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MDL Sun June 22nd : Stoke 12 Long Eaton 20 Stoke Spitfires 12 1. Adam Sheppard R N N = 0 2. Sam Ward 2 2 3 = 7 3. Tom Sipos f/x 1’ 1 0 = 2+1 4. Paul Bowen 2 F f/x 1 = 3 Long Eaton Invaders 20 1. Lee Geary 3 3 2’ = 8+1 2. Cam Hoskins R 2’ X = 2+1 3. David Holt 3 3 3 = 9 4. Sam Darroch 1 0 N = 1 Ht 1 : Geary Ward Sheppard (ret) Hoskins (ret) 2-3 2-3 69.9 2 : Holt Bowen Darroch Sipos (f/x) 2-4 4-7 awarded 3 : Holt Ward Sipos Darroch(f/rm) 3-3 7-10 70.8 4 : Geary Hoskins Sipos Bowen(fell) 1-5 8-15 72.8 5 : Ward Bowen(f/x) Hoskins (x-2min) 3-0 11-15 74.3 6 : Holt Geary Bowen Sipos 1-5 12-20 73.3 On a hot dusty afternoon Long Eaton kept up their winning ways with a 20-12 win over Stoke at Loomer Road. They had two unbeaten riders in David Holt and skipper Lee Geary and they scored all but three of their team total. Stoke were under strength and gave debuts to Tom Sipos and Paul Bowen. Number 1 Adam Sheppard’s afternoon last just two laps when he seized the engine he had borrowed off his mechanic after suffering bike troubles on Friday at Coventry and again last night at Leicester. Home rider Sam Ward was left to ride a solo four laps in heat 5 after partner Bowen had fallen in the original staging then Long Eaton pair Sam Darroch and Cam Hoskins hit bike troubles. Ward’s bike hit problems but the local lad somehow nursed it home for the win.

Long Eaton Invaders 21 MK Knights 15 MDL Beaumont Park, Leicester 21st June 2014 Long Eaton finally ended their run of defeats with a comprehensive victory over MDL leaders MK Knights. The match was effectively won inside the first three heats as the Invaders chalked up a trio of 5-1s and although the Knights recovered to make a fight of it, the 12-point deficit proved too much to pull back. Invaders 1. Lee Geary 2*-3-0 = 5+1 2. Adam Sheppard 3-2*-ef = 5+1 3. Adam Portwood 2*-2-2 = 6+1 4. Layne Cupitt 3-1"-1 = 5+1 Knights 1. Sam Chapman 1-3-3 = 7 2. Luke Whitehead 0-0-2* = 2+1 3. Conor Dwyer 1-0-1 = 2 4. Niall Strudwick 0-1-3 = 4 Ht1 Sheppard, Geary, Chapman, Whitehead 5-1 /5-1 71.44 Ht2 Cupitt, Portwood, Dwyer, Strudwick 5-1 / 10-2 71.82 Ht3 Geary, Sheppard, Strudwick, Dwyer 5-1 / 15-3 71.19 Ht4 Chapman, Portwood, Cupitt, Whitehead 3-3 / 18-6 70.19 Ht5 Strudwick, Whitehead, Cupitt (Sheppard ef) 1-5 / 19-11 74.12 Ht6 Chapman, Portwood, Dwyer, Geary 2-4 / 21-15 69.50 L

Weds 30th July OMIT Kings Lynn v Sheffield ADD Kings Lynn v Rye House MDL Sun 17th August OMIT Buxton v Kings Lynn Weds 28th August ADD Kings Lynn v Sheffield Sun 31st August ADD Buxton v Kings Lynn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KO CUP Semi Final: Sat 16th August Rye House v Kings Lynn Fri 29th August Kings Lynn v Rye House

