Title Partner
Ipswich Witches
Team Manager: Pete Simmons |
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| 1. Ben Barker | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2. Cameron Heeps | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 3. Rohan Tungate | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 4. Morten Risager | 2* | 2* | 0 | 2* | 6 | 3 | |||
| 5. Leigh Lanham | 2 | 3 | 2* | 2* | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 6. Adam Ellis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 7. Ritchie Hawkins | 2* | 1* | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
Edinburgh Monarchs
Team Manager: John Campbell |
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| 1. Craig Cook | 1* | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2. Derek Sneddon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 3. Theo Pijper | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4^ | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 4. Max Fricke | 1 | 1* | 2* | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 5. Claus Vissing | 3 | 2 | 4^ | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 6. Mitchell Davey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7. Jozsef Tabaka | 1 | 0 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
Ipswich qualified for the League Cup final after winning the second leg of the semi-final against the Scotwaste Monarchs 57-37. The aggregate was 99-85.
Craig Cook was disqualified from the meeting by referee Dan Holt after an incident in the pits involving Ben Barker, following heat 1. Cook had finished third and Barker fourth in a 3-3.
Craig would have been well advised not to get involved, however there was certainly provocation and the referee it seems did not see the whole of the incident. There will be a protest over the affair.
Monarchs' top scorer was Claus Vissing with 12 points.
The important thing now is to get back up the road and focus on the Armadale match against Berwick on Friday night.
It's four hundred and eighteen miles from Armadale to Foxhall Stadium in Ipswich but it's a journey that the Scotwaste Monarchs will be undertaking on Thursday as we attempt to defend the six point lead gained in the first leg of the League Cup semi final at Armadale on 5th July.
Up until last Friday the biggest defeat the Scotwaste Monarchs had suffered was a four point loss at Scunthorpe on the 6th of May, the day that Claus Vissing was leading his only two races when he fell both times and crashed out of the meeting. On the basis of that form six points should be enough to take us through to the League Cup final against Newcastle but there will be no complacency in the team as everyone knows that the match against Ipswich Witches will be very very difficult and success will be a wonderful achievement.
Both teams had riders in action on Wednesday evening. Craig Cook was riding for Belle Vue at Poole and he had one of his poorer Elite League outings of the season managing just four points from his four outings. Ipswich star Rohan Tungate was on the other side and he fared only slightly better scoring five points from five rides for the triumphant Pirates. Witches will be delighted that Tungate came through the meeting unscathed as he managed just one lap at Ipswich last week before pulling out of the meeting. Ipswich number one Ben Barker was riding for Birmingham and he scored seven as the Brummies squeezed to a two point win over Eastbourne.
It a quick trip back up the road for an important league match against Berwick. The Scotwaste Monarchs will be hoping to shake off their indifferent home form with a big win over the Bandits who have strengthened their team by bringing in Adam Ellis as a guest replacement for the injured Nicki Barrett.
By the start of the meeting on Friday night we will have announced twelve of the participants in the Scottish Open sponsored by David Harrison Ford. The riding order draw, together with the last four names, will be made during the meeting on Friday evening. Sponsorships of heat, rider, tyre and fuel & oil can be purchased from the Club Shop on Friday.
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