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Coventry are now the most successful side in the history of the 4TT competition after lifting the trophy for an unprecedented fourth year in a row! They moved above Beverley in the all-times winners list with what was overall their seventh success in the competition, their latest win coming 26 years after their first, before Angus Rogers was even born. Rogers has now featured in each of the last three Crusaders 4TT victories, the Aussie an ever-present since joining the club from Bridgwater for over £1/2million mid way through SL32, the club have won five trophies since, including the Pairs at the start of this season in which he starred alongside his number one John Hawke. Hawke is about to complete his tenth year with the Crusaders, the now 32 year old has won every club honour since signing for the Dave Hood promotion for £1.1million, an eye-watering figure which has proved money very well spent. This now the 12th trophy earned by Coventry since Hawke’s arrival, he scored 11 as Coventry took the lead in the final with a opening leg victory on their own Diamond Park circuit. Antony Collier however topped that mark, contributing a maximum 12 to their 38 point tally. Coventry though lost the aggregate lead in leg two, with St Ives going in front with a fantastic performance in Cornwall, dropping just three points in scoring 45 to Coventry’s 20, the Pirates at this stage looking the team to beat. Coventry made inroads into that seven point advantage with success in leg three at Peckleton, Hawke (10) and Rogers (9) both with a brace of race victories in the closely fought meeting which they won by a point from the hosts, St Ives were a further four back in third. On to the finale at Houston, and what a dismal night it prove to be for the Pirates, they losing the aggregate lead to the Crusaders by the end of heat two as Hawke and the fourth member of the Coventry quartet—Rasmus Wilhemsen—picked up five points to their rivals one. It took St Ives until heat five to add another point after which they went on a run of four races without troubling the scorers! In the meantime Coventry were cruising to victory, eventually securing the point to take them over the line in heat 13 and with three races to spare.

Coventry have returned to the top of the division one table ahead of the final two rounds of league racing. A blow to Houston as they slip behind the Crusaders after failing to pick up any points from their trip to Blackpool, missing out on the bonus point in the 52-38 defeat after Branimir Klepp (12+2) lost a race off to the unbeaten Miroslav Ivanoff (15), who beat him four times on the night. Coventry also lost on the road, 48-42 at York, however a last heat second for John Hawke (14) ensured they would take the vital bonus point in that one. Prior to those meetings Coventry pulled off a spectacular 43-47 victory at Houston in the first leg of the KO Cup final, the Crusaders now clear favourites to lift the trophy for a seventh time after recovering from six down after heat 11 with a run a three straight heat advantages, including heat 13 and 14 5-1’s, won in turn by John Hawke (15 from six) and reserve Tyler Holder (8+1). The defeat was Houston’s first at home this season. Elsewhere in the top flight relegation for Warley was confirmed with a 51-39 defeat at bottom side Boston.

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