Key:+ = from 15m handicap,  * = Tactical ride for double points,  ! = Tactical substitution from 15m
SHEFFIELD SPEEDWAY MATCH REPORTS 2011
SHEFFIELD WINDOW CENTRE 'Tigers' v Somerset 'Rebels' Premier League 14 April

Referee: Chris Gay

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1. Shane Parker 7.95 1 3 1' 3 3 11+1
2. Hugh Skidmore 5.69 0 1 3 2  6
3. Ricky Ashworth © 7.77 3 3 3 ef 9
4. Emiliano Sanchez 6.64 0 0 2' 2 4+1
5. Josh Auty 7.69 3 1 3 f 0 7
6. Simon Lambert

3.47

3 0 0 1 r 4
7. Ashley Birks 3.00 1 0 1 - 2
 Eric Boocock 1 4 3 3 3 4 1 4 5 3 3 1 3 2 3
Sheffield 'Tigers' 1 5 8 11 14 18 19 23 28 31 34 35 38 40 43
Somerset 'Rebels' 5 7 10 13 16 18 23 25 26 29 32 37 40 44 47
 Steve Bishop/Garry May 5 2 3 3 3 2 5 2 1 3 3 5 3 4 3
1. Travis McGowan © 9.09 2' 2 2 1' 1' 8+3
2. Kyle Hughes r/r 4.76 - - - - (5+2)
3. Christian Hefenbrock 5.38 2 3 ef 3 3 2 13
4. Sam Masters 6.72 1' 2' 0 1 4+2
5. Cory Gathercole 7.69 1' 0 1 2 4+1
6. Dakota North 4.65 fx 1' 2 2 - 1' 2' 3 11+3
7. James Holder 4.00 3 2 2 - 0 - 7
8. James Sarjeant 3.00
Track record: 59.1
R.Ashworth 14 Oct '10
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

61.9

62.0

61.1

61.7

62.2

62.1

62.6

61.6

62.7

62.6

62.9

63.4

63.2

63.7

63.2

2011 Programme  James Holder and Travis McGowan trapped ahead to win heat 1 despite everything that Shane Parker tried. Dakota North went too hard under Ashley Birks out of turn two and left him sprawled across the track. Simon Lambert was first to show but Ashley had to follow James home in third. Christian Hefenbrock was called back for anticipating the start of heat 3. Ricky led the restart and had to work hard to keep Christian at bay. Sam Masters was third but Emiliano kept him busy. Ashley was deemed to have jumped the start in heat 4. James was first to show in the restart but Josh Auty passed him exiting turn two while Cory Gathercole picked off Ashley to square the heat. Ricky led heat 5 from Travis and Emiliano passed Dakota at the end of the first lap. Dakota battled back and reclaimed third place on the third lap. Rebels lead by two points.

Dakota and Cory lead heat 6 but Shane picks them both off and then Hugh gets his finger out and passes Cory off the last bend. The Rebels make the gate again in heat 7 and with Christian and Sam team riding there is nothing Josh can do to split them. Hugh made the start to win heat 8 but Dakota passed Ashley to finish second. Cory leads away in heat 9 but is passed by both Ricky and Emiliano in double quick time. Christian makes another great start to win heat 10 but Shane picks off Sam at the end of the third lap to share the heat and preserve the Tigers two point advantage.

Josh passes Travis on the first bend to lead heat 11 but Dakota passes Simon out of turn two for another shared heat. Christian and Dakota trap to lead heat 12. Simon gets the better of Dakota on the second lap only for Dakota to swoop high and wide off the last bend to reclaim second place. Shane makes his first decent start to win heat 13 but Josh goes for glory and falls trying to pass Cory for second place. Emiliano leads heat 14 but Dakota passes him on the third lap and with Sam beating Simon for third place the Rebels are in the points. The Tigers require a maximum win to draw the match but Christian leads away in heat 15. Shane gives chase and just pips him on the run to the line but with Josh trailing home last it's the Rebels who take the three match points. They were simply the better side on the night

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