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Date |
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| Sat 28th Sept | Manchester League's Individual Finals | Bury | |
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This season's Manchester League's
Individual Finals were staged at Bury on Saturday afternoon with a
combined Junior rider event followed by a combined Open and Veterans
event.
Following one withdrawal and one
no-show, seven A&T riders took to the track using a mini ladder
format to contest the junior event. After each rider had raced
in four qualifying races, the finals for each category were held
with gate positions being decided by an open draw.
Alex Lawless beat Elijah Rechembei in
the Under 10 Final.
Frank White retained the title he won
last year as he comfortably won the Under 13 Final starting from the
outside gate four but a good race developed behind him with Levi
Edwards, from gate three, making a good move on the first bend to
drop under both Josh Pilkington and Oscar Belt, leaving them to
fight it out between them for the third place overall. Oscar managed
to get ahead of Josh and despite a few unsuccessful attempts from
Josh it was Oscar who finished in third place.
Frank White picked up the Under 16
trophy being the only rider to enter that category.
John White and Frank White raced
against each other in the qualifying heats with John winning on each
occasion and that's how it continued in the Under 19 Final as John
retained the U19 title that he won last year.
Referee - Mark Radford (Bury)
Two of the original entrants failed to turn up for the Senior final leaving just seven riders in a combined Open and Veterans final.
John White, Kris Ramsden and Frank
White won the first three heats before Kris beat both John and Frank
in heat four to lead the field after all riders had completed two
races each whilst John White, Steve Harris and defending champion
Reece Pollitt were all just one point adrift with seven points each.
Kris Ramsden dropped his first point
in heat nine as Reece Pollitt took the win. John White won his
final two races to finish on 15 points with Kris Ramsden joining him
on 15 when he won heat eleven. Reece Pollitt beat Frank White
and Steve Harris in heat 12 to become the third rider to finish with
a total of 15 points.
A three rider race-off to decide the
overall placings saw Pollitt draw gate one, John White on gate two
and Ramsden on gate three. Reece Pollitt won from the gate to
make it three successive senior titles in three years. John
White resisted the challenges of Kris Ramsden to take the runners up
trophy with Ramsden having to settle for the bronze medal position.
1st Reece Pollitt (Bury) 15, 2nd John
White (A&T) 15, 3rd Kris Ramsden (Bury) 15 after race-off.
Frank White (A&T) 13, Steve Harris
(A&T) 12, Eryk Motala (Bury) 11,
The Vets title was contested between Steve Harris and Mark Radford and with Steve getting the better of Mark when they met in heat 5, took the title with an adjusted 16 point maximum with Mark taking runners up spot with 15 points.
Referee - Danny Taylor (Bury)
Match report courtesy of Alan Taylor. |
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