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Last Updated: Nov 28th, 2010 - 10:22:29 |
WEYMOUTH Weyline Wildcats suffered their biggest defeat of the season in the battle of the basement with the Isle of Wight Islanders in National league action last night at the Smallbrook Stadium 60-32. The Wildcats didn’t manage a heat advantage all evening in contrast to the Islanders who banged in five 5-1’s and four 4-2’s with the rest of the heats being drawn affairs.
The Islanders thought it was their birthday romping off to a 12 point advantage after four heats. Nick Simmons teamed up with new Islanders recruit Lee Smethills for a 5-1 in heat 1 with Byron Bekker grinding to a halt with mechanical trouble after initially leading the opening lap. Luke Chessell split Tom Hill and Dean Felton in heat 2 but Former Wildcats Danny Warwick and Brendan Johnson roared off for another 5-1 in heat 3. James Cockle managed to split Ben Hopwood and Hill before Wildcats team manager Phil Bartlett introduced Bekker as a tactical ride in heat 5. Bekker fell on the third turn last lap while Johnson and Warwick roared off again for maximum points.
Heats 6 and 7 were shared with Cockle taking the flag from Simmons and Smethills the hard way from third with the riders swapping places at will. This was followed by Brown just holding off Hopwood’s challenge and Felton in third with the Wildcats 16 down 29-13. The second tactical ride of the evening saw McKinna split Smethills and Hill for a share of the points with the riders well spaced out. Johnson in terrific form won heat 9 from Cockle who worked hard to keep Warwick at bay.
Two more shared heats Brown winning from a hard challenging Simmons and Smethills in heat 10 and Felton getting the better of Bekker and McKinna in heat 11 after a lightening start in a cracking race with very little separating the riders for four laps, with the scores now 43-25 and the meeting in the bag for the Islanders.
The Islanders finished off with Warwick taking the win from Brown and Hill for a heat advantage and two 5-1’s Hopwood and Simmons teaming up over Bekker after a great tussle for second place on the line in heat 13. Johnson unbeaten by an opponent at this stage won heat 14 with Felton ahead of Chessell. The final heat was shared with Simmons taking the win over Brown and Cockle to give a final result of 60-32 with Johnson’s paid maximum ruined with a last place.
The Wildcats now have to pick themselves up for the return fixture on Friday evening at the Wessex Stadium 7.15pm start time. Wildcats chairman Phil Bartlett said “Quite clearly we were beaten by the better side tonight. We started off on the back foot with mechanical problems for our top three even before the meeting and the parade. There was no more we could do, the reserves weren’t scoring and everyone else was struggling with the track. Quite clearly though with the home track advantage racing such a big track compared to Weymouth showed where their experience was over ours.”
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MEETING DETAILS:
ISLE OF WIGHT WIGHTLINK ISLANDERS
1. Nick Simmons (C) (3-2-2-2*-3) 12+1
2. Lee Smethills (2*-1*-3-1*) 7+3
3. Danny Warwick (3-2*-1-3) 9+1
4. Brendan Johnson (2*-3-3-3-0) 11+1
5. Ben Hopwood (3-2-0-3) 8
6. Dean Felton (1-1*-3-2*) 7+2
7. Tom Hill (3-1-1-1) 6
Team manager: Chris Hunt & Kevin Shepherd
WEYMOUTH WEYLINE WILDCATS
1. Byron Bekker (R-F^-2-1) 3
2. Adam McKinna (1-1-4^-1*) 7+1
3. Tom Brown (C) (1-3-3-2-2) 11
4. Gary Cottham (R-0-0-0) 0
5. James Cockle (2-3-2-R-1*) 8+1
6. Richard Andrews (0-0-0-0) 0
7. Luke Chessell (2-0-0-1) 3
Team manager: Phil Bartlett
REFEREE: Dave Robinson
GATE POSITIONS: Islanders won the coin toss and took gates 2 & 4
HEAT DETAILS:
Ht 1: Simmons, Smethills,McKinna, Bekker (Ret), 71.6, 5-1 (5-1)
Ht 2: Hill, Chessell, Felton, Andrews, 72.5, 4-2 (9-3)
Ht 3: Warwick, Johnson, Brown, Cottham (Ret), 69.1, 5-1 (14-4)
Ht 4: Hopwood, Cockle, Hill, Chessell, 69.5, 4-2 (18-6)
Ht 5: Johnson, Warwick, McKinna, Bekker (Tac, Fell), 70.5, 5-1 (23-7)
Ht 6: Cockle, Simmons, Smethills, Andrews, 71.3, 3-3 (26-10)
Ht 7: Brown, Hopwood, Felton, Cottham, 71.2, 3-3 (29-13)
Ht 8: Smethills, McKinna (Tac), Hill, Chessell, 71.5, 4-4 (33-17)
Ht 9: Johnson, Cockle, Warwick, Andrews, 69.6, 4-2 (37-19)
Ht 10: Brown, Simmons, Smethills, Cottham, 71.8, 3-3 (40-22)
Ht 11: Felton, Bekker, McKinna, Hopwood, 71.4, 3-3 (43-25)
Ht 12: Warwick, Brown, Hill, Andrews, 70.6, 4-2 (47-27)
Ht 13: Hopwood, Simmons, Bekker, Cockle (Ret), 70.4, 5-1 (52-28)
Ht 14: Johnson, Felton, Chessell, Cottham, 70.9, 5-1 (57-29)
GATE POSITIONS: Wildcats won the coin toss and took gates 2 & 4
Ht 15: Simmons, Brown, Cockle, Johnson, 70.5, 3-3 (60-32)
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