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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum EARLY RETIREMENT Titans ousted by Wolves old boys Wednesfield are through to the last-eight of the KO Cup after pulling off one of the shock results of the season to date. Three years on from their sensational quarter-final victory over Timperley in their debut British League season, the Wolves were back at the Robinson Arena to cause another upset, taking down the former winners of the competition with 5-1’s in heats 13 and 15 of the return leg. Pavel Kulvajt (15+1) and Victor Bitkin (12+2) had both won heats as tactical substitutes prior to their late heroics, the two veterans—who will turn 40 at the end of the season—the standouts for the visitors as they fought back from 18-6 down on the night, with their late maximums over home number one Tobias Schneider (8+1) proving decisive. Unbeaten reserve Connor Thurston (14+1) will be wondering how he was on the wrong end of the 89-91 aggregate result, he was involved in four of the five 5-1’s scored by the hosts in the meeting, as well as beating Timothy Blackwell (5+3) in taking victory in his other ride on the night. Daz Smith’s side will face Birkenhead in the quarter-finals, the side that eventually ended their run of success at the semi-final stage in their rookie SL29 season. Glyn Hughes’s Bombers reached the last-eight of the competition for the fourth time in five years with a six point second round aggregate win over Bolsover. Meanwhile Eastbourne’s four year reign as KO Cup champions came to an end with a home defeat to Swinton, the Lions progressing by 16 after a 43-47 win at The Whirlpool, a result which ended a run of 17 straight aggregate victories in the competition for the Hyenas.TODAY: Shorts Stone Cross stand in the way of Swinton reaching the KO Cup semi-finals for the second successive season. Dusan Hobler (15) and Benjamin Hess (14+1) were both unbeaten for the Crusaders as they won at Tey Grove 42-48 to go through by 18 this week, for Hobler is was a third straight full maximum in the competition. No such joy for a couple of other top flight sides on their travels to lower division opponents however, with Sawley exiting at Greenhill and Auckland eliminated by four following a surprise 50-40 defeat at second tier Birstall, the Bulls—under the new management of Tony Slater—boosted by a paid ten from 18 year old reserve Carlos Manson. Birstall and Greenhill meet in a first ever quarter-final for both, with a maiden semi-final the prize for the winners. Southampton and Nottingham have been paired together in the other last-eight tie.
Swinton’s fantastic week got off to a flyer at then leaders Southampton, who hadn’t lost at home in over a year. The win for Steve Pearce’s side was their first in their seven league visits to Banister Court, Pavel Zirnis (13) securing the 43-47 success with victory over Goran Seslar (10) and Sergey Guerk (14+1) in the last heat decider. Swinton ended the second month of the season in the relegation zone, they’ve lost just one of ten top flight meetings since, with their fourth straight victory in a row—58-32 over Eastbourne—taking them above Southampton into a season high third spot, just two points off new leaders Stone Cross, who they visit next.
21 year old David Samudio (14) led an unlikely looking podium in this years Overseas Final at Rugby. Samudio—on loan at third division Lakeside from Timperley—claimed his first career WSO meeting win in the Pacific Final last month, his second came in quick succession, a second place finish behind world number four Andy Daniel (9) in heat four, followed by four consecutive heat wins seeing the American become the youngest winner of the Overseas in 21 years. English duo Ben Dowding (10) and Colin Bradford (9) complete the podium and—like Samudio—earn maiden career GP series appearances as a result, Bradford taking third after defeating Daniel (4th), world number five Jake Clarke (5th) and John Frieman (6th) in a race-off, the trio all get another shot of GP qualification via next weeks Play Off round at Sawley.
Greenhill followed up their fantastic 20 point home win over top flight Sawley in the KO Cup with a 40-50 win at Bullbridge in the league. The success taking Bailey Fellows side within two points of second tier leaders Nottingham, but more importantly they end the first half of the campaign seven ahead of fourth place Grangemouth in the promotion race. Harry Myers (14+1) scored his third straight league maximum in the win, which was the clubs biggest on the road in three years, new GP rider Colin Bradford (11) also impressed with three wins from four races at second string. Elsewhere six different riders won races for Liden as they earned a draw at Birstall, a disappointing result in truth, as they had led throughout and by ten at one point until conceding a last heat 4-2. In division three Stepps were involved in back-to-back draws, the first at Burrett Road, then at home against Coleshill.
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