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Diamond Edition - ENHANCED
- news - div one - div two - div three - other results - transfer list - averages - - statistics - rider search: gsa/age - rider search: name - club honours - international tables/averages - Comment now on the latest news at the Forum PIRATES SAIL AWAY WITH SILVERWARE Coventry beaten again St Ives have won a major club competition for the first time in four years after claiming a last gasp win over Coventry in this years Division One Cup final. It’s the second time the Pirates have lifted this particular trophy—having beaten York in the SL29 decider—and also their second two legged win over the Crusaders in as many weeks, they having eliminated them from the KO Cup at the semi-final stage last month! Nick Ward’s side completed the remarkable double with a 49-40 win on home shale, the result taking them to the silverware by three on aggregate, with a last heat 5-1 from Marek Siadaczka (12) and the returning Nalek Walczak (10+1)—who missed the first leg through injury—taking the hosts back in front in the tie for the third time on the night. There was no time for Coventry to pull it back on this occasion, Angus Rogers (11)—who’d won heat eight and 13 5-1’s to regain the advantage for Coventry earlier on the night—unable to do any better than third, as the two Pole’s blocked his every attempt to make a pass. Coventry will get another chance to add to their Pairs trophy in SL35 in next weeks 4TT final, Beverley, Houston and York their opponents when they attempt to win that competition for a record extending fifth successive season. St Ives of course have the first leg of the KO Cup final to look forward to next week, York await the Pirates in that, and they end the week at the league summit despite an earlier 46-44 loss at Coventry which saw them lose top spot, only for them to regain it with a later 18 point home mauling of Peckleton, which saw them go back ahead of Blackpool on points difference.TODAY: Shorts Beverley became the first club to win the Division Two Cup three times when beat Warley in this years final. Despite trailing by just two from the first leg and home advantage in the second, it took this weeks hosts until the end of heat eight to get their noses in front. However the second half of the meeting was pretty much one way traffic, with a 5-1 from Scot Knight (5+1) and teenage reserve Ruda Svehla (7+1) in heat eight the first of four such scores on the night, with the unbeaten Richard Lewis (14+1) and Fredrik Alquist (14+1) picking up the final two. Steve Baker will now be challenging his side to win the second tier double for the first time in the club’s history, they are currently five points clear at the top of the divisional standings with four matches remaining, eight other clubs have achieved the feat, Warley the only side to have done it twice. All the Warriors efforts now will be put towards gaining promotion, they’ve slipped out of the top three in recent weeks and are currently two points off third placed Sandwell, however their next three meetings are against sides that are all in the drop zone, including East Goscote who were relegated after a home defeat to Midland. The Pristines 41-49 win helps them end the week level on points with Warley in a season high fifth, a last heat 5-1 securing Jon Hardy’s side—who are on a winning run of four—all three league points.
Kelvedon went one better than last year by turning their runners-up position into a winning one in the Division Three Cup. A 57-33 home win over Bolsover—in which both Herman Stanic (15) and Johan Lang (13+2) both scored maximums—securing them a comfortable 22 point aggregate win in this years final. John Coles’ side also maintained their three point advantage at the top of the division three standings with a help of a draw at Bury, they did however miss out on the bonus point from the fixture when Stanic (12+1) lost a race-off to the hosts’ Dusan Simak (12+1).
Blackpool (51 points) won at bottom side Witham to briefly lead again the highly competitive division one title race. 5-1’s from unbeaten pairing Ashley Smith (16+2) and Miroslav Ivanoff (16+2) in heats 13 and 15 securing the Mustangs their third away win of the campaign, 42-48, in a meeting they had trailed in by eight after the first three races. The Blaze though lost out on a crucial bonus point to fourth placed Coventry (49) later in the week, where they required a last heat Andrew Butler (10) victory to earn them a slender 46-44 success. Houston (50) leapfrog Coventry into third spot thanks to home and away wins, the latter a 40-50 success at York, where 21 year olds at second string and reserve respectively—Mikael Huhta (8+1) and Mark Carr (7+1)—were both amongst the heat winners.
Blackpool’s Miloslav Ivanoff (12) earned his second career GP win as this years series paid it’s annual visit to Kassel. The former world number two topped the standings in the German round by a point from John Hawke (11), after Hawke could only finish third in his final race of the meeting. Still the Coventry man returns to the top of the World Championship standings, ending the week a point clear of Milan Grof (10).
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