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Hold on - read my posting. I make no adverse comment about Steve - it is indeed a great achievement qualifying for the British Final after such a brief time in the sport... Well done to him and Scott and all the other qualifiers... So kindly don't put words into my mouth...

 

You weren't exactly lavish with your praise of the meeting :wink: nor did you name any of the riders who qualified :wink: I think you were being castigated for not naming the riders who were there... and saying how weak the Mildenhall qualifying round was, whilst commenting (again) on the fact that Marc Owen didn't ride :wink: It was probably what you didn't say - rather than what you did say - about the actual meeting...

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I'd like to ask why it was such strange format in every qualifier? Why some riders where riding twice against another, and against another not at all? You can make for 13 riders such heat format that everyone will meet someone exactly once!

 

Vicar can you send me this format

 

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Hm... maybe it is not. I thought that I saw somewhere such, but now I can see that it is impossible.

 

I asked the question of Graham Reeve (SCB) at Mildenhall and he told me that a formula where each rider rode against all others meant two on the trot in every heat - not ideal and certainly wouldn't have been yesterday on Sunday!

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Is there anyone going to the final 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

 

I was hoping to be there myself but things haven't worked out.

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Good luck to all competitors for tonight's meeting. Here's hoping for an entertaining display of the next generation. I shall be there supporting Bren, so if anyone spots a dippy woman on the terraces jumping up and down in his races, please feel free to come and say hello. ;)

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I asked the question of Graham Reeve (SCB) at Mildenhall and he told me that a formula where each rider rode against all others meant two on the trot in every heat - not ideal and certainly wouldn't have been yesterday on Sunday!

 

In the end, I had been prepared to - at least partly - give the benefit of the doubt and assume that the very odd decision to have 13-rider fields was made because in four rides a rider will ride against 12 opponents and therefore could ride against everyone else once, making it a "fair" format. The fact that over half the field qualified for the semis and you could therefore win the meeting despite being one of the worst placed riders negated that to an extent, but at least it seemed to be some concession to fairness.

 

However, since it appears this is not the case, I have to ask again, why have such a ridiculous format for a British Championship event? Was it purely down to costs? It's a sorry state of affairs if the need to cut costs means a British Championship isn't run fairly.

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Joe Haines is the new British under 21 champion, congratulations to him!!!

 

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Texter: CHK

 

Updater: Mikeyt

 

 

Line Up

 

1. Kyle Howarth - 0, 0, 2, 2, 2 = 6

2. Richard Franklin - 1, 1, F/ex, 0, 1 = 3

3. Robert Mear - 2, 3, 1, 1, 2 = 9

4. Jerran Hart - 3, 2, 1, 2, 2 = 10

5. Josh Auty - 3, 2, 3, F/ex, 3 = 11

6. Scott Campos - 0, 0, 1, 0, 0 = 1

7. Aaron Baseby - 1, 1, 0, 1, 0 = 3

8. Kyle Hughes - 2, 1, 2, 3, 1 = 9 FOURTH

9. Joe Haines - 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 14 WINNER

10. Lewis Bridger - 3, 3, 3, 2, 3 = 14 THIRD

11. Kyle Newman - 1, F/ex, 0, 2, 0 = 3

12. Brendan Johnson - 0, 0, 2, 0, 1 = 3

13. Paul Starke - EF, 1, 2, 1, 3 = 7

14. Simon Lambert - 2, 2, 0, 3, 1 = 8

15. Steven Worrall - 1, 2, 1, 1, 0 = 5

16. Tai Woffinden - 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 = 14 SECOND

 

Reserves

Joe Jacobs

John Resch

 

Ref is Jim Lawrence

 

 

Heat Results

 

Heat 01: Hart, Mear, Franklin, Howarth...60.05

Line Up: Howarth, Franklin, Mear, Hart

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Heat 02: Auty, Hughes, Baseby, Campos...61.6

Line Up: Auty, Campos, Baseby, Hughes

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Heat 03: Bridger, Haines, Newman, Johnson...60.6

Line Up: Bridger, Newman, Haines, Johnson

Comments: Johnson fell and re-mounted on bend 1 of lap 2.

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Heat 04: Woffinden, Lambert, Worrall, Starke(EF)...59.6

Line Up: Worrall, Lambert, Woffinden, Starke

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Heat 05: Haines, Auty, Starke, Howarth...59.5

Line Up: Starke, Howarth, Auty, Haines

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Heat 06: Bridger, Lambert, Franklin, Campos...59.2

Line Up: Lambert, Bridger, Franklin, Campos

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Heat 07: Re-run x2: Mear, Worrall, Baseby(F/rem)...60.6

Line Up: Newman, Worrall, Baseby, Mear

Comments: Tight 1st bend Baseby went down, up, ok and walking back to the pits, all 4 back. In re-run Mear was well in front when Newman did a pirouette on lap 2, fell and is excluded. CHK says the racing thus far has been poor, whoever makes the gate is winning and the riders are all strung out practically every race!

