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Regent Edition - ENHANCED
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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum AWAY WIN PROVES FALSE DAWN FOR GAZELLES A season which promised to see Glasshoughton Gazelles return to the ‘winners enclosure’ continues instead to be a campaign of struggle and false dawns. The change in averages brought fresh hope and although additions through the transfer market would have to wait a week, it did allow 18 year old Tony White—one of the trio of flop pre-season signings—to drop to reserve, a position he relished in as Glasshoughton made the trip to bottom of the table Tiptree Typhoons this week. The renewed confidence of the former Peterborough man was there for all to see, he won both heats two and eight—the second in a 5-1 with Jamie Johnson—as he found his new position to his liking, his only disappointing outing to the track came in heat 14, where having made a good gate he finished last as both tactical substitute Henri Sorensen (13+2) and Mark Kennedy (9+2) passed him. With the Gazelles conceding a 5-1 there they were in danger of giving up the opportunity of taking a first win of the season, a lead which had stood at six points, down to two going into the final race. Nigel Campbell (14) and Rune Amundsen (11+2) held their nerve though in the decider, the former forgoing the opportunity to take a maximum by team ridding with the later, the minor placing’s giving the visitors the three points necessary for victory. Any thoughts that James Calderbank may have had after the success that a dip into the transfer market wasn’t necessary after all were soon disbanded, Sedgemoor Rebels visit to Broomhill seeing to that, the Nick Howard side 41-49 winners over the Gazelles in their second fixture of the week, Mario Obrecht (14) and Johnny Andie Jensen hitting double figures for the visitors, but more importantly Sammy Taylor (8+1) put on a good show at third heat leader despite having been promoted from reserve for the first time. The 20 year old—now in his fifth season at the club—had performed even better in an earlier home win over Seaton (51-39), he missing out by just a point on a first five ride maximum. The two wins sees Sedgemoor end the week top of division one, a position—on this form—there is no reason they cannot maintain. Calderbank meanwhile would just like to see his side out of the relegation zone, to that aim he’s spent £50,000 on bringing Richard Pettersson back to division one, a league champion with Rackenford some seven years ago, the 35 year old former Swedish Champion returns to the top flight after just over two seasons with Kidderminster.
TODAY: Shorts Defending champion Marek Najewski (15) made light work of his opening round in this seasons World Championship, with only Welshman Huw Hughes (8) and Johnny Andie Jensen (9) from last seasons GP line up for company in Warsaw it was an easy starter, still the way he went through the card unbeaten will put fear into those trying to prize the crown from him. His Whitehaven Knights team mate Niko Zlogar (11) took second, with Hughes and Dorchester’s Jon Davies (11) amongst the other qualifiers to round two. There was more good news for the Brits in the qualifier in Pori, with Neil Vaughan (10), Andrew Hill (10), Sammy Taylor (9) and Nigel Dyer (9) all going through, that meeting won by Peter Ebbe Gaardsee (12).
17 year old reserve Gary Horwood scored 12 points as Whitehaven Knights began their defence of the European Cup with a 48-42 first round first leg win over Kassel, without the scoring of the former Port Talbot junior the Knights would be in danger of going out, even with it the tie is on a knife edge with a difficult trip to Germany to come. Considering Glasshoughton Gazelles team problems a 47-43 home win over Oslo was about as well as they could have expected, with Rickard Pettersson now at the club though progress is still a possibility. There were better results for both Whitby Whalers and Seaton Meteors, the former winning in Lublin 43-47, Nihad Klaric leading the way with 14, while Seaton had Jozsef Tolcseres (14) and Dariusz Grzyb (13+3) to thank as they fought back from a six point deficit to leave Pila all square with their hosts heading into the second leg.
The top of the table clash between Cliftonville Admirals and Eastbourne Jaguars went the visitors way, the Jags now four points clear at the head of division two table after the 43-47 win. Mike Elliott (18) will count himself unlucky to finish on the losing side, he scoring his second maximum of the season in the defeat, earlier in the week he’d hit 16+1 as his side recovered from a six point deficit to win 42-48 at Plymouth Pilgrims. Plymouth themselves went on to win away from home for the first time this season, Rugby Gravediggers the hosts as they broke their duck. Rugby led in the clash by two going into the final third, Plymouth though finished the stronger, winning the last five heats 4-2 as they went on to score a 41-49 victory, Piotr Apolinarski (12) in action in three of them.
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