MDL KO CUP 1ST LEG CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Mercia-Vikings 24 Stoke HARTSHILL CYCLES Spitfires 12 VIKINGS: 1. Conor Dwyer 2 3 2’ 3 = 10+1 2. John Markham 1’ N N = 1+1 3. Adam Sheppard 2’ f/m 1 = 3+1 4. Jason Garrad 3 1 3 3 = 12 SPITFIRES : 1. Alex Wilson Exc N N = 0 2. Sam Ward 3 2 1 0 = 6 3. Kelsey Dugard 1 2 2 = 5 4. Sam Darroch 0 0 1’ 0 = 2+1 Ht 1 : Ward Dwyer Markham Wilson(exc) 3-3 3-3 awarded 2 : Garrad Sheppard Dugard Darroch 5-1 8-4 67.5 3 : Dwyer Dugard Garrad (f/rm) Darroch 4-2 12-6 66.2 4 : Garrad Ward Darroch Sheppard(f/rm) 3-3 15-9 66.2 5 : Garrad Dwyer Ward Darroch 5-1 20-10 65.1 6 : Dwyer Dugard Sheppard Ward 4-2 24-12 67.6 125cc : 2a – Joe Thompson ,Kyle Roberts, Sam Wright, Stephen Whitehouse 4a –Joe Thompson , Dan Thompson, Kyle Roberts, Sam Wright 71.5 5a –Joe Thompson, Dan Thompson, Kyle Roberts, Stephen Whitehouse 72.4 The City Gearboxes Vikings will take a 12 point lead to Stoke for the 2nd leg of the MDL KO Cup on Saturday July 5th after a 24-12 win over the Spitfires at Brandon on Friday. Their win could have been more emphatic but for two falls for Jason Garrad in heat 3 and Adam Sheppard in heat 4 when the Vikings were on maximum 5-1 heat wins! The match started though in the worst possible way when Vikings skipper John Markham was sent head first into the fence after Spitfires No. 1 Alex Wilson dived under him after picking up drive and straightening up. Markham was knocked out with his helmet completely cracked and was taken to the local hospital where thankfully only a concussion was diagnosed and a shoulder injury the only outcome. Garrad’s fall robbed him of a full 12 point maximum with the newcomer remounting and catching and passing Sam Darroch for a third place. For the Spitfires Sam Ward started in fine style with a fine win over Conor Dwyer whilst Kelsey Dugard , son of former England star Martin, improving with every ride and in heat 6 stalked Adam Sheppard for four laps before pipping him on the line. L

Friday June 20th : MDL KO Cup1st Leg: CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Mercia-Vikings 24 v Stoke HARTSHILL CYCLES Spitfires 12 Vikings --- 1. Conor Dwyer. 2. John Markham © 3. Adam Sheppard . 4. Jason Garrad. Spitfires ---- 1. Alex Wilson . 2. Sam Ward. 3. Kelsey Dugard. 4. Sam Darroch.

Castleford HG Aerospace Kings 23 Sheffield Cubs 13 Castleford Adam Portwood © 3 3 2 = 8 Tom Bacon 1 1 2' = 4+1 Andy Blackburn 1 1' 1' = 3+2 Layne Cupitt 3 2 3 = 8 Sheffield Tom Woolley 2 3 3 = 8 Ben Hewitt 0 0 1 = 1 Alex Wilson 2 2 0 = 4 Dan Miles 0 0 0 = 0 heat 1/ Portwood Woolley Bacon Hewitt 4-2 heat 2/ Cupitt Wilson Blackburn Miles 4-2 = 8-4 heat 3/ Portwood Wilson Bacon Miles 4-2 = 12-6 heat 4/ Woolley Cupitt Blackburn Hewitt 3-3 = 15-9 heat 5/ Cupitt Bacon Hewitt Miles 5-1 = 20-10 heat 6/ Woolley Portwood Blackburn Wilson 3-3 = 23-13 Two evenly matched sides fought out an entertaining match which though staged at Owlerton was a Castleford "home" fixture.Equally impressive were Portwood,Woolley and Cupitt who all ended the evening on 8 points,though the remaining riders in both squads fought hard for their points with a closely contested heat 5 when Tom Bacon passed Ben Hewitt on the inside exiting turn two to follow home team mate Layne Cupitt to record the only 5-1 heat win of the evening.Eight riders all competing in an MDL meeting that was presented and staged in the true spirit of amateur league racing.

