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Sat Aug 29th Stoke v Kings Lynn OFF As second postponement of fixture 2 league points awarded to Kings Lynn

Following the injury to Coventry’s Rob Parker and his withdrawal from the MDLRC on Monday 31st August at Scunthorpe there is a change to the line-up. With Coventry allowed to nominate a replacement rider local lad Mitchell Beckett will replace Parker in the line-up. Coventry born Beckett was nominated by Wolverhampton for whom he has also been appearing as one of the meeting reserves originally and former Wolves mascot Sam Wright will now line-up as second reserve in the meeting.

Up to and including Monday, August 24, 2015 M W D L W D L F A Pts 1 Belle Vue 15 8 0 0 4 1 2 300 223 25 2 King's Lynn 14 6 0 1 3 2 2 260 199 20 3 Peterborough16 6 0 2 4 0 4 294 234 20 4 Long Eaton 15 6 1 2 2 0 4 266 250 17 5 Buxton 14 3 0 3 5 0 3 236 225 16 6 Scunthorpe 14 5 0 3 1 0 5 218 255 12 7 Coventry 15 2 1 3 3 0 6 255 265 11 8 Wolverhampton14 4 0 4 1 0 5 182 244 10 9 Milton Keynes 13 1 1 4 2 0 5 200 239 7 10 Stoke 14 2 0 4 1 0 7 175 252 6

With Peterborough forced to cancel their Bank Holiday Monday meeting and move it to Saturday the proposed training school/practice that day has had to be cancelled. The next session is the following Saturday (12th) with a 10am start and sign on from 9am for riders of all ages, cc bikes and experience with the cost £35. Bookings by text to 07801429304 or e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk. Riders will be put into equal ability / experience groups of 3 or 4 to maximise track time for all riders. Day licences available . Fuel and oil is on sale if required. Bookings also being taken for further sessions on September 26th and October 31st. -------------------------------------------

Birmingham No. 8 Robert Parker, who crashed out in a simple fall at Coventry in an MDL meeting on Friday is out for the rest of the season. Initial diagnosis was a dislocated thumb and a possible broken scaphoid bone in the wrist . X-rays did not confirm this due to the swelling but the 19 year old, who was due to represent Coventry in the MDLRC at Scunthorpe next Monday, went for further examinations on Monday. The long bone in his right thumb, the metacarpal has snapped and it is not a clean break and there is tendon damage. He underwent an operation on Tuesday which ends his 2015 season. Coventry are permitted to name a replacement for Parker for the MDLRC.

Monday 24/08/15 - Belle Vue Colts 23 Wolverhampton 13 Belle Vue Colts 23 David Holt 1' 3 2' = 6+2 Andy Mellish 2 2' 3 = 7+1 Rob Shuttleworth 3 3 3 = 9 Sam Darroch NS 1 Fx = 1 Wolverhampton 13 Tom Bacon 3 2 F = 5 John Gaskell 0 0 1' = 1+1 Sam Wright 2 F 1 = 3 Sam Woolley 1' 1 2 = 4+1 Heat 1 Bacon, Mellish, Holt (frm), Gaskell 3 - 3 3 - 3 65.1 Heat 2 Shuttleworth, Wright, Woolley, Darroch (ns) 3 - 3 6 - 6 64.4 Heat 3 Holt, Mellish, Woolley, Wright (f) 5 - 1 11 - 7 67.2 Heat 4 Shuttleworth, Bacon, Darroch, Gaskell 4 - 2 15 - 9 64.0 Heat 5 Mellish, Woolley, Gaskell, Darroch (fx) 3 - 3 18 - 12 64.9 Heat 6 Shuttleworth, Holt, Wright, Bacon (f) 5 - 1 23 - 13 Awarded

A NEW date has been confirmed for the National League fixture between Coventry and Cradley. The meeting, which was postponed on Sunday, will now take place on Tuesday September 8. Please note the start-time is 7pm.

