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was posted as a table but came out like that !

Saturday 19th April 2014 Beaumont Park, Leicester KO Cup Long Eaton Invaders 13 Kings Lynn Lightning 23 A heavy home defeat in the 1st Leg of the KO Cup for Long Eaton. The Invaders failed to win a heat, and Ben Holloway provided their only first place finish of the match. Kings Lynn were only able to track three riders and so were forced to use the R/R facility, but their no.1 Josh Bailey cruised to a 12 point maximum and was ably supported by Alec Wright who rattled up 9+2. Their progress in the competition now looks a mere formality. The 2nd leg is scheduled for April 30th at Saddlebow.. Long Eaton 1, Lee Geary 1,2,1* = 4+1 2. Ben Holloway 0,1*,3 = 4+1 3. Lee Springthorpe 2,1,2 = 5 4. Ben Hewitt 0,0,0, = 0 Kings Lynn 1. Josh Bailey 3,3,3,3 = 12 2. Alec Wright 2*,3,2*,2 = 9+2 3. R/R 4. Ryan Kingsley 1,0,1* f = 2+1 Heat 1 Bailey, Wright, Geary, Holloway 1-5 / 1-5 69.82 Heat 2 (R/R Wright) Wright, Springthorpe, KIngsley, Hewitt (fell, rem) 2-4 / 3-9 68.88 Heat 3 (R/R Bailey) Bailey, Geary, Holloway, Kingsley 3-3 / 6-12 69.62 Heat 4 Bailey, Wright, Springthorpe, Hewitt 1-5 / 7-17 69.93 Heat 5 Holloway, Wright, Kingsley, Hewitt 3-3 / 10-20 70.50 Heat 6 (R/R Kingsley) Bailey, Springthorpe, Geary, (Kingsley fell) 3-3 / 13-23 70.94

Up to and including Friday, April 18, 2014 M W D L W D L F A Pts 1 Milton Keynes 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 49 22 4 2 Coventry 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 48 23 4 3 Long Eaton 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 49 57 3 4 Stoke 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 37 34 2 5 Castleford 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 30 28 2 6 King's Lynn 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 44 51 2 7 Rye House 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 26 46 1 8 Belle Vue 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 47 0 9 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Sheffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MDL : CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Mercia-Vikings 24 Long Eaton SKILLS COACHES Invaders 12 CITY GEARBOXES Vikings went to joint top of the Midland Development League with a resounding 24-12 win over 2010 league champions Long Eaton at Brandon. No.1 Ryan Tery-Daley maintained his unbeaten run of form scorching to a four ride 12 point maximum whilst skipper John Markham was unbeaten by an opposing rider with 7 paid 9 to record a paid maximum. New signing Adam Sheppard had paid six from two completed outings coming a stop having lost a fuel line bolt in his second ride. 15 year old debutant Connor Fletcher had motor troubles on his No.1 bike in his first ride before falling and damaging his clutch in his second. For the Invaders Lee Springthorpe’s night came to an abrupt end with his chain snapping and ripping off his front cog. Lee Geary top scored with paid 7 from 4 rides whilst Ben Hewitt impressed with some determined riding. The win and the two league points makes Sunday’s trip to Mildenhall to face Milton Keynes Knights a top of the table clash with the Vikings . CITY GEARBOXES Vikings 24 1. Ryan Terry-Daley 3 3 3 3 = 12 MAX 2. Connor Fletcher N F/x = 2 3. Adam Sheppard 3 R 2 = 5 4. John Markham 2’ 3 2’ = 7+2 LONG EATON Invaders 12 1. Lee Geary 2 1’ 2 1 = 6+1 2. Ben Holloway 1’ 1’ 0 = 2+2 3. Lee Springthorpe R = 0 4. Ben Hewitt 1 2 1 0 = 4 Ht 1 : Terry-Daley Geary Holloway Fletcher NS 3-3 3-3 65.8 2 : Sheppard Markham Hewitt Springthorpe (ret) 5-1 8-4 68.3 3 : Terry-Daley Hewitt Geary Fletcher (f/x) 3-3 11-7 Awarded 4 : Markham Geary Holloway Sheppard(ret) 3-3 14-10 68.0 5 : Terry-Daley Markham Hewitt Holloway 5-1 19-11 64.2 6 : Terry-Daley Sheppard Geary Hewitt 5-1 24-12 64.9 125 cc races : 2a : Joe Thompson , Dan Thompson, Sam Wright Stephen Whitehouse(ret) 75.3 4a : Joe Thompson , Dan Thompson, Sam Wright Stephen Whitehouse 75.3

cheek Michael !! Thanks for the result as not sent through to me (rap on knuckles for Dunni!!)