MY WRITING MUST IMPROVE !! yes it is Sat July 19th Stoke v KIngs Lynn !! also now : sat 9 aug rye house v stoke

Sat 9th August Long Eaton v Sheffield Sat June 28th Rye House v Kings Lynn Sat 19th July Stoke v Rye House

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Up to and including Saturday, June 14, 2014 M W D L W D L F A Pts 1 Milton Keynes 10 5 0 0 4 0 1 232 124 18 2 Stoke 8 2 0 1 3 0 2 151 134 10 3 King's Lynn 7 3 0 1 1 0 2 132 107 8 4 Belle Vue 7 2 0 1 2 0 2 120 115 8 5 Rye House 6 3 0 1 0 1 1 101 112 7 6 Coventry 7 3 0 2 0 0 2 103 87 6 7 Castleford 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 46 47 4 8 Long Eaton 8 1 1 3 0 0 3 121 164 3 9 Sheffield 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 68 134 2 10 Buxton 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 78 0

MIDLAND DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE 2014 (All matches excluding Challenge up to and including the 14 June 2014) Rider Mat Rides Points BP Total Average Danny Ayres 7 21 38 1 39 7.43 Tom Bacon 6 19 16 0 16 3.37 Josh Bailey 8 24 63 1 64 10.67 Andrew Blackburn 1 4 5 1 6 6.00 Sam Chapman 13 44 97 8 105 9.55 Layne Cupitt 13 43 51 5 56 5.21 Ryan Terry-Daley 6 17 45 0 45 10.59 Sam Darroch 2 6 1 0 1 0.67 Reece Downes 1 3 4 2 6 8.00 Conor Dwyer 1 3 9 0 9 12.00 Joe Exley 2 5 5 0 5 4.00 Adam Extance 1 3 6 0 6 8.00 Stefan Farnaby 1 3 5 0 5 6.67 Lawrence Fielding 1 4 2 0 2 2.00 Connor Fletcher 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 Jason Garrad 4 9 19 3 22 9.78 Lee Geary 10 33 58 3 61 7.39 Jack Hall 1 3 6 3 9 12.00 Luke Harris 5 17 29 4 33 7.76 Ben Hewitt 6 19 14 4 18 3.79 Ben Holloway 9 23 36 7 43 7.48 David Holt 10 29 34 6 40 5.52 Cameron Hoskins 2 5 5 2 7 5.60 Jack Kingston 1 3 3 0 3 4.00 Ryan Kinsley 7 19 21 4 25 5.26 Adam Kirby 10 29 56 6 62 8.55 Martin Knuckey 1 3 3 0 3 4.00 Ryan MacDonald 1 2 5 0 5 10.00 Andy Mellish 4 14 23 4 27 7.71 John Markham 7 17 23 6 29 6.82 Dan Miles 6 16 8 2 10 2.50 Connor Mountain 3 9 22 2 24 10.67 Rikki Mullins 2 6 12 1 13 8.67 Michael Neale 5 16 27 2 29 7.25 Lee Payne 2 7 21 0 21 12.00 Jeremy Pestell 9 31 68 8 76 9.81 Daniel Phillips 1 3 7 1 8 10.67 Sean Phillips 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 Adam Portwood 1 2 6 0 6 12.00 Liam Sanderson 1 3 1 0 1 1.33 Bradley Seal 4 10 3 0 3 1.20 Adam Sheppard 11 32 40 5 45 5.63 Rob Shuttleworth 6 19 49 2 51 10.74 Tom Sipos 3 7 5 1 6 3.43 Lee Springthorpe 7 18 23 4 27 6.00 Niall Strudwick 9 28 33 9 42 6.00 Shaun Tedham 6 17 37 6 43 10.12 Danno Verge 3 9 19 1 20 8.89 Sam Ward 9 28 31 12 43 6.14 Rob Watts 7 24 26 7 33 5.50 Scooter Webster 3 8 5 0 5 2.50 Luke Whitehead 5 15 8 4 12 3.20 Alex Wilson 8 24 25 2 27 4.50 Sam Woods 5 11 15 3 18 6.55 Tom Woolley 3 8 12 1 13 6.50 Alec Wright 10 29 59 9 68 9.38

RHRaiders 18,J.Garrad 4 R 9 Pts,L.Harris 4 R 5 +2 Pts,R.Watts 4 R 4 +2 Pts.MKKnights 17,S.Tedham 6+2,R.Mullins 6,J.Kingston 3,N.Strudwick 2.all from 3 rides each.

