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THE BEGINNING OF THE (LANE) END Trappers ready for more after 4TT win Lane End are here and here to stay. That’s the message to come out of this years 4TT final, a final they won by a single point from record ten-times winners of the competition, Putney. This was no one-off however, the Trappers will be taking on the elite of the sport week in week out next season, and on the evidence to date they’ll be taking them on for more trophies. Following promotion in their debut year in SL34, this season has gone even better, they’ve dominated the second tier, losing just six of their 34 league meetings at that level to date, ensuring the title with still three rounds of racing to spare. In doing that they could concentrate all their efforts on the final of the 4TT, finishing a strong second at Putney in leg of this weeks final despite Juhani Mantyla and Jindra Kubes both scoring 12 point maximums for the hosts. It was the turn of the Trappers quartet to come to the fore in leg two, home advantage helping Thorsten Moser (12) and Daniel Mucha (12) to go through the card unbeaten on this occasion, Tomas Zach (11) dropped just a point, while Charles Trosky (6) also managed a heat win. In total Brian McKnight’s quartet racked up 41 points in the meeting, West Ham were next best on 19, Putney—who led by ten going into the meting—now 13 points adrift of the pace! The Spitfires slowly clawed that deficit back over the final two legs, the damage though had been done at the Lane End Stadium, the Trappers not only had a good enough quartet to see this through, but the strongest quartet in action. It will be difficult for McKnight to keep them together for their raid on the top flight next season, but the promoter has shown he has the ability to put a side together that is capable of beating all-comers. Watch out division one, you’re about to be shaken up.
TODAY: Shorts Putney wont be winning the league this season but have certainly had their say in the title race. They led from start to finish at leaders Peak Dean (56 points) this week to pull off a shock 44-46 victory, the hosts’ Mark Smith (10+2) finishing the night without a win in any of his six outings to the track, while his fellow heat leader Jake Mitchell finished with a season low three after suffering two retirements. Stuart Smith will be hoping this is the wake-up call his side needed as they continue in their bid for a first ever league title in their 35 years in the sport, with a one point advantage at the top of the table the destination of the silverware is still in their hands. They end the campaign with a must win trip to bottom side Nottingham—the Jazz haven’t won a fixture for nearly three months—before hosting Swanage (52) on the final day. Given second placed Brighton (55) visit West Ham (54)—who lie third—in the penultimate round, the Swans are out of contention for the title, despite closing the gap to the leaders to just four points with a 43-47 victory at Milton Keynes. Their hopes are on snatching a European Cup spot for next season, which will be a tough ask in itself. West Ham have put themselves in a strong position should Peak Dean slip up, they beat the Plunderers 51-39 at home in this weeks second round of fixtures, having opened the period with a 43-47 victory at Nottingham, in which they scored heat 13 and 15 5-1’s.The battle for this years World Championship title will go to the wire with Tommy Leinonen (8) still leading the way despite a fifth single digit return in the seven GP’s now completed. Lublin’s world number three has a one point advantage at the top of the standings heading into the Krakow decider, his closest challenger has become Joshua Ward (10), who finished third on the podium in this weeks British GP at Peak Dean after losing out in a race-off for the runners-up spot to Brighton’s Klement Kobza. A record crowd should shy of 20,000 witnessed Putney’s Kimmo Laakso (11) take his second career GP victory, a second place finish in heat 18 securing him top spot on the podium.
Bracklesham (44 points) will travel to Desford (43) next week in a key six-pointer in the race for a top three finish. The Rhinos currently hold the third and final promotion place available, after visiting Desford, they will host Wordsley (40) on the final day, the Dynamos have a daunting trip to champions Lane End.
Tresco need a point to secure the third tier title and a first piece of silverware in the club’s 23 year history! First things first, promotion, that clinched when rivals for a top three finish Warrington (46) and Witham (46) both lost at home in their most recent meetings! The Vikings are out of the top three for the first time this season following a 43-47 defeat by visitors Lothian, Witham also dropping out of the promotion places, they lost at home to in-form Ellon (45). Bilston (48) moved up two places to a season high second with a 44-46 win at Lothian, with Medeswell (46) entering the final rounds in third spot—another best for the year—after going on to win at Bilston, 42-48.
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