Sheffield Speedway Match Reports 2007
Key:+ = from 15m handicap, * = Tactical ride for double points, !
= Tactical substitution from 15m
| Sheffield Window Center
'Tigers' v Workington 'Comets'
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Premier League |
13th Sept |
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Referee: Craig Ackroyd |
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Tot+Bp |
| 1. Ricky Ashworth |
7.49 |
3 |
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1 |
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2' |
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2 |
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8+1 |
| 2. Ben Wilson |
6.84 |
2' |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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1 |
12+1 |
| 3. André Compton © |
9.90 |
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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. Paul Cooper |
5.02 |
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1 |
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2' |
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2' |
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3 |
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8+2 |
| 5. Joel Parsons |
6.13 |
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3 |
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1' |
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1 |
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1' |
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6+2 |
| 6. Ben Powell (g) |
4.81 |
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2' |
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2 |
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3 |
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1 |
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8+1 |
| 7. James Cockle |
3.50 |
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3 |
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ef |
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1 |
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0 |
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4 |
| Reg Wilson |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
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| Sheffield 'Tigers' |
5 |
10 |
14 |
17 |
22 |
26 |
29 |
33 |
38 |
43 |
47 |
50 |
53 |
57 |
61 |
102 |
| Workington 'Comets' |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
16 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
22 |
25 |
28 |
30 |
32 |
81 |
| Tony Jackson |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
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| 1. Kauko Nieminen |
8.71 |
1 |
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ef |
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2 |
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0 |
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3 |
| 2. Mattia Carpanese r/r |
4.12 |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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(3) |
| 3. James Wright |
9.60 |
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2 |
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*6 |
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| 1 |
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1' |
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0 |
10+1 |
| 4. Craig Branney |
5.35 |
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0 |
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r |
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0 |
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2 |
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2 |
| 5. Ulrich Ostergaard |
8.23 |
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2 |
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2 |
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1 |
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3 |
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2 |
10 |
| 6. Charles Wright |
3.47 |
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1 |
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1 |
r |
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2 |
- |
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2 |
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0 |
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6 |
| 7. John Branney |
3.00 |
0 |
+0 |
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1' |
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0 |
0 |
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0 |
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- |
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1+1 |
Track Record: 59.3
Chris Holder, 6th Sept '07 |
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60.6 |
62.4 |
61.3 |
62.1 |
61.5 |
61.8 |
62.0 |
62.1 |
62.4 |
62.7 |
63.4 |
62.4 |
61.9 |
64.3 |
62.3 |
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Ricky Ashworth rounded the field to lead down the back straight in heat 1 leaving
Ben Wilson dicing with Kauko Nieminen for second place. John Branney broke the
tapes at the start of heat 2 but at least three riders were moving as the referee
held them too long. James Cockle passed our guest Ben Powell in the rerun with
Charles Wright trying his best to follow suit. James Wright trapped ahead in
heat 3 but André Compton and Paul Cooper both gave chase. André
passed him entering turn three and Paul powered around him exiting turn four
and the pair seemed set for a 5-1 until a slight mistake by Paul on the third
lap allowed James through into second place. Joel Parsons rounded the field
to win heat 4 but James broke down at the back of the field. André and
Paul trapped ahead in heat 5 and Kauko Nieminen's challenge never materialized
as he too suffered mechanical gremlins, leaving the Tigers 12 points ahead,
and four ahead on aggregate.
Ulrich Ostergaard led heat 6 but Ben Wilson found plenty of drive on the
inside of the fourth turn to relegate him. Ulrich then made a hash of the first
turn on the last lap and was lucky not to be passed by Ricky. James Wright was
on a tactical ride in heat 7 which he won with ease ahead of the Two Aussie
Tigers. Charles Wright trapped led heat 8 but Ben Wilson again used the inside
line on the fourth turn to take the lead. Paul gated well in heat 9 with André
passing him down the back straight leaving Paul to shrug off challenges from
Ulrich. Ben Wilson and Ricky were never troubled by James on their way to a
5-1 in heat 10 and the Tigers now lead by 23 points on the night, and 15 on
aggregate.
Ben Powell took the lead in heat 11 and Joel elected to tuck in behind him
even though Kauko was climbing all over his back wheel. Kauko passed Joel on
the third lap but Joel recovered the place on the next bend, but then had to
slow to keep his team mate ahead on the last lap just as Kauko went for a fence
scraping blast which took him past Joel and very nearly into the lead, a great
race! André came under pressure from one of the Wright brothers at the
start of heat 12, but it was Charles who gave him a run for his money.
Ulrich sped from 3rd to 1st down the back straight of heat 13 passing both Tigers,
but Joel managed to brush off Kauko's challenges on the last lap to share the
heat. Paul was the easy winner of heat 14 but Craig Branney claimed his first
points of the evening ahead of the ever pressing Ben Powell. Unbeaten Ben and
André were Reg's nominations for heat 15, against James and Ulrich for
the Comets. André resisted stern pressure from Ulrich for the first lap
or two before pulling clear and the match finished as a 29 point win for the
Tigers, and a 21 point aggregate victory to claim the all important bonus point.
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