Rye House into semi-finals 39-32 ( full details to follow) semi-Final draw : Kings Lynn v Rye House Sheffield v Stoke or Coventry

MDL –Sat June 14th Stoke 22 Sheffield 14 Stoke : 1. Andy Mellish 2’ 3 3 = 8+1 2. Sam Ward 3 2’ 3 = 8+1 3. Sam Darroch 0 0 0 = 0 4. Layne Cupitt 3 3 0 = 6 Sheffield 14 1. Tom Bacon 0 1 2 = 3 2. Ben Hewitt 1 1’ 2 = 4+1 3. Alex Wilson 2 1 2 = 5 4. Dan Miles 1’ 0 1 = 2+1 Ht 1 : Ward Mellish Hewitt Bacon 5-1 5-1 75.2 2 : Cupitt Wilson Miles Darroch(f) 3-3 8-4 74.2 3 : Mellish Ward Wilson Miles 5-1 13-5 73.6 4: Cupitt Bacon Hewitt Darroch 3-3 16-8 73.0 5 : Ward Hewitt Miles Cupitt(f) 3-3 19-11 72.9 6 : Mellish Wilson Bacon Darroch 3-3 22-14 71.9

Buxton withdrew from KO Cup due to lack of dates available. Sheffield bye to semis. With rain affecting fixtures as yet no darw made for these.

MDL CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Mercia-Vikings 7 Belle Vue Colts 17 (abandoned after ht 4 –result stands) Vikings 7 1. Ryan Terry-Daley 1 R = 1 2. Jason Garrad 0 3 = 3 3. Adam Sheppard R 2 = 2 4. John Markham 1 R = 1 Ephe Colts 17 1. Reece Downes 2’ 1’ 1 = 4+2 2. Conor Dwyer 3 3 3 = 9 3. Shaun Tedham 2’ 2 = 4+1 4. Sam Ward N N = 0 Ht 1 : Dwyer Downes Terry-Daley Garrad 1-5 1-5 66.6 2 : Dwyer Tedham Markham Sheppard (f/rm-ret) 1-5 2-10 67.5 3 : Garrad Tedham Downes Terry-Daley (ret) 3-3 5-13 4 : Dwyer Sheppard Downes markham (ret) 2-4 7-17 125cc : 2a -- Dan Thompson , Kyle Roberts, Sam Wright, Stephen Whitehouse 73.8 Reigning MDL champions Belle Vue raced to a resounding 17-7 victory over Coventry in a meeting curtailed at heat 4 with the result standing. After a major crash in heat 9 of the main meeting there was a long delay whilst the riders were examined meaning the 2nd half ran late. This was very frustrating for riders and management after the previous week’s problems. The Colts tracked local lad Conor Dwyer as a replacement for Michael Neale and the Vikings squad member on his return from injury was unbeaten in his three rides! That just about rubbed salt in the wound with the home side hitting all sorts of gremlins and problems. Number one Ryan Terry-Daley , usually unbeatable at this level, tried a different bike out in his first ride before having problems on his usual machine in his second outing. Adam Sheppard fell in heat 2 whilst holding second spot and skipper John markham hit mechanical gremlins all night. Debutant Jason Garrad bounced back from a last place first time out to hold off MDLRC reigning champion Shaun Tedham in heat 3 with an impressive ride from the former moto-crosser in just his ninth time on a speedway bike! Sam Ward was forced out of the clash with a blown engine leaving Belle Vue utilising rider-replacement for him and with their top three on form this boosted them as the home side just had no answer to the Colts.

VIKINGS Ryan Terry-Daley Jason Garrad Adam Sheppard John Markham © COLTS Reece Downes Conor Dwyer Shaun Tedham Sam Ward

Not sure if both 2nd halves at Sheffield were called off with teams having travelled there or not and main meetings had taken place ?

Under the 2014 ruling regarding postponed meetings Castleford Kings have been awarded the two Midland Development League points after the late cancellation of their fixture at Coventry last Friday. The Kings had previously had a wasted journey when rain washed out the fixture on Bank Holiday Monday May 5th after the Bees clash with Lakeside. This call off though came after a delayed start to the Bees clash with Wolverhampton after the M6 was closed and other traffic problems in surrounding areas. With a storm due at midnight and with stock cars the following day with the fence having to come down and track prepared the Stadium decreed that the second half was to be cancelled. The Coventry promotion tried to request a curtailed four heat match from which a result could be called but this plea was rejected. Castleford have rightly requested the awarding of the league points with Mercia-Vikings team boss Laurence Rogers not opposing this , “ I fully understand what Peter Hibberd has requested and although it means less important track time for the youngsters I have agreed to concede the points. These boys do not get travel or points money and come from far and near at their own expense. It is not ideal but it is what is in the rules.” Dale Allitt , joint co-ordinator of the League commented , “ Castleford were within their rights enforcing this rule and based on the calculations of fuel used on both occasions I can fully understand their stance. As such Castleford will be credited two points in the MDL table.”

