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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum MORE IN THE TANK Jags race towards trophy grand slam Leeds remain on course to win every one of the six club trophies on offer to them in SL31 after picking up their third competition success of the year. Leeds have won four trophies in a single season before, Eastbourne five, but no side has ever completed the grand slam. Their pursuit of the unprecedented clean sweep continued with aggregate victory over Cradley Heath in the final of the Division One Cup, Darren Evans side victors by ten after limiting the Cobras to a 48-42 win on their own Silverthorne circuit this week. Cradley—who haven’t won any club trophy of note since their success in this competition nine years ago—didn’t get anywhere near to overhauling their 16 point first leg deficit in the tie, although they did delay the inevitable by going six up on the night with a 5-1 in heat 12. A race later the Leeds fans were celebrating their third trophy win of the season—after cheering on their side to victory in both the Club Pairs and European Cup—Aaron Macaulay (15) taking them over the line with his third of four heat wins of the night, the fourth would follow in a celebratory heat 14 5-1. Evans’s side have now won 15 major competitions in the past five and a half years, their latest Division One Cup win a record extending sixth in the history of the competition. A new record too in the Division Two Cup, with Linlithgow going clear at the top of the all-time winners list with a fourth success. No surprises at Runcorn this week with the hosts not only unable to recover from their 57-33 first leg loss at the Lions, but only saw their deficit get worse despite home advantage. Ross Purnell’s Lions added a 41-49 victory to their cause with the help of strong performance from reserve Charlie Jenkins (10+2), who chipped in with two of the eight heat wins tallied by the visitors. Mid Cams did buck the trend in winning the Division Three Cup on home shale, six down from the first leg, Emma-Louise Kean’s side took the aggregate lead with 5-1’s in heats one and three, with Jonathan Kirk (13) and Chad Broudy (5+2) adding their partnership’s second maximum in heat five. Still the home fans had to wait until the very final race to enjoy what seemed to be an inevitable success, with an eight point aggregate victory secured when Kirk and Dame Rahmberg (12+1) picked up the side’s fourth 5-1 of the meeting.
Upsets of a kind at the top of the division one table as leaders Leeds (51 points) lost both bonus points when they met their two main title rivals this week. A 52-38 home win over the Jaguars was more than enough for Wentworth (49) to secure all three points on offer in their clash, the Trappers though missed the chance to move up to second after suffering a 19 point loss at Coalville. Stowmarket (50) remain Leeds’s closest challenger’s after coming as close as any side to beating the Jags at the Hawthorne this season, Daniel Lake securing his side a 46-44 success with his fourth win of the night, he failed to make it five though, with the Witches Lasse Classen (14+1) taking revenge in the bonus point race-off. Cradley Heath (46) closed in on the lead trio in fourth after picking up the maximum six points from their latest fixtures, three of which were earned at bottom of the table Coventry, 43-47, thanks to a last heat Mark Jolly (14) winning 4-2.
A run of three straight wins has taken Bradwell out of the division two relegation zone. At 57-33 their latest home success over Linlithgow—who began the week top of the table—was an eyebrow raiser to say the least, second string Mark Butcher (8+3) and reserve Dave Zakuani (10+1) racing to four wins and two paid wins between them in what was the club’s biggest victory of the season. Just one win between the pair when the Bandits picked up their first away win of the season earlier in the week at Wolverhampton, 42-48, however there was five for the unbeaten Carl Madin (15), who secured the league points alongside Tomaz Bozic (12+1) with a 5-1 in heat 13 and then a 4-2 in the last. The Wolves dropped into the bottom three with the defeat, but were back out of it by the end of the week—to be replaced by Calderwood—thanks to a later 44-46 victory at Beverley, in which visiting reserve Peter Kokko (13) raced to four wins from his five races.
Leeds’ World Number four Aaron Macaulay (13) became the sixth different winner of this years GP’s in the sixth round of the series in Kassel. The Brit securing victory in the German meeting thanks to a last heat win over Christopher Hall. World Championship leader Piort Slusarski (11) finished second on the podium, with his fellow European League rider Dzintars Rinkus (10) taking third. With closest rival Belal Fabian scoring just nine in Kassel, Slusarski has extended in his lead in the over standings to four points.
Beverley’s SL30 WU19 Champion Steen Giese (14) began his bid for the SL21 WU21 title with victory in his semi-final in Pskov. The 19 year old Dane topped the standings by a point from Cameron Reeves.
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