It took Timperley just two heats of their home return to wipe out their eight point first leg deficit to Doncaster in the Division Two Cup final. 5-1’s won in turn by Kemenes Cap (12+1) and reserve Daniel Lord (6+1) brought the Pelicans level in the tie, with further maximums following for the hosts in heats six—again won by Cap—and nine. Despite leading on aggregate from heat four onwards it wasn’t until Cap’s third victory of the meeting in heat 15 that Garry Robinson’s side could celebrate landing the trophy for a second time, the success their first in any competition since their maiden Division Two Cup win in SL31. Robinson’s main ambition this season is to see his club win promotion back to the top flight after four years away, that goal moved a step nearer with a later 44-46 victory at Sawley, the three points in the East Midlands—secured with Cap’s (14) fourth win of the clash in heat 15—taking them above Peckleton and into the top three of the standings.

An amazing start to the second leg of the Division Three Cup final with each of the initial six heats ending in a 5-1. Two of the first three went against hosts Sandwell, who found themselves 16 points down on aggregate to Kelvedon at that stage. However they picked up maximums in all of the next three—including a second of the meeting which involved reserve Thomas Lowe (9+2)—to cut that deficit to just four points. That was the beginning of a run of nine heat wins in ten for the Sabres, which culminated in a fifth 5-1 in heat 13, scored by George King (7) and Frank Alquist (12+2). It was a significant one as it gave Alistair Carrol’s side the lead for the first time in the final, one they defended with the minor places in heat 14 and 15 3-3’s. Their celebrations began and would later be extended thanks to a 54-36 league win over Bolsover, a result which confirmed the side’s promotion to division two after just one year in the league. It was an earlier fourth away victory of their debut division three campaign which earned them the opportunity of securing promotion this week, the 39-51 success returned at Buxton, it also a record breaking one away from home for the club.

Marek Siadaczka bounced back from his dreadful showing in the Czech round—in which he scored just four—to win this weeks German GP in Kassel. The Polish and St Ives star scored 14 to land his third meeting win of the series, one which sees him regain the World Championship lead on count-back from Daniel Bauer (10). Bauer finished third in Germany, behind Siadaczka and top Brit’, John Hawke (11).

More success on the individual front for St Ives in the WU21 Championship. Their reserve Timur Admovich (14) winning the semi-final in Pskov from Andreas Lindquist after a race-off. Fellow Pirate’ Igor Dedura did likewise in the first of the qualifiers last week.

Brighton have secured promotion back to division two at the first attempt with four meetings of the season to spare. Glenn Martin’s Rockets over the finishing line with a 54-36 home win over Redhill this week, second string Liam Benson (10) racing to three wins from four heats in the decisive success.