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MDL Weds April 29th KINGS LYNN 12 PETERBOROUGH 11 (Result stands) Kings Lynn Lightning 12 1. Ryan Kinsley 3 R = 3 2. Lewis Griggs 1 2 = 3 3. Adam Portwood 2 2 = 4 4. Jack Thomas 1’ 1’ = 2+2 Peterborough Thundercats 11 1. Sam Darroch F 0 = 0 2. Danyon Hume 2 3 = 5 3. Tom Bacon 3 3 = 6 4. Harry Jones F/x R = 0 Ht 1 : Kinsley Hume Griggs Darroch (F) 4-2 4-2 2 : Bacon Portwood Thomas Jones (f/x) 3-3 7-5 3 : Bacon Griggs Kinsley(ret) Jones (ret) 2-3 9-8 4 : Hume Portwood Thomas Darroch 3-3 12-11 Meeting abandoned –result stands

Sunday 26 April 2015 Midland Development League Peterborough 24:- Alex Wilson: 2*, 3, 3 = 8+1 Ben Basford: 3, 2*, 2 = 7+1 Ben Holloway: 3, 3, 1 = 7 Harry Jones: 0, 2*, ef = 2+1 Belle Vue Colts 12:- Layne Cuppitt: N, ef, (AM) = 0 Connor Fletcher: 1, 1, 1 =3 Adam Portwood: 2, ef, 0 = 2+1 Andy Mellish: 1*, 1, 3, 2 = 7+1 Ht 1: Basford, Wilson, Fletcher, Cuppitt (non-starter) 5-1 5-1 Ht 2: Holloway, Portwood, Mellish, Jones 3-3 8-4 Ht 3: Wilson, Basford, Mellish, Portwood (ef) 5-1 13-5 Ht 4: Holloway, Jones, Fletcher, Cuppitt (ef) 5-1 18-6 Ht 5: Mellish, Basford, Fletcher, Jones (ef) 2-4 20-10 Ht 6: Wilson, Mellish, Holloway, Portwood 4-2 24-12

MDL Sun 26th April Buxton Junior Hitmen 9 CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Vikings 15 (result stands) Hitmen 1. David Morgan 2 2 = 4 2. Lloyd Ditchburn 1’ 0 = 1 +1 3. Cam Hoskins f/x f/x = 0 4. Kev Wheelan 2 2 = 4 Vikings 1. Rob Parker 3 1 = 4 2. Lawrence Fielding f/x = 0 3. Jamie Halder 3 3 3 = 9 4. Mitchell Beckett 1 1 = 2 Ht 1 : Parker Morgan Ditchburn Fielding (f/x) 3-3 3-3 2 : Halder Whelan Beckett Hoskins (f /x) 2-4 5-7 3 : Halder Morgan Beckett Ditchburn 2-4 7-11 4 : Halder Whelan Parker Hoskins (f/x) 2-4 9-15

With Mildenhall v Rye House OFF today the MDL MK v Scunthorpe also off ...no new date yet

Long Eaton Invaders 1, Layne Cupitt 2,2 = 4 2. Bradley Seal 0,1* = 1+1 3. Robert Parker 3,3 =6 4. Sam Darroch 0.2* = 2 +1 MK Knights 1. Rob Watts 3, fx = 3 2. Jack Thomas 1,1 = 2 3. Niall Strudwick 1*,0 = 1+1 4. David Holt 2,3 = 5 H1 (Seal 15m, h'cap...tapes offence) Watts, Cupitt, Thomas, Seal 2-4/2-4 78.65 H2 Parker, Holt, Strudwick, Darroch 3-3/5-7 78.81 H3 Holt, Cupitt, Seal, Strudwick 3-3/8-10 78.19 H4 (Rerun) (Watts fell, exc) Parker, Darroch, Thomas 5-1/13-11 81.12

