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| Sat 1st Oct | Men's Battle of Britain Series |
East Park Wolverhampton |
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The final round of the Men's Battle of Britain series took place at East Park, Wolverhampton, on Saturday. Disappointingly, the South East & Eastern team withdrew the day before, followed by Kris Ramsden and Mike Baldock pulling out of the North & Scotland team on the morning of the match. With only four riders present, any chance of the North & Scotland team repeating their magnificent victory in Round 3 at Ipswich were dashed. Despite this setback, all four North & Scotland riders rode superbly. Lewis Foxley top scored, in his best national performance to date, scoring 22 points from six rides. He lost only to Chris Jewkes and British Champion Paul Heard. Reece Pollitt (despite a knee injury) and Pawel Idziorek were also in top form, both losing only to Heard and the strong Ben Mould/ Will Jeffery pairing. Steve Harris rode as a reserve and he teamed up with partners to take heat wins in five of their six races together. The other twelve races saw the North & Scotland team field a solitary rider. The South & South Wales team fell behind early on, when conceding two successive 7-3 heat wins, after riders fell. However, they pulled it back and looked to be winning comfortably, before Mould was twice subbed for reserve riders and Jeffery suffered his second fall of the match in heat 26. This meant that the match went to a last heat decider, with the Midlands team needing a 7-2 to level the scores with the South & South Wales team. Heard took the race win, but Idziorek kept out Craig Guy, to ensure that the South & South Wales team won by a single point. The North & Scotland team were left ruing the twelve points lost through not fielding a rider in twelve races, finishing fourteen points behind the winning team. It was a most competitive match, ridden in a good spirit throughout, on a cool, blustery day. For the Midlands, Paul Heard lost only to World Champion Ben Mould and Will Jeffery. Mould raced unbeaten for the South & South Wales team, with Jeffery unbeaten in four rides and falling in the other two. This clinched the Men's series win for the South & South Wales team. Men's Battle of Britain Round 4 result: South & South Wales 91 Midlands 90 North & Scotland 77 South & South Wales: Steve Beesley 19, Will Jeffery 16 (2), Ben Mould 15 (1), Adam Bennett 12 (1), Owen Johnson 10 (1), Jack Ellis 7 (2), Lee Galley 7 (2), Morgan Porter 5. Midlands: Paul Heard 21 (1), Chris Jewkes 16 (2), Brandon Sidebotham 13 (1), Nathan Groves 12 (1), Connor Steel 10 (1), Craig Guy 9, Craig Whitehead 9. North & Scotland: Lewis Foxley 22, Reece Pollitt 21, Pawel Idziorek 21, Steve Harris 13 (2). Referee - Dave Dart. Men's Battle of Britain series final standings: South & South Wales 14 (293), North & Scotland 9 (211), South East & Eastern 8 (197), Midlands 5 (155). The final Elite Grand Prix round was cancelled after only three riders entered. Men's Elite Grand Prix series final standings: Chris Timms (Birmingham) 56, Ben Clarke (Ipswich) 54, Ben Mould (Horspath) 50. |
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