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Heat 08: Re-run: Woffinden, Hart, Hughes, Johnson...59.2

Line Up: Hart, Hughes, Johnson, Woffinden

Comments: Woffinden jumped the start, all 4 back.

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Heat 09: Woffinden, Howarth, Campos, Newman...59.9

Line Up: Campos, Woffinden, Howarth, Newman

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Heat 10: Re-run: Auty, Johnson, Worrall...60.7

Line Up: Johnson, Auty, Worrall, Franklin

Comments: Re-run without Franklin who is excluded (not sure why though)!!

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Heat 11: Haines, Hughes, Mear, Lambert...59.5

Line Up: Hughes, Haines, Mear, Lambert

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Heat 12: Bridger, Starke, Hart, Baseby(Fell)...60.4

Line Up: Starke, Hart, Bridger, Baseby

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Heat 13: Lambert, Howarth, Baseby, Johnson...61.2

Line Up: Baseby, Johnson, Lambert, Howarth

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Heat 14: Hughes, Newman, Starke, Franklin...61.0

Line Up: Franklin, Starke, Hughes, Newman

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Heat 15: Re-run: Woffinden, Bridger, Mear...59.5

Line Up: Woffinden, Bridger, Mear, Auty

Comments: There will be a re-run without Auty who fell and is excluded. Woffinden was leading at the time. Auty was lying 3rd but on the bend 3 of lap 2, Mear went up the inside of him fairly in CHK's opinion. Auty then drifted and fell, hitting the exact same part of the fence he hit last week when riding for Coventry. CHK says it was deja vu! Re-run: At last a good race, Woffinden got it but only just although CHK thought Bridger got it!!

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Heat 16: Haines, Hart, Worrall, Campos...59.3

Line Up: Haines, Campos, Hart, Worrall

Comments:

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Heat 17: Re-run: Bridger, Howarth, Hughes, Worrall...61.2

Line Up: Howarth, Hughes, Worrall, Bridger

Comments: Hughes lifted badly at the start!

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Heat 18: Haines, Woffinden, Franklin, Baseby...59.5

Line Up: Haines, Franklin, Baseby, Woffinden

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Heat 19: Starke, Mear, Johnson, Campos...60.5

Line Up: Mear, Johnson, Starke, Campos

Comments:

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Heat 20: Re-run: Auty, Hart, Lambert, Newman(Fell)...60.0

Line Up: Auty, Lambert, Newman, Hart

Comments: The racing seems to have livened up in the last few heats!!

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Semi-final: Haines, Hughes, Hart, Auty...58.7

Line Up: Haines, Hart, Hughes, Auty

Comments: Haines and Hughes through to contest the final.

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GRAND FINAL: Haines, Woffinden, Bridger, Hughes...59.2

Line Up: Woffinden, Bridger, Hughes, Haines

Comments: Haines goes round everyone on 1st bend and wasn't troubled he becomes the new British Under 21 Champion!!

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Line up confirmed. Crowd is poor!

 

After 20 qualifying heats the top 2 point scorers will go straight to the grand final. The riders finishing in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th after the qualifiers will go into the semi final, the riders finishing 1st and 2nd in the semi final will then go on to contest the grand final.

 

Congratulations to JOE HAINES, the new British under 21 champion!

 

Thanks for watching and good night!

 

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Well done Joe - I did say during the meeting at Lynn on Wednesday that we knew you could do it! :approve:

 

Now, if only I could predict those lotto numbers. . . . :D

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Just got back from Lakeside.. A massive well done to Joe. To beat Tai twice was an awesome effort. :approve:

And had to do it the hard way having lost out in the 'ballot' for the two automatic places in the Final, which also, by a double whammy, meant he had only third choice of gate in the Final...

 

And I got some stick before for commenting on the Mildenhall semi, so to redress the balance can I saw how impressed I was tonight by Steven Worrall - five points in the GB U-21s Final after less than a handful of senior meetings is an amazing achievement... A big well done to him... :approve:

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Crowd was poor, track was poor with racing almost non existent.

Meeting seemed to drag on and a centre green announcer was definitely missed.

 

The second year running it's been dire, will be skipping next year.

 

However, Well done to Joe, great result. Thought Jerran rode well too.

 

 

 

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