England V Australia At Under 23 Level!

[crazysue]

Is there anyone going to the Wolves meeting tonight who would be able to text updates to the updates site? If so, could you please either leave a message here or send me an email or pm.

 

Thanks

[crazysue]

Still need a texter...anyone?

[CB252]

Anyone know how the sides line up tonight??

[21st century heathen]

Teams are here.

 

Doesn't give a cost so I'm guessing it the same as usual?!

 

I really don't know whether I fancy this one or not.

[beedawn]

Im unable to get on the Wolves website as im at work, and not allowed on that one! Any chance you could list the teams on here for me? Thanks

[21st century heathen]

England

 

Wright

Woffinden

Kennett

Barker

Bridger

Auty

Haines

 

 

Australia

 

Batchelor

Gathercole

Woodward

Proctor

Wethers

Summers

Sweetman

 

Batchelor and Woodward will be tough nuts to crack but we have the better all-round strength in my opinion.

[superguest]

Teams are here.

 

Doesn't give a cost so I'm guessing it the same as usual?!

 

I really don't know whether I fancy this one or not.

 

Hey Chris, come along - you can cheer a side on for a change

[cometsfan2k4]

Any updates on this meeting?

[Silver Bee]

Hey Chris, come along - you can cheer a side on for a change

 

He often does, he was perfectly happy supporting Belle Vue on bank holiday Monday

[Iffoid]

Any updates on this meeting?

 

Hi, there will be soon, am just setting up thread, you will be able to find them HERE!

 

[Iffoid]

From Live Updates site:

 

Texter: Stevebrum

 

Updater: Iffoid

 

 

England = 48

 

1. James Wright 1 2' 2 2 =7+1

2. Tai Woffinden 3 3 3 0 F =9

3. Edward Kennett 2 1' 3 2 3 =11+1

4. Ben Barker 0 2 2' 3 =7+1

5. Lewis Bridger 3 0 3 0 =6

6. Josh Auty 1' 2 0 1 =4+1

7. Joe Haines 2 0 2' 0 =4+1

 

Australia = 43

 

1. Troy Batchelor 2 3 2 2^ 3 =12

2. Cory Gathercole 0 0 1 1' =2+1

3. Cameron Woodward 3 1 3 3 2 =12

4. Ty Proctor 1 3 1 2 =7

5. Matt Wethers 2 X 0 1 =3

6. Aaron Summers 0 1 1 1' =3+1

7. Richard Sweetman 3 1' 0 0 =4+1

 

Heat Results

 

 

Heat 01: Woffinden, Batchelor, Wright, Gathercole 55.80 4-2 (4-2)

Woffinden made an inside pass on the second bend. Batchelor pushes all race. Wright into 3rd on the third lap before Gathercole retires at the end of the same lap.

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Heat 02: Sweetman, Haines, Auty, Summers 58.67 3-3 (7-5)

Great race, Aussie 5-1 until Haines sneaks outside on the 4th bend of the last lap & then Auty sneaked 3rd place on the line.

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Heat 03: Woodward, Kennett, Proctor, Barker 57.01 2-4 (9-9)

Close race again. Only Barker not in contention after a dodgy first lap.

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Heat 04: Bridger, Wethers, Sweetman, Haines 57.60 3-3 (12-12)

Sweetman struggles on the opening bend but comes out ahead. Bridger into the lead on the 4th bend. Wethers team rides to keep a challenging Haines at bay. Sweetman struggles on the 1st bend of the last lap and Haines passes him but Sweetman winds it on and passes back on the last bend.

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Heat 05: Batchelor, Barker, Kennett, Gathercole 56.81 3-3 (15-15)

Superb opening two laps with Batchelor and Kennett swapping places. Barker winds it on for second.

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Heat 06: Woffinden, Wright, Summers, Wethers(X) 57.11 5-1 (20-16)

Race stopped: Wethers out of control in second place on the 1st bend of the 3rd lap and comes off. Wright was just after him and comes off on the 2nd bend. Bizarre decision to rerun as 2 laps completed already. Wethers is excluded.

