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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum HOME RUN Rockets eye trophy, as Witches reign ends Runcorn are into the 4TT final for the first time in their history after storming through to the last four as group winners. In matching their 128 aggregate point total from the first round, the Rockets made themselves the ones to watch for this years silverware with a stunning second round victory, topping the group by a clear 30 points from Linlithgow, while scoring double that of the third top flight side in the tie, Cradley Heath. Their path to the final began with a first leg win at Dudley, led by Paul Hope (10) the Rockets raced to seven heat wins on the night to the hosts’ six, the Cobras and Lions managed just three successes between them. A maximum from Dirk Miller helped bring Linlithgow back into contention in leg two, victory for the Scottish hosts who now led on aggregate, the Rockets though—with their home leg to come—trailed by just one. Hope (10) and Frank Klein (10) both scored in double figures at Cradley in leg three, 29 points securing them a strong runners-up spot on the night, the aggregate lead theirs again heading into their home meeting. Leg four proved to be a formality, 41 points in the meeting for the Rockets, the maximum 12 from Hope, Klein just behind with an 11 point contribution, while both Mika Jaakkola (9) and Simen Huseby (9) raced to three victories apiece from their four outings to the track. Their dominant victory will certainly raise eyebrows amongst their final opponents, which will not include the now outgoing four-times defending champions, Stowmarket. The Witches reign over after they lost out by six to Wimbledon (105) in their second round tie, the damage done in leg three at Mid Cams where the Stowmarket quartet picked up just eight points to the Werewovlves 27! There was no comeback from there, with Wimbledon coming through to claim a spot in the final for the first time since SL27 with 35 points in the fourth leg on home shale. Both Leeds (114) and Wentworth (108) progressed from the remaining second round tie, the former looking to take the trophy for the second time in their history after successive runners-up finishes in the previous two seasons, like Runcorn, the Trappers are into their maiden 4TT final.
Significant movements in the division one relegation zone this week with Runcorn the big winners. The Rockets are up to eighth spot after stunning title chasing Wentworth on their own patch, last years division two champions moving to within two points of survival with the 44-46 victory, secured by a last heat Frank Klein (11) win over Kyle Ostrow (13). Changes to the Rockets side made by Adrian Heathcote heralded significant results, with the returning Cameron Reeves picking up two wins in a season best 10+2. 17 year old Dominic Bennett surpassed expectations in only his second appearance for the club, he unlucky not to add to his 5+1 total on the night in his fourth ride, where a broken chain cost him at least two points. Wentworth had earlier done the Rockets a huge favour by beating fellow relegation threatened Eastbourne on the road, the Seagulls slipping below Runcorn in the standings following the 44-46 Wilmington Gardens defeat, in which they suffered 5-1 reversals in both heats 14 and 15, Kyle Ostrow (17+1) and Frank Wahlquist (13+1) combining for both Trappers late maximums. Elsewhere in the top flight hosts Coalville had to settle with a share of the points with Linlithgow after they conceded a last heat 4-2 to Dirk Miller (14) and Matthew Joyce (10+1).
Belal Fabian scored 17 for Pila as they limited hosts Malmo to 49-41 second leg final win to secure this seasons European Cup. The result completing a six point aggregate success for the Poles, who lifted the trophy for the first time.
Belal Fabian (10) was second best in Horsens as the GP campaign moved onto Denmark. A race-off victory over current World Champion Piotr Slusarski (3rd) and Nathan Kay (4th) seeing him take the runners-up spot behind Leeds star Aaron Macaulay (13), whose three point victory has taken him to the top of the overall standings. The eighth career victory sees the SL27 World Champion end the week three points clear of Fiske Wahlquist (8), who drops to second.
A fifth straight league win has taken Dudley five points clear at the top of division two. Dezso Bon (15) scored his fourth maximum of the season for the Tigers, as they won at Hale, 39-50. At the other end of the standings, a 43-47 win at Mid Cams saw Earley climb out of the relegation zone for the first time this season. In division three there was a fourth away win for Beverley who go five points clear at the top, heat 14 and 15 5-1’s—the latter from Piotr Slusarski (16) and Steen Giese (12+3)—earning them their latest success at Claygate, a 43-47 win for the Hammers in a meeting they had trailed in by six.
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