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Regent Edition - ENHANCED
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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum RAK THEM UP Vaqueros make it four in a row Disbury Village have maintained their 100% winning record in the first round of the KO Cup by making it four aggregate victories from four at the opening stage of the competition. James Calderbank’s side have yet to win a second round tie however, which they’ll have a chance to rectify when they take on last years runners-up Bolsover in the last-16 later this month. It’s another step up in opposition for the third tier Vaqueros, although with Bolsover currently struggling at the foot of division one, it’s not a hurdle that looks insurmountable for them. In Milan Rak (14) and Tonda Bolin (13) they certainly have the firepower to take on all-comers, the two raced to four wins apiece as they took down division two side Longbridge 44-46 on their travels in this weeks first round second leg, the Vaqueros completing a two point aggregate victory with a 4-2 in the final race at the Long Bridge stadium. It was another close finish at Wimbledon, where the third division hosts completed a shock two point victory over Nottingham, that despite a fantastic comeback by the Red Stars, who’d lost their home leg by eight. In the end the division one visitors came up short after Thomas Blasiak (13 from six) beat Daniel Wedin (13) and Skjold Likness (11+1) in the final race of the tie, Andy Fowler’s Wanderers going through to face Claygate in round two. A successful comeback completed against the odds for Great Barr however, 14 down against Stowmarket from the first leg, they won the second at home 54-36 to progress to a last-16 tie with Rugby by four, a last heat 4-2 won by Joshua Hooper (14) decisive in that one. Coalville came through the only all division-one tie in round one with a heat to spare against Chalvington, they take on holders Smethwick in an other all-top flight tie next, however the pick of the second round match-ups has to be the two legged contest between Bridgwater and Whitemoor, they semi-finalists (at least) nine times between them in the last seven years.
TODAY: Shorts Chalvington have kept Sedgemoor at bay at the top of the division one table after extending their unbeaten league run to seven meetings. They would go on to exit the KO Cup after a later 46-44 loss at Coalville, but they beat the same opponents at the same venue by two when they met in their division one fixture, the Chiefs wrapping up the points with a last heat 5-1 from Jason Danoff (12+1) and the unbeaten Per Dalberg (14+1). In all the visitors raced to ten heat wins, with second string—pre latest GSA change—Filip Sarka (10+1) racing to three of them. Sedgemoor meanwhile were impressive victors at then third placed side Rugby, recent £61,000 signing David Koenig (6+1) amongst the heat winners on his debut for the visitors as they came out on top of a tight fixture, 43-47. After a slow start to the season, second string Vitas Kolesnichenko (13) is beginning to make his mark for the Rebels, he beat the hosts’ Zygmunt Jablonski (10) when picking up a match winning two points for second in the last. Elsewhere Bridgwater may have extended their unbeaten league run to five, but it was a dropped home point for them when they hosted Smethwick, the Meerkats taking their first away point of the campaign thanks to a last heat 4-2 won by Mike Conlon (17), the visitors had trailed in the meeting by six.
It’s now seven without a win in the league for Wilmington who are becoming increasing detached at the bottom of division two. They came close to ending the poor run in their home fixture with Netherton, but having led with two races to go they went down 44-46, with Joshua Russell (6+1) and reserve Tyler Pennington (7+1) retaking the lead for the visitors by scoring their side’s third 5-1 of the night in heat 14. Cestmir Sulak (11+2) went on to secure the Heathens first away win and points of the season with victory in the last, second string Mark Elliott also impressed in the victory, scoring a season best ten from his five rides. The success takes Netherton up to third, a point above Newington who climb to fourth in the week having rounded the period off with a draw at Plymouth, a meeting in which the Rebels provided six different race winners.
KO Cup giant-killers Wimbledon returned to the top of division three thanks to a 42-48 win at league rookies Lenzie. Andy Fowler’s side scored four 5-1’s in the space of six heats to take control of the meeting, remarkably each member of their septet played a part in the maximums, with Andreas Huber (8) winning two of them. He didn’t take another point after the second of those successes in heat ten, but a fifth 5-1 of the meeting in heat 14 would secure the Wanderers their victory, reserve Steve Birkby (9+2) winning that. Elsewhere in division three second string Simon Atkins (8) raced to two heat wins as Didsbury Village won at Werrington, 41-49.
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