+1 H.Hamill 14+1
Referee both matches Dave Hodson
13/6 Norfolk & Suffolk League
IPSWICH 81 D.Pike 20 J.Brooke 19+1 T.Pike 15
HETHERSETT 99 D.Martin 16+2 D.Adams 16+1 P.Adams 13+4
Referee - Bill Brooke
11/6 Norfolk U16 Intermediate Fours League Match 2 at Spixworth
NORWICH A 62 - K.Parr 16 L.Parker 16
HETHERSETT A 47 - H.Hamill 14
HETHERSETT B 28 - 4 x 7pts
SPIXWORTH 11 - A.Forster 11
Referee - Roy Chapman
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Premier League: Poole v Sheffield
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