COVENTRY are pleased to confirm British Under-19 Champion Stefan Nielsen is signing for the club as a full asset. Nielsen, who races for the City Gearboxes Storm as No.1, joins from Scunthorpe with the deal for team-mate Oliver Greenwood also complete. The agreement reached between promoter Mick Horton and his Scorpions counterpart Rob Godfrey also sees Josh Auty move to the Eddie Wright Raceway on a full transfer. Auty was part of the Buildbase Bees’ title-winning squad in 2010 but found his opportunities at Brandon limited due to the form of other riders, and he then spent two years with Birmingham but this season is racing in the Premier League only at Scunthorpe. Horton said: “These are good deals for the club and I really feel these youngsters are the future. Stefan is getting better and better, and Olly was sensational at Peterborough on Tuesday when he scored a paid maximum. “You can see from the system we have, with the Storm and with Peterborough in the Premier League, through to the Elite League, the progression is there and riders want to come to us, which is fantastic to know.” The Buildbase Bees are next in action at Brandon on Friday with a terrific local derby in prospect against Leicester. Full team news to follow tomorrow.

BELLE VUE COLTS 13 David Holt 0 1' 1 1 = 3+1 Tom Woolley 2 2 1 3 = 8 Michael Neale Fx = 0 Andy Mellish 2 0 0 = 2 STOKE SPITFIRES 23 Rob Shuttleworth 3 2' 2 = 7+1 Sam Chapman 1 3 2' = 6+1 Sam Ward 1 0 0 = 1 Lee Payne 3 3 3 = 9 Ht 1 - Shuttleworth, Woolley, Chapman, Holt (2-4) (2-4) Ht 2 - Payne, Mellish, Ward (Frm), Neale (Fx) (2-4) (4-8) 64.8 Ht 3 - Payne, Woolley, Holt, Ward (3-3) (7-11) 64.9 Ht 4 - Chapman, Shuttleworth, Holt, Mellish (1-5) (8-16) 67.4 Ht 5 - Payne, Chapman, Woolley, Mellish (1-5) (9-21) 65.8 Ht 6 - Woolley, Shuttleworth, Holt. Ward (4-2) (13-23) 66.3

Belle Vue 13 Stoke 23 details to follow

MDL Up to and including Saturday, April 12, 2014 M W D L W D L F A Pts 1 Milton Keynes 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 49 22 4 2 Long Eaton 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 37 33 3 3 Coventry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 11 2 4 Castleford 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 30 28 2 5 Rye House 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 26 46 1 6 Stoke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 21 0 7 King's Lynn 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 39 0 8 Belle Vue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Sheffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

thanks Mike .... was posted just before 2am as well with m6 congested again with long delays and diverted back to a5 and round that way !!

MDL Long Eaton Invaders 19 Castleford Kings 15 Long Eaton 1. Lee Geary 232 = 7 2. Ben Holloway 1*2*2 = 5+2 3. Lee Springthorpe 321* = 6+1 4. Luke Whitehead X1*0 = 1+1 Castleford 1. John Markham ef dnr dnr dnr = 0 2. Michael Neale 3333 =12 3. Alec Wright dnr retired hurt 4. Tom Bacon 2X10 = 3 Heat 1 Neale, Geary, Holloway (Markham ef) 3-3 / 3-3 70.62 Heat 2 (3 riders only) Springthorpe, Bacon (Whitehead fell, exc) 3-2 / 6-5 70.60 Heat 3 (3 riders only) Geary, Holloway (Bacon, fell, exc) 5-0 / 11-5 70.19 Heat 4 (3 riders only) Neale, Springthorpe, Whitehead 3-3 / 14-8 69.93 Heat 5 Neale, Holloway, Bacon, Whitehead 2-4 / 16-12 69.68 Heat 6 Neale, Geary, Springthorpe, Bacon 3-3 / 19-15 70.31