Stoke v Peterborough OFF --no new date as yet

Saturday 22nd August 2015 Beaumont Park, Leicester MDL Long Eaton Invaders 19 Buxton Jnr Hitmen 15 Invaders 1. Layne Cupitt F,3,2 = 5 2. Rob Watts 2,2*,3 = 7+1 3. Lee Geary 3,3,1* = 7+1 4. NO RIDER Junior Hitmen 1. Adam Kirby 3,FX, 3 = 6 2. Stephen Whitehouse 1,2, 1* = 4+1 3. NO RIDER 4. Sam Woolley 2,1,2 = 5 H1 Kirby, Watts, Whitehouse (Cupitt fell) 2-4 / 2-4 70.93 H2 Geary. Woolley (two riders only) 3-2 / 5-6 72.68 H3 Cupitt, Watts, Woolley, (3 riders only) 5-1 / 10-7 71.50 H4 Geary, Whitehouse (Kirby fell, exc) (3 riders only) 3-2 / 13-9 AWARDED H5 Watts, Woolley, Whitehouse (3 riders only) 3-3 / 16-12 73.88 H6 Kirby, Cupitt, Geary (3 riders only) 3-3 / 19-15 71.87 With Buxton denied the services of John Gaskell and Robert Parker at short notice, it was necessary to run with just 3 riders each in order to get the match on. Therefore Adam Kirby...who had been due to ride #3 for Long Eaton...switched sides and wore the #1 jacket for the Junior Hitmen. The team numbering was adjusted to even up the rider advantages across the 6 heats. The racing was fairly even. Layne Cupitt fell while leading Heat 1, and Adam Kirby fell while leading Heat 4...and it was the pairing of Cupitt and Watts taking a 5-1 against Sam Woolley in Heat 3 which proved the difference. Then Rob Watts' win in Heat 5 against the Buxton pairing of Whitehouse and Woolley maintained the 3 point lead for the Invaders, and sealed their victory, with Adam Kirby having to ride solo against Cupitt and Geary in the final heat. Well done to all 6 riders for serving up competitive racing under the circumstances.

Scunthorpe Stags 14 Belle Vue Colts 21 00:06 Stags Jamie Halder 2-2-3 7 Stephen Whitehouse 1*-1*-N 2+2 Luke Whitehead 1-1-1 3 Sam Chapman 0-0-2 2 Belle Vue Andy Mellish 0-3-M-2 5 Adam Sheppard 3-2*-3 8+1 Jack Parkinson-Blackburn M-3-3-X 6 Sam Darroch 2*-0-X 2+1 1 Sheppard, Halder, Whitehouse, Mellish (f,rem), 63.50 2 Mellish, Darroch, Whitehead, Chapman, Parkinson-Blackburn (exc. 2m), 62.68 3 Parkinson-Blackburn, Halder, Whitehouse, Darroch (f, exc.) 60.06 4 Parkinson-Blackburn, Sheppard, Whitehead, Chapman, 60.00 5 (re-run) Sheppard, Chapman, Whitehouse (non-starter in re-run), Darroch (f.exc), 66.25 6 (re-run) Halder, Mellish, Whitehead, Parkinson-Blackburn (f.exc), 62.18

MDL Friday 21st August Coventry 16 Milton Keynes 19 VIKINGS : Conor Dwyer 3 3 3 = 9 Mitchell Beckett 0 1 1 = 2 Robert Parker 2 f/x = 2 Kyle Roberts 0 3 0 R = 3 KNIGHTS : Tom Bacon 2 R =2 Lee Springthorpe 1’ 2 2’ = 5+2 Rob Watts 1 2 2 = 5 Jez Pestell 3 f/x 3 1’ = 7+1 Ht 1 : Dwyer Bacon Springthorpe Beckett 3-3 3-3 2 : Pestell Parker Watts Roberts 2-4 5-7 3 : Dwyer Watts Beckett Pestell(f/x) 4-2 9-9 4 : Roberts Springthorpe Bacon (ret) Parker (f/x) 3-2 12-11 5 : Pestell Springthorpe Beckett Roberts 1-5 13-16 6 : Dwyer Watts Pestell Roberts (ret) 3-3 16-19 125 races : 2a : Joe Thompson Dan Thompson Jacob Clayton 4a : Joe Thompson Dan Thompson Jacob Clayton 5a : Dan Thompson Joe Thompson Jacob Clayton ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Parker suspected broken scaphoid and dislocated thumb

