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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 CRUISING THROUGH? Coventry aim for ten in a row Coventry are on course to make a KO Cup second round appearance for the tenth successive season after opening their SL36 bid for glory with a 40-49 victory at Great Barr. With seven wins to their name, the Crusaders are already the most successful side to have ever featured in the competition, with three of those successes have come in the previous six seasons. £222,000 new signing Mikael Wilkstrom (6+2) impressed for the visitors as they led from heat three onwards, the Swede finishing third in the 4-2 won by Antony Collier which took them in front, he also finished second to Collier in a heat seven 5-1, that the first of three maximums scored by the Crusaders on the night. Dave Hood’s second promotion Blackpool enjoyed an even bigger first round first leg win on their travels, the Blaze—who have never exited at this stage of the competition—taking a 12 point victory on their first ever competitive visit to Sneyd Green. A hat-trick of 5-1’s in the final five races saw the visitors run away with things late on after the Rockets had kept it tight up until heat ten, Andrew Butler (13+1) involved in both the last two. Further top flight success at lower division opponents came about at both Pelham and Boston, the former losing out 44-46 to Doncaster after hosts heat leader Adamec Kruper (12) fell while leading the first running of heat 15. Boston meanwhile took Brighton to a last heat decider after scoring a 5-1 in heat 14 of their meeting with the Rockets, but ended up on the wrong end of a 42-48 score-line when visiting pairing Michal Matusovic (12+1) and Rasmus Wilhelmsen (12) raced to a 4-2 in that finale.TODAY: Shorts Nottingham went top of the division two table for the first time this season with a win at Witham. The Red Dogs dominated their hosts to record their biggest away league win in four seasons, their top four racing to 11 heat wins between them in the 41-49 success. It was a third victory of the contest—coming in heat 14—from second string Ragnvald Ringstad (12+1) which secured the east-midlanders their third away win of the campaign, the 29 year old though missed out on a first maximum of SL36 after being beaten by Pavel Mikula (9+1) in the last. Witham bounced back from the loss to record their first away win since their relegation—alongside Nottingham—from the top flight last season, the 41-49 victory at Sneyd Green wasn’t enough to see them climb out of the drop zone, but does take them to within points difference of seventh placed Peckleton, and safety. After managing just four against the Red Dogs, the Blacksmiths fans would have been pleased to see their riders get some race wins on the board, eight in total, with three of those going the way of reserve Joshua Davidson, who finished with an unbeaten 13+2. Another side breaking their away duck for the campaign this week were Midland, who recovered from the concession of a heat one 5-1 at Rhondda to complete victory with a race to spare. Abdul Mattiasson’s (6) first win of the meeting took the Pristines over the line in heat 14, the margin of victory though was limited to just two points after they went on to concede another 5-1 in the last. Midland end the week in the promotion places for the first time this season.A second away win of the campaign sees East Goscote end the week back top of division three. Bolsover slip back to second after the Gunners followed up their eight point home win over Fenny Stratford, with a 44-46 victory at Great Barr, which was secured by the minor places from Jeremenko Kirjakov (11) and Pentele Kalman (12+2) in the final race. East Goscote were eight behind their hosts going into the final six races of the clash, but their riders won all of the next five, picking up four heat advantages in the process to lead going into the decider. 41 year old Kristofer Gorqaj (13) won three on the bounce from heat ten onwards, including when in as a tactical substitute in heat 11, when he partnered Kalman to the side’s only 5-1 of the meeting. Redhill join East Goscote and Bolsover in the top three after they fought back from ten down in their fixture at St Barts, to take the points, 44-46. A last heat 5-1 from Kent Hansen (15+1) and Vesa Rajala (13+1) deciding things in favour of the visitors, the unlucky Bosko Brezic (11) falling in that race while lying second and chasing Hansen for the lead.
SL35 GP riders Rasmus Wihelmsen (13) and Branimir Klepp (10) are safely through to the Scandinavian Final after earning podium places in their qualifier in Pori. However they were beaten to top spot by Beverley’s Fredrik Alquist (14), who secured his first career WSO meeting win at the age of 32 with a heat 18 victory over Anders Ericsson. A double success for the Hellcats was completed by 19 year old WU19 and 21 podium finisher Johan Lang (12), who won the second of the semi-finals in Oslo after beating Kent Hansen in a race-off.
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