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Jubilee Edition - ENHANCED
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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum SEVEN YEAR ITCH Refreshed Putney land long awaited trophy Putney have won a first major club competition in seven years after topping the field in this weeks Pairs Final at Nottingham. The Spitfires long awaited success returned with back-to-back 5-1’s from their pairing of Kimmo Laakso (16) and Juhani Mantyla (9) at the conclusion of the tie, the first against the woefully ‘out of their depth’ duo from Wordsley (9), then against fellow semi-final winners West Ham (16) in heat 20, a side who’d been bidding for a podium place. The reversal saw the Dockers slip to fifth overall, with Brighton (23) and Swanage (21) in the end completing the top three, two sides who been looking to add to their record tally of four victories in the competition. Brighton were unlucky not to, a fall for Klement Kobza in heat three coming back to haunt them, they had been on course for a 4-2 against Putney at the time, in the re-run it was the Spitfires that gained a two point success in the heat. Brighton responded by taking 5-1’s in their next two, but would still trail Putney at the halfway stage of the final, they having taken heat advantages against the pairings from both Calne (12) and Peak Dean (16). Swanage did open the door to a possible run at the title when inflicting a 4-2 defeat on the Spitfires in heat 12, however they were unable to build on that success, failing to pick up heat advantages in any of their remaining races, as the eventual winners took those brace of late maximums. The success is Putney’s third in the competition, coming some 17 years after their second, they’ve finished on the lower steps of the podium seven times in the meantime!TODAY: Shorts Brighton’s roller coaster start to the season is back on the up after last weeks home loss to leaders Putney. The Sharks made it two away league victories out of three on their trip to winless-Kent, where a heat 15 second place finish from Klement Kobza (13) was enough to secure a 44-46 success. Earlier on in the night 5-1’s won by reserve Alex Shelton (6) and second string Rostislav Ruzicki (8) helped the Sharks eke out an eight point lead, which would set up their eventual victory. Shelton and fellow start of season reserve Edward Rehman have both featured in just five of the Sharks six top flight meetings to date in SL36, which means neither gets a new mark at the first GSA change, Reham in particular under-rated, remaining on a 3.00 for now despite averaging 6.32. West Ham also made team changes ahead of the GSA change, although despite leaving out 17 year old Andrew Bradshaw—whose mark remains at 3.00, but is averaging 7.00—they still managed to win their latest road trip at Liden, both Cameron Richards (14+1) and Venedict Glinka (13) racing to four heat victories at the Wildcats for the visitors as they took the league points, 43-47.
Peak Dean’s fine start to the season continued with another set of impressive results. The Plunderers have now lost just one of their opening eight competitive fixtures, and will count themselves unlucky not to have more points on the board. A last heat 5-1 reversal cost them victory at West Ham in the league this week, still a draw a creditable result given their riders managed just five heat wins on the night. Better in the Division One Cup, where they snatched a 44-46 group victory at Brighton with back-to-back 5-1’s in the final two races, Mark Smith (9+2) winning the first as a tactical substitute, before finishing second to Krzysztof Olszewski (14) in the last heat decider. After seven straight first round exits, the Plunderers are now on course to reach the semi-finals of the competition for the second successive season. Holders West Ham meanwhile boosted their chances of reaching the last four in the other half of the draw by winning at Kent on the road, 42-48.
Dover became only the third side to win away from home in division two this season to move top of the standings. Their away victory returned at the venue of the other two in the second tier in SL36, Bilston! Another home loss for the newly promoted Bull Terriers, who went down 41-49 against a Silkmen side which featured another set of impressive performances from their teenage back-up riders, second string George Goldsmith (7+1) and reserve Dominic Holland (5+2). Medeswell and Bracklesham went close to adding to the second tier away win tally, but both had to settle for draws in their meetings at Nottingham and Wordsley respectively. In the Division Two Cup there was an away win for Wirral however, Yevgeni Churilla (10) securing his side a 44-46 victory at Bolsover with a last heat win over Lasse Hinch (14+1 from six). In the Division Three Cup there was an away group stage win for Warrington, who beat Lothian 43-47 on the road. The Vikings then made it an away double, winning their top of the table league clash at Benfleet, 42-48, a result which sees Derek Moody’s side replace the Robins at the summit.
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