A draw at Calderwood was not enough for Brickhill to split Derby and Greenhill at the head of the final first round group standings in the Division Two Cup. In the end a big win would have been required for the Tigers to cause a late turnaround in the standings, that failing to materialise despite strong scoring from reserve Matthew Pitmen (8+1) and second string Thomas Hollis (9+1). Derby topped the group to set up a semi final with Linlithgow thanks to a 53-37 victory over Greenhill, who will take on Runcorn in the last four. The Rockets made it four victories out of four in the other section with a 57-33 rout over Bradwell, 20 year old second string Cameron Reeves (8+2) amongst the heat winners for the hosts.

A new name on the Division Three Cup is assured as this weeks results sent the only former winners in this years competition—Swindon and Kelso—out. Claygate denied the former with a 51-39 over them on home shale, the Bears finishing second as a result in their group to Hale—who’d already completed their fixtures—both have been defeated finalists in the competition, the Hornets losing out to Greenhill in last year’s decider, Claygate’s final appearance coming some 18 years ago! The Bears take on Mid Cams in the last four, the Harriers topping their section from Small Heath by a point, despite both suffering 46-44 defeats this week. The results against Earley and Kelso respectively though were good enough to see them edge their rivals, the two hosts had needed big wins to progress.

Erich Pavlik (12) will race in the GP series for the first time after winning the Play Off round, however the big news at Huntingdon came further down the order. As the 23 year old Greenhill number one was claiming his biggest prize since winning the WU19 title six years ago, current world number one Viktor Pohek (8) was struggling for any sort of consistency. Two last places on the night meant a last gasp heat 18 victory wouldn’t be enough to see him progress, the Slovenian only scoring enough for a reserve berth in the first of the eight GP’s in SL31 next week in Linlithgow. Brit’ Nathan Kay (11)—who finished second on the night to Pavlik—will be there, taking the home nation contingent in the series up to four, with Aaron Macaulay, Owen Mitchell and Mark Jolly having already qualified.

Linlithgow remain top of division two despite dropping their first home point since their relegation. The Lions were held to a draw by Wolverhampton, a side who went into the meeting 14 points adrift of the Scots in the standings. It could have been even worse for the hosts, who scored a last heat 5-1 to level the scores. Runcorn have closed to within points difference of Linlithgow following this weeks results, which included a Rockets victory at Beverley, who slipped to the bottom of the standings following the 44-46 loss. A last heat 5-1 from Vaino Koistinen (17) and Frank Klein (11+2) secured Runcorn the lead in the fixture for the first time, and their fourth away win of the campaign. In division three a 44-46 victory at Cork helps see Earley end the week in the promotion places for the first time in over a month, the Gravediggers securing only their second away win of the campaign with a race to spare as second string Ryan Palin (8+3) and reserve Zlatan Macac (6+2)—who both impressed throughout—joined forces for a 4-2.