MDL Friday 24th April 2015 CITY GEARBOXES Coventry Vikings 18 Belle Vue Colts 18 Unbeaten Belle Vue snatched a MDL point at the 11th hour when Coventry Vikings looked set to start their campaign with a win but home man Danyon Hume hit the deck when on a 3-3 ..but that’s speedway! The Colts lost young Stephen Whitehouse with bike damage when he lifted coming out of the gate in heat 2 somehow missing the other three riders. Conor Dwyer led his side by example with two superb wins before missing the gate out of the graveyard gate 1 in the final race but chased Belle Vue’s Tom Bacon for the four laps as he inflicted the home man’s only defeat of the night. Robert Parker battled hard for the home side and gained a reward winning his last ride whilst Danyon Hume , in for the unavailable Callum Walker who is in Germany for a long track meeting, lost out on points in two rides when falling in point scoring positions. 16 year old local lad Mitchell Beckett made his debut for the Vikings and rode steadily to notch 2 and a bonus and with two Coventry born and bred boys in their side this is pleasing for the club. For the Colts Tom Bacon , ironically a Coventry boy too, top scored with 8 backed up by David Holt with 6 and Sam Darroch , who recovered from a first race fall, to notch 4 and a bonus. City Gearboxes VIKINGS 18 1. Conor Dwyer 3 3 2 = 8 2. Robert Parker 1 1 3 = 5 3. Danyon Hume 2 1 F = 3 4. Mitchell Beckett 1’ 0 1 = 2+1 Belle Vue COLTS 18 1. David Holt 2 3 1 = 6 2. Sam Darroch f/x 0 2’ 2 = 4+1 3. Tom Bacon 3 2 3 = 8 4. Stephen Whitehouse f/x N N = 0 Ht 1 : Dwyer Holt Parker Darroch(f/x) 4-2 4-2 2 : Bacon Hume Beckett Whitehouse (f/x) 3-3 7-5 3 : Dwyer Bacon Parker Darroch 4-2 11-7 4 : Holt Darroch Hume (f/rm) Beckett 1-5 12-12 5 : Parker Darroch Beckett 4-2 16-14 6 : Bacon Dwyer Holt Hume (fell) 2-4 18-18 125cc races : 2a : Dan Thompson Joe Thompson Niall Cleaver 4a : Dan Thompson Joe Thompson 6a : Dan Thompson Joe Thompson

well SCB perhaps you can offer this facility to NL co-ordinator Peter Morrish for future use?

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MDL Challenge .. Sun 19th April Coventry CITY GEARBOXES Vikings 13 Coventry Dragons 23 VIKINGS : 1. Harvie Banks 2 3 1 = 6 2. Connor Fletcher f/x R F = 0 3. Stefan Farnaby 3 2 F = 5 4. Stephen Whitehouse 0 0 2 = 2 DRAGONS : 1. Alex Wilson 3 3 3 3 = 12 2. Craig Hancock R/R 3. Jamie Halder 2 2 1 2’ = 7+1 4. Mitchell Beckett 1 1’ 1’ 1 = 4+2 Ht 1 : Wilson Banks Beckett Fletcher(f/x) 2-4 2-4 2 : Farnaby Halder Beckett Whitehouse 3-3 5-7 3 : Banks Halder Beckett Fletcher (ret) 3-3 8-10 4 : Wilson Farnaby Halder Whitehouse 2-4 10-14 5 : Wilson Whitehouse Beckett Fletcher (f) 2-4 12-18 6 : Wilson Halder Banks Farnaby (f) 1-5 13-23 125cc : 2a : Joe Thompson, Dan Thompson, Niall Cleaver 4a : Dan Thompson, Joe Thompson, Niall Cleaver 5a : Dan Thompson, Niall Cleaver, Joe Thompson

Stoke 'Hartshill Cycles ' Spitfires got their first win of the season in their home meeting with Long Eaton Invaders, the final scores being a close 19-17 to the home side. Stoke 'Hartshill Cycles ' Spitfires 19 Ryan MacDonald 3, 3, 3 =9 (Max) Lawrence Fielding 1, 0,0= 1 Sam Ward 2, 2, 1 =5 Sam Darroch 1*, 1*, 2 =4+2 Long Eaton Invaders 17 David Holt Fx, R, NS =0 Ben Basford 2, 3, 3, 2 = 10 Robert Parker 3, 2, 0 = 5 Lee Springthorpe Fx, 1*, 1= 2+1 Heat Details- 1. MacDonald, Basford, Fielding, Holt (Fx) 4-2 2. Parker, Ward, Darroch, Springthorpe (Fx) 7-5 3. MacDonald, Parker, Springthorpe, Fielding 10-8 4. Basford, Ward, Darroch, Holt ® 13-11 5. Basford, Darroch, Springthorpe, Fielding 15-15 6. MacDonald, Basford, Ward, Parker 19-17

