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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum GONE TO THE DOGS Swinton exit after late collapse Greenhill will make their KO Cup final debut next month after surprisingly coming through their first ever last four tie this week. A draw at Swinton earned the second tier side a two point aggregate win over their higher division opponents, who had seemingly been cruising to their first semi-final win, having gone eight up on the Greyhounds with five heats remaining of their home second leg. Bailey Fellows’ visitors however possessed the will and fire-power required to recover from the seemingly hopeless position, the comeback inspired by World Champion Luca Romano (15)—who fell in heat five and then was excluded from the subsequent re-run—with victories in three successive heats. All three provided heat advantages for Greenhill, with 4-2’s in heats 11 and 13 sandwiching a 5-1 when he appeared alongside Colin Bradford as a tactical substitute. Suddenly they were level on the night and back in front on aggregate, however that advantage had switched back to the hosts heading into the last, with Christopher Ellis and Nathan Burke scoring their side’s second 5-1 of the meeting in the penultimate race of the tie. The Greyhounds though weren’t about to roll over now, back into action came Romano, who stormed to his fifth win of the night in the decider, Harry Myers (15 from six) bringing home the all important two points for second, a 5-1, Greenhill through by two. Through to face SL25 winners Birkenhead, who were 14 point aggregate victors over Southampton in the second of the ties, the Scorpions managing only a 48-42 win on home shale this week.TODAY: Shorts Birkenhead won at title rivals Southampton to close to within a point of leaders Stone Cross. The unlucky hosts suffered three non-finishes in successive races early on, with a two point lead after heat two turning into a six point deficit by the end of heat five. More trouble for the Saints in heat nine, when engine problems hit heat leader Lee Anderson (6), who was on course to win the race, instead a 4-2 went the way of the Bombers. They would continued to hold the advantage for the rest of the crunch meeting, with Kristian Norgaard (11) completing the victory with his third race win of the night in the finale. Birkenhead’s cause was also being helped by Swinton, who were simultaneously beating Stone Cross 48-42 in a televised clash, a result which gave them the bonus point from the meeting by two. Swinton move up above Southampton and into third. At the other end of the table Eastbourne—who lost at home to Sawley last week—gave their survival hopes a massive boost with a 44-46 win at Timperley, their second away victory of the campaign secured with a last heat 5-1. They remain one place above the drop zone, but have moved three points clear of Rugby in eighth and only one adrift of their defeated hosts, who slip to sixth.
Series rookie Pavel Zirnis (13) secured a shock GP win in Prague after topping the round standings by a point from defending world champion Luca Romano. Four wins and a third behind Andy Daniel (9) and Daniel Bodell (8) in heat 16 was enough to give the Swinton and Latvian rider the Czech GP title, and move him up to fourth spot in the overall standings. Still leading the way is Olesia Duda (8), the Krakow star’s advantage has been cut to ten points by Hess though with still three rounds remaining.
Title favourite Zarek Wieczorek (15) scored a maximum to win his WU21 semi-final at Birkenhead. The Eastbourne number one cruised through to his third successive final in the competition—he finished a career best of fourth last year—after topping the podium by two points from Edvard Poelhuis (2nd) and Juhani Makien (3rd), who fought out a race-off for the minor podium places. Ryan Holmes (9) was the only one of the five British riders in action to qualify for the final from the tie, BU21 champion Aiden Chaney (4) was amongst those to exit.
A first away win of the season has given Cirencester hope of avoiding the drop from division two. They moved back off the bottom of the table and four points adrift of safety with the 44-46 victory at Grangemouth, which was secured with a last heat 5-1 from Connor O’Brien (10) and Joseph Bailey (10+1). Gareth Savage (8+1) also impressed for the visitors with two wins from second string, he beating Oilers heat leader Alex Warren in claiming the first of those. Meanwhile Purton slipped back into the bottom three after being held to a home draw by Liden, who climb above them on points difference into seventh spot. In division three an away point inched fourth placed Halesowen closer to the promotion places, the Heathens meeting at Burrett Road ending all-square when Darren Corbett (14) claimed his fourth straight victory of the night in a heat 15 4-2, Jordan Baker (11+2) beating Lars Krogh (8+1) to claim the crucial point for third.
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