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[spin king]

Well Done to Kenni Larsen, who is a worthy Champion, although I have to say that Rene Bach rode really well and could well have won but for taking a tumble in the Final.

[Gaz]

Well done to Kenni and Rene, easily the 2 best riders on show

[Pepper]

Well done to Kenni. I really feel for Rene though - but one of them was always going to end up disappointed because they couldn't both win.

 

Taylor Poole really impressed me tonight - I thought he'd be out of his depth in this field but he tried really hard and scored quite well as a result.

 

Jordan Frampton on the other hand wasn't much good. I still don't understand why he was given the place over Mark Lemon. The programme stated that the wild cards were given to 'the highest-averaged riders who were not their club's No. 1'. Thgerefore surely Mark deserved the place. If he has a higher average than most of the league he shouldn't be penalised because Kenni and Rene were already in!

[Brummie Kev]

I felt for Rene Bach after his crash who on the whole was probably the best rider on the day

 

I agree, Bach especially early on was absolutley fantastic. I felt for him in the final after Larsen went into him. He didnt look the same in the final to to a combination of bike damage and effets from the heavy fall. I take nothing away from Kenni Larsen, he like Bach was outstanding. Both were a sight to behold in the early stages, if they gated that was it basically no-one could catch them. It was fitting Kenni Larsen won it as its proably his last year at this level.

 

David Howe deserved second place, a rider I have alot of time for as hes one of the most professional riders around. Fishers move in Heat 19 was the move of the meeting, he went from third to first on the last lap after Gathercole fell earlier in the race. Auty started slow but came to life later on but just missed out on the final.

 

Jason wasnt that bad I thought, he got 3 comfortable second places and challenged Fisher in Heat 15. The killer was when he had the EF, it was a race I precdicted he would win as it looked his easiest on paper. The last race last place was expected as he was up against Larsen, Howe and Auty. Its still been an excellent season in the super 7s for the Brummies, we cant win them all I guess.

 

I was most disapointed in the Rye House two. Ive seen Sundstrom perform much better than that, real let down I thought. Last Year I seem to remember Frampton doing well at Sheffield so its a mystery as why he was so poor tonight. Whats happened to Tomas Topinka, he has really dropped his form this year.

 

Well done Kenni Larsen.

Edited September 26, 2010 by Brummie Kev

[BongoBrian]

Thank you to everyone for an absolute brilliant day.

 

Just home now and am very tired and ready for my kip, but what an exceptional Speedway event

 

It was my first visit to Sheffield, but I have to say, I loved the oldy-worldy 'Once a Jolly Swagman' venue... with the big crowd, it is how I imagine Speedway used to be once upon a time!

 

Well done to Kenny... He was my tip for the title at the start and simply blew the field away with a Gollob'esque performance.

 

Cheers to everyone I met and will see some of you in Poland in a fortnight

 

 

Night all and thanks again,

 

o6uoq

Edited September 27, 2010 by BongoBrian

[screm]

Well done to Kenni Larsen,a fantastic rider.

[BigRackBandit]

Really enjoyed my first trip to Sheffield. Well done to Kenni Larsen, and many thanks to Berwick Speedway Supporters Club for another successful away trip.

[diamond@heart]

Congrats to Kenni Larsen on a fantastic win but have to say that I am totally gutted for Rene Bach as I think he at least deserved a rostrum place. Well done to Howe who I thought was really good as was Fisher , who I thought was hard charging all nite without being dirty and his outside pass in 15 I think was brilliant.

 

Once again big congrats to Kenni and chin up to Rene bach, the title will be yours next year.

[Young51]

Thank you to everyone for an absolute brilliant day.

Just home now and am very tired and ready for my kip, but what an exceptional Speedway event

It was my first visit to Sheffield, but I have to say, I loved the oldy-worldy 'Once a Jolly Swagman' venue... with the big crowd, it is how I imagine Speedway used to be once upon a time!

 

Well done to Kenny... He was my tip for the title at the start and simply blew the field away with a Gollob'esque performance.

 

Cheers to everyone I met and will see some of you in Poland in a fortnight

 

 

Night all and thanks again,

 

o6uoq

Nice one BB Good to hear you enjoyed yourself A satisfied customer at speedway is always good to hear about! Though i'm sure someone will be on for a good gripe soon about the hotdogs,the chips were a wee bit cold, or that they had to park their car 10 miles away and had to walk the rest of the way etc.Something along those lines! Sheffield is a great venue and racetrack though isn't it?Superb stuff!Congrats to Kenni,David and of course the Majestic Flyin' Ryan Fisher!Well done to all

Edited September 27, 2010 by Young51

[gypilgrim]

Another enjoyable PLRC at Sheffield. Crowd even bigger than last year, if I'm not mistaken, with most clubs well represented (distinct lack of noise from the Rebels and Stars, though !).