Scunthorpe 9 Buxton 21 (at Sheffield) Scunthorpe Sam Darroch X-2-0 2 Stephen Whitehouse 1-0-1 2 Luke Whitehead 2-1-1 4 Sam Chapman 1*-0-0 1+1 Buxton Alex Wilson 3-3-2* 8+1 David Morgan 2*-2*-3 7+2 Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 3-3-3 9 John Gaskell 0-1-2* 3+1 1 Wilson, Morgan, Whitehouse, Darroch (fell, excluded) 2 Parkinson-Blackburn, Whitehead, Chpaman, Gaskell 3 Parkinson-Blackburn, Darroch, Gaskell, Whitehouse 4 Wilson, Morgan, Whitehead, Chapman 5 Morgan, Gaskell, Whitehouse, Chapman 6 Parkinson-Blackburn, Wilson, Whitehead, Darroch

Up to and including Wednesday, August 19, 2015 M W D L W D L F A Pts 1 Peterborough 14 6 0 1 4 0 3 271 198 20 2 King's Lynn 14 6 0 1 3 2 2 260 199 20 3 Belle Vue 12 6 0 0 3 1 2 235 182 19 4 Long Eaton 14 5 1 2 2 0 4 247 235 15 5 Buxton 12 3 0 3 4 0 2 200 197 14 6 Scunthorpe 11 5 0 1 1 0 4 181 192 12 7 Coventry 14 2 1 2 3 0 6 239 246 11 8 Wolverhampton 14 4 0 4 1 0 5 182 244 10 9 Milton Keynes 12 1 1 4 1 0 5 181 223 5 10 Stoke 13 2 0 4 0 0 7 162 242 4

Fri Aug 21st : Scunthorpe v Belle Vue counts as home and away meeting

MDL Weds 19th August KINGS LYNN 22 COVENTRY 14 / COVENTRY 14 KINGS LYNN 22 (result counts as home and away –4 points to Kings Lynn). LIGHTNING : 1. Ryan Kinsley 3 3 3 = 9 2. Adam Portwood 1 0 2’ = 3+1 3. Jack Thomas 0 1 0 = 1 4. Josh Bailey 3 3 3 = 9 VIKINGS : 1. Conor Dwyer 2 2 1’ = 5+1 2. Stephen Whitehouse 0 0 0 = 0 3. George Hunter 2 2 2 = 6 4. Kyle Roberts 1’ 1’ 1 = 3+2 Ht 1 : Kinsley Dwyer Portwood Whitehouse 4-2 4-2 2 : Bailey Hunter (15m) Roberts Thomas 3-3 7-5 3 : Kinsley Hunter Roberts Portwood 3-3 10-8 4 : Bailey Dwyer Thomas Whitehouse 4-2 14-10 5 : Bailey Portwood Roberts Whitehouse 5-1 19-11 6 : Kinsley Hunter Dwyer Thomas 3-3 22-14

Mon 17th Aug -Belle Vue v Scunthorpe --OFF (Curfew reached)

MDL MONDAY 17TH AUGUST WOLVERHAMPTON 11 BUXTON 19 –CURFEW AFTER HT5 –RESULT STANDS WOLF CUBS : 1. LAYNE CUPITT 3 F/X = 3 2. MITCHELL BECKETT 1 1 2 1’ = 5+1 3. CONNOR FLETCHER 1 F 2 = 3 4. JEZ PESTELL R/R JUNIOR HITMEN: 1. TOM BACON 2 3 = 5 2. STEPHEN WHITEHOUSE 0 1 0 = 1. 3. GEORGE HUNTER 2’ 3 = 5+1 4. LEE GEARY 3 2’ 3 = 8+1 HT 1 : CUPITT BACON BECKETT WHITEHOUSE 4-2 4-2 2 : GEARY HUNTER FLETCHER (F/X) 1-5 5-7 3 : HUNTER GEARY BECKETT 1-5 6-12 4 : BACON BECKETT WHITEHOUSE FLETCHER (F) 2-4 8-16 5 : GEARY FLETCHER BECKETT WHITEHOUSE 3-3 11-19 HEAT 6 NOT RUN DUE TO CURFEW.

