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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 BLAZING AWAY Blackpool go top with Wildcats win Blackpool end the first month of the season two points clear at the head of division one after racing to their biggest ever top flight away win. The Blaze’s second successive victory at Fort William came so much easier than their first, when Miroslav Ivanoff heroics secured them 44-46 success in the final race midway through last season. This time Ivanoff (14) had wrapped things up by then end of heat 13, he leading around the unbeaten Ashley Smith (13+2) to a match-winning 5-1 with still two races to go at the Nevis Arena, the same pairing would add a second 5-1 of the night in heat 15 to leave the final meeting scores 39-51 in favour of Dave Hood’s visitors. Both third heat leader Andrew Butler—who scored a season best of ten—and reserve Stephen Elijah (8) chipped in with a couple of race wins in the impressive victory, with the latter putting in by far his best performance since his pre-season loan switch to the club from York. Just four meetings into the new league season and Blackpool are already the only side left unbeaten in division one, Beverley suffering their first defeat on their visit to York, 47-43, having ridden to back-to-back draws. The second of which came in their home clash with Doncaster, who end the week in second spot, ahead of Coventry on points difference as a result. The Riverhogs first away point of the campaign returned after a fantastic last heat win for Magnar Rutkowoski (11) over Beverley’s two ‘ten point men’, Fredrik Alquist (13+1) and Richard Lewis (10+1), Jacob Wagner again though providing the standout performance for Dave Baker’s side, the young Austrian finishing with figures of 10+3 from his five rides.TODAY: Shorts Coventry (24) began their bid to win the Club Pairs Championship for a record third time in succession with victory in their 2nd round tie at Bury. John Hawke (12) has lifted the trophy for the Crusaders in three of the last four seasons, and for the last two has done so alongside Angus Rogers (12), who is his partner once again. The pair were far from dominate however at Bury, scoring just one 5-1 on their way to a single point victory over both the partnerships from Warley and Sandwell, who raced to two maximums apiece. Timperley’s 17 point haul was good enough to see them qualify through to next weeks final from fourth spot. Also progressing through to the Midland decider are Beverley (25), St Ives (21) and Rhondda (17), the podium finishers from the second of this weeks ties at Pelham. Fredrik Alquist (13) and Richard Lewis (12) made it two wins out of two for the Hellcats in this years competition with another strong showing, 5-1’s over top flight outfits Fort William and Doncaster plus a 4-2 against St Ives in-between earning them a healthy advantage at the halfway point of the tie, realistically their opponents left fighting for the runners-up spot from that stage on.
A poor start to the league season had left Sandwell rock bottom of division two and without a point. What a difference a week can make, with a couple of league victories sandwiching a second successive qualification to the Club Pairs final for Alistair Carroll’s side, the second of those league victories a 41-49 success at Rhondda, who have now replaced they at the foot of the table. Second string Stradinsh Maris (13) continued his great start to SL36 with three wins and two second places on the Welsh circuit, where he took the chequered flag first in the 5-1’s in heats 14 and 15 which secured his side victory. Reserve Archie McDonald finished second in the first of those maximums, as he finished the meeting with a season best of 8+1. Sandwell end the week fourth—the position they finished last season in—three points off leaders Pelham, who maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 43-47 victory at Sneyd Green. A last heat 5-1 from Adam Krupa (15 from six) and Viktor Visek (14+2) securing the Zaz both league points in a meeting they had trailed in by ten after heat ten. Earlier the same two riders scored a heat 15 5-1 to earn their side a draw in their Division Two Cup first round group meeting at Witham. Timperley’s meeting and Peckleton in the competition also finished all-square, while Nottingham—after sitting out last week—opened their bid for a semi-final spot with a 43-46 victory at Sneyd Green.
Boston are still looking for their first point since their return to the sport despite taking an early eight point advantage in their latest meeting at Fenny Stratford. The hosts recovered to win that, 47-43, to make it two home wins in a row. Boston had also lost their earlier meeting at home to Bolsover, 41-49, the visiting Stallions more than showing they were able to cope without the services of injured reserve Marcin Piotrowski, who was paid for 16 over the course of his side’s opening two league meetings of SL36. His partner in the bottom two—Scot Knight—scored 7+3 from his five rides in the win at Boston, a victory which helped them end top of division three on points difference from East Goscote.
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