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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum CAUGHT BY A WEBB Aussie snags 4TT for Lions Swinton (109) will end the season with a club record three trophies after successfully defending their 4TT title in this years final. The Lions came through to win one of the tightest deciders of all time with a Ryan Webb second place finish in the final heat of 64, Stone Cross’s (107) quartet taking it down to the wire by winning four of the last five races in the fourth leg at Bullbridge (73). Bullbridge held on to take the leg win in what had been an otherwise disappointing final for the side making their debut at this stage of the competition, their search for a first major trophy will extend into a 12th season, promoter Leigh Ross will be praying they do that as a second tier side rather than a third, with survival at that level still far from secure. For Swinton it’s a third 4TT success in four years, they began the final well enough in their bid to extend their remarkable run, racing to second place finishes in the legs at Greenhill (95) and then the Crusaders. Still they only lay in third spot at the halfway point, meaning a big win at home was imperative to their hopes. At 36 points to Stone Cross’s 26 it wasn’t enough to see off the league leaders, but Greenhill were now out of realistic contention, a Webb maximum and two wins apiece for Pavel Zirnis and Christopher Ellis saw to that. Stone Cross would go into the decider just two adrift of Steve Pearce’s side, but soon found themselves on the back foot, with a Webb win in heat nine taking the Lions nine clear on aggregate at the time. Stone Cross’s late comeback made things interesting, but Swinton would not be denied.TODAY: Shorts Stone Cross extended their unbeaten league run to 12—breaking the club record in the process—but have seen their lead at the top of division one cut to just a single point ahead of the final rounds of top flight racing. A draw at Southampton earned them a new club best of 11 without defeat at the time, the leaders missing out on the third point on offer after Benjamin Hess (9) finished last in heat 15, a race won by his team mate Dusan Hobler. Meanwhile at Birkenhead title rivals Greenhill were racing to their seventh away win of the campaign, beaten by six by the Crusaders last week on home shale, their second successive loss at the Merseyside Arena came in an even more one-sided meeting, with the Greyhounds leading throughout on their way to taking a 40-50 victory. The visitors had strolled into a 12 point advantage by the end of heat five, following up four 4-2’s with the first of two 5-1’s scored by Luca Romano (9+1) and Gustave Romm (7+1), their second in heat 11 curtailed a comeback of sorts from the hosts, two races later Harry Myers (12) secured all three points with his third win of four in the meeting. With a healthier points difference than Stone Cross it’s a hard race to call, Greenhill go to fourth placed Nottingham on the final day, while the Crusaders travel to Swinton next, whose own title ambitions are now over despite winning at an already relegated Dundee this week.
Rugby (44 points) are in danger of missing out on promotion from division two despite having been top early on in the season and in the top three for much of it. A 42-48 home defeat to Eastbourne (49) has left them five points adrift of the promotion places in fifth, the Hyenas—who like the Royals were relegated last season—ending the week in second, level on points with Tweed (49) and just two adrift of leaders Auckland (51). Zarek Wieczorek scored an 18 point maximum for Eastbourne as they fought back from six down to inflict Rugby’s fourth home defeat of the campaign on them, the host’s septet managing just four race wins between them on a dreadful night. Auckland’s advantage at the top was cut from six to two points, they still yet to secure promotion after they were surprisingly held to a draw at home by Grangemouth (45), who are still in contention for a top three finish. Tweed however made themselves favourites to nab one of the three spots by winning at Lakeside, 41-49, second string Jason Reeves (8+2) and reserve Daniel Potts (6+1) securing the points for the visitors in that one with a penultimate race 5-1. In division three Bolsover and Birmingham are now certain to go up, a draw at Burrett Road making doubly sure for the leaders, while a home win over Kirkcaldy took Birmingham over the line. Barring a freak set of results Tey Grove will to join them next week.
Three years without a British winner and now three in a row. Dundee’s Jake Clarke (14) added to the home nation run of successes in this years British GP at Birkenhead, the 25 year old Scot—who won the Overseas title earlier in SL33—dropping just a point on his way to topping the podium from defending (an all but certain out going) world champion Olesia Duda (12) and Tobias Schneider (11). Despite scoring just nine Rubert Buchta extends his World Championship lead over Harry Myers (5) to six points ahead of next weeks final round in Poland.
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