Cycle Speedway Round Up
Week Ending 28 Sept 2008
East London v Great Blakenham
Images: Brian Barnett
East London 85 (L Stevens 16+1, A Zielinski 15+2)
Gt Blakenham 94 (L Osborne 20, A Peck 17+2, J Studd 16)
Gt Blakenham win SE1
Norwich 84 (G Colby 14+1, L Grange 13)
Ipswich 94 (L Yelland 18+1, L Mower 17+2, D Pike 17)
SE2
East London 89 (M Zielinski 13)
Gt Blakenham 101 (A Peck 19+1, D Osborne 18+2, J Studd 18+2)
SEY
Norwich 86 (J Wakefield 21+1, L Conner 15+2) Ipswich 74 (G Solomon 19+1, J Stant 14+2)
Sandwell v Bretford & Leicester (Images thanks to Richard Robotham) - more linked above
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Northern League: Stockport v Hull
Hull started this vital Northern league match well with a 6-4 to Andy Angell / Matt Beharrell before Chris Eaton / Mark Wylie levelled the scores in the next heat. The visitors looked to be edging away with maximum wins in heats three and six but Stockport soon hit back. Heat 7 had to be re-run several times with Hull's Corey Graham excluded for falling whilst leading, before Adam Stephenson split Chris Eaton and Mark Wylie. The next heat was a 7-3 for Stockport's Terry Norman / Ben Higham, and Hull went into the Interval with a slender one point lead.
Hull seemed revived after the break and started brightly with a Matt Beharrell / Corey Graham 6-4. Heat 10 was crucial as first Chris Eaton was excluded for legging and then Graham Johnston moved at the tapes in the re-run to give Hull a 10 point lead. This seemed to knock the wind out of the home sides sails as Simon Plows / Darren Spencer and Andy Angell / Matt Beharrell quickly scored maximum wins to secure the league points. Stockport's Dylan Radcliffe / Ben Higham took a good 7-3 in the penultimate heat before Adam Stephenson wrapped things up with a good win in the final race.
Andy Angell continued his fine form for Hull being unbeaten from four starts. Matt Beharrell formed an excellent pairing with Andy and was only beaten once in a strong display. Hull again relied on a good team performance and Simon Plows responded with some good races, as did Adam Stephenson who had a particularly tough programme draw. Stockport's Terry Norman put in a typically strong ride while Chris Eaton also rode well and Ben Higham was the surprise of the day with some fine races. Alan Farrell refereed what was sometimes a heated match in a fair and dignified manner.
Hull now face Heckmondwike before hosting Stoke in the final match of the season, which will either decide the league title or send the two teams into a play-off.
Stockport 66: Terry Noman 17+, Ben Higham 12+1, Chris Eaton 10, Mark Wylie 9, Graham Johnston 8+1, Dylan Radcliffe 8, Matt Lush 2.
Hull 80: Andy Angell 16, Matt Beharrell 16+2, Adam Stephenson 13+2, Corey Graham 11, Simon Plows 15+1, Darren Spencer 6+1, Lewis Aylmer 2, Andy Norrie 2.
Combination:
Hull lost their 100% combination league record to a youthful Stockport side, who now need Hull to slip up against Stoke in order to take the title themselves. The visitors started badly as Lewis Aylmer fell while leading the opening heat to give Ben Higham / Ali Lam a 7-2. Hull levelled the scores with a 6-4 to Andy Norrie / Ian Swanborough and a 6-3 to Jon Wilkinson / Andy Moody.
Heat 6 was crucial as Ben Higham / Ali Lam recorded a 7-2 after Andy Moody was excluded for slow riding. Hull responded with a John Wilkinson / Andy Moody 6-3 in heat 9 to narrow the deficit to 2 points, but Stockport took a 7-3 through Matt and Jack Lush in the following heat. Ben Higham / Ali Lam made sure of the points with a 7-2 in heat 11 after Jon Wilkinson moved on the tapes.
Ben Higham rode to an excellent maximum with Ali Lam and Jack Lush also impressive for the home side. The visitors will be disappointed with this result and will look to put things right and clinch the title against Stoke.
Stockport 63: Ben Higham 14+2, Ali Lam 12+1, Dylan Radcliffe 10, Jake Read 6+1, Jack Lush 12+1, Matt Lush 8+2, Joe Pickford 1.
Hull 52: Ben Swanborough 6, Lewis Aylmer 9, Andy Norrie 11, Ian Swanborough 10+1, Jon Wilkinson 8, Andy Moody 6+1.
