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The midweek Manchester League season concluded with the Senior
Individual Final at Astley & Tyldesley on Wednesday evening.
On a very fast track, Stockport's Jake Read came close to the track
record, recording 40.70 seconds in heat 1.
As the match progressed, four riders forged ahead of the rest of the
field. Read and Bury's Kris Ramsden won the opening two races, before
A&T's Reece Pollitt headed home Stockport's Ben Higham in heat 3.
Ramsden and Pollitt won the next two heats, before Read lost ground as
he attempted to pass Higham, enabling A&T's Max Evans to slip through
and hold 2nd place. Higham, Ramsden, Read and Pollitt all won their
third races. Higham took heat 13, before three of the contenders lined
up in heat 14. Read won from Ramsden, with Pollitt third. Pollitt and
Read won their final races, to both finish on 18 points. The title was
decided in the final heat, when Higham held off the challenges of
Ramsden, to finish on 19 points, with Ramsden on 18. The run-off for 2nd
place was a repeat of heat 14, in that the riders finished in gate
order. This time Read headed home Pollitt, with Ramsden the unlucky
rider to miss out on a place.
There were trophies for the top three riders, presented by Manchester
League Competitions Organiser, Alan Taylor and A&T official, Janine
Paine.
Reece Pollitt was presented with a trophy for winning the Senior Grand
Prix series.
Manchester League Senior Individual Final result:
Ben Higham (Stockport) 19, Jake Read (Stockport) 18, Reece Pollitt (A&T)
18, Kristian Ramsden (Bury) 18, Max Evans (A&T) 17, Michael Preston
(Stockport) 15, Devon Campbell (Stockport) 14, Kaysar Mohammedi (Bury)
13, Louis Wright (Stockport) 12, Neil Howarth (Bury) 11, Eryk Motala
(Bury) 10, Alan Plimley (Bury) 9.
Referee - Mike Hack.
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