 

After 16 heats it looked like the "Diamond Duo" were going to walk it, but the last programmed rides saw plent of others staking a claim gonig into the semi-final/final.

 

Congratulations to Kenni Larsen for his victory, not may would argue that it wasn't well deserved. Commiserations to Rene Bach. He had beaten Kenni fair and square in the heats and his fall in the final obviously effected him in the re-run (he was still trying to straighten his front wheel at the start line !).

 

Ryan Fisher and Josh Auty supplied plenty of excitement all day, and when Josh reeled off three striaght wins to make the semi I had visions of Ricky stealing the crown from under the noses of Ward and Proctor last year . Josh would be pretty much unbeatable at Owlerton if races were over five laps instead of four.

 

Congratulations to Divid Howe, consistently quick all day, and got a great cheer when he dived under Ryan in the final . Fourth in 2009, second in 2010, one better in 2011 ? If it's at Sheffield again ( and I certainly hope that it will be)I wouldn't bet against him.

 

Of the rest it was all pretty even with Lee Complin having his moments and Taylor Poole not looking out of place. Jordan Frampton was a major disappointment (after I had "bigged him up" before the meeting).

 

Here's to doing it all again next year

[sheffieldscot]

Managed to finish work early to make this meeting and boy was it worth it!!! Many congratulations to Kenni Larsen on a superb victory and also to David Howe and Ryan Fisher on making the rostrum.They all rode their hearts out and thoroughly deserved to be on the Podium. My heart goes out to young Rene Bach who was without doubt the pick of the crop until his coming together with his team mate in the 1st run of the final. Speedway can sure be tough at times!!

 

Great to see such a big crowd at Owlerton again, takes me back to the Sean Wilson Years.

 

Young Josh paid the penalty for his first race impetuosity, but he is young and will come again. From his 3rd ride onwards he was "on the gas" and produced some superb passing moves doing himself a lot of credit in the process.

Travis McGowan looked impressive on the wide open spaces of Owlerton and I look forward to seeing him ride there again.

 

Really pleased for the Newcastle fans who got right behind their boys all afternoon and I hope they all enjoyed their champers in the bar afterwards Roll on next year and it will be nice to have an end to the "Home Track Advantage" posts that often go along with the PLRC

[Tsunami]

Wonderfull day yesterday with a good crowd, lots of Diamonds fans, some good racing and overtaking, good company in the shape of HalifaxTiger and BobC, meeting ColinCooke and partner for the first time and of course meeting up with Paulco in the bar later(now there's a first). Waved to Lucifer Sam, in disguise, and I think he waved back but I wish he would use all his fingers in the wave back.

Great result of course with Kenni doing the blitzing from the gate, and Rene being Rene with his sluggish gates and outside overtakes. Good having direct entry to the final to save any mishaps, and let the rest slug it out to join them in the final.

Thought the track was good throughout and, with regular dragging the dirt back to the inside, all racing lines were available.

Tense start to the final when our pair tangled at the first corner but fortunately it was all four back. Rene very shook up and I hope his arm is OK today once the adrenelin has worn off. He didn't seem to be happy with his forks in the rerun and this and his injury probably stopped him performing like we know he can. There's always next year for you Rene, hopefully as a Diamond again and possibly a winner.

On to the winner. Last year, Kenni started with a couple of wins but petered out his challenge and missed out on the Semi. He was very down and said to George E that "I will come back next year and win it". Man of his promise, he did and won it well and he seems to have been a popular winner with all fans. What would have happened if they hadn't tangled, could we have had a 1-2 on the rostrum? Would Rene have won it from Kenni? We will never know. Mind you, it would have been even more interesting if Mark had ridden as well, instead of the low performance from Frampton. 1-2-3 a possibility eh

 

Mention to Lee Complin for a couple of good races, Fisher's outside pass in Heat 15, the sensible riding of Auty after his disastrous 1st race, good fair track throughout, nobody hurt, yes it was a canny day.

[diamond@heart]

Wonderfull day yesterday with a good crowd, lots of Diamonds fans, some good racing and overtaking, good company in the shape of HalifaxTiger and BobC, meeting ColinCooke and partner for the first time and of course meeting up with Paulco in the bar later(now there's a first). Waved to Lucifer Sam, in disguise, and I think he waved back but I wish he would use all his fingers in the wave back.