Rerun: Routine 5-1 with Summers off the pace after the 2nd bend of the first lap.

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Heat 07: Proctor, Auty, Woodward, Bridger 57.91 2-4 (22-20)

Rerun after a dodgy start first time round. Bridger messes the first bend and is out of it. Aussies on a 5-1, Auty into second on the 4th bend of the opening lap.

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Heat 08: Woffinden, Haines, Gathercole, Sweetman(F-Rem) 56.58 5-1 (27-21)

Routine 5-1

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Heat 09: Kennett, Barker, Summers, Wethers 57.20 5-1 (32-22)

Team riding 5-1. Wethers out of shape on the 3rd lap.

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Heat 10: Woodward, Wright, Proctor, Woffinden 58.03 2-4 (34-26)

Aussie's on a 5-1 for 3 laps with the Brits pushing. Wright went wide passing Proctor going into the last lap and Woffinden tried to dash up the inside on the way to the tapes.

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Heat 11: Bridger, Batchelor, Gathercole, Auty 58.40 3-3 (37-29)

Gathercole pushes for two laps, Batchelor takes over and pushes hard. Auty tries to take advantage of a last bend slip up but cant quite get there.

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Heat 12: Woodward, Kennett, Batchelor(TR), Haines 57.83 2-5 (39-34)

Batchelor to take a TR.

Great ride by the Brits to team ride Bathcelor out until Haines slows on the back straight with engine problems.

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Heat 13:Batchelor, Wright, Wethers, Bridger 57.61 2-4 (41-38)

Tight with all four.

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Heat 14: Barker, Proctor, Auty, Sweetman 57.75 4-2 (45-40)

Cracking race between Barker and Proctor. No more than 2 bike lengths between them all for four laps.

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Heat 15: Kennett, Woodward, Summers, Woffinden(F) 58.20 3-3 (48-43)

Team riding 5-1 until Woffinden rears on the final corner and falls. A cracking match!

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Line-up: Woffinden, Kennett, Woodward, Summers

 

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Comments:

 

Teams now confirmed from trackside.

 

Parade at 7.30pm, first heat at 7.45pm.

 

Referee is Dale Robinson.

 

England off gates 1 & 3 in heat one.

 

Many thanks to Stevebrum for the excellent texts tonight, thankyou all for joining me and goodnight.

[Trees]

Sounds like a real entertaining meeting, can Lynn have one next season please

[cometsfan2k4]

Well done Joe, not bad for a 16 year old against soon seasoned riders. Would have got another point more if he hadnt have had engine problems in heat 12. Well done Joe.

[Main Man]

A good and entertaining night's racing with some close action.

 

[T.N.T.]

All 14 riders showed guts, determination and excellent styles tonight.

 

James Wright - Started a bit slowly, but the more the dirt went to the outside the faster he got and was involved in a mumber of close finishes.

 

Tai Woffinden - Brilliant display in his first three, well kept out in his next although he was going for the same piece of track as Wright a few times. Was comfortable in his last until he fell coming off the last bend.

 

Edward Kennett - Likes the Wolves track and raced hard. His battle with Batchelor was brilliant.

 

Ben Barker - After a poor opening ride, he got to grips with the track and rode the wide line to get some big speed and some good passes.

 

Lewis Bridger - Wild but good. A 3rd to 1st in one swoop was his best move but nearly lost it a few times in his pointless rides.

 

Josh Auty - Some great rides and like Wright and Barker, he enjoyed the fast outside line. Great pass of the impressive Woodward in heat 7.

 

Joe Haines - Nearly came from last to first in heat 2 but he and Auty got in each others way early on. A good Wolves 5-1 in heat 8 with Tai and then rode a great race to keep Batchelor out in heat 12 until his bike quit on him on the last lap.

 

 

Troy Batchelor - Brilliant racer and some great riding with the Kennett race showing the lad has no fear.

 

Corey Gathercote - Tried hard and did well in heat 11 to beat Auty.

 

Ty Proctor - Showed a lot of potential, good race lines and involved in some good battles.

