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MDLRC at Leicester on Saturday!!

MIDLAND DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE With rained off meetings playing havoc with the run in to decide which two teams will contest the 2013 MDL play-offs everything was finalised on cut-off day at Kings Lynn on Wednesday night. With Belle Vue Colts confirmed as one of the two teams through it was nail biting finish at the Norfolk Arena as two MDL matches were staged with the outcome coming down to the final race. Milton Keynes Knights were anxiously watching the updates from the two clashes as they knew that if Kings Lynn Lightning were to pip them to the spot they had to win both encounters against Coventry and Stoke. As it was Kings Lynn edged closer to the final seeing off Coventry and then when it looked as if they had secured the play-off place fate dealt a cruel blow as Adam Kirby had both chains break as he led the final race and this handed Stoke the draw and ended Kings Lynn’s bid for glory. So the 2013 grand final will be a repeat of last year with Belle Vue Colts taking on Milton Keynes Knights with dates yet to be finalised.

2013 MDLRC At Leicester on Sat Sept 28th at 7.30 pm The 2013 Midland Development League Riders’ Championship at Leicester on Saturday 28th September looks like being a great night’s entertainment. With 16 riders aiming to take the title over a Grand Prix format of 20 heats , two semi-finals and a Grand Final plus three demonstration 125cc races and demonstrations by Pete Seaton’s exciting Formula2 450cc bikes it promises to be a value for money night for the fans. Admission has been set at £10 adults , £8 for the over 65’s , £5 for accompanied children over 10 and free for the under 10’s and with Leicester season tickets valid. With riders at this level not receiving payment for points or travel the organizers have secured sponsorship backing for every race and rider enabling them to provide each rider with vouchers to spend on equipment on the Cov-Comp Spares Van plus the fuel for the 16 riders and two reserves in the main meeting has been kindly supplied by Dave Roscoe. The four finalists will go away with superb hand carved trophies created by MICK CHAPMAN TROPHIES of Ashford, Kent whilst all riders including the youngsters taking part in the 125cc demo races will receive a commemorative medal sponsored by Team KP –The Sliding Sisters ….who are two young lady twins, Francesca and Hannah Kirtley-Paine , who ride amateur meetings. Guests of honour are the Collins brother , Peter and Les. PC was Word Champion in 1976 whilst Les was World No. 2 in 1982. They will be available for a photo opportunity with a small charge of £1 with proceeds split between the Rider’s Ben Fund and the Ricky Ashworth Fund. Les will also be riding on the Formula2 bikes in two demo races along with son Aiden , the former Buxton and Workington rider. Line-up : 1. Josh Bailey (Kings Lynn Lightning) . 2. Shaun Tedham (Stoke Spitfires) . 3. Connor Mountain (Kings Lynn Lightning). 4. James Shanes (Coventry Mercia-Vikings). 5. Jeremy Pestell (Long Eaton Invaders). 6. Ryan Terry-Daley (Coventry Mercia-Vikings). 7. David Holt (Belle Vue Colts). 8. Lee Springthorpe (Leicester Lion Cubs). 9. Lee Payne (Stoke Spitfires). 10. Nathan Greaves) (Castleford Kings. 11. Max Clegg (Belle Vue Colts). 12. Danny Phillips (Redcar Bear Cubs). 13. Danno Verge (Milton Keynes Knights) . 14. Liam Rumsey (Castleford Kings). 15. Connor Dwyer (Milton Keynes Knights) . 16. Lee Geary (Long Eaton Invaders). Meeting Reserves : Adam Portwood (Long Eaton Invaders). Sam Ward (Stoke Spitfires).

thanks for replies so far ..still need : Josh Bailey + Connor Mountain (Kings Lynn), Jez Pestell + Lee Geary (Long Eaton), Nathan Greaves + Liam Rumsey (Castleford), , Ryan Terry-Daley (Coventry) photos to be e-mailed to : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk

15 down --3 left --get in quick!!

12 down --6 to go ,,,,,,,at only £10 to support these riders who ride for nothing ....so come on let's finalise this !!

In need of some head and shoulder photos of the following in their club colours for the MDLRC programme .... credit to photographers will be included : Josh Bailey + Connor Mountain (Kings Lynn), Shaun Tedham + Lee Payne (Stoke), Jez Pestell + Lee Geary (Long Eaton), Nathan Greaves + Liam Rumsey (Castleford), Danno Verge (MK), Danny Phillips (Redcar) , Ryan Terry-Daley (Coventry) photos to be e-mailed to : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk Thanks

11 down --7 to go ...come on folks support the MDL boys.

