Coventry-mercia Vikings 19 Long Eaton 17 Mdl Fri July 20th

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Friday 20th July 2012

Coventry Mercia Vikings 19 v Long Eaton Invaders 17

Midland Development League Match

 

The Coventry-Mercia Vikings maintained their unbeaten home record at Brandon Stadium Coventry, with a convincing victory over arch rivals Long Eaton Invaders –the team that took the 2011 Midland Development League title with victory over the Vikings last year in the play off finals.

 

The Vikings went behind 7-5 after two heats but bounced back with a superb maximum 5-1 heat win in heat 3 with local lad Conor Dwyer combining with Adam Portwood to keep Invaders top man Lee Geary behind