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Monarch Edition
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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum FOUR-MIDABLE Epic Vipers stun final rivals Don Valley have moved top of the 4TT all-times winners list after landing the title for a record equalling fifth time. The Vipers first success in the competition in 17 years came after they won something of a one-sided final, their dominance beginning with victory at Brighton in leg one and ending with a third leg success in the finale at Cradley Heath. Only at eventual runners-up Denaby did they miss out on top spot in a meeting, ‘just’ 26 points that day for the Matt Akers quartet, who picked up 30+ in each of the other meetings. A tally of 33 in the opener at Brighton, where Valeri Lach (12) claimed the first and only maximum scored by any rider over the course of the whole final, the hosts—who were always going to struggle without their injured number one Waclaw Kozlowski—finished third behind both the Vipers and Denaby. The Devils trailed Don Valley by nine points after leg one, a deficit that had doubled to 18 by the end of leg two, although scoring 30 at Don Valley was no mean feat for the Devils, they racing to five heat wins to the hosts eight, which were shared liberally between Lach (11), Samuel Murphy (10), Joseph Wall (9) and Chris Carver (9). Denaby’s leg three victory at home gave them some hope of a comeback, but they would require Don Valley to capitulate at Cradley Heath in leg four, which just didn’t happen. In fact the opposite, with another dominant display from the Vipers quartet who rode to seven heat wins in the deciding leg, scoring 34 to take the meeting victory and the silverware in style. Second for Denaby again on the night, and a distant second overall.TODAY: Shorts Denaby remain in the hunt for this years league title after winning their top of the table clash with Don Valley. The Vipers remain top after the defeat, but it’s just a single point gap to Steve Pearce’s Devils, who took the bonus point in the clash by ten on aggregate. Not many sides ‘out-win’ the Vipers, but the Denaby septet managed it, ten heat victories to the visitors five, which helped them to a 54-36 success. Don Valley’s last three league defeats by 18 points or more have all been inflicted by Denaby.
A crucial victory for Brighton as they bid to deny Manor the final European Cup spot for next season. The two sides began the week seven points apart in the race for third place, they end it just two after the Bombers closed the gap with a 41-49 win at the Miracles, the visitors securing all three points—which included the aggregate bonus by two—with a last heat 5-1 from guest rider Samuel Murphy (14+1) and Dale Bailey (14+1), who both finished the meeting with maximums. At the other end of the table Liden relegation has now been confirmed, that despite them earning their first away point of the campaign on the trip to Cradley Heath. Ramsgate are almost certain to follow them down after ending the week six points adrift of safety with six left to fight for, Merseyside (32 points) currently sit in the remaining relegation spot, a point adrift of Dumpton (33), who host Brighton next.
Altrincham are once again back in division one after securing their fifth promotion in their last five division two campaigns. Garry Robinson’s Panthers—who have led the table for the vast majority of the season—secured a top three finish with three meetings to spare when beating fourth placed Whiteley (46 points), 48-42. The Heathens remain in the hunt for promotion themselves, but its Southampton (50) and London (49) who are big favourites to take the two remaining places, the Jaguars knocking Wednesfield (41) out of contention with a Liam Marlow (18) inspired 44-46 win at the Wanderers in their latest fixture, earlier they’d lost at home to Quantock(44) by the same two point margin after conceding a 5-1 in the last to Frederico Castellini (17) and Denis Kossonogov (11+2). Meanwhile results elsewhere meant Nottingham have been promoted to division two in their first season back in the sport with two meetings to spare, second placed California (50) need just two points to be certain of following them up after they won at Bolsover (46), who they leapfrog in the table. Third to seventh in the standings are now separated by just two points and all five teams will fancy their chances of going up, amongst them Hertford (45) who host Bolsover on the final day.
Luka Zonta (14) has become the first Slovenian to win the WU21 title, three years after he finishing runner-up in the Championship. The Quantock rider secured the silverware in the Oslo decider with a second place finish in heat 17 to Viliam Dovrosky, having won all four of his previous heats.
Altrincham’s Zarek Jablonski (11) won the penultimate GP of the season after defeating Liam Marlow in a race-off in Prague. Valeri Lach (10) leads the series by 11 heading into the final round.
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