VIKINGS MDL Challenge Sun 19th April Harvie Banks , Connor Fletcher, Robert Parker (R/R) , Stephen Whitehouse v Alex Wilson, R/R (or another rider if I find one!), Jamie Halder, Mitchell Beckett. Plus 125cc races : Dan + Joe Danjoe Thompson, Niall Cleaver ....one space available After NL challenge Coventry Storm v Cradley/Birmingham Select STORM : Luke Crang, Martin Knuckey, Darryl Ritchings, Rob Shuttleworth, Dan Greenwood, Stefan Farnaby, Conor Dwyer SELECT : Nathan Greaves, Luke Harris, Adam Extance, Arron Mogridge, Matt Williamson, Zach Wajtknecht, Harvie Banks £10 adults ..kids free

No ......Milton Keynes have conceded the tie and Kings Lynn are 2015 MDL Vase Champions

Scunthorpe 26 Robert Parker 3 3 3 =9 Stephen Whitehouse 1 0 2' = 3+1 Jamie Halder 3 3 2' = 8+1 Luke Whitehead 2' 1 3 = 6+1 Stoke 10 Sam Ward 2 2 1 = 5 Lawrence Fielding 0 0 1 = 1 Connor Fletcher 1 2 0 = 3 Mitchell Beckett 0 1' 0 = 1+1 Parker Ward Whitehouse Fielding. 68.81 4-2 Halder Whitehead Fletcher Beckett 5-1 9-3 65.38 Parker Beckett Fletcher Whitehouse 3-3 12-6 64.00 Halder Ward Whitehead Fielding 4-2 16-8 63.25 Whitehead WhitehouseFfielding Beckett 5-1 21-9 64.94 Parker Halder Ward Fletcher 5-1 26-10 62.95

COVENTRY stage the first of several Sunday afternoon fixtures this weekend with the Storm taking centre-stage for their 2015 home opener (4pm). Laurence Rogers’ side will be taking on a Birmingham/Cradley Select side in a Challenge match which should produce plenty of competitive action between two well-matched line-ups. This date was to have been used for a league match against Cradley but that meeting will now take place later in the season – giving the City Gearboxes Storm the opportunity for track time ahead of a busy schedule of away matches to come. Having already ridden well to gain a point from their first league match at Cradley last week, they visit Buxton next Sunday (April 26) and also have trips to Mildenhall and Kent in early May. The full Storm team will be on show with Dan Greenwood in particular having made a blistering start to the campaign with high scores in all of his meetings, both for Coventry and in a series of guest appearances elsewhere. The visitors include six riders from the Birmingham and Cradley line-ups plus Buxton’s Adam Extance, and amongst their septet they track the Brummies’ talented reserve youngster Zach Wajtknecht, who scored paid-15 in a home win over Rye House on Wednesday. In addition to the 15-heat match, there is also a Midland Development League challenge plus 125cc demo races – and for the third season running, admission to National League level meetings at Brandon is just £10 for all adults, with all under-16s going free. Rogers said: “We can only take positives from our opening encounter at Cradley where we picked up a valuable league point. “I wanted to start the new home season with a challenge rather than go straight into a league clash, especially with four new riders in our side, and also Cradley would have been missing several riders on Premier League duty. So this was seen as a sensible solution all round.” COVENTRY (from): Luke Crang, Conor Dwyer, Stefan Farnaby, Dan Greenwod, Martin Knuckey, Darryl Ritchings, Rob Shuttleworth. CRADLEY/BIRMINGHAM (from): Harvie Banks, Adam Extance, Nathan Greaves, Luke Harris, Arron Mogridge, Zach Wajtknecht, Matt Williamson.

