Weakened Eagles Steal A Point At Foxhall

Ipswich Witches won the meeting last night but failed to win by the required 7+ points to take all three league points, against a weakened Eagles team.

From the first heat there were signs that the Eagles were not going to be the easy target that their line-up suggested. Reserve Simon Gustaffson taking a rider replacement ride roared from the tapes and took the chequered flag ahead of Scott & Olly, smashing the track record in the process. Heat two saw the visiting reserves pick up a 4-2 followed by Danny & Claus hitting back with a 5-1 in heat three. After a shared heat four the Eagles pairing of Zagar & Gustaffson scored a 5-1 of their own and they inched ahead again. Two more shared heats followed and then Olly & Linus pulled the scores back level in heat eight.

After pulling ahead again in heat ten it was looking good for the Witches in heat eleven but after initially leading, Robert ground to a halt on lap three and the Eagles pulled it back again. Danny & Linus teamed up for a 5-1 in heat ten and then Robert pulled off a breahtaking ride in heat thirteen to hold off Zagar to follow Scott home for a second 5-1. The three league points were now there for the taking but the Eagles pairing of Schramm & Woodward had other ideas gaining a maximum heat win in heat fourteen. Scott & Robert lined up for heat fifteen knowing that they needed to repeat their heroics of heat thirteen but when the tapes rose it was Zagar who popped out ahead and Scott was unable to overhaul him. Witches fans were left wondering why visiting teams still appear to be more comfortable on the new Foxhall track than several of the home team riders...

Photos from the meeting can be accessed in our photo gallery here

Meeting scorecard

Ipswich Witches: 47

  

Eastbourne Eagles: 43
1. S Nicholls 2 3 2' 3 2 - - 12 1   1. M Zagar 0 3 3 1 3 - - 10 0
2. O Allen 1' F 3 3 - - - 7 1   2. S Gustafsson 3 3 2' 0 2' 0 - 10 2
3. C Vissing 2' 0 0 - - - - 2 1   3. L Dryml 0 2 0 - - - - 2 0
4. D King 3 1 3 3 - - - 10 0   4. C Woodward 1 1' 1' 1 2' - - 6 3
5. R Miskowiak 2 3 R 2' 1' - - 8 2   5. R/R - - - - - - - - -
6. D Stachyra 2 0 1 1 - - - 4 0   6. C Schramm 1 2 2 1 3 - - 9 0
7. L Sundstrom 0 1' 1 2' - - - 4 2   7. D Lampart 3 0 1' 2 0 0 - 6 1

Team manager: Pete Simmons

  

Team manager: Trevor Geer

Heat Results

Heat 01: Gustafsson, Nicholls, Allen, Zagar 3-3 57.8 NTR
Heat 02: Lampart, Stachyra, Schramm, Sundstrom 2-4 5-7 59.9
Heat 03: King, Vissing, Woodward, Dryml 5-1 10-8 59.5
Heat 04: Re-run Gustafsson, Miskowiak, Sundstrom, Lampart 3-3 11-13 59.2
Heat 05: Zagar, Gustafsson, King, Vissing 1-5 14-16 58.2
Heat 06: Re-run Nicholls, Schramm, Lampart 3-3 17-19 59.0
Heat 07: Miskowiak, Dryml, Woodward, Stachyra 3-3 20-22 60.1
Heat 08: Re-run Allen, Lampart, Sundstrom, Gustafsson 4-2 24-24 60.6
Heat 09: King, Schramm, Woodward, Vissing 3-3 27-27 59.1
Heat 10: Allen, Nicholls, Woodward, Dryml 5-1 32-28 60.1
Heat 11: Zagar, Gustafsson, Stachyra, Miskowiak 1-5 33-33 59.4
Heat 12: King, Sundstrom, Schramm, Lampart 5-1 38-34 60.1
Heat 13: Nicholls, Miskowiak, Zagar, Lampart 5-1 43-35
Heat 14: Schramm, Woodward, Stachyra, Sundstrom 1-5 44-40 60.9
Heat 15: Re-run Zagar, Nicholls, Miskowiak, Gustafsson 3-3 47-43 59.4

Heat details courtesy of speedwayupdates.co.uk

Team photo courtesy of Phil Hilton.


21, May, 2010