Sheffield Speedway Match Reports 2007
Key: + = from 15m handicap, * = Tactical ride for double points, !
= Tactical substitution from 15m
| Sheffield Window Center
'Tigers' v. Newcastle Warburtons 'Diamonds'
|
Premier League |
10th May |
|
Referee: Jim Lawrence |
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02 |
03 |
04 |
05 |
06 |
07 |
08 |
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10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
Tot+Bp |
| 1. Ricky Ashworth |
6.76 |
3 |
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2 |
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3 |
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3 |
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2' |
13+1 |
| 2. James Birkinshaw r/r |
5.08 |
- |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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(7+2) |
| 3. André Compton © |
10.56 |
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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. Ben Wilson |
5.60 |
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1 |
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1 |
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3 |
1 |
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3 |
|
9 |
| 5. Joel Parsons |
6.15 |
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3 |
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2 |
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1 |
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2' |
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8+1 |
| 6. James Cockle |
3.48 |
2' |
ef |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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2+1 |
| 7. Paul Cooper |
4.00 |
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2 |
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2' |
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1' |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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2' |
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10+3 |
| Reg Wilson |
5 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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| Sheffield 'Tigers' |
5 |
7 |
11 |
16 |
20 |
23 |
25 |
29 |
33 |
37 |
38 |
42 |
47 |
52 |
57 |
100 |
| Newcastle 'Diamonds' |
1 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
13 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
26 |
31 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
36 |
84 |
| George English |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| 1. Christian Henry |
8.00 |
0 |
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2 |
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3 |
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0 |
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5 |
| 2. Carl Wilkinson |
6.50 |
1 |
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0 |
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2 |
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2' |
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5+1 |
| 3. Josef Franc |
7.31 |
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2 |
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*6 |
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fx |
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2 |
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1 |
11 |
| 4. Ross Brady |
6.50 |
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0 |
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1 |
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2 |
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1 |
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4 |
| 5. Jonas Raun |
5.85 |
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0 |
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3 |
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2 |
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1 |
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0 |
6 |
| 6. Ashley Johnson |
3.00 |
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1 |
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0 |
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0 |
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- |
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1 |
| 7. Sean Stoddart |
3.00 |
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3 |
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1 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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4 |
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Track record: 59.5
S.Stead & C.Holder |
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06 |
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10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
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15 |
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61.5 |
64.5 |
62.9 |
64.0 |
61.9 |
61.7 |
61.9 |
62.1 |
61.4 |
60.7 |
61.9 |
61.1 |
60.9 |
63.1 |
61.1 |
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The Sheffield
Window Centre
Tigers make amends for their poor showing on Tyneside and motor their way to
a 16 point aggregate victory. Ricky got his No.1 race jacket back and celebrated
with a tapes to flag win in heat 1, but all eyes were on rider replacement James
Cockle who just managed to hang on in second place ahead of hard pressing Carl
Wilkinson. Back out again in heat 2 James was challenging quick starting Sean
Stoddart for the lead when his bike expired on the third turn. Paul Cooper took
evasive action and just managed to stay on board as he brushed the fence on
the pits turn but lost a lot of ground in the process. Paul (mounted on Natalie
again as his own engine, expensively rebuilt by Michael Lee, was haemorrhaging
oil) gave chase and made up yards of ground on the last lap and missed out on
the win by mere inches as Sean took the chequered flag. Great effort though!
André and Ben led heat 3 until Josef Franc caught and passed Ben on the
second turn of the third lap. No response from Ben. Joel and Paul early leaders
in heat 4 with Sean unable to get into contention and Jonas Raun messing about
half a lap behind. Perhaps if he remembered to turn his fuel on... André
stormed away to lead heat 5 from Christian Henry and Ben picked up a point by
passing Carl Wilkinson on the third lap. The Sheffield
Window Centre
Tigers lead by 10 points on the night, and 5 points on aggregate.
Jonas had his fuel turned on for heat 6, trapped ahead and not even Ricky
could catch him! Josef Franc was wearing the black and white helmet colour in
heat 7 and burst out of the gate and into the lead ahead of Joel. Ross Brady
wasn't troubled by James and the Diamonds fought back to level pegging (on aggregate).
Ben was the rider replacement in heat 8 which he won comfortably from Carl with
Paul finishing third. André wasn't troubled winning heat 9 but Ben was
passed by Jonas at the start of the second lap. Josef Franc tumbled off on the
first bend in heat 10. From where I was standing it looked as if Ricky might
have helped him on his way and that "all four back" would have been
a fair decision, but Jim Lawrence disagreed. Ricky won the rerun with Ross holding
off Paul's challenges all the way to the finish line. The Tigers lead by 6 points
on aggregate.
Christian and Carl trap ahead to win heat 11 and the Tigers lead is reduced
to just 2 points. André takes the win in heat 12 with Paul trying too
hard to round Josef Franc and losing ground as a result. Ricky leads from the
gate in heat 13 and is joined at the front by Joel who dives past Jonas on the
third turn. Paul replaces James in heat 14 for his seventh ride of the night.
Ben takes an early lead but Paul passes Sean on the third turn, and then Ross
on the pits bend to follow him home for another 5-1. Ricky and André
do the same to win heat 15 resulting in a score line which does not reflect
the closeness of the match.
A good day at the office for the Sheffield
Window Centre
Tigers. Ricky dropped just one point, André another full maximum. Ben
dropped points to the Diamonds heat leaders but looked comfortable when he gated
ahead. Joel never stops trying and I'm sure he'll soon dial into the Owlerton
circuit. James had yet more mechanical gremlins and must consider spending more
time in the workshop. Paul's affair with Natalie (Garry Flint's GM engine) continues
unabated. In the two matches against the Diamonds Paul took 14 rides and scored
18 (plus 7 bonus) points, against a combined score of 8 (plus 1 bonus) for the
two Newcastle reserves. Paul looks set to move out of the reserve berth at the
start of next month.
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