Sheffield Speedway Match Reports 2006
Key: + = from 15m handicap, * = Tactical ride for double points, !
= Tactical substitution from 15m
| Berwick Armstrong
Quality Butchers 'Bandits' v. Sheffield PIRTEK 'Tigers' |
Premier League |
24th June |
|
Referee: Paul Carrington |
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04 |
05 |
06 |
07 |
08 |
09 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
Tot+Bp |
| 1. Stanislaw Burza |
8.00 |
1 |
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1' |
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3 |
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0 |
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5+1 |
| 2. James Birkinshaw |
3.78 |
fx |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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|
0 |
| 3. Lee Smethills |
5.38 |
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|
3 |
|
r |
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|
1' |
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3 |
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|
7+1 |
| 4. Michal Makovsky © |
7.05 |
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|
2' |
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3 |
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2 |
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3 |
2 |
12+1 |
| 5. Andreas Bergström |
8.00 |
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|
3 |
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|
2 |
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2 |
|
1 |
|
fx |
8 |
| 6. Daniel Warwick |
(C) |
|
3 |
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2 |
1' |
1 |
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1 |
- |
0 |
|
1 |
|
9+1 |
| 7. Jon Armstrong (g) |
(A) |
|
1 |
|
1 |
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|
r |
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0 |
- |
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|
2 |
| Peter Waite |
1 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
|
| Berwick 'Bandits' |
1 |
5 |
10 |
14 |
17 |
20 |
23 |
24 |
27 |
31 |
33 |
36 |
37 |
41 |
43 |
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| PIRTEK 'Tigers' |
5 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
13 |
16 |
19 |
24 |
27 |
29 |
33 |
36 |
41 |
43 |
47 |
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| Neil Machin |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
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| 1. Ricky Ashworth |
7.94 |
3 |
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2 |
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|
3 |
|
2' |
|
1 |
11+1 |
| 2. Ben Wilson |
6.25 |
2' |
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1' |
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3 |
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1 |
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|
7+2 |
| 3. Kyle Legault |
6.32 |
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f |
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|
r |
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| 2 |
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2 |
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|
4 |
| 4. Emiliano Sanchez |
7.08 |
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|
1 |
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|
3 |
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|
ef |
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|
2 |
|
6 |
| 5. André Compton © |
9.66 |
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2 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
|
3 |
14 |
| 6. Paul Cooper |
(B) |
|
2 |
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|
f/r |
|
2' |
0 |
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|
1' |
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|
5+2 |
| 7. Benji Compton |
(B) |
|
0 |
|
r |
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- |
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0 |
|
0 |
Track record: 64.2
Sean
Wilson, 21 Aug '99 |
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06 |
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09 |
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13 |
14 |
15 |
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| 68.7 |
69.2 |
68.7 |
67.4 |
67.5 |
67.6 |
67.6 |
67.8 |
67.1 |
67.9 |
67.9 |
68.8 |
68.4 |
68.7 |
68.5 |
|
Birko's throttle sticks open and he takes a nasty fall into the first
bend fence on the second lap and he takes an ambulance ride. The Tigers stitch
up Burza on the first bend in the restart and it's 'goodnight Vienna'. Danny
Warwick traps to win heat 2 with Benji tailed off at the back. Smethills and
Legault are neck-and-neck in heat 3 until Lee eakes out a slight advantage.
Makovsky dives under Kyle on the third turn leaving Kyle nowhere to go and he
has to bale out. Andreas swoops around the outside to lead exiting turn 2 and
André has to settle for second place. It's Michal's turn to do the big
swoop in heat 5 and he passes Ricky to lead down the back straight. Ben wears
down Lee and makes the pass, after which Lee pulls off the track.
André wins heat 6 from reserve replacement Danny Warwick with Burza a
poor third. Paul overcooks it trying to pass Stanislaw but jumps back on just in case. Emiliano traps
to win heat 7 from hard chasing Andreas, but Kyle loses interest at the back.
Cooperman comes into heat 8 for the out-of-touch Benji. Ben traps and Danny
rounds Paul on the second bend. Paul keeps the pressure on and regains second
place on the second lap for a 5-1 which levels the scores. André traps to lead heat 9 and
holds off stern challenges from Michal. Stanislaw gates(!) in heat
10 with Danny in second place. It's Danny's fifth ride and it shows as first
Kyle and then Emiliano pick him off, but Danny gets a point when Emiliano splutters
to a halt on the last lap.
Ricky and Ben trap to lead heat 11 but Andreas makes up yards to swoop past
Ben on the pits turn on lap 2 and sets off after Ricky. He tries the same move on Ricky
on the third lap, before diving up the inside on the run to the chequered
flag but Ricky takes the win. Ben's third place levels the scores at 33-33.
Lee is the first to show in heat 12 but Kyle and Cooperman share the heat ahead
of Danny who is running out of steam. André and Ricky streak off into
the lead in heat 13 and Andreas has to battle his way past team mate Stanislaw,
by which time the Tigers were long gone. Michal rounds everyone to lead down
the back straight with Sanchez a solid second, but Benji taking his third ride
is passed by Danny who is on his seventh. The Tigers only need to share heat
15 to win the match and with Ricky and André they must look favourites.
Michal and Andreas are nominated for the Bandits. André traps to lead
from Michal and Ricky with Andreas trying too hard and clattering into the fence
on the pits turn. The restart goes the same way and the Tigers are victorious.
The Bandits made a good show considering they lost Birko in the first heat
and the racing was good. I imagine there are going to be yet more changes though.
André was excellent and received good backing from Ricky. Emiliano
and Ben did their jobs well, and Kyle recovered from a shaky start. Cooperman
only beat the home reserves, but that's his job, while Benji didn't and it might
be time to give Mark Thompson a chance to show us what he can do.
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