 

Matt Wethers - In the thick of the action, but his moves to the outside sometimes wrecked his race as he headed towards the fence a few times.

 

Aaron Summers - Decent performance, nearly held out Haines and Auty in heat 2.

 

Richard Sweetman - Good heat 2 and rode well. On the pace and showed a lot of potential.

 

 

 

Overall some great racing on a good track and congratulations to all 14 riders on a very good nights racing.

 

Darcey Ward went out after and looked good.

[BigFatDave]

Cam must have had an off night then, T.N.T., not to make it into your match summary?

 

Great evening's entertainment by the sound of it, I'll look forward to Swindon.

[superguest]

Great meeting last night, and as we said last night in the pub ....proof that we do not need the big names to have exciting racing.

 

Have to say, Troy Batchelor has improved so much. Everytime I see him, his style improves and his confidence on the smaller tracks has definety gone up. He really does look like a young Leigh Adams!

[colincooke]

A fairly enjoyable affair this one, with alot of the boys on both sides giving it their all.

A pity Tai lost his way a little toward the end, but to his credit a classy performance in his 1st 3, interesting that he came down in the same spot as Jesper B a few weeks ago, seems there's a bit of a problem with that patch.

James Wright was quietly affective.

Eddie did a hell of a lot to help Ben out.

Ben himself was his usual gutsy self

Bridger was great when he was in control but otherwise useless, Lewis was superb on this track not too long ago & needs to learn to calm down, what he was whinging about after his 2nd ride god knows.

Josh & Joe did all that was expected of them.

 

For the Aussies Cam Woodward was the best on show, Troy was good but Cam was better & i personally felt cheated that Troy wasn't in 15.

Very impressed again with Ty Proctor.

Not alot more to say there except that Sweetman is one for the future.

 

So all there is to add is 1-0 to the ENGERLAND.

 

 

 

[21st century heathen]

A pity Tai lost his way a little toward the end, but to his credit a classy performance in his 1st 3, interesting that he came down in the same spot as Jesper B a few weeks ago, seems there's a bit of a problem with that patch.

 

Bridger was great when he was in control but otherwise useless, Lewis was superb on this track not too long ago & needs to learn to calm down, what he was whinging about after his 2nd ride god knows.

 

1) Don't be daft. I've seen riders crash all over Monmore more than once. It doesn't mean there's something wrong with every patch.

 

2) You didn't see Cameron pull a huge locker and grind to a halt before the appex of the first turn, lap one, then? Lewis had to take action to avoid running straight into him as he went in at normal speed. The heat should have been re-run. He was guilty of over-trying to get back in the race and was clearly angry that he hadn't had the benefit of a re-start. He made up a lot of ground in the latter part of the race, once he'd calmed down. He was a little unlucky to find himself boxed-in on the inside in his last ride. It was too late by the time things opened up a little. Good race though.

[colincooke]

1) Don't be daft. I've seen riders crash all over Monmore more than once. It doesn't mean there's something wrong with every patch.

 

2) You didn't see Cameron pull a huge locker and grind to a halt before the appex of the first turn, lap one, then? Lewis had to take action to avoid running straight into him as he went in at normal speed. The heat should have been re-run. He was guilty of over-trying to get back in the race and was clearly angry that he hadn't had the benefit of a re-start. He made up a lot of ground in the latter part of the race, once he'd calmed down. He was a little unlucky to find himself boxed-in on the inside in his last ride. It was too late by the time things opened up a little. Good race though.

 

2)Must've been busy yapping when that happened matey .

Looked like yet another dummy out of pram Bridger episode, but fair do's if he was hard done by, as i said he does need a calming influence, desperately.

 

1) Riders do have incidents at Monmore very often,& mostly there down to rider error, Jesper didn't make an error on that bend the track caused him to pull a locker, same with Tai the track, in the same spot, caused him to lose control, luckily he slid mid track & Cam was able to take evasive action.

 

Food for thought.

Did we see a future Wolves pairing get a 5-1 in 8?

Now there's a novelty

Edited September 9, 2008 by colincooke