BELLE VUE COLTS 21 David Holt 3 3 3 3 = 12 Connor Fletcher R 1 0 = 1 Michael Neale DNR Andy Mellish 3 1 2 2' = 8+1 Long Eaton 14 Lee Geary 2 0 1 = 3 Paul Bowen 1' 2 3 = 6+1 Sam Darroch Fx 2 1 R = 3 Sean Phillips 2 F = 2 Ht 1 - Holt, Geary, Bowen (Frm), Fletcher ® (3-3) (3-3) 69.5 Ht 2 - Mellish, Phillips, Darroch (Fx) 3 riders only (3-2) (6-5) 69.4 Ht 3 - Holt, Darroch, Fletcher, Phillips (f) (4-2) (10-7) Awarded Ht 4 - Holt, Bowen, Mellish, Geary (4-2) (14-9) 68.0 Ht 5 - Bowen, Mellish, Darroch, Fletcher (2-4) (16-13) 67.9 Ht 6 - Holt, Mellish, Geary, Darroch ® (5-1) (21-14) 68.6

BELLE VUE COLTS 21 David Holt 3 3 3 3 = 12 Connor Fletcher R 1 0 = 1 Michael Neale DNR Andy Mellish 3 1 2 2' = 8+1 Long Eaton 14 Lee Geary 2 0 1 = 3 Paul Bowen 1' 2 3 = 6+1 Sam Darroch Fx 2 1 R = 3 Sean Phillips 2 F = 2 Ht 1 - Holt, Geary, Bowen (Frm), Fletcher ® (3-3) (3-3) 69.5 Ht 2 - Mellish, Phillips, Darroch (Fx) 3 riders only (3-2) (6-5) 69.4 Ht 3 - Holt, Darroch, Fletcher, Phillips (f) (4-2) (10-7) Awarded Ht 4 - Holt, Bowen, Mellish, Geary (4-2) (14-9) 68.0 Ht 5 - Bowen, Mellish, Darroch, Fletcher (2-4) (16-13) 67.9 Ht 6 - Holt, Mellish, Geary, Darroch ® (5-1) (21-14) 68.6

Milton Keynes Knights 16 1, Jez Pestell 3, F/EX, 1 (4) 2. Rob Watts 1, 2, 1, 1+ (5+1) 3. Connor King DNS (0) 4. Robert Parker 2, 0, 3, 2 (7) Kings Lynn Lightning 20 1. Ryan Kinsley 2, 3 0 (5) 2. Lewis Griggs 0, 2, 0 (2) 3. Adam Portwood 3, 3, 3 (9) 4. Jack Thomas 1, 1, 2 (4) 1. Pestell, Kinsley, Watts, Griggs. Time: 58.0, 4-2 2. Portwood, Parker, Thomas, King DNS. Time 58.6, 2-4 (6-6) 3. Portwood, Watts, Thomas, Pestell F/Rm 0. Time: 58.1, 2-4 (8-10) 4. Kinsley, Griggs, Pestell, Parker F/Ex. Time; 59.3, 1-5 (9-15) 5. Parker, Thomas, Watts, Griggs. Time: 60.4, 4-2 (13-17) 6. Portwood, Parker, Watts, Kinsley. Time: 57.9, 3-3 (16-20)

Midland Development League Sunday 12th April 2015 PETERBOROUGH Thundercats 22 Scunthorpe Stags 14 Peterborough 22 1. Conor Dwyer 2 3 3 2 = 10 2. R/R 3. Danyon Hume 3 1 2 1’ = 7+1 4. Ben Holloway 1’ 1 1’ 2’ = 5+2 Scunthorpe 14 1, Arron Mogridge 3 3 3 = 9 2. Stephen Whitehouse 0 0 F = 0 3. Jamie Halder 2 2 0 = 4 4. Luke Whitehead 0 0 1 = 1 Ht 1 : Mogridge Dwyer Holloway Whitehouse 3-3 3-3 66.8 2 : Hume Halder Holloway Whitehead 4-2 7-5 3 : Dwyer Halder Hume Whitehead 4-2 11-7 4 : Mogridge Hume Holloway Whitehouse 3-3 14-10 5 : Dwyer Holloway Whitehead Whitehouse 5-1 19-11 6 : Mogridge Dwyer Hume Halder 3-3 22-14

