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Comment now on the latest news at the Forum UP THE DUFF Six figure buy stars as Rebels stun Lions Newington have made their way through to the Division Two Cup semi-finals with a 100% winning record at the first round stage. Phil Watmough’s side made it four wins out of four on their trip to Longbridge, the 41-49 victory seeing them top their group from Glasshoughton by a stunning eight point margin, the defeated Lions missing out by a point on a last four spot. Any size of win in the final round of qualifiers would have taken Longbridge through alongside Newington—who reached the Division Three Cup final in their debut league campaign last year—but they hardly had a sniff despite home advantage, they behind from heat two onwards, with defeat confirmed by Terry Duffield’s (8) penultimate race victory over Lions’ heat leader Ken Parsons (8). That was Duffield’s second success of the night, a telling contribution from the veteran of 13 GP’s, who recently joined the club from Bolsover for £100,000. The 33 year looks set to play a crucial role for Newington as they go for the second tier double, next up for them in the cup is a semi-final tie with Wilmington, who barged their way into the knock out stage with a fantastic 60-30 home victory over Great Barr. That win—in which both Martin Kanne (14+1) and Philip Sorensen (14+1) scored maximums—brought with it a decisive set of two bonus points, which ended Netherton’s hopes of reaching the last four. Plymouth top that section thanks to a final round 48-42 victory over the Heathens, they were six different heat winners for the Pilgrims on the night, their number included second strings Mikael Perala (9) and Alan Franklin (4+1), plus reserve Maurizio Pellegrini (9+1).TODAY: Shorts Wordsley continued their bid to win the Division Three Cup for a record third time by reaching the semi-finals of this years competition. A 44-46 victory at Didsbury Village took them through to the last four as first round group winners, the decisive success at the Vaqueros secured with a last heat Risto Anttila (13)/Lee Alty (10+1) 5-1. The home side’s defeat let in Lenzie, who unexpectedly held on to take the runners-up spot in the section despite sitting out the final round action. Lenzie face the winners of Group A Kesgrave in the last four, the Kestrels—who like Wordsley have won the competition twice—securing their spot with a 49-41 home win over Wimbledon. That loss was by a small enough margin to see the Wanderers complete the last four line-up, they finishing clear of Bristol on points difference to take the runners-up spot behind Kestrels.
Defending champions Whitemoor extended their winning league run to eight meetings to go two points clear at the top of division one. The Witches opened the latest rounds of fixtures with a 42-48 victory at Cambridge, a meeting they found themselves six down in with just five heats remaining. They flipped the outcome in their favour with three 5-1’s in those closing races, the partnership of Deniz Rask (16+2)—who won the first when in as a tactical substitute—Bernd Hoover (13+1) doing the damage. Trevor Walker’s side have now lost just one of their last 11 in all competitions against the Cougars, who end the week in the relegation zone, two points adrift of safety.
No place for Taavi Raudnagel (7) in this years GP series having finishing third and second respectively in the previous two World Championships. He missed out on qualification for the final 16 despite being the highest averaged rider in the field in his third round qualifier at Sedgemoor, numbers counted for nothing though as his sole victory of the night in heat 17 came too late to make a difference, he missing the cut by a point. Current world number three Zygmunt Jablonski (8) finished just the right side of the line, that only after a last heat win in the meeting over Odell Espeseth (4). The tie was won by Deniz Rask (14), he finishing a point clear of Philip Sorensen (13) and his Whitemoor team mate, defending world champion Bernd Hoover (11). Meanwhile four wins from five took Chalvington rider Jason Danoff (13) to victory in the second of the final round ties, the 26 year old has finished seventh in each of the last two World Championships. Current world number eight Bengt Karim (11) was amongst the qualifiers, however two other SL29 GP riders—Michael Langhorne (6) and Andy James (5)—missed out.
Glasshoughton opened the second half of the league season with their fourth away win of the campaign. 5-1’s from Michael Langhorne (13) and Adam Schofield (11+2) in both heats 13 and 15 earning Matt Bernard’s side a 44-46 victory at Claygate, who slipped back to the bottom of the standings following the loss, their third on home shale in the league this season. Chris Hamilton was also amongst those to impress for the Gazelles, having dropped to reserve the 29 year old scored a best of 8+1 in his 12 meetings since signing for the club earlier in the season.
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