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Last Updated: Nov 28th, 2010 - 10:22:29 |
Weymouth Weyline Wildcats slumped to a fourth defeat against Buxton Hitmen at the Wessex Stadium 41-53. The Hitmen are tipped as title favourites this season and after last night’s showing at the South coast venue there is no reason to doubt this.
Craig Cook started his last meeting off with a win for the Hitmen pegging back Dan Halsey and James Cockle for the Wildcats. Four heat advantages followed for the Hitmen with Jason Garrity and Lewis Dallaway joined his partner on the second lap for a 5-1 advantage in heat 2. Karl Mason managed to split the Hitmen pair of Robert Branford and Jonathan Bethell in heat 3 with Gary Cottham doing likewise in heat 4 over Adam Allott and Garrity, which was re-run after Adam McKinna fell first turn second lap from third place, Garrity laid his machine down to avoid him. Cook was unstoppable again in heat 5 with the very impressive Branford for another 5-1 putting the Hitmen 12 points clear, 9-21 in another re-run heat following Brown’s fall on the third turn first lap.
Cockle donned the black and white helmet colour for double points in heat 6 but could do nothing about Allott, with Dan Halsey packing in for third this was the first Wildcats heat advantage of the evening. Bethell and Branford hit straight back with a 5-1 in heat 7 before Halsey took a tactical ride in heat 8. Again Allott grabbed the win but Cottham packed in for third for the second heat advantage for the home side to put the scores at 20-32 in a closely contested race.
Mason split Allott and Dallaway in heat 9, Brown again a faller on the third turn, while Branford split the Wildcats pair of Cockle and Halsey in heat 10. McKinna back in the Wildcats line up took the chequered flag in heat 11 inflicting Cooks first defeat of the evening with Dallaway in third after Andrews fell forcing another re-run.
Tom Brown had a great tussle with Bethell for four laps in heat 12 and with Cottham in third in what proved to be the last heat advantage for the Wildcats, again another re-run heat after Dallaway fell third turn second lap. Cook took the spoils in heat 13 from Cockle and Mckinna in a close battle for first place before Mason split Branford and Dallaway in heat 14. Cockle just headed home Cook and Allott in a very close final race to give a meeting result of 41-53.
After the meeting Wildcats chairman Phil Bartlet said “We had to re-declare the side with Adam in to replace Byron as a temporary measure until we are fully aware of how long Bryon will be out of action for. Adam was offered a team spot by another club and for more money but turned it down returning to us showing his loyalty to the club. It shows why they are top of the League and we’re almost bottom, the Aussies they have worked out well for them Garrity riding good although he didn’t have a good night tonight, they could of won by a lot more if he had been on form.
Tom is a real worry for us, by his high standards he isn’t at the races at the moment, we don’t know what it is but it is a real worry for a rider that has ridden well for the club in previous seasons as we have all seen to see his form dive so badly.”
Byron Bekker confirmed that his crash last week has been a real blow to the end of his season “They re-potted my had today at the hospital, it’s a real pot which has to stay on for four weeks and my collar bone has snapped and overlapped each other. When I go back in four weeks to have the pot off they are going to check the collarbone and if it hasn’t healed they will have to pin it which will be about three months before its ready.”
WEYMOUTH WEYLINE WILDCATS
1. James Cockle (1*-4^-3-2-3) 13+1
2. Daniel Halsey (2-1*-4^-1) 8+1
3. Tom Brown (C) (0-FX-F-3) 3
4. Karl Mason (2-1-2-2-0) 7
5. Adam McKinna (FX-R-3-1*) 4+1
6. Richard Andrews (1-1-FX) 2
7. Gary Cottham (0-2-1*-1-FX) 4+1
BUXTON HITMEN
1. Craig Cook (3-3-2-3-2) 13
2. Rider Replacement for Nick Morris
3. Jonathan Bethell (1-3-F-2) 6
4. Robert Branford (3-2*-2*-2-3) 12+2
5. Adam Allott (C) (3-3-3-3-0-1*) 13+1
6. Lewis Dallaway (R-2*-0-1-1*-FX-1) 5+2
7. Jason Garrity (3-1-0) 4 withdrawn
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