Milton Keynes 18 Danno Verge 1,1,1 (3+1) Mark Baldock 3,2,0 (5) Jez Pestell 0,3,3 (6) Adam Sheppard 1,2,1 (4+1) Kings Lynn Lightning 18 Andy Mountain 0,1,2 (3) Connor Mountain 2,0,3 (5) Sam Woods 2,3,F (5+1) Josh Bailey 3,F,2 (5+1) Heat 1: 4 - 2 Baldock, C Mountain,Verge, A Mountain, 61.4 Heat 2: 1 - 5 (5 - 7) Bailey, Woods, Sheppard, Pestell, 61.7 Heat 3: 3 - 3 (8 - 10) Woods, Baldock, Verge, Bailey, Awarded Heat 4: 5 - 1 (13 - 11) Pestell, Sheppard, A Mountain, C Mountain, 61.1 Heat 5: 1 - 5 (14 - 16) C Mountain, Bailey, Sheppard, Baldock, 61.6 Heat 6: 4 - 2 (18 - 18) Pestell, A Mountain, Verge, Woods F

2013 MDLRC At Leicester on Sat Sept 28th at 7.30 pm The draw for the 2013 Midland Development League Riders’ Championship was made at Coventry on Friday night. The second staging of the event is again at Leicester on Saturday September 28th at 7.30pm with all seven MDL sides represented by two riders along with NJL winner Danny Phillips and MDL GP winner Lee Springthorpe. With riders not receiving points or travel money at this level the MDL organizers have secured backing from sponsorship to provide all riders with vouchers to spend on the Cov-Comp spares van along with methanol kindly provided for each rider by Dave Roscoe. The body colours for the meeting have been sponsored by Nick Mallett at TNM Designs. Each race and rider has been sponsored by companies and fans with a few rider sponsorships at £10 per rider still available and interested parties can e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk or text 07510768392 to offer support. The meeting will again be on Grand Prix lines with 20 heats , two semi-finals and a final and the four finalists will receive hand carved trophies from Mick Chapman Trophies of Ashford, Kent. Each rider will also receive a commemorative medal courtesy of Team KP Racing –The Sliding Sisters. Admission will be £10 adults, £8 over 65’s, Children £5 an under 10’s free. Leicester season tickets are valid for the meeting. There will be a guest of honour present and the organizers are awaiting conformation of who this will be and will announce this in due course. There will also be three 125cc demonstration races featuring the Thompson twins , Dan and Joe along with Jamie Halden and Jordan Jenkins. On display will be Peter Seaton’s Forumula2 Speedway bikes which will also take to the track in two demonstration races which will undoubtedly create a lot of interest for speedway fans. Trying to emulate inaugural MDLRC winner Dan Greenwood are (in riding order) : 1. Josh Bailey (Kings Lynn Lightning) . 2. Shaun Tedham (Stoke Spitfires) . 3. Connor Mountain (Kings Lynn Lightning). 4. James Shanes (Coventry Mercia-Vikings). 5. Jeremy Pestell (Long Eaton Invaders). 6. Ryan Terry-Daley (Coventry Mercia-Vikings). 7. David Holt (Belle Vue Colts). 8. Lee Springthorpe (Leicester Lion Cubs). 9. Lee Payne (Stoke Spitfires). 10. Nathan Greaves) (Castleford Kings. 11. Max Clegg (Belle Vue Colts). 12. Danny Phillips (Redcar Bear Cubs). 13. Danno Verge (Milton Keynes Knights) . 14. Liam Rumsey (Castleford Kings). 15. Connor Dwyer (Milton Keynes Knights) . 16. Lee Geary (Long Eaton Invaders). Meeting Reserves : Adam Portwood (Long Eaton Invaders). Sam Ward (Stoke Spitfires).

unfortunately mate it was not last night ....awaiting f ixtures so I can re-arrange asap

Thanks ..9 down --9 to go ...come on folks help these British youngsters

125cc riders all being sponsored by Gary Drinkwater at CITY GEARBOXES (Coventry) Ltd. 12 more rider sponsors @ £10 each now left ....get yours asap!!

