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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum MUCHA DO ABOUT NOTHING Swans ease to record title win Lacking the drama of the previous two rounds the final meetings of the season played out much as expected. Swanage rode, Swanage won. A 40-50 win at basement dwellers Bicester would confirm the Swans record equalling title success, three more points for the Ross Miles promotion to add to their three they’d earned earlier in the week on their home circuit against Milton Keynes (46-43). In contrast rivals for the silverware, Kent, managed just two out of a possible six as their challenge ended with a whimper when suffering a bonus point loss against West Ham, in the end that result didn’t matter as the league leaders for the past 22 weeks matched Putney and Newark’s five title wins without help from others, Daniel Mucha (10+1), Joseph Fisher (10) and Cameron Richards (10) all scoring in double figures as Swanage crossed the line with their eighth away victory of the campaign. Just as last season, and their title winning season the year before, the Days Park heat leader trio were ever-presents for Miles, and that fact was certainly a big factor in the Dorset club’s success in SL34, not only in league but the European Cup, 4TT and Pairs too. Lower down the order 19 year old Swede’ Anders Orn has been the standout, the rider—who picked up his first career WSO meeting win in his WU21 semi-final mid way through the campaign—has improved throughout SL34, with one of his best showings coming in their penultimate league meeting against Milton Keynes, in which he topped scored with ten, points without which the Swans would have faced an untimely defeat. TODAY: ShortsWest Ham have won the KO Cup for a fourth time after denying Swanage a fifth trophy of the season in this years final. A second successive win in the competition for the Dockers, who have appeared in five of the last seven finals. It was a revenge of kind for Steve Hebden’s side, who lost both of the legs to the Swans in the SL31 decider, this week they travelled to Days Park with an eight point advantage in their locker. It was an advantage that had been wiped out by the end of heat ten, however the Dockers had by far the better of the final third of the meeting, scoring a 4-2’s and two 5-1’s in the closing races. The first of those maximums came courtesy of Anthony Kelly (12+1) and tactical substitute Anthony Norwood (9+1) in heat 11, the second scored by Kelly and Matthew Francis (11+1) in the last heat decider. A narrow two point defeat for West Ham in in the meeting in the end, they aggregate winners by six.
Brighton’s final meeting of the campaign at the Aqua Dome finished in a 48-42 victory for the hosts. Significant on two fronts for the outgoing champions as it confirmed them as the only side to go through the top flight campaign unbeaten at home, plus sees them qualify to race in the European Cup—a competition they won in SL33—for a third consecutive season. Swanage, Kent and KO Cup winners West Ham will be the other three British European Cup representatives in SL35. At the other end of the table a last day 49-41 win for Milton Keynes over Reading sees them survive the drop to division two, that result —plus their won four point defeat at Putney—relegating Desford, ending their three year spell at the highest level. Bolsover are also relegated after just one year in division one.
Ruda Pala (10) has successfully retained his World Championship title despite ending the SL34 GP series campaign without a meeting win. The Brighton and Czech star topped the final standings by two points from Krzysztof Olszewski (11), who picked up his second GP victory of the series in the final round in Poland following a race-off win over Maxim Erglis, Pala took third in the tie. A heat 19 win for Pala in Krakow ensured he would become the first rider in nine years to win back-to-back world titles.
Nottingham’s Valentin Koltsov (15) scored a maximum to win the WU21 title in Warrington. The 19 year old Estonian joined the Jazz for £100,000 at the start of last season, improving his GSA from 5.28 to 7.54 since that time. Anders Orn (13) beat Lukas Hofer in a race-off to take the runners-up spot, while Alex Shelton (10) was the top British finisher in fourth.
Results from elsewhere confirmed Newcastle as the third promoted side from division two with a round of racing to spare. It’s a second successive promotion for the Rebels, who have been relegated in each of their last four top flight seasons. Season long leaders Peak Dean won the second tier title on points difference from Nottingham, but only after a last heat win for Mark Smith (14) saw them grab a draw in their final day home fixture against Long Ley. Nottingham’s meeting at Wordsley also ended all square, the Jazz just missing out on the last heat 5-1 which would have seen them promoted as champions.
Lane End and Liden both picked up the point they required on their travels to ensure their promotion from division three behind champions Bracklesham. Lane End in fact took three as they extended their unbeaten league run of the road to seven meetings with a 37-53 mauling of Lothian, in which second string Vincenzo Brambilla (13+2)—who is on loan from Kent—scored his first career maximum. Liden meanwhile took the bonus point from their defeat at Bracklesham.
Dover have won the Junior League title for the second year in a row, the Silkmen—who also claimed the YDL silverware—finishing a clear tens points ahead of a group of three clubs at the top of the standings.
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