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Northern League: Astley & Tyldesley Report
After some excellent wins this season in the Northern League, it was a below strength Astley & Tyldesley side that took to the track at Heckmondwike on Sunday. And A & T paid the price by being beaten by a Heckmondwike side, that recorded their first win of the season. A & T kept the scores close in the first half, trailing by two points at the interval, but the home side took three maximum heat wins in the second half, to give a final score of Heckmondwike 81 Astley & Tyldesley 68. Tomasz Wlodarczyk lost once and Remi Burchardt won three races before incurring a gate exclusion, but only Ben Dickenson provided strong support. Heckmondwike had former British Champion Colin Wheeler making his debut for them and he was beaten only twice, with solid scores from the rest of their team. James Carter and Wlodarczyk managed to spoil each other's maximum chances.
Northern League match result
Heckmondwike 81 Astley & Tyldesley 68
Heckmondwike: James Carter 17 (2), Colin Wheeler 16 (2), Dave Murphy 15 (1), Darren Kent 14, Andy Bradshaw 12 (3), Richard Westcott 7 (1).
A & T: Tomasz Wlodarczyk 19, Remi Burchardt 14 (1), Ben Dickenson 14, Andy Knowles 8 (2), Roy Heslop 7 (1), Laura Watson 6.
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Latest Northern Results and Tables
Division One
Heckmondwike 81 Astley & Tyldesley 68
Stockport 2006 66 Hull 80
Stoke 120 Bury 58
Combination
Stockport 2006 63 Hull 52
Stoke 74 Bury 62
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Leicester v Sheffield
Leicester's depleted side were no match for a strong Sheffield outfit who made light work of the visitors challenge.
Leicester's evergreen Norman Venson top scored for the Monarchs and was good value in every race. Kev Burns, whose score was marred by a tape exclusion, but otherwise looked in superb form, was probably the pick of the visitors. Carl Jarvis lowered the colours of the excellent Sierderski/Brown partnership, apart from that win he was involved in some great races but invariably ended up at the back! Unfortunatly the remainder of the team struggled and Leicester will have to look at their future ML set up as it's probably unfair to expect youngsters to compete at this level.
Sheffield's three Polish riders were all good value, and all dropped out of rides to give reserves Jono Birks and young Liam Webster extra outings. Jamie Brown and Leon Wild rode well and benefited from some good riding from their more experienced team partners. A good sporting contest with, considering the scoreline, some excellent racing.
Sheffield 106 (J Birks 18, J Brown 16+1, D Pilas 16)
Leicester Monarchs 73 (N Venson 16, K Burns 15, C Jarvis 11+1)
Combination
Sheffield 50+21 = 71
Leicester 77
Unfortunatly Leicester had to use five riders from the previous match, and whilst the girls and youngsters struggled in the first match they were probably too good for the combination! Martin Gamble dropped just one point for Sheffield and young Kyle Brough looked a good prospect. Matt Hartshorn topped the Leicester chart with paid 19 points.
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Midland League Riders Championship
Sheffield 27/9/2008
U12 1st Matt Haddock Wednesfield, 2nd Richard Hudson Sheffield, 3rd Reece Thomas Bretford
U15 1st Matt Smith Sandwell, 2nd Joe Kemp Bretford, 3rd Scott Millward Sandwell
U18 1st Tom Haddock Wednesfield, 2nd Jamie Brown Sheffield, Lee Smith Sandwell
Open 1st Pawel Kozlowski Sheffield, 2nd Marcus Waddhams Birmingham, 3rd Marcin Syzmanski SheffieldVets 1st Mark Griffiths Wednesfield, 2nd Paul Timms Birmingham, 3rd Ivan Darby Sandwell
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Edinburgh Cycle Speedway Report
28th Sep 2008
An Edinburgh Select took on a Glasgow Select at Redbraes today (28th Sep 2008). In keeping with recent local action at Redbraes over the last few weeks the on track action was close and very competitive and once again the result went down to a last heat decider. Eventually Glasgow coming out on top by 90 points to 87.
Final Scores
Edinburgh Select 87: Alan Smith 17+1, Jake Slight 13+1, Tommy Lee 12, Neil McPherson 16+1 Jonny Murphy 21+3, Ian KcKinlay 9
Glasgow Select 90: Mikey Hewitson 19, Andy McDougall 7+1, Lee Lawrence 10+1, Ewan Tulloch 9+1, Craig Newsome 19, Chic Mackie 9, Liam Brown 17+2
Photos- http://www.flickr.com/photos/57243403@N00/
Next match at Redbraes - 12th October 2008, Northern League Edinburgh v Bury 12 Noon Tapes up
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East Newport Report
21 Sept 2008
Last Sunday (21 Sept) East Newport Cycle Speedway Team raced their final league match of the season recording an 89 - 86 victory against Hellingly Lions. On a sunny afternoon, watched by a large crowd the Eastenders secured the victory needed to guarantee at least second place in this years South West Division One League.