with thanks to Graham Goodwin and Steve Williams at Belle Vue : STOKE SPITFIRES 21 Shaun Tedham 3 3 1 = 7 Charles Wallace 1 1 1 = 3 Lee Payne 3 3 3 = 9 Sam Ward 1 1 0 = 2 DIAMOND H BELLE VUE COLTS 15 Danny Phillips 2 2 2 =6 Adam Extance 0 F 2' = 2+1 Conor Dwyer 2 2 0 = 4 Robert Shuttleworth F 0 3 = 3 Ht 1 - Tedham, Phillips, Wallace, Extance (4-2) (4-2) 69.0 Ht 2 - Payne, Dwyer, Ward, Shuttleworth (F) (4-2) (8-4) 68.5 Ht 3 - Tedham, Dwyer, Wallace, Shuttleworth (4-2) (12-6) 68.7 Ht 4 - Payne, Phillips, Ward, Extance (F) (4-2) (16-8) 67.4 Ht 5 - Shuttleworth, Extance, Wallace, Ward (1-5) (17-13) 70.9 Ht 6 - Payne, Phillips, Tedham, Dwyer (4-2) (21-15) A Stoke side led by NL riders Lee Payne and Shaun Tedham proved too strong for a Belle Vue Colts side who were without either of their top riders Max Clegg and Matt Williamson due to a busy run of NL matches. Shaun Tedham took heat 1 with teammate Charles Wallace holding third place to give the home side an opening 4-2. Lee Payne was quickly away in heat 2, with the Colts packing the minor places until Shuttleworth fell on the fourth bend whilst in second place, to gift Stoke another 4-2. The Tedham/Wallace pairing repeated their previous race with a third successive 4-2 putting Stoke 12-6 ahead. Belle Vue suffered a second costly fall in heat 4 when Adam Extance came down on the last bend whilst in a 3-3 position. Shuttleworth and Extance, both starting to get to grips with the tricky track, recovered from their earlier falls to hit back with a 5-1 in heat 5 to ensure the match went down to a last heat decider. But Lee Payne made sure that the home side took the two league points by completing his maximum in heat 6, whilst the lively Danny Phillips handed Tedham his first defeat before going on to pressure Payne all the way to the chequered flag.

Not in riding order : 1 Dan Phillips (Redcar) wc 2 Lee Springthorpe (Leicester) wc 3 Nathan Greaves (Castleford) 4 Liam Rumsey (Castleford) 5 James Shanes (Coventry) 6 Ryan Terry-Daley (Coventry) 7 Connor Mountain (Kings Lynn) 8 Josh Bailey (Kings Lynn) 9 Lee Geary (Long Eaton) 10 Max Clegg (Belle Vue) 11 David Holt (Belle Vue) 12 Conor Dwyer ( MK Knights) 13 Danno Verge (MK Knights) 14 Lee Payne (Stoke) 15. Shaun Tedham (Stoke)16 Jeremy Pestell (Long Eaton) res Adam Portwood (Long Eaton) res Sam Ward (Stoke))

Looks like all heats and the semi finals and final for the MDLRC are now sponsored. What we now would like to get backed are Rider sponsors at £10 each with 18 needed. Plus would like to get the four 125cc riders sponsored for a £25 voucher each to spend on the spares van ,,,, so four £25 sponsors ...keep the backing coming !! E-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk or txt 07510768392 or 07810429304 to book yours !!

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Stoke Spitfires 19- L.Payne 8 S.Tedham 6 S.Ward 3+2 C . Wallace 2 Kings Lynn Lightning 17- R.Terry-Daley 9 J.Bailey 7+1 S. Phillips 1 A. Kirby 0 1.(re-run) Bailey, Tedham, Phillips Wallace (exc) Kirby (inj) 2-4 2. Payne, Terry-Daley, Ward, Bailey (fell-remounted) 4-2. (6-6) 3. Tedham, Terry-Daley, Bailey, Wallace 3-3 (9-9) 4. Terry-Daley, Payne, Ward, Phillips 3-3 (12-12) 5. Bailey, Wallace, Ward, Phillips 3-3 (15-15) 6. Payne, Terry-Daley, Tedham, Phillips 4-2 (19-17) Stoke 'Hartshill Cycles ' Spitfires defeated the Kings Lynn Lightning by just two points in a dramatic final heat victory. Kings Lynn were hampered early on when they lost Adam Kirby in heatvone with Stoke's Charles Wallace causing Kirby and Tedham to fall and resulting in his exclusion. Kings Lynn opted to use Josh Bailey in place of Kirby and bit proved to be a fruitful decision with victory coming over Tedham who suffered some rib pain from the crash and Phillips in third. The Spitfires faught back in the next heat before three tied heats leaving the score level going into the final heat. Lee Payne gated well to see off Ryan Terry-Daley and Shaun Tedham chasing hard in third. Team manager Mike Gittings said ' It was a close meeting and could have gone either way in the last heat but credit to Lee and Shaun who had already done the main meeting. Sam scored well to give good support and Charles picked up some usefull points in his last race, it was a great team effort." "We would like to pass our best wishes on to Adam Kirby and wish him a speedy recovery."

will get it checked out.