Great result of course with Kenni doing the blitzing from the gate, and Rene being Rene with his sluggish gates and outside overtakes. Good having direct entry to the final to save any mishaps, and let the rest slug it out to join them in the final.

Thought the track was good throughout and, with regular dragging the dirt back to the inside, all racing lines were available.

Tense start to the final when our pair tangled at the first corner but fortunately it was all four back. Rene very shook up and I hope his arm is OK today once the adrenelin has worn off. He didn't seem to be happy with his forks in the rerun and this and his injury probably stopped him performing like we know he can. There's always next year for you Rene, hopefully as a Diamond again and possibly a winner.

On to the winner. Last year, Kenni started with a couple of wins but petered out his challenge and missed out on the Semi. He was very down and said to George E that "I will come back next year and win it". Man of his promise, he did and won it well and he seems to have been a popular winner with all fans. What would have happened if they hadn't tangled, could we have had a 1-2 on the rostrum? Would Rene have won it from Kenni? We will never know. Mind you, it would have been even more interesting if Mark had ridden as well, instead of the low performance from Frampton. 1-2-3 a possibility eh

 

Mention to Lee Complin for a couple of good races, Fisher's outside pass in Heat 15, the sensible riding of Auty after his disastrous 1st race, good fair track throughout, nobody hurt, yes it was a canny day.

We probably will never know but Kenni has beaten Rene a number of times around Brough this year but I think Rene had the beating of Kenni yesterday so I think Rene could have won it, and I do think that we may have had a 1-2 if they had not tangled.

 

I agree it would have been alot more interesting had Mark ridden.

 

Saw you in the thick of the celebrations after the meeting, you seemed to be enjoying yourself.

Edited September 27, 2010 by diamond@heart

[Tsunami]

We probably will never know but Kenni has beaten Rene a number of times around Brough this year but I think Rene had the beating of Kenni yesterday so I think Rene could have won it, and I do think that we may have had a 1-2 if they had not tangled.

 

I agree it would have been alot more interesting had Mark ridden.

 

Saw you in the thick of the celebrations after the meeting, you seemed to be enjoying yourself.

 

Probably a release of the tensions of hoping that they both could go on and one of them be the champion. What with the disappointment at both the Pairs and the 4's you could not really celebrate till Kenni rounded the 4th bend for victory. Just think, if our luck had held in both the Pairs and the 4's, aye, the thought of dreams. Bloody airfilters.

[Bandits4life]

First of all well done to Kenni Larsen on a deserved win, quick from the gate every time and looked very quick all afternoon. Bach, Fisher, Auty and Complin were great to watch, with some of Auty's passes being quite superb, Sheffield fans are clearly spoilt watching him do that every week! Rye House lads were a bit disappointing though, I thought both Sundstrom and Frampton would be up there, but it wasn't to be.

 

On Complin, to me he was struggling for speed in his first 2 rides but after that he was much quicker and rode a brilliant race to beat Bach and Poole (who surprised me at how well he did).

 

I hope the PLRC is back at Sheffield again next season

[eric i]

Great meeting but I thought the crowd was down on last year.

Edited September 27, 2010 by eric i

[Hoggy]

Good Day,

 

Just a brief post to say a very, very sincere thank you to everyone who came along to Sheffield yesterday. A fabulous atmosphere that made everyone's hard work behind the scenes worthwhile, you did Speedway and the Premier league proud.

 

Thank you ...............David

[Tsunami]

Good Day,

 

Just a brief post to say a very, very sincere thank you to everyone who came along to Sheffield yesterday. A fabulous atmosphere that made everyone's hard work behind the scenes worthwhile, you did Speedway and the Premier league proud.

 

Thank you ...............David

 

It was certainly appreciated. I pointed out the number, and their professional attire, that all track staff had on for the meeting. Excellent presentaion and the meeting was run at a good even pace. You knew when the gaps were going to be and it was amazing how the track times repeated the same pattern after every 4 heats.

So it's back to Sheffield again next year, Rene has unfinished business.

[sheffieldscot]

Good Day,

 

Just a brief post to say a very, very sincere thank you to everyone who came along to Sheffield yesterday. A fabulous atmosphere that made everyone's hard work behind the scenes worthwhile, you did Speedway and the Premier league proud.

 

Thank you ...............David

 

 

It was good day David and the atmosphere was brilliant as you rightly say. Hope to see the PLRC back at Sheffield again next season

[speedway_dan]

On Complin, to me he was struggling for speed in his first 2 rides but after that he was much quicker and rode a brilliant race to beat Bach and Poole (who surprised me at how well he did).

 

I hope the PLRC is back at Sheffield again next season

 

I hope Complin and the PLRC are back at Sheffield next season.