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PLUNDERERS CONQUER NEW PEAK Kent beaten on home shale Peak Dean have become the first side to win at Kent in over a year and have leapfrogged over their defeated hosts into second spot in the top flight standings. At the 16th time of asking the Plunderers broke their league duck at the Iron Ring, taking down the early season pacesetters 43-47 with a last heat 5-1 from Krzysztof Olszeswki (10+1) and Mark Smith (10+2). It was the second time Stuart Smith’s side had led on the night, they would be no comeback on this occasion though for the hosts, who’d been pegged back with back-to-back visiting side advantages in heats 11 and 12, the first of which was a 5-1 won by substitute Jake Mitchell (11+1). A similar double had earned Peak Dean a four point lead earlier in the meeting, Olszewski and teenage reserve Marcus Graham (8+1) taking maximum points in heat four, a race which featured heat leader Milos Hubenak (9) for the hosts, Smith then won the next, a Plunderers 4-2. A ten point turnaround in favour of the hosts in the next five then looked to have cost Peak Dean their chance, although it would be they who would come out on top. Not top of the table though, West Ham remain a point clear of Peak Dean courtesy of their own away win, a 44-46 success at Milton Keynes, who remain eighth but have been left nine points adrift of safety following what was their fourth home defeat of the campaign. A last heat second place from Cameron Richards (14) took the visitors over the line, the 32 year old Kiwi had won all four of his races prior to the decider. West Ham have now lost just once in their last six visits to Spellbound Park. Milton Keynes’s survival hopes were diminished further by a second away victory of the campaign for the side one place above them in the standings, Putney. The Spitfires coming away from Swanage’s Days Park with a 42-48 win under their belts, a win which moves them to within a point of the sixth placed Swans. George Watts scored 8+1 at reserve in what was only his fourth league meeting for the Spitfires this season. Putney, who won just one of their first seven division one meetings in SL35, have now lost just two of the 13 they’ve ridden since.
TODAY: Shorts Long Ley had already qualified for the Division Two Cup semi-finals prior to this weeks final round of group fixtures. They had a say in who would take the second spot from their section though, holding hopefuls Liden to a draw away from home to all but secure their place as group winners. Liden’s failure to win meant Cradley eased through with a 47-43 home success over Wordsley. Neither side had been past the first round stage prior to this season, Dover—who were already certain to go up as group winners in the other half of the draw—have a much better record, the four-times finalists and winners of the competition in SL21 and 27 take on Cradley in the last four. Bracklesham make up the semi-final quartet, a 58-32 win over Wirral taking them through at the expense of Lane End.
Benfleet became the first side to beat Warrington in this years Division Three Cup and go through to the semi-finals alongside them from Group A as a result. The Vikings—who lifted the trophy 21 years ago—face Tresco in the last four, Benfleet take on Bilston, the two progressing from Group B following home wins over Witham (55-35) and Lothian (51-39) respectively this week.
With seven GP series places up for grabs and seven of last years participants in action, there was always a strong chance of a big name missing out when the Play Off round at Swanage took place this week. Surprisingly six of the SL34 contingent went through, led by Brighton’s Klement Kobza (13), who claimed his second World Championship meeting win of the season after finishing a point clear of the home side’s, Joseph Fisher. World number four Aarno Saarinen (6) was the one in the septet to miss out, the top averaged rider in the field finishing down in tenth.
Bracklesham’s Nelek Duda (14) dropped just a point in winning the first of the WU19 semi-finals at West Ham this week. Duda joined the Rhinos as a 16 year old two years ago for £100,000, he’s averaging 4.68 for them in division two this season, following two years of recording marks below 3.00. Ellon teenagers Pavel Marijanovic (12) and Libor Machnik (11) completed the podium at the Dockers, English starlet Thomas Gill (10) qualified through to the final from fourth.
The top two in division two both won away from home to pull clear of the chasing pack. Crucially second placed Liden did so at Desford, 44-45, who lie in third, having been seven down at one stage. Leaders Land End meanwhile scored a last heat 5-1 to win at Cradley, 43-47.
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