Sheffield Speedway Match Reports 2007
Key: + = from 15m handicap, * = Tactical ride for double points, !
= Tactical substitution from 15m
| Mildenhall 'Fen Tigers' v. Sheffield Window Center
'Tigers'
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Challenge |
18th March |
| Referee: Mick Bates |
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Tot+Bp |
| 1. Mario Jirout |
8.00 |
0 |
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3 |
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2 |
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1' |
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6+1 |
| 2. Shaun Tacey |
6.35 |
3 |
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2' |
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2 |
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0 |
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1 |
8+1 |
| 3. Kyle Legault |
7.00 |
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2 |
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2 |
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f/r |
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2 |
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6 |
| 4. Jamie Smith |
4.04 |
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0 |
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1' |
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3 |
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3 |
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7+1 |
| 5. Tom P. Madsen |
6.29 |
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2 |
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1' |
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0 |
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2 |
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5+1 |
| 6. Jason King © |
4.76 |
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3 |
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2 |
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3 |
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2' |
0 |
10+1 |
| 7. Mark Thompson |
3.00 |
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2' |
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0 |
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0 |
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1' |
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3+2 |
| Laurence Rogers |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
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| 'Fen Tigers' |
3 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
15 |
20 |
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25 |
28 |
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33 |
36 |
39 |
44 |
45 |
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| Sheffield 'Tigers' |
3 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
15 |
16 |
19 |
23 |
26 |
30 |
33 |
36 |
39 |
40 |
45 |
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| Neil Machin |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
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| 1. Ricky Ashworth |
7.55 |
1' |
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3 |
f |
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2 |
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3 |
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2' |
11+2 |
| 2. Joel Parsons |
4.46 |
2
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3 |
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3 |
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1' |
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9+1 |
| 3. André Compton © |
9.41 |
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3 |
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3 |
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| 3 |
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3 |
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3 |
15 |
| 4. James Cockle |
3.89 |
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1 |
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0 |
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1 |
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1 |
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3 |
| 5. Ben Wilson r/r |
6.90 |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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(4+1) |
| 6. Paul Cooper |
3.41 |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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0 |
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4 |
| 7. James Birkinshaw |
3.78 |
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r |
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1 |
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1 |
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fx |
0 |
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2 |
| 8. Ben Hopwood |
3.00 |
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1' |
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1+1 |
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Track record: 50.2
P. Lee, 16th May '04 |
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52.40 |
52.81 |
52.60 |
53.13 |
53.06 |
54.21 |
54.00 |
53.78 |
54.13 |
52.75 |
53.16 |
52.88 |
53.46 |
54.19 |
53.10 |
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The Fen Tigers sped into an early lead in heat 1, but both Joel and
Ricky passed Mario Jirout to share the heat. The Fen Tigers reserves were
equally impressive from the gate in heat 2 but Paul Cooper failed to make any
impression and Birko retired at the end of the second lap. 'All four back' was
the verdict after Kyle Legault and James Cockle tumbled at the start of heat
3. André trapped in the rerun from Kyle and James with Jamie Smith falling
on the third turn. He hopped back on but soon threw in the towel. Joel took
the reserve replacement ride for Ben in heat 4 and races to a convincing win.
Tom P. Madsen passed Birko on the first lap and just holds him off to finish
second. Joel takes Ricky off on the first turn in heat 5 but again the ref says 'all
four back'. Ricky leads the restart in a blizzard but as Joel tries to pass
Kyle on the third turn he performs a 360°
and Jamie Smith can't avoid him. At the third attempt Ricky passes Kyle on turn
three and then pulls clear for the win which leaves the scores level after five
heats.
Ricky is Ben's replacement in heat 6 and leads comfortably until he inexplicably
falls! André and James Cockle lead heat 7 but the Fen Tigers pick off
James when he goes too wide on the second turn. Shaun Tacey leads heat 8 but
Joel closes him down and pulls off a sweet pass on the second lap. All manner
of mayhem in the pits sees No.8 Ben Hopwood at the tapes in heat 9. Kyle rears
and falls on the second turn leaving an easy win for Jamie but another shared
heat. André and James make another fine start to heat 10 but Mario Jirout
moves up into second place at the end of the first lap. James hangs on for all
he's worth to stay ahead of Shaun. Scores are level once again.
Jason King traps to lead heat 11 and neither Ricky or Joel can do anything
about it. André leads heat 12 from Kyle and Paul pushes Thommo but can't
get the better of him. Birko blasts into the lead in heat 13 but goes too wide
and falls heavily on the second turn. Ricky wins the rerun at a canter. The
deadlock is broken as Jamie and Jason take a convincing 5-1 in heat 14 ahead
of our two James' setting up a last heat decider. Shaun Tacey and Jason King
get the nod for the home team and line up against Ricky and André, but
it's the visiting Tigers who fly from the starting gate and take an emphatic
5-1 to force the draw.
A good win for the Tigers missing Ben Wilson (riding for the England U21
team against the Danes at Oxford). His rider replacements only accounted for
4+1 so it's safe to assume we would have won if he'd been able to take his place
in the team.
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