Midland Development League Sunday 12th April 2015 PETERBOROUGH Thundercats 22 Scunthorpe Stags 14 Peterborough 22 1. Conor Dwyer 2 3 3 2 = 10 2. R/R 3. Danyon Hume 3 1 2 1’ = 7+1 4. Ben Holloway 1’ 1 1’ 2’ = 5+2 Scunthorpe 14 1, Arron Mogridge 3 3 3 = 9 2. Stephen Whitehouse 0 0 F = 0 3. Jamie Halder 2 2 0 = 4 4. Luke Whitehead 0 0 1 = 1 Ht 1 : Mogridge Dwyer Holloway Whitehouse 3-3 3-3 66.8 2 : Hume Halder Holloway Whitehead 4-2 7-5 3 : Dwyer Halder Hume Whitehead 4-2 11-7 4 : Mogridge Hume Holloway Whitehouse 3-3 14-10 5 : Dwyer Holloway Whitehead Whitehouse 5-1 19-11 6 : Mogridge Dwyer Hume Halder 3-3 22-14

LONG EATON Invaders 15 1. Lee Geary 3,3,2,2 = 10 2. Bradley Seal ef, NS, NS = 0 3. Robert Parker 1, 2, fx = 3 4. Harry Jones 0, 1*, 1*, = 2 + 2 BELLE VUE Colts 21 1. David Holt 2,3,3 = 8 2. Stephen Whitehouse 1, 0, 0 = 1 3. Sam Ward 3,1*,1 = 5+1 4. Adam Shepperd 2*, 2, 3 = 7 +1 Ht1 Geary, Holt, Whitehouse, Seal Ret 3-3 / 3-3 71.07 Ht2 Ward, Sheppherd, Parker, Jones 1-5/4-8 74.25 Ht3 Geary, Shepperd, Ward, Seal NS 3-3/7-11 72.00 Ht4 Holt, Parker, Jones, Whitehouse 3-3/10-14 71.31 Ht5 Shepperd, Geary, Jones, Whitehouse 3-3/13-17 72.56 Ht6 Holt, Geary, Ward, Parker Fell 2-4/15-21 Awarded NT

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Wolverhampton 14 1. Cameron Hoskins F F 2 = 2 2. Connor Fletcher F 2 1' = 3+1 3. Robert Parker 3 3 0 = 6 4. Chris Bambury 1 0 2 = 3 Belle Vue 20 1. David Holt 3 f/x 3 = 6 2. Adam Sheppard 2' 2 3 = 7+1 3. Tom Bacon 2 3 1 = 6 4. Adam Portwood R 1' R = 1+1 Ht 1: Holt Sheppard Hoskins (f) Fletcher (f) 0-5 0-5 2 : Parker Bacon Bambury Portwood(ret) 4--2 4-7 3 : Bacon Fletcher Hoskins (f) Holt (f/x) 2-3 6-10 4 : Parker Sheppard Portwood Bambury 3-3 9-13 5: Sheppard Bambury Fletcher Portwood (ret) 3-3 12-16 6 : Holt Hoskins Bacon Parker 2-4 14-20

Peterborough replace Castleford in the MDL A late change to the 2015 Midland Development League sees a return of a junior Peterborough side racing as the Thundercats in place of Castleford Kings , who have withdrawn from the league with immediate effect. The Kings were using the Showground at Peterborough as their home base this year and commenced their season with a 20-16 over 2014 MDL champions Milton Keynes. The fixture list remains as it was for the Kings .The MDL organisers would like to thank the Peterborough promotion for stepping in at short notice to keep the league strength at ten teams. The Thundercats first meeting will be on Sunday 12th April facing Scunthorpe.

Peterborough replace Castleford in the MDL A late change to the 2015 Midland Development League sees a return of a junior Peterborough side racing as the Thundercats in place of Castleford Kings , who have withdrawn from the league with immediate effect. The Kings were using the Showground at Peterborough as their home base this year and commenced their season with a 20-16 over 2014 MDL champions Milton Keynes. The fixture list remains as it was for the Kings .The MDL organisers would like to thank the Peterborough promotion for stepping in at short notice to keep the league strength at ten teams. The Thundercats first meeting will be on Sunday 12th April facing Scunthorpe.