Sunday 16th August 2015 High Edge, Buxton MDL Buxton Junior Hitmen 21 Long Eaton Invaders 13 Hitmen 1. Jack Daniel Parkinson-Blackburn 3 2 3 = 8 2. Stephen Whitehouse 2*0 fx = 2+1 3. David Holt 3 3 dnr = 6 4. David Morgan 0 2* 3 = 5+1 Invaders 1. Alex Wilson 1 f dnr = 1 2. Sam Woolley 0 1 2 = 3 3. Lee Geary 2 3 2 = 7 4. Connor Fletcher 1* 1 ef = 2+1 H1 Blackburn, Whitehouse, Wilson, Woolley 5-1 / 5-1 60.2 H2 Holt, Geary, Fletcher (Morgan fell, rem) 3-3 / 8-4 61.4 H3 Geary, Blackburn (off 15m), Fletcher, Whitehouse 2-4 / 10-8 60.1 H4 Holt, Morgan, Woolley (Wilson fell) 5-1 / 15-9 60.2 H5 Morgan, Woolley, (Fletcher ef) (Whitehouse fell, exc) 3-2 / 18-11 AWARDED H6 Blackburn, Geary (Holt DNR) (Wilson DNR) 3-2 / 21-13 69.1 Long Eaton were well beaten at Buxton this afternoon. It started badly with Alex Wilson and Sam Woolley both suffering engine problems in the opening heat, and although the Invaders took advantage of 14-year-old Jack Parkinson-Blackburns' 15m handicap (under the 2 min rule) in Heat 3 to pull back two points, the home side hit back with another 5-1 when Wilson fell in the following heat, and then sealed the victory in Heat 5, despite Whitehouse falling.....David Morgan leading Sam Woolley home whilst the unlucky Connor Fletcher had been forced to retire, another victim of machinery problems.

Milton Keynes Knights 23 1. Lee Springthorpe 0, 1, 1 (2) 2. Robert Parker 3, 2, 3 (8) 3. Jez Pestell 3, 3, 3 (9) 4. Rob Watts 1, 2, 1 (4) Stoke Spitfires 13 1. Adam Portwood r/r 2. Chris Bambury 1+, 1, 2, F Ex (4) 3. Niall Strudwick 2, 2, 3, 2 (9) 4. Lloyd Ditchburn 0, 0, 0 (0) Heat 1: Parker, Strudwick, Bambury, Springthorpe. Time: 56.4. 3 - 3 Heat 2: Pestell, Strudwick, Watts, Ditchburn. Time: 56.3. 4 - 2 (7 - 5) Heat 3: Strudwick, Parker, Springthorpe, Ditchburn. Time: 56.8. 3 - 3 (10 - 8) Heat 4: Pestell, Watts, Bambury, Ditchburn. Time: 57.1. 5 - 1 (15 - 9) Heat 5: Parker, Bambury, Watts. Ditchburn. Time: 57.9. 4 - 2 (19 - 11) Heat 6: Pestell, Strudwick, Springthorpe, Bumbury F Ex. Awarded. 4 - 2 (23 - 13)

Saturday 15th August, Beaumont Park, Leicester MDL Long Eaton Invaders 17 Kings Lynn Lightning 17 Invaders 1. Alex Wilson 231* = 6+1 2. Robert Parker 0 dnr = 0 3. Lee Geary 2332 = 10 4. Adam Sheppard 1* dnr dnr = 1+1 Lightning 1. Layne Cupitt 3 fx fx = 3 2. Adam Portwood 12 fx = 3 3. Ryan Kingsley 323 = 8 4. Stephen Whitehouse 01*2 = 3+1 Ht1 (Parker fell, rem....then retired) Cupitt, Wilson, Portwood 2-4 / 2-4 70.37 Ht2 Kingsley, Geary, Sheppard Whitehouse 3-3 / 5-7 69.63 Ht3 (3 riders) Wilson, Kingsley Whitehouse (Sheppard dnr) 3-3 / 8-10 71.00 Ht4 (3 riders) Geary, Portwood (Cupitt fell, exc) (Sheppard dnr) 3-2 / 11-12 AWARDED Ht5 (3 riders) (Geary replaced Parker) Geary, Whitehouse, (Portwood fell, exc) (Sheppard dnr) 3-2 / 14-14 74.00 Ht6 Kingsley, Geary, Wilson (Cupitt fell, exc) 3-3 / 17-17 AWARDED An eventful night at Leicester, in which Long Eaton battled to secure a draw, despite both Robert Parker and Adam Sheppard being forced to withdraw with machinery troubles after just one ride each, and one point between them. The Invaders started three of the six heats with only one rider, but with skipper Lee Geary looking somewhere near back to his best, ably supported by Alex Wilson....and, it must be said, assisted by Lightnings' Layne Cupitt suffering two falls.....the point was hard won.