Details below of Belle Vue v Sheffield MDL match 09/06/14. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BELLE VUE COLTS 27 Michael Neale 3 3 Fx 2' = 8+1 David Holt DNR Rob Shuttleworth 3 2' 3 3 = 11+1 Andy Mellish 2' 2' 1 3 = 8+2 Sheffield Tiger Cubs 9 Alex Wilson 1 2 2 0 = 5 Sam Darroch 0 1 0 = 1 Tom Bacon F 1 = 1 Dan Miles 1 0 1' = 2+1 Ht 1 - Neale, Mellish, Wilson, Darroch (5-1) (5-1) 65.9 Ht 2 - Shuttleworth, Mellish, Miles, Bacon (F) (5-1) (10-2) 65.7 Ht 3 - Neale, Shuttleworth, Darroch, Miles (5-1) (15-3) 64.5 Ht 4 - Shuttleworth, Wilson, Mellish, Darroch (4-2) (19-5) 65.8 Ht 5 - Mellish, Wilson, Miles, Neale (F) (3-3) (22-8) 68.2 Ht 6 - Shuttleworth, Neale, Bacon, Wilson (5-1) (27-9) 65.9 Belle Vue Colts took a comfortable 27-9 win over a young Sheffield side, none of whom had ever ridden the Kirkmanshulme Lane track before, but who were gaining in confidence towards the end of the match. The Colts were forced to use the Rider Replacement facility for David Holt who had a badly swollen hand, courtesy of a non-speedway accident at home earlier in the day. MIchael Neale won heat one followed home by Andy Mellish (taking Holt's ride), and the Colts took a second 5-1 when Mellish followed home Rob Shuttleworth in the next. Tom Bacon was a faller whilst placed third, and although he got up and cleared the track to allow the race to continue, he then took an ambulance ride back to the pits with a twisted knee. Sam Darroch replaced Bacon in heat 3, whilst Shuttleworth took Holt's ride and followed home Neale for a 5-1 win in the fastest time of the night. Heat 4 provided the race of the night. Whilst Shuttleworth took a comfortable win, Mellish and Wilson passed and re-passed each other on every bend until the Sheffield rider made the final pass off the last bend to take a hard earned 2 points. Michael Neale was a faller whilst leading heat 5, but team mate Mellish went on to win the race again being pushed all the way by Wilson. The Colts finished with a 5-1 in heat 6, with Bacon thankfully able to take his place and score a point after receiving treatment to his knee.

Garrad and no relation

To be rearranged

Fri June 20th Coventry v Stoke now KO Cup not MDL Sat July 5th Stoke v Coventry KO Cup Sat Aug 30th Stoke v Coventry MDL

MDL : Sat May 31st Stoke 13 (Layne Cupitt 4r 6, David Holt 4r 6, Sam Ward 4r 1) Milton Keynes 23 ( Sam Chapman 4r 12, Shaun Tedham 4r 8, Luke Whitehead 4r 3) Sun June 1st Long Eaton 17 ( Adam Kirby 3r 9, Lee Geary 3r 6, Alex Wilson 3r 2, Luke Whitehead 3r 0) Stoke 19 ( Layne Cupitt 4r 8+1, David Holt 4r 8+1, Sam Ward 4r 3+1) KO Cup : Milton Keynes Knights 15 1 Jez Pestell 2, 3, 0 0 (5) 2. Niall Strudwick 0, 1+, 0 1 (2+1) 3. Connor Mountain 2, 3, 3 (8) 4. Rider Replacement Rye House Raiders 21 1. Luke Harris 1, 2, 1+ (4+1) 2. Josh Bailey 3, 1, 3 (7+1) 3. Danny Ayres 3, 2, 2 (7) 4. Rob Watts 0, 1+, 2+ (3+2)