The Tigers opened with a comfortable 5-1 with Stanislaw Burza never even
looking like catching John Oliver. Danny Warwick made a lightning start to lead
heat 2 with his team mate on his back wheel as far as the third corner when
Benji Compton wound it on around the outside to pass the pair of them. On the
second lap Cooperman passed John, again on the third turn, and was well placed
to take advantage of Danny's fourth turn error. Birko made a triumphant return
to Owlerton streaking from the tapes to the chequered flag with Kyle hot on
his tail but unable to catch him. Emiliano trailed home last and looked very
pedestrian. André won heat 4 by a considerable margin but Benji was his
opposite and was passed by Andreas Bergström on the first lap. Birko made
another flying start to win heat 5 but Kyle and Emiliano shared the heat by
making synchronous passes on the third turn to leave Stanislaw pointless again.
Ricky and Ben claimed another 5-1 in heat 6. Andreas went hard past his team
mate on the first lap before reeling Ben in and nearly caught him napping on
the pits turn on lap three. Birko got his hat-trick in heat 7 driving around
André on the fourth turn after André had dived past entering turn
three. Michal Makovsky passed Cooperman, also on the third turn and the Tigers
lead was pegged back to 8 points. Heat 8 saw the margin reduced even further
as first Benji fell on the third turn as he tried to pass John Oliver. Ben then
made a hash of the start in the rerun resulting in him having a four lap
tussle for second place with John Oliver with the advantage changing frequently
but settling in Ben's favour thanks to an outside swoop around the last turn.
Kyle rounded Andreas out of turn two to win heat 9 but Emiliano failed to make
a move on John Oliver and trailed in last again. Michal trapped and led heat
10 as far as turn three when Ricky (outside) and Ben (inside) both passed him.
André made it look so easy as he streaked away to win heat 11, while
Cooperman passed John Oliver on the back straight and then had his work cut
out to stay ahead of him. Stanislaw ran another poor last. Birko was on a tactical
in heat 12 and I fully expected Reg to rest Benji and give Cooperman another
ride. I didn't expect Emiliano to make his first decent start of the night and
then ride a wide line that seemed to stymie even Birko! Danny Warwick picked
up his first point of the evening ahead of Benji. André and Ricky were
never troubled in heat 13 with Andreas battling past Stanislaw on the third
lap but well adrift of the Tigers. Michal was wearing the black & white
in heat 14 and disputed the lead with Cooperman in the opening stages with Kyle
swooping around the outside to make it three abreast into turn three. Michal
emerged from turn four slightly ahead and then rode a good line to claim all
six points with John Oliver failing to score for the first time in seven outings.
Michal and Birko were the first to show in heat 15 but André swooped
high and wide around the entire field to take the lead entering turn three while
Ricky simultaneously hugged the white line but achieved a similar result. Michal's
wide line on the pits turn took him back into second place but Ricky fought
back on the second lap and then pulled clear.
Sheffield v. Ideal Carpets Berwick 'Borderers'
Junior challenge
Rider
1
2
3
4
5
6
Tot+Bp
1. Tai Woffinden
3
3
3
9
2. Ben Hopwood
1
3
ef
4
3. Matt Browne
2
1
2
5
4. Jamie Pickard
0
1
ef
1
4
2
4
4
3
2
Sheffield
4
6
10
14
17
19
Berwick 'Borderers'
2
6
8
10
13
17
2
4
2
2
3
4
1. Gary Flint
0
2
2
-
4
2. Mike Pickering
2
2
3
7
3. John Morrison
1
0
1'
1
3+1
4. Danny Warwick
3
ef
-
3
65.6
66.0
65.8
65.6
65.6
66.8
Tai Woffinden was the pick of the two sides who contested the Junior challenge
in the second-half. He passed Mike Pickering on the inside of turn three to
win heat 1, Gary Flint on the outside of turn three to win heat 4 and won heat
5 from the tapes. Ben Hopwood left it until lap three before passing Gary Flint
in heat 1 but was the convincing winner of heat 3 before breaking down in his
last ride. Matt Browne wasn't quite his usual all action self but he went around
John Morrison on the pits turn to claim second in heat 2 and picked up the vital
second place to win the match in the last race. Jamie Pickard came so close
to catching Gary Flint in heat 4 and was also struck by gremlins in the last
heat.
The Borderers tracked Mike Pickering to replace Alan Ferrow, and Danny Warwick
for Karl Langley, but Danny broke down in his second ride and withdrew from
the meeting.
The Tigers opened with a comfortable 5-1 with Stanislaw Burza never even
looking like catching John Oliver. Danny Warwick made a lightning start to lead
heat 2 with his team mate on his back wheel as far as the third corner when
Benji Compton wound it on around the outside to pass the pair of them. On the
second lap Cooperman passed John, again on the third turn, and was well placed
to take advantage of Danny's fourth turn error. Birko made a triumphant return
to Owlerton streaking from the tapes to the chequered flag with Kyle hot on
his tail but unable to catch him. Emiliano trailed home last and looked very
pedestrian. André won heat 4 by a considerable margin but Benji was his
opposite and was passed by Andreas Bergström on the first lap. Birko made
another flying start to win heat 5 but Kyle and Emiliano shared the heat by
making synchronous passes on the third turn to leave Stanislaw pointless again.