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Olympic Edition
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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY Jaworski takes Hallamshire into final Hallamshire (26) will start next weeks Club Pairs Final as favourites to take the title for the first time since SL1. They do so after another strong performance in this years qualifiers, they following up their four point win in round one with a six point success in the second round tie at Stourbridge, where they left a trio of top flight sides in their wake. Belfast (20), Balham (19) and Long Eaton (18) will all go up against Hallamshire again in the decider, but it’s hard to see any of them turning the tables on the Sheffield side, who were so dominant this week. Despite being only 20, Marcin Jaworski (16) makes the line-up for the second time, he’s looking to claim victory in a competition that his uncle Ludoslaw has won a record three times, Marcin has every chance of not only surpassing that best, but going far beyond it in the years ahead. The current World U21 Champion and world number five dropped just a point to an opponent at Sturbridge, where he and his partner Gustave Liden rattled off four 5-1’s in five heats, it would have been five out of five—following a 3-3 against Balham in their opener—if Liden hadn’t suffered bike gremlins in heat eight. Boosting their prospects, on paper at least, is the fact that Hallamshire seemed to be involved in the toughest of the semi-finals, Caversham (24) were winners of the second from hosts Harringay (21). Garry Gould (13) won the title with the Swans three years ago, his partner this time around is Staffan Juhlin (11), with whom he scored three 5-1’s with in this weeks tie. Stirling (20) finished third to complete the qualifiers to the final at Caversham, where the Swans will at least enjoy home advantage.TODAY: Shorts Sedgley followed up back-to-back league defeats in the opening weeks of the season with back-to-back victories. Parity restored at the end of the first month of the campaign for the top flight returnees thanks to a 43-47 success at Swinton, a meeting in which their riders won the last six heats of. Alex Zakreshevsky (14) raced to three of those successes, with Petter Gullikson (10) picking up another two. In all visiting riders claimed 11 of the 15 heat victories as the Sprites rode to their first ever win at the venue, wins which were shared between six different riders. Swinton had earlier been held to a home draw by Mansfield in the Division One Cup, the Yorkies earning a point from their first ever meeting in the competition thanks to Reece Hopper’s (12) last heat win over Kyle Cook (11). Meanwhile all three heat leaders for home side Long Eaton went through the card unbeaten as they beat Sedgley in the same section, 57-33, a result which earns the Rifles the maximum four group points.
Bradford end the first month of the season as they only unbeaten side in the country. They did however require a last heat 5-1 in their division two clash at Bournville to keep that status intact, Heppe Hildebrandt (14) and Scott Read (13+1) snatching a draw for the pre-season promotion favourites with the deciding race maximum. Read had won a 4-2 which kept the Speedsters in touching distance a race earlier, which featured fellow tactical substitute, Ross Nicholls (9). Bradford sit a point clear at the top of the second tier standings from Stourbridge, who opened their away account for the season on their trip to Buxton, where 15+1 from Harry Nicholls helped them recover from eight points down after four heats, to win 43-47. That was the first of two home defeats in the week for the Bees, who went on to lose 40-50 at The Hive to Wavendon in the Division Two Cup. Surprise of the night for the Witches was the performance of second string Steen Beske, the pre-season signing from Nottingham racing to four wins from his five heats, contributing 13 points to the cause. Stourbridge were held to a home draw by Bournville in the same group, while in the other half of the draw Stirling won on their road trip at Chesterfield, 44-46.
A run of four heat advantages helped Southend to a 43-46 division three victory at Barnsley. The sequence came after they fell behind to their hosts in heat nine, with the fourth of those successes—a 5-1 from Jarek Sobczak (13) and Jone Bergman (7+1) in heat 13—all but sealing the win.
A first WSO meeting win in seven years for Alex May (15) who has transformed his career since joining Bournville in SL13. He has nearly doubled his average in his time with the Badgers, surpassing the ten point mark in each of the last two campaigns. A maximum took the 27 year old to the British Semi Final win on his home track, finishing four points clear on the night of defending national champion, Simon Snow (2nd) and Ross Nicholls (3rd). Totton’s Lewis Adkins (13) won the second of the qualifiers in Buxton, the victory his first in a WSO career which spans 14 meetings.
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