Up to and including Friday, April 11, 2014 M W D L W D L F A Pts 1 Milton Keynes 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 49 22 4 2 Coventry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 11 2 3 Castleford 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 9 2 4 Long Eaton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 18 1 5 Rye House 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 26 46 1 6 Stoke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 21 0 7 King's Lynn 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 39 0 8 Belle Vue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Sheffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MDL CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Mercia-Vikings 24 Kings Lynn Lightning 11 The CITY GEARBOXES Vikings started their 2014 Midland Development League season in fine style racing to an emphatic 24-11 win over Kings Lynn at Coventry. Without the injured Conor Dwyer the Vikings gave a debut to 19 year old local lad Tom Sipos, a product of the Coventry training schools . The youngster started his career in the best possible way with a paid win in his first outing but crashed out in his second ride injuring his wrist. Things started badly though for the visitors when Adam Kirby pulled out on the first lap before team mate Layne Cupitt , a Tai Woffinden protégé, crashed leaving the Vikings duo of Ryan Terry-Daley and Sipos to race to a 5-0 opening heat win. The Lightning shared the spoils in heat 2 with diminutive former road racer Alec Wright taking the chequered flag followed home by another Vikings debutant Adam Sheppard and home skipper John Markham. Wright took his second heat win in the re-run third heat after Sipos had crashed heavily into the air fence on the second bend and the 4-2 heat win for the visitors brought the scores to 10-7. Adam Kirby fell in the 4th heat and was excluded and in the re-run Vikings duo Terry-Daley and Sheppard took maximum points to put their side seven up at 15-8. With Sipos out of the meeting Sheppard took his place and raced to his maiden heat win in Vikings colours with skipper Markham team riding him home. The 5-1 heat success put the home side in an unassailable position at 20-9. Heat 6 saw a tiring Sheppard take his third ride in succession whilst the unbeaten Terry-Daley and Wright clashed with the home man securing a 9 point maximum by defeating the Kings Lynn rider. Thankfully Tom Sipos has only a bruised and sore hand after his crash . CITY GEARBOXES Vikings 24 1. Ryan Terry-Daley 3 3 3 = 9 MAX 2. Tom Sipos 2’ F/x = 2+1 3. Adam Sheppard 2 2’ 3 1 = 8+1 4. John Markham © 1’ 2 2’ = 5+2 KINGS LYNN Lightning 11 1. Adam Kirby R f/x 0 = 0 2. Layne Cuppit f/x 1 F = 1 3. Alec Wright 3 3 2 = 8 4. Scooter Webster 0 1 1 = 2 Ht 1 : R/R Terry-Daley Sipos Cupitt (f/x) Kirby (ret) 5-0 5-0 2 : Wright Sheppard Markham Webster 3-3 8-3 68.4 3 : R/R Wright Markham Webster Sipos (f/x) Terry-Daley (N) 2-4 10-7 4 : R/R Terry-Daley Sheppard Cuppitt Kirby (f/x) 5-1 15-8 67.8 5 : Sheppard Markham Webster Cuppit (F) 5-1 20-9 6 : Terry-Daley Wright Sheppard Kirby 4-2 24-11 66.2 There were also two 125cc races held with Joe Thompson unable to ride after a minor operation during the week but he lent his twin brother Dan his engine , which he rode to two wins over Sam Wright and Stephen Whitehouse. Ht 2a : Dan Thompson , Sam Wright, Stephen Whitehouse 71.8 Ht 4 a : Dan Thompson , Sam Wright, Stephen Whitehouse The Vikings KO Cup clash at Stoke on Sunday has been called off with no new date as yet. Their next meetings are at home at Brandon next Friday v Long Eaton Invaders and away on Easter Sunday (20th) against table topping Milton Keynes at Mildenhall after the Fen Tigers v Coventry Storm National league clash.

Stoke v CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Sunday 13th April after Stoke v Buxton. MDL K O Cup 1st leg. Stoke (TBC) Coventry : 1, Ryan Terry-Daley. 2. Connor Fletcher. 3. Adam Sheppard. 4. John Markham.

Coventry 24 Kings Lynn 11 details to follow

CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Mercia-Vikings open their 2014 MDL season with the visit of Kings Lynn to Brandon tonight. The MDL match follows the Elite League Coventry v Kings Lynn clash and features two 125cc races involving the Thompson twins , Dan and Joe, along with Sam Wright and Steven Whitehouse. With new signing Conor Dwyer out with a broken collarbone sustained guesting for Scunthorpe against The Storm, the Vikings give a debut to 19 year local lad Tom Sipos --a product of the Coventry Training Schools. Teams : CITY GEARBOXES Vikings : 1. Ryan Terry-Daley; 2. Tom Sipos; 3. Adam Sheppard ; 4. John Markham © Kings Lynn Lightning : 1. Adam Kirby . 2. Layne Culpit. 3. Alec Wright . 4. Scooter Webster.

CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Mercia-Vikings open their 2014 MDL season with the visit of Kings Lynn to Brandon tonight. The MDL match follows the Elite League Coventry v Kings Lynn clash and features two 125cc races involving the Thompson twins , Dan and Joe, along with Sam Wright and Steven Whitehouse. With new signing Conor Dwyer out with a broken collarbone sustained guesting for Scunthorpe against The Storm, the Vikings give a debut to 19 year local lad Tom Sipos --a product of the Coventry Training Schools. Teams : CITY GEARBOXES Vikings : 1. Ryan Terry-Daley; 2. Tom Sipos; 3. Adam Sheppard ; 4. John Markham © Kings Lynn Lightning : 1. Adam Kirby . 2. Layne Culpit. 3. Alec Wright . 4. Scooter Webster.

he was born in London

thanks Paul ==posted it quickly and didn't check it !!

Up to and including Sunday, April 06, 2014 1 Milton Keynes 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 49 22 4 2 Castleford 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 9 2 3 Long Eaton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 18 1 4 Rye House 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 26 46 1 5 King's Lynn 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 15 0 6 Stoke 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 21 0 7 Belle Vue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Buxton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Coventry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Sheffield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SCORING SYSTEM: Win - 2 Points Draw - 1 Point Loss - 0 Points

LONG EATON 18 Lee Geary 2 0 3 3 = 8 Ben Holloway 1’ 2 X = 3 Lee Springthorpe 2 3 X = 5 Luke Whitehead 1’ 1 N = 2+1 RYE HOUSE 18 Daniel Blake N N N Rob Watts 0 2 2 1’ = 5+1 Luke Harris 3 1 2 = 6 Danny Ayres 3 0 3 1’ = 7+1 Ht 1 : Ayres Geary Holloway Watts 3-3 3-3 2 : Harris Springthorpe Whithead Ayres (f/rm) 3-3 6-6 3 : Ayres Holloway Harris Geary 2-4 8-10 4 : Springthorpe Watts Whithead 4-2 12-12 5 : Geary Watts Ayres (f/rm) Holloway(X) Whitehead (N) 3-3 15-15 6 : Geary Harris Watts Springthorpe (X) 3-3 18-18

Milton Keynes Knights 21 1. Joe Exley F/Ex, 2, 2 (4) 2. Niall Strudwick 3, 0, 0 (3) 3. Jez Pestell 1*, 3, 3 (7*) 4. Sam Chapman 2, 2*, 3 (7*) Stoke Spitfires 14 1. Adam Sheppard 2, 1, 0 (3) 2. Sam Ward F/Ex, 0, 1 (1) 3. David Holt 0, 1, 1 (2) 4. Rob Shuttleworth 3, 3, 2 (8) Heat 1: (Exley fell/excluded, race re-run) Strudwick, Sheppard, (Ward: Engine Failure Did Not Start) 58.2 Heat 2: Shuttleworth, Chapman, Pestell, Holt 55.9 Heat 3: Shuttleworth, Exley, Holt, Strudwick 56.0 Heat 4: Pestell, Chapman, Sheppard, Ward 54.00 Heat 5: Chapman, Shuttleworth, Ward, Strudwick 55.0 Heat 6: Pestell, Exley, Holt, Sheppard 56.2

thank you Mike

Each club has to send me the results and as soon as received I will send to bspa site and post on here and the MDL facebook page

COVENTRY Storm race their first National League fixture of the season when they face Scunthorpe at Brandon on Friday (7.30pm). The City Gearboxes Storm showed their intent for 2014 with a determined display at the home of title favourites Cradley earlier in the week, going down by just eight points in the first leg of the Travel Plus Trophy. Now they have an opportunity to collect their first league points against a Scunthorpe side who suffered injuries in their opening meeting of the campaign last weekend. The Stags are led by the experienced Steve Jones and also include former Bees mascot Conor Dwyer, whilst Adam Kirby and Sam Woods had spells with Kent last season. The Storm go into the meeting at full-strength. Co-boss Laurence Rogers said: “For our boys it’s a great chance for them to get some points on the board, and I hope the fans turn out to see them. “People will have looked at Tuesday’s result and seen how well we did at Cradley, so I very much hope they come along and get behind the boys.” Admission is just £10 for adults with all children free, and supporters are reminded of a £4 discount available on production of a ticket from the recently abandoned home match against Cradley. CITY GEARBOXES STORM: Stefan Nielsen, Luke Crang, Oliver Greenwood, Dan Greenwood, James Sarjeant, Ryan Terry-Daley, Martin Knuckey. SCUNTHORPE: Steve Jones, Conor Dwyer, Danno Verge, Adam Kirby, Sam Woods, Liam Sanderson, Ryan MacDonald.