The margin of the victory looked close, but in fairness to the home side victory was secured before the final race & this being achieved despite suffering three exclusions & a fall for one of their top riders. Ryan Hughes returned to form with a good display & with both Nicky Evans & Nigel Clark riding well victory was always going to be the home side.
Hellingly have to be congratulated for their part played in this entertaining fixture fighting for every point even when victory was beyond them. The team now face two remaining away fixtures at Southampton & Poole with victory in each match being required to win this years league title.
East Newport scores
Nigel Clark 13 (5), Aaron Hughes 11 (5), Matt Davis 7 (3), Neil Power 10+2 (5) Rob Absalom 5+1 (3), Nicky Evans 16 (5), Ryan Hughes 18+1 (5), Kieran Jones 7+1 (5)
Hellingly
Andy Geer 4 from 3 rides, Neil Hollebon 22 (6) Zac Parsons 11 (5), John Durham 4 (4) Sam Cradoc 7+1 (3), Martin Hollebon 17 (5) Eddie Ridley 13+3 (6), Andy Long 8+1 (5)
The Eastenders Division two combination side beat Hellingly 41 - 38 to secure vital league points in their quest to finish in this seasons top two placings. Manager Aaron Hughes said The side were once again superbly led by their young Captain Josh Davis & was well supported in this victory by Dan Bock & Dan Davies who only took up the sport three weeks ago.
East Newport combination 41 Colin Wildy 9+1 (4), Callum Edinburgh 5+1 (2) Josh Davis 8+2 (3), G Davis 11 (3) Dan Bock 4+1 (2), Dan Davies 4 (2).
Hellingly Combination 38 Sam Cradoc 11 (3), Rich Hale 5 (4) Jamie Morley 10 (4), John Durham 7+1 (4) Andy Geer 5 (2)
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South-East Round-Up
East Anglia held their one afternoon, extravaganza at Mill Lane, Great Blakenham on Saturday with the staging of the East Anglian Under 10's, Under 13's Under 16's Riders Championships plus two Test Matches with Suffolk against Norfolk at Under 13 level and Under 16 level, so a full days racing was held writes Glenn Grange.
The Under 10 Riders Championship kicked off the racing with Great Blakenham's Phillip Day taking the title from his club mate Michael Blackwell, with fellow Suffolk rider from Ipswich Ross Knight taking the third place. The only representative from Norfolk was Hethersett's Oliver Forder-Wilcox who qualified as the Norfolk Under 10 Champion.
In the Under 13 competition, Ipswich's Liam Overett, as the pre- meeting favourite, took the Championship with a 20 point maximum from from Ashley Hill of Ipswich and Robert Warminger of The Money Centre / Norwich club. Both these two riders had finished with 18 points, so a run-off had to take place, with Ipswich?s Ashley Hill defeating Robert Warminger to take the runners-up position.
The Under 16 event was next, with Great Blakenham's dynamic duo Daniel Osborne and Marcus Szyszlyk both finishing with 19 points. In the run-off, Osborne put his greater skill into action to finish ahead of his club mate Szyszlyk. There had to be another run-off, this time for third place, with Great Blakenham's Andy Turnbull lining up with Hethersett;s Phillip Adams and Norwich?s James Wakefield after all three riders had scored a total of 16 points. With Wakefield picking Gate 1, Adams Gate 2 and Turnbull Gate 3, it was Wakefield who sped from the gate and held of some determined challenges to take the chequered flag from Adams and Turnbull in that order to take the third place.
Next up was the Under 13 Test Match between Suffolk and Norfolk, and what a one sided affair it was. Norfolk, with only 6 riders to call on, included Suffolk rider Matt Hill as a guest in their line-up. From the off, Suffolk dominated the match and showed that they were head and shoulders above the Norfolk riders as they romped to a 124 - 55 victory. If it wasn't for Norfolk's Robert Warminger winning Heat 5, it would have been a complete whitewash for the Suffolk team who showed great character and skill in their domination. For Suffolk, Nathan Hunting top scored with 18+2, whilst Ashley Hill and Daniel Knights scored with 17+3. For Norfolk, Robert Warminger led the scoring with 11 followed by Tommy Wakefield and Axl Johnson with 9 points each.
What the Under 13 match lacked in excitement, the Under 16 match had it all. This turned out to be one of the most exciting matches of the 2008 Cycle Speedway season as it had passion, skill and all things that you would have expected from a local derby Test Match. It was a credit to both sets of riders who had the utmost respect for each other. Firs of all, Suffolk drew first blood in Heat 4 with a 7 - 3 heat win, but that was equalled out in the next heat with a Norfolk 7 - 3 heat win.
