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British Indoor Cycle Speedway Championships

Event: 28th-29th November 2009, Fit City Broughton, Salford, Greater Manchester
Report & Images: Andy Whitehouse

Andy Whitehouse was our man trackside at the national indoor Cycle Speedway Championships. Below are slide shows, reports and results from a very busy weekend.

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

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A strong Horspath team added the 2009 indoor team title to the outdoor trophy they claimed in the summer. A maximum sixteen points from 2009 veteran champion Steve Harris helped steer the Oxford team to an unbeatable fifty four points with runners up Leicester their closest rivels on forty one points. Sheffield secured the bronze medals with thirtyeight points and local side Bury trailed in fourth with twenty five points.

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Bury's Ben Scranage was back to winning ways today (Sunday) taking the 2009 Indoor individual title.The 2004 champion fought off strong challenges from 2008 champion Mark Boaler (Horspath) and team mate Chris Parish who both finished on 16 points.The run off saw Boaler, the stronger rider of the two all day, claim runner up and the silver medal.

VETERAN CHAMPIONSHIP

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A fit and focused looking Steve Harris added yet another indoor title to his palmares in the veterans' championships which puts the Horspath rider on six open titles and two veteran titles. An impressive outing saw Harris secure his first maximum of the day with twenty points to take the title from Exeter's Mark Reed (dad of Tom) who dropped two points to finish his campaign with eighteen points and the silver medal and Horspath team mate Mark Janes one point adrift to take the bronze

JUNIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

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With 2007/2008 junior champions Wednesfield not fielding a team this year, the category was wide open for a new junior team to take the title. Local rivals Birmingham duly took up the challenge and made the title theirs.The team, which included U19 Individual outdoor champion Paul Heard,new signing and U16 individual champion Ben Mould on his first outing for his new club and newly crowned U19 Indoor champion Chris Timms, took the gold medals with fifty points to beat neighbours Sandwell into runners up spot by four points. Stong rides from all the Birmingham riders ensured the trophy was on its way back to the Midlands. Stockport took the third place spot with twenty six points.

U19 CHAMPIONSHIP

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Birmingham Monarchs' Chris Timms rode to victory in the U19 championships only dropping one point in the hunt to claim the title. The Monarches' rider only lost one race which was to Stockport's Dylan Radcliffe who took the bronze medal position. Tom Reed recoverd enough from his efforts in the U16 match to take runner up spot after a gripping run off with Radcliffe.

U16 CHAMPIONSHIP

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Tom Reed rode to a twenty point maximum to secure the Indoor U16 title. The young Exeter rider was unstoppable and again showed what a classy rider he is turning into. Stockport's Dylan Radcliffe was runner up with eighteen points, dropping two points in heat twelve to eventual winner Reed and bronze medal winner Matt Smith of Sandwell, who rode in one point adrift of Radcliffe with seventeen.

U13 CHAMPIONSHIP

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Sandwell new boy Matt Haddock took the first championship title of the day with a fine win in U13 championship. Haddock only dropped one point from his five outings as he out-rode the competition leaving the minor positions to be fought out between Sheffield's Richard Fellgate, Astley and Tyldesley's Adam Phillips and Stockport's Matt Turner all on sixteen points. The run off was won by Fellgate who took silver with the bronze going to Adam Phillips.

RESULTS

Under-13 Individual Final: Matt Haddock 19, Richard Hudson 16, Adam Phillips 16, Matthew Turner 16, Ross Knight 14, Richard Fellgett 14, Matthew Hill 13, Joe Avery 13, Louis Harvey 13, Jordan Gabbitas 12, Will Tidball 11, Lee Kemp 10, Joel Partington 8, George Horsley 8, Jacob Soper 6
Non Starter - Ethan Greenslade
Referee: Mark Winwood (West Midlands)

Under-16 Individual Final: Thomas Reed 20, Dylan Radcliffe 18, Matt Smith 17, Ben Higham 16, Dan Chambers 15, Mark Carmichael 15, Matt Lush 13, Ben Mould 12, Jack Lush 11, Scott Millward 11, Matt Coulter 11, Matt Haddock 10, Joe Kemp 8, Richard Hudson 8, Ricki Johnson 6, Ashley Hill 7
Referee: Pete Dalley (West Midlands)

Under-19 Individual Final: Chris Timms 19, Thomas Reed 17, Dylan Radcliffe 17, Nathan Groves 14, Paul Heard 12, Ryan Hoyland 12, Ben Higham 12, Tom Haddock 11, Leon Wilde 11, Lee Smith 10, Ben Mould 10, Mark Carmichael 9, Ben Collins 9, Sam Smith 8, Matt Lush 8, Leon Parker 8
Referee: Pete Dalley (West Midlands)

Junior Team Final:
Birmingham 50 (Nathan Groves 14, Paul Heard 13, Ben Mould 11, Chris Timms 11, Adam Lamb 1)
Sandwell 46 (Lee Smith 14, Tom Haddock 12, Scott Millward 11, Matt Smith 9, Matt Haddock dnr)
Stockport 26 (Ben Higham 12, Dylan Radcliffe 12, Matt Lush 6, Jack Lush 5, Ali Lamb 1)
Hethersett 24 (Dan Chambers 9, Ben Collins 6, David Adam 5, Scott Grimes 3, Leon Wild 1,
Referee: Mike Hack (Greater Manchester)

British Indoor Veterans Final 2009: Steve Harris 20, Mark Reed 18, Mark Janes 17, Paul Timms 15, Mick Aris 15, Errol Thaw 15, Phil Widdas 14, Steve Harvie 13, Peter Williamson 12, Tim Grimes 12, Rob Hill 8
Referee: Mark Winwood (West Midlands)

British Indoor Individual Championship Final 2009: Ben Scranage 18, Mark Boaler 16, Chris Parish 16, Lee Aris 15, Chris Timms 14, Dylan Radcliffe 13, Nathan Groves 13, Chris Jewkes 13, Craig Marchant 13, Dave Carmichael 12, Mike Morgans 12, Steve Harris 11, Mikey Hewitson 8, Mark Whitehead 8, Simon Minden 7, Carl Jarvis (reserve) 5, Trevor Hulton 2 (injured)
Referee: Mark Winwood (West Midlands)

British Indoor Team Championship Final 2009
Horspath 54 (Steve Harris 16, Mike Morgans 12, Mark Boaler 11, Dave Carmichael 10, Mark Carmichael 5)
Leicester 41 (Craig Marchant 14, Carl Jarvis 10, Mark Whitehead 10, Nick Whitehead 7, Steph Whitehead dnr ) Sheffield 38 (Jono Birks 13, Ashley Birks 10, Ryan Hoyland 9, Jamie Brown 5, Richard Hudson 1)
Bury 25 (Chris Parish 8, Ben Scranage 6, Tom Doyle 6, Neil Howarth 5, Gary Hollingsworth dnr)
Referee: Mike Hack (Greater Manchester)