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CITY GEARBOXES MDLRC 2015 The line-up for the 2015 MDLRC has been confirmed. Six clubs …Peterborough, Belle Vue, Kings Lynn, Long Eaton, Scunthorpe and Coventry have two representatives in the 16 man line-up with Buxton and Wolverhampton providing the meeting reserves. The event is at Scunthorpe on Monday 31st August following the Premier League meeting. Held over 20 heats with two semi-finals and a Grand Final . With riders at this level receiving no points or travel money sponsorship has been arranged for each rider and heat (with a few heats still available at £50 per race –if interested e-mail : laurencerogers@blueyonder.co.uk or text 07801429304. This is the third staging of the event with Dan Greenwood the initial champion in 2012 followed by Shaun Tedham in 2013. There was not a MDLRC in 2014 due to unavailability of a staging track but the MDL would like to thank Rob Godfrey at Scunthorpe for stepping in to stage this year’s event and to league sponsor Gary Drinkwater of CITY GEARBOXES for backing the event. LINE-UP in riding order : 1. Lee Geary Long Eaton 2. Lee Springthorpe Long Eaton 3. Layne Cupitt Kings Lynn 4. Callum Walker Coventry 5. David Holt Belle Vue 6. Robert Parker Coventry 7. Sam Darroch Scunthorpe 8. Connor Fletcher Stoke 9. Rob Watts Milton Keynes 10. Ben Basford Peterborough 11. Adam Portwood Kings Lynn 12. Alex Wilson Peterborough 13. Jamie Halder Scunthorpe 14. Jack Parkinson-Blackburn Buxton 15. Andy Mellish Belle Vue 16. Adam Sheppard Wolverhampton Res : 17. David Morgan Buxton 18. Mitchell Beckett Wolverhampton

Weds 19 Aug : Coventry v Kings Lynn (at Kings Lynn). Result of meeting will count as both meetings.

Belle Vue Colts 23 Andy Mellish 2 1 3 1' =7+1 Sean Phillips R/R Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 3 3 3 2 = 11 Sam Darroch 2' 1 2' = 5 + 2 Stoke 13 Tom Bacon 3 2 2 3 = 10 Connor Fletcher 1 1 0 1 = 3 Sean Phillips 0 0 0 0 = 0 Samuel Chapman DNR (Sean Phillips switched from the Belle Vue team to Stoke as both David Morgan and Samuel Chapman failed to arrive for Stoke due to van breakdown and traffic delays). Heat 1 Bacon, Mellish, Fletcher (3 only) 2 - 4 2 - 4 Heat 2 Parkinson-Blackburn, Darroch, Fletcher, Phillips 5 - 1 7 - 5 Heat 3 Parkinson-Blackburn, Bacon, Mellish, Phillips 4 - 2 11 - 7 Heat 4 Parkinson-Blackburn, Bacon, Darroch, Fletcher 4 - 2 15 - 9 Heat 5 Mellish, Darroch, Fletcher, Phillips 5 - 1 20 - 10 Heat 6 Bacon, Parkinson-Blackburn, Mellish, Phillips 3 - 3 23 - 13

MDL Sun Aug 9th Peterborough 19 Wolves 9 (Result stands) Peterborough: 1. Alex Wilson 3 3 =6 2. Adam Portwood 2’ 2’ 3 =7+2 3. Ben Basford 3 3 = 6 4. Stephen Whitehouse F/x 0 0 =0 Wolves : 1. Adam Sheppard N N =0 2. Mitchell Beckett f/x 1 2 2 = 5 3. Sam Wright 2 0 1’ 1’ = 4+2 4. Cam Hoskins f/x = 0 Ht 1 : Wilson Portwood Beckett (f/x) 5-0 5-0 2 : Basford Wright Whitehouse(f/x) Hoskins (f/x) 3-2 8-2 3 : Wilson Portwood Beckett Wright 5-1 13-3 4 : Basford Beckett Wright Whitehouse 3-3 16-6 5 : Portwood Beckett Wright Whitehouse 3-3 19-9 Meeting abandoned –result stands