James Day suffered an exclusion in Heat 8 to give Norfolk the lead for the first time (38 - 41, but a Suffolk 6 - 4 heat win in Heat 9 made the score at the interval Suffolk 44, Norfolk 45. When ever one side managed a heat advantage, in the next heat it was cancelled out by the other side and so this went on throughout the second half. Norfolk only required a shared scoring heat in Heat 18, and this they got through a Daniel Chambers heat win to leave a very tired Norfolk side the winners by 89 - 88. For Suffolk, Daniel Osborne top scored with 19 points, followed by Marcus Szyszlyk 18 + 2 and Andy Turnbull 18 points. For Norfolk, it was an all round team effort with Phillip Adams top scoring with 15+2, Daniel Chambers 15+1 and James Wakefield 14 points. Thanks guys for putting on a brilliant match.
At a sunny Eaton Park, The Money Centre / Norwich 'Stars' were looking to keep their home record of wins in the 2008 South-East League Division One intact when they took on Ipswich 'Eagles', but with 5 first team riders out through injuries and non-availabilities, it was a strange looking Norwich side that took to the track with 5 Under 16 riders having to be called up. Norwich took an early lead in Heat 2 with a 6 - 4 heat win (11 - 9, but Ipswich cancelled that lead out with a 7 - 3 heat win in the next heat. Norwich then scored a 7 - 3 heat win in Heat 4, but Ipswich re-took the lead in Heat 5 with a 6 - 3 heat win (24 - 25). A Norwich 6 - 3 heat win and an Ipswich 7 - 3 heat win closed the first half?s racing leaving a score at the interval of Norwich 43, Ipswich 45.
The second half scoring quietened down and with the score at Norwich 78, and Ipswich 80 going into the last two heats, the match was all to race for. Ipswich though finished the match the stronger of the two sides by scoring 7 - 3 heat wins to go on and win the match by 84 - 94. For NorwichGary Colby led the scoring with 14+1, folowed by Lee Grange 13 and Joshua Colby 12+2. For Ipswich, Leon Yelland top scored with 18+1 with Leon Mower 17+2 and Dan Pike 17. The match winner though for Ipswich was George Solomon, who scored 15+2.
This was Norwich's first home defeat in the South-East League Division One for almost three years as they were last beaten in this League on October 2nd 2005 by Great Blakenham.
In the South-East Youth / Under 16 League encounter that followed, the Norwich Under 16's went on to make up for the disappointment of the first team losing by always being in command in their match. Never headed, Norwich had too much power on the day for Ipswich and scored heat wins at their leisure. Ipswich tried in vain to reduce the deficit, but when ever they scored heat wins, back came Norwich to cancel it out. All round scoring saw Norwich take the two League points making a final match score of Norwich 86, Ipswich 74. Norwich's leading points scorers were James Wakefield 21+1, Lewis Conner 15+2 and Joshua Colby 15+1. For Ipswich, George Solomon top scored with 19+1 with Jordan Stant 14+2 and Jamie Chittock 12 points the leading scorers.
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30/9 Hethersett Senior Club Championship
1 Phil Adams 19
2 Dave Martin 19
3 Simon Wilcox 17 (after race-off with Harley Hamill)
16 riders plus four reserves
Referee - Tim Grimes
28/9 South-East Division 1
HETHERSETT 98 - J.Abbott 18+1 D.Martin 17 P.Adams 15+1 D.Adams 15+1
KESGRAVE 81 - G.Brown 16+2 M.Berry 11+2 B.Copping 11+1
28/9 South-East Division 2
HETHERSETT B 100 - C.Grimes 17 A.Johnson 13+3 J.Andrews 14
COLCHESTER 60 - M.Boulger 17 H.Collins 15 P.Kruger12+1
* Hethersett B are champions
28/9 South-East Youth League
HETHERSETT U16 99 - S.Grimes 23+1 C.Grimes 18+2 A.Johnson 17+1
COLCHESTER U16 54 - H.Collins 19 P.Kruger 16+2 F.Clayton 7
24/9 Norfolk U13/Novice League Match 4 at Hethersett
NORWICH A 58 - R. Warminger 16 T.Wakefield 16
HETHERSETT A 54 - J. Andrews 14 A.Johnson 14
HETHERSETT B 8 - K. Adams 8
Hethersett A are champions
Referee - Mel Perkins
23/9 Hethersett U19 Club Championship
1 Jazz Abbott 20
2 Phil Adams 18
3 Dave Adams 18
"champagne moment" prize - Harley Hamill 16 riders plus one reserve Referee Simon Wilcox