At Belle Vue -- Mon 19th Aug .. Meeting abandoned after crash in ht 5. Results stand up to heat 4 David Holt 3 3 = 6 10GP Lee Springthorpe 2 3 = 5 7GP Sam Ward 2 2 = 4 6GP Rob Shuttleworth 3 F = 3 5GP Adam Extance F 2 = 2 4GP Sean Phillips 1 1 = 2 2.5 GP Trevor Bebbington 1 1 = 2 2.5 GP Adam Portwood DNR 0 GP Ht 1 : Shuttleworth Springthorpe Phillips (15m) Extance (fell) 2 : Holt Ward Bebbington 3 : Springthorpe Ward Phillips 4 : Holt Extance Bebbington Shuttleworth(fell)

Coventry Storm --sponsored by CITY GEARBOXES --- face Dudley this Friday (Aug 30th) at 7.30pm with the fixture moved forward one week from the scheduled staging on September 6th.

they should as it is the duty of each team to supply them to me and the League Co-ordinator!!

WE have had no heat details or scorers sent through ..just the result Stoke 21 Belle Vue 15

WE have just a few more heats to sell for the MDLRC at Leicester on Sat Sept 28th ....£35 a race to help these lads who do not get points or travel money. WE have had a kind sponsorship of fuel for each rider from Dave Roscoe whilst the trophies are being hand carved in gold, silver and bronze by MICK CHAPMAN TROPHIES. The body colours are sponsored by NICK MALLETT at TMM Designs . Also need a sponsor for the rider medals at £50. E-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk or text 07510768392 if you wish to support the event. In addition to the Grand Prix style format we will have three 125cc races featuring Dan + Joe Thompson , Jamie Halden and Jordan Jenkins PLUS display of Peter Seaton's Formula 2 bikes and 2 demo races featuring the bikes

MDL GRAND PRIX ROUND 4 COVENTRY. Adam Portwood 3 3 3 = 9 10GP Lee Springthorpe 3 N 3 =6 7GP Sam Ward 2 2 1 =5 6 Trevor Bebbington 2 1 2 =5 5 Sean Phillips f/x 3 1 =4 4 Adam Sheppard R N 2 =2 3 John Markham F/n N N =0 2 Rob Shuttleworth N N N = 0 0 Ht 1 : Portwood Ward Phillips f/x Markham f/n 2 : Springthorpe Bebbington Sheppard(ret) 3 : Portwood Ward Bebbington Springthorpe(NS) 4 : Phillips Sheppard (NS) Markham (NS) 5 : Portwood Sheppard Ward 6 : Springthorpe Bebbington Phillips Lee Springthorpe bounced back from his crash in the previous round at Belle Vue to secure top sport in the MDL Grand Prix and gain a spot in the prestigious MDLRC at Leicester on Saturday September 28th. His chances of securing the spot were strengthened with series leader David Holt unable to ride due to work commitments with Springthorpe securing it with second place on the night to gain 7 GP points to finish on 26. Holt will be first reserve at the MDLRC whilst Long Eaton’s Adam Portwood is second reserve after winning the Coventry round with an unbeaten 9 points to get 10 GP points and a final total of 17 although he was fortunate to escape an exclusion in his first ride for riding without a dirt deflector! Of those still in with a chance of making the MDLRC Aaron Mogridge and Conor Mountain were unavailable whilst Sam Ward finished third on 5 points but his 6 GP points were not enough but he will be first stand-by rider for the meeting. Adam Sheppard suffered an expensive engine blow up whilst leading his first ride whilst Sean Phillips picked himself up from falling in heat one when unable to see when filled in by Adam Portwood’s bike without a dirt deflector to score 4 but suffered a wrist injury. Home man John Markham crashed out in his first ride lopping the bike and withdrawing from the meeting whilst Rob Shuttleworth , who was in with a chance of a MDLRC reserve spot, was a non arrival. Final GP positions : 12 = Lawrence Fielding + Freddie Owen 3 14 John Markham 2 Lee Springthorpe 26 David Holt 20 Adam Portwood 17 Sam Ward 16 Aaron Mogridge 11 Connor Mountain 10 Rob Shuttleworth 10 = Sean Philllips + Trevor Bebbington 8.5 = Adam Sheppard + Adam Extance 4