BRITISH SPEEDWAY JULY 28, 2024

(SPEEDWAY 1)

PIRATES ARE THE PACESETTERS

POOLE stretched their advantage at the top of the Cab Direct Championship to four points with an emphatic 53-37 win at Workington.

Tom Brennan, with 14+1, scored a paid maximum for the Pirates who completed a perfect two-day Northern tour following their victory at Glasgow the previous evening.
Brennan was well backed up by Richard Lawson who scored 12+1 and was unbeaten after conceding a 5-1 in the opening race, and with six of visitors winning at least one race, reserve Vinnie Foord included two paid wins in his 6+2 score.
It was a first home defeat in the league for the Comets, for whom Craig Cook scored 10+1 from six rides.

Brennan said: “The whole team clicked perfectly, the sun was out the whole meeting, so all in all it was a good day.
“It’s been a good tour. Having a busy weekend is always good. You are fresh on the bike and the mind’s ready, and we might be a long way from home right now but the journey back is certainly going to be a lot easier.”
Comets boss James Denham said: “The last two days have been disappointing, to not pick up any points at all, and it makes the play-offs a bit tough, but it’s still do-able.

“We’ve still got Redcar home and away next week, and Berwick, so we’ve got to give everything in those meetings and hope the teams behind us slip up. We just need to regroup next week and start again.”
Meanwhile William Cairns (500cc) made it a weekend double in the British Youth Championship, whilst Charlie Fletcher took victory in the 125cc support class.

(SPEEDWAY 2)

BERWICK edged out Edinburgh 47-43 with Drew Kemp the hero in a last-heat decider at Shielfield Park.
Kemp, who top scored for the Bandits with 13 points, won the crucial Heat 15 against Monarchs duo Josh Pickering and guest Leon Flint, who required a 5-1 to take the meeting to a Super Heat.

As it was, the visitors had to be content with the aggregate point after their 51-39 win in the reverse fixture 24 hours earlier.
Kemp’s excellent display was supplemented by guest Ben Barker and Danyon Hume scoring 9+1 and nine respectively, whilst Pickering (13+1) and Flint (11+2) scored double figures for the Monarchs.

Edinburgh boss Alex Harkess said: “I am disappointed, we knew coming down here it doesn’t change, and we didn’t put ourselves in the major scoring positions enough.
“The reserves, when they did get into scoring positions, they then let it slip unfortunately.
“Even in Heat 15 I was confident we might get a 5-1 but it just takes someone to make a gate and that’s that, it’s very disappointing.”
 
(FIXTURES)

MONDAY JULY 29:
ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R2: Birmingham v Belle Vue 7.30, King’s Lynn (32) v Sheffield (58) 7.30

WEDNESDAY JULY 31:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Poole (46) v Glasgow (44) 7.30

THURSDAY AUGUST 1:
SPORTS INSURE PREMIERSHIP R2: Ipswich (49) v King’s Lynn (41) 7.30, Oxford (37) v Birmingham (23) 7.30, Sheffield (37) v Leicester (53) 7.30

FRIDAY AUGUST 2:
CAB DIRECT CHAMPIONSHIP: Glasgow v Edinburgh 7.30, Redcar v Workington 7.30, Scunthorpe v Plymouth 7.30
WSRA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Belle Vue (40) v Oxford (49) 7.30
BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP: Belle Vue (prior to NDL fixture) (500cc/125cc support)