Report: Cycle Speedway Roundup
Week Ending 21st June 2009
Reports and results from the cycle speedway scene.
Photo Report: Poole vs. Wednesfield: Images, report and results from Premier League clash on the south coast. After three home reversals, Poole finally notched a home win in the Premier League as their greater strength in depth proved to be the telling factor against old adversaries Wednesfield. Read the full report...
Premier League: Sheffield 100 - Norwich 79
Event: 21st June 2009, Sheffield
Report: Shaun Hudson
Image: Richard Hudson
With both sides missing a number of key riders, today was the chance for the youngsters to step up to the challenge of Premier League racing and they did so admirably. Sheffield brought in Leon Wild for his first senior match along with Simon Gamble. New signing Piotr Jamroscyzk made his home debut and scored a brilliant 19 points.
Sheffield made a good start to the meeting that saw Andy Angell and Ryan Hoyland take a 7-3 after a great final bend from Angell which not only saw him take the lead but get his partner through into second. With another 7-3 in the next race, Sheffield were in the driving seat and steadily built on their lead. New-boy Leon Wild started off with a heat win and when Angell and Hoyland repeated their first outing 7-3, the writing was on the wall for Norwich.
The Norfolk side had not come all the way to Sheffield to make up the numbers and after the interval they rallied and with 3 heat advantages in a row they pulled themselves back into the match. Unfortunately for them with Nick Myhill, Phil Howells and Jazz Abbott all missing today, it was just too much ground to make up and Sheffield rounded off proceedings with another 7-3 courtesy of Angell and Jamroscyzk, but for a tapes exclusion Angell could well have topped the scoring today.
Good racing from both teams was well-handled by referee Pete Dalley and the scoreline doesn't reflect the effort and team spirit showed by the Norwich riders.
In the combination match, Norwich proved way too strong for the Sheffield youngsters and ran out easy winners with the match finishing at Sheffield 45 - Norwich 82
Result
Premier League
Sheffield 100: Piotr Jamrosczyk 19, Andy Angell 15+1, Lee Smith 13+2, Jamie Brown 13+1, Leon Wild 13+1, Ryan Hoyland 10+3, Simon Gamble 10+1, Chris Turner 7
Norwich 79: Lee Grange 15, Dave Soloman 14, Ian Grange 13, Richard Williamson 11+1, Lee Cossey 8+1 Gary Colby 7, Barry Copping 6, George Solomon 5
Combination
Sheffield 45: Ricky Wild 14, Richard Hudson 8, Chris Bingham 7
Norwich 82: Kieron Parr 16+2, Josh Colby 15+1, Dan Johnson 15+1
Premier League: Leicester 83 - Birmingham 93
Event: 21st June 2009, Leicester Cycle Speedway Club
Report: Tim Jarvis
The match was nip and tuck for the first half of the encounter, Birmingham going into the interval just three points up. Although tape exclusions for Whitehead and Stephenson certainly helped the visitors in the second half, it was a nasty crash in heat fifteen which probably ruined any chances the home team had of pulling off a win.
Above: Some no-holds-barred action from the Midlands meeting. For more match images, click the gallery link at the top of the page. (Image: Ian Stanley)
Lewis Bates and the chasing Daniel Pike ended up in an almighty heap, unfortunately Pike caught his hand in Bates's rear wheel and suffered a hand injury which ruled him out of the rest of the meeting.
Marcus Wadhams was the visitors trump card scoring freely from reserve whist Nowacki and Marchant did their best to keep the Monarchs in the match.
Result
Premier League
Leicester 83: L Nowacki 17, C Marchant 15+2, M Newey 13, D Pike 11, L Yelland 8+2, A Stephenson 8+1, K Burns 6, N Whitehead 5
Birmingham 93: M Wadhams 17+1, L Bates 16, D Rycharski 15, C Timms 13+2, P Heard 13+1, R Evans 8+1, E Thaw 6+1, N groves 5
Combination
Leicester 54
Birmingham 75
Midland Combination
Leicester 64
Bretford 62
Premier League: Horspath 87 - Great Blakenham 82
Event: 21st June 2009, Horspath
Result
Premier League
Horspath 87: M. Morgans 11+1, D. Carmichael 13, S. Harris 16+1, M. Carmichael 7, D. Harper 10+1, M. Boaler 13, M. Szymczak 10+1, W. Hutt 7
Great Blakenham 82: C. Osborne 13+1, A. Peck 14, L. Mower 4, L. Osborne 16, J. Brookes 14+1, J. Ashford 7, D. Osborne 5+1, A. Zielinski 7
Combination
Horspath 45: W. Clarke 8+1, M. Coulter 9+1, L. Clarke 8, J. Richardson 5, R. Edge 6+1, J. Smith 6, G. Horsley 3
Great Blakenham 84: L. Mower 12+4, M. Szylk 20, D. Osborne 15+1, T. Ashford 8, J. Ashford 15+1, J. Day 14+3
Debbie Mittell Charity Shield
Event: 20th June 2009, Somersham, Ipswich
Report & Images: Brian Barnett
Somershaw Cycle Speedway hosted the Debbie Mittell Charity Shield, raising funds for Ipswich's St Elizabeth Hospice. The event consisted of two matches, the Fun Pairs and the more serious business of the Charity Shield.
Fun Pairs
The Fun Pairs did exactly what it said on the tin, with a former Speedway Rider making a guest appearance, scoring 12 points including a race win in heat 12 and crossing the finishing line to the biggest cheer of the afternoon.
The weather changed with every race; with everything from light rain to sunshine to showers. This however didn't dampen the excitement of the large crowd, who were entertained with some superb racing, and some good old fashioned horseing around from the riders.
Charity Shield
The meeting moved on to the more serious match, the Charity Shield, which saw some fast and exciting racing. The result was tight, with just one point separating winners Daniel Pike and Leon Yelland from second placed Adam Peck and Lewis Osborne. There was a tie for third place so a run off between one rider from each pairing decided the winner, with David Adams taking the win from Andy Turnbull.
In all, a truly entertaining afternoon of racing with the added bonus of raising money for an extremely worthy cause, the Ipswich St Elizabeth Hospice being the real winners. Deborah Mittell would have been proud,
Results
Fun Pairs
1. James Studd (17), Paul Jay (13), 30 points
2. Barry Copping (17), Ray Pyke (12), 29 points
3. Peter Ingram (19), Peter Williamson (9), 28 points
4. Lee Richardson (15), Stuart Pyke (7), 22 points
5. Dave Palfreyman (12), Will Kitcher (8), 20 points
6. Kevin Teager (12), Peter Mittell (8), 20 points
Charity Shield
1. Leon Yelland (15, Daniel Pike (17) 32 points
2. Adam Peck (14), Lewis Osborne (17) 31 points
3. Ben Collins (11), David Adams (12) 23 points
4. Andy Turnball (13) Tony Berry (10) 23 points
5. Gary Colby (9), Richard Williamson (12) 21 points
6. Steve Copping (5), Gary Brown (14) 19 points
