Another Away Loss At Swindon

The Ipswich Witches made a promising start to this meeting and kept the scores close for the first eight heats desoite losing Robert Miskowiak after a high speed crash involving Thomas H Jonasson. The home side then settled down, scoring two successive 5-1s and were tem points ahead after heat ten. Scott was nominated to wear the B/W helmet in heat eleven but he was passed by the fast charging Simon Stead and with Ritchie Hawkins at the rear no points were gained. Swindon then pulled further ahead and finished the meeting twenty points in front.

Meeting Scorecard

Swindon Robins: 56

Ipswich Witches: 36

1. L Adams 3 3 3 1 3 - - 13 0 1. S Nicholls 1' 3 4! 2 2 - - 12 1
2. C Gathercole 0 0 2 2' - - - 4 1 2. R/R - - - - - - - - -
3. G Zengota 1 2 3 3 - - - 9 0 3. D King 2 1' 1 1 - - - 5 1
4. M Korneliussen 3 1' 2' 3 0 - - 9 2 4. A Dryml 2 0 2 0 1 1' - 6 1
5. S Stead 3 3 3 3 - - - 12 0 5. R Miskowiak 2 - - - - - - 2 -
6. M Risager 2 0 1 2' - - - 5 1 6. D Stachyra 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 9 0
7. T H Jonasson 1' 0 1' 2' - - - 4 3 7. R Hawkins 0 1' 1' 0 0 0 0 2 2

Team manager: Ronnie Russell

Team manager: Pete Simmons

Heat Results

Heat 01: Adams, Dryml, Nicholls, Gathercole(Ret) 3-3 65.68
Comments: Riders struggling to turn around the bends. Gathercole at the back and gave up, not happy with the track.
Heat 02: Stachyra, Risager, Jonasson, Hawkins 3-3 68.21 6-6
Comments: From the gate, riders still struggling with the bends.
Heat 03: Korneliussen, King, Zengota, Dryml 4-2 67.11 10-8
Comments: The riders are still struggling...
Heat 04: Re-run Stead, Miskowiak, Hawkins, Jonasson(Ex) 3-3 66.24 13-11
Comments: A coming together between Miskowiak and Jonasson. Miskowiak is up but Jonasson is taking a trip in the ambulance. Track work finally being done. Both riders appear fit to carry on but Jonasson is excluded from this heat.
Heat 05: Nicholls, Zengota, Korneliussen, Stachyra 3-3 65.77 16-14
Heat 06: Adams, Stachyra, Hawkins, Gathercole 3-3 66.55 19-17
Comments: Miskowiak replaced in this heat by Hawkins.
Heat 07: Stead, Dryml, King, Risager 3-3 66.37 22-20
Heat 08: Stachyra, Gathercole, Jonasson, Hawkins 3-3 67.21 25-23
Heat 09: Zengota, korneliussen, Stachyra, Hawkins 5-1 65.80 30-24
Heat 10: Adams, Gathercole, King, Dryml 5-1 66.64 35-25
Heat 11: Stead, Nicholls(TR), Risager, Hawkins 4-4 66.83 39-29
Heat 12: Zengota, Jonasson, King, Stachyra 5-1 67.55 44-30
Heat 13: Stead, Nicholls, Adams, Hawkins 4-2 66.17 48-32
Heat 14: Korneliussen, Risager, Dryml(TR), Stachyra 5-1 67.67 53-33
Heat 15: Adams, Nicholls, Dryml, Korneliussen 3-3 67.24 56-36

Heat details courtesy of speedwayupdates.co.uk


03, Jul, 2010