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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum WEBB SNAGS PAIRS TITLE Aussie starlet leads Swinton to victory Swinton have won the Club Pairs Championship for the first time to continue their remarkable rise in the sport. It’s the third major competition win in less than six months for the club now in it’s ninth league season, Steve Pearce’s Lions having won both the 4TT and the Division One Cup towards the end of SL32. They’ve certainly began SL33 with a bang, they sit top of the league standings having won five out of six, as well as beginning the defence of their Division One Cup crown with back-to-back victories. But this weeks Pairs success will surprise even the most optimistic of their backers, they having just sneaked into the Dundee decider from the qualifier at Wolverton. It wasn’t looking good for last years runners-up after heat one, 23 year old Aussie’ Ryan Webb (13) and Pavel Zirnis (11)—four years Webb’s senior at 27—on the wrong end of a 5-1 against Grangemouth in that opening race. They would swiftly turn things around however to lead at the halfway point of the final alongside Greenhill, matching the Greyhounds tally with back-to-back 5-1’s against the pairings from Stone Cross and Birmingham. The outright lead would be theirs after the next round of heats, with Swinton taking a 4-2 against Eastbourne and the Greyhounds going down to a 5-1 loss against the inconsistent Grangemouth pairing. Swinton all but put the final to bed when beating Greenhill 4-2 in heat 15, but just for good measure they’d go on to add a third 5-1 of the tie in heat 18, the clash against Whiddon deciding things in their favour with still three heats remaining.TODAY: Shorts Swinton went top of the division one table for the first time since their promotion five years ago with a 43-47 victory at Nottingham. The win was their third on the road in all competitions in SL33, and was returned courtesy of the minor places in the last from new Pairs Champions, Ryan Webb (12) and Pavel Zirnis (11+1), two riders who between them rode to five of the seven heat successes the visitors managed during the meeting. Previous leaders Birkenhead slip to second following their first loss of the league campaign, a 56-34 defeat at Greenhill, the home side’s margin of victory certainly boosted by the absence of Aleksandrs Zirnis from the Bombers side, the 23 year old had been averaging 7.62 at second string this season. Zirnis’s GSA will remain at it’s start of season mark of 5.60 as a result, the averages have been updated this week, for those that have appeared in six fixtures at least. Elsewhere a weakened Timperley side—due to the injury to Carlos Mason, rather than tactical in their case—lost out at home to Sawley, 42-48, while Nottingham beat a full strength Wednesfield on the road by the same score prior to their trip to Swinton, 17 year old second string Riley Mitchell (6+1) amongst the heat winners for the Red Knights.
Greenhill look set to reach the semi-finals of the Division One Cup for a third time after making it two wins out of two in this years competition. The Greyhounds go clear at the top of their first round section following a 44-46 success at Dundee, where a last heat 4-2 won by the unbeaten Harry Myers (14+1) secured them three of the four group points on offer. Luca Romano (13+1) just missed out on his own maximum when being pipped on the line to second spot by Jake Clarke (9) in the final race, second string William Connor (9) also impressed for the visitors with two wins from his four rides.
Whiddon became the third different pacesetters in division two this season after leading from start to finish to take the points at Lakeside. After suffering three non-finishes in the meeting the Aces will count themselves slightly unlucky to go down to the 43-47 loss, the Watchman certainly made the most of their numerical advantage in heat three, when Imants Kolesnikov (8+1) and second string Alberto Lambardi (7+2) took a 5-1 in the re-run. There were more gift points to come in heat 12 when Carlos Cooperman (8) fell when lying second as a tactical substitute. At the other end of the table a 44-46 victory at Bullbridge saw Grangemouth climb out of the bottom three, having started the week in tenth spot. Matthew Wild top scored for the Oilers in that one with 15+1, the visitors went six behind on three occasions in the meeting, before Wild/Jari Annala (11+2) 5-1’s in heat 11 and 13 took them into a lead they would hold for the remainder of the meeting. In division three Bolsover were the only side to pick up an away point, with a draw for the Crusaders at Bournemouth sealed with a last heat 5-1 from Kimmo Neimi (15) and Trevor Putnam (12+1). Bolsover climb to second, level on points with leaders Birmingham.
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