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Last Updated: Jan 5th, 2010 - 12:50:06 |
England continued their dominance of the Home International series with a convincing victory at Redbraes Park, Edinburgh on 13th June 2009.
With what could be considered an inexperienced side, Steve Harris apart, all thoughts of the fixture being the proverbial banana skin for England failed to materialise as they eventually provided 12 of the 18 heat winners to win by a comfortable 21 points from 2nd placed Scotland, with Ireland pipping Wales to 3rd spot.
Wales off grid 1 for the first set of heats got off to a great start with Karl Winwood taking the chequered flag relegating Andy Angell to 2nd place in what would be his only defeat of the day. Unfortunately for Wales this would be their only win of a tough afternoon.
With England leading by 4 points from Wales after the first set of heats whilst off grid 4 the writing was on the wall for the other home nations. By the end of the 2nd set off 4 England had extended their lead to 12 points over the now 2nd placed Scotland who were now proving to be best of the rest.
After the break a strong 2nd half showing by Ireland which included their only heat victory by Tom Doyle in race 15 ensured they finished above the under strength Welsh side.
A run of 4 heat winners at the start of that 2nd half for England made sure Team Manager Pete Barnes could relax and feel justified in his team selection.
Although the end result was never really in doubt the meeting itself had some fantastic racing with incident in every heat to keep the spectators entertained. For all England’s dominance no one managed to hit a maximum with Andy Angell, Steve Harris and Chris Timms all finishing one short on 15 points.
Best up for Scotland was birthday boy Nathan Groves, who celebrated his 18th birthday by securing 13 points which included wins over Steve Harris and Chris Timms.
Adam Stephenson reached the 10 point mark for Ireland as did Karl Winwood for Wales.
Arron Summers of the Edinburgh Monarchs Motorcycle Speedway Team made the medal presentations to the delighted England Captain Steve Harris who, it could be argued, was the star of the day.
The Edinburgh promotion would like to thank the following Sponsors who ensured the successful running of the meeting -
Scottish Cycle Union
Velux Company
Sunnyhill Motors
And we would also like to thank those hard working Edinburgh club members without whose help the sponsorship would have been all for nothing.
England 64
Andy Angell 15, Steve Harris 15, Chris timms 15, Ryan Hoyland 10, Jamie Brown 9
Scotland 43
Nathan Groves 13, Jake Slight 9, Pete Young 8, Craig Newsome 7, Mikey Hewittson 6
Ireland 36
Adam Stevenson 10, Tom Doyle 8, Craig Norton 8, Barry Copping 6, Gary Colby 4
Wales 33
Karl Winwood 10, Ben Mould 7, Mark Winwood 6, Neil Power 5, Dave Murphy 5
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