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| Sun 7th Sept | Northumbria v Astley & Tyldesley | Northumbria | |
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Astley & Tyldesley made the long trip to the impressive new track at Cramlington on Sunday, for a Northern League fixture. A&T had a whole host of senior riders missing, for various reasons. However, the patched up side put up a great effort in the Division 1 match and narrowly missed recording a first ever win against Northumbria. The first five heats were all drawn, before Gavin Parr pulled off a fine pass to beat Tomasz Wlodarczyk in heat 6, with Dan Redshaw taking 3rd place. A&T hit back in heat 8, with a well worked 7-3 by the Paul Graham / Przemek Binkowski pairing over Jason Keith, to take the lead, but a 6-4 to G. Parr/ Andy Knowles over Wlodarczyk levelled the scores at the break. Redshaw rounded Ciaran Collins to win heat 10, with Keith Oldham third, for Northumbria to regain the lead. Four drawn heats followed, before a hard fought 6-4 to the Keith / Knowles pairing over George Hughes and Max Evans extended the home team's lead to 4 points. Two more shared heats meant the A&T needed a last heat 7-3 to draw. Keith pulled out a fast start from 2 to gate over Graham and take the race win, for another shared heat, with Reece Pollitt third. A&T's long serving Polish riders, Przemek Binkowski and Tomasz Wlodarczyk, made their first appearances of the season and they were in great form, losing only to Gavin Parr. Binkowski inflicted Parr's only defeat of the day, in heat 16. Reece Pollitt impressed with some excellent gating, losing only to Parr first time out and to Keith in the last heat, with strong support from Paul Graham. Youngsters Ciaran Collins and Max Evans were always in the thick of the action, as were George Hughes and newcomer Gareth Paine. 13 of the 18 heats were shared, but Northumbria took four 6-4 heat wins to A&T's one 7-3 heat win. In a very close and sporting match, Northumbria rode as a more solid unit, recording just four last places, with Gavin Parr in excellent form, whilst A&T had eleven race winners but fourteen last places. Northern League Division 1 match result: Northumbria 92 Astley & Tyldesley 88 Northumbria: Gavin Parr 19, Jason Keith 15 (1), Michael Parr 15, Mark Mulvey 10 (5), Terry Kirkup 10 (3), Dan Redshaw 9, Keith Oldham 8, Andy Knowles 6 (1). A&T: Przemek Binkowski 18 (1), Tomasz Wlodarczyk 18, Reece Pollitt 16 (2), Paul Graham 14 (1), George Hughes 9, Ciaran Collins 7, Max Evans 3, Gareth Paine 3. Referee - Keith Dyer. Veteran George Hughes, who had ridden for the first time since April in standing in for the missing riders, took ill in the pits at the start of the Division 2 match and was subsequently kept overnight in hospital. Our best wishes go to George for a full and speedy recovery. When the Division 2 match eventually got underway, A&T's youngsters got off to a great start, winning four of the opening five races with a maximum 7-3 scoreline. Northumbria rallied after this, but A&T were well in control and emerged convincing 86-63 winners. Reece Pollitt rode to an untroubled maximum, with Ciaran Collins losing only to Dan Redshaw in heat 7. Matthew Snell, Max Evans and Gareth Paine were all in excellent form, with Jon Quarmby making his debut and son Joe completing the line-up. For Northumbria, Dan Redshaw was in great form, losing only to Reece Pollitt in heat 11. Northern League Division 2 match result: Northumbria 63 Astley & Tyldesley 86 Northumbria: Dan Redshaw 19, Richie Smith 10 (2), Jim Graham 10, Dan Thompson 8, Andy Knowles 6 (2), Norman Carson 6, Lewis Petrie 3, Lee Redshaw 1. A&T: Ciaran Collins 19, Reece Pollitt 17 (3), Gareth Paine 15, Max Evans 14 (4), Matthew Snell 14 (1), Jon Quarmby 4, Joe Quarmby 3, George Hughes dnr. Referee - Keith Dyer. A&T ran out convincing 60-19 winners in the Division 3 match. A&T's riders were: Max Evans, Kieran Fallon, Ryan Fallon, Joe Quarmby, Matthew Snell. Northern League Division 3 match result: Northumbria 19 Astley & Tyldesley 60 Northumbria: Lewis Petrie 8, Lee Redshaw 8, Oliver Smith 3. A&T: Joe Quarmby 14, Matthew Snell 14, Max Evans 14, Kieran Fallon 14, Ryan Fallon 4. Referee - Gavin Parr. |
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