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Jubilee Edition - ENHANCED
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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum AQUA—DOOM Sharks caught napping Putney top the division one table with a 100% record after a stunning late 5-1 double took them to a win at Brighton. Four league victories out of four now for the Spitfires who lead the way in the standings by two points from Swanage, the Swans suffering their first defeat of the campaign at West Ham. It was a huge 21 point loss for the Swans—their biggest since a 57-33 defeat at the same opponents three years ago—but all is not as it seems, with Ross Miles resting two of his most impressive performers of SL36—second string Noah Thompson (7.00 CMA) and reserve Jack Barker (9.09)—ahead of the first GSA change later this month. Neil Boniface meanwhile isn’t anticipating any average problems for the Spitfires, with much of the heavy lifting being done to date by his heat leaders, as his back-up riders struggle to live up to their start of season marks. It’s working however, for now, with Kimmo Laakso (17), Jindra Kubes (14+1) and Juhani Mantyla (9+1) racing to nine heat wins between them at The Aqua-Dome, where the visitors recovered from six down after heat 13, to win the meeting 44-46. Putney weren’t in front until Kubes brought home two points for second behind Laakso in the finale, Kubes had already won the penultimate heat of the night ahead of Mantyla, in which both featured as tactical substitutes. Home boss Nick Ward will be hugely disappointed with the effort made by his number one Klement Kobza (9)—he failed to win a race after heat seven and finished last in the decider—especially given he’d won five heats and scored 17 in an earlier Division One Cup draw at Swanage.TODAY: Shorts Putney (26) will go into next weeks Club Pairs final as favourites to win the competition and end a seven year wait for a major trophy. Their pairing of Juhani Mantyla (16) and Kimmo Laakso (10) topped their semi-final tie at Bolsover by a clear six points from Calne (20) and holders Brighton (20), Swanage (19) sneaked through from fourth. Putney—who scored three 5-1’s in the tie—are looking for their fourth win in the competition, which would match the record tallies of both Brighton and Swanage, those two will be bidding for their fifth successes at Nottingham. West Ham (25) won the second of the semi-final ties at Wordsley (18), Dockers duo Venedict Glinka (14) and Antony Kelly (11) ending the night with back-to-back 5-1’s to pip last years runners-up Peak Dean (24) to top spot, the third and final qualification place went to the hosts.
After losing their opening two division one meetings Lane End’s fortunes took a remarkable turn for the better. The top flight debutants put behind them their bruising start to SL36 by winning three meetings out of three this week, including two on the road. Kent was the venue for the first of those away fixtures, their first division one points in the bag after they fought back from eight down to claim a 41-49 victory with two 4-2’s and two 5-1’s in the final four races. Six different riders were involved in the late show, Thorsen Moser (17) winning two of the four, while Charles Trosky’s (14+1) second place finish in the last to Moser ensured he’d score his side’s first—and only so far—maximum of SL36. Moser (14) missed out on making it two full houses in a row by a point at Desford in the Division One Cup, but that wont bother him one jot as he led the Trappers to a 43-47 victory in Leicestershire and to the top of the group standings. Kent meanwhile bounced back from their defeat at the Iron Ring to take a point at Liden, the scores finishing level in a topsy-turvy fixture which the Steelers had trailed in by 12, but also led in by four. Elsewhere in division one Krzysztof Olszewski scored 16+1 as Peak Dean recovered from six down to win at Reading, 40-50, the victory their fourth in a row in the league at the venue.
Defending champion Craig Chapman (7) will not get a chance to add to his record five British titles this season. The 43 year old missed the cut in his qualifier at West Ham this week, which was surprisingly won by Warrington’s Jeremy Buckley (12), a rider currently averaging below six in division three. Now 31, Buckley’s last of his previous five WSO successes came in the British Final as a 23 year old. Wirral’s Scott Shannon (12) won the second of this weeks semi-finals in Dover after beating Lewis Farmer (2nd) and James Myers (3rd) in a race-off.
A home 44-46 defeat to Long Ley leaves Bilston still looking for their first point since their promotion back to division two. The Lions up to second following the victory, which moves them to within a point of unbeaten Wordsley, whose latest meeting at Bolsover finished all-square after they scored three 4-2’s in the final four races. Benfleet maintained their 100% start to the current division three season with a 44-46 victory at Lothian, while Cradley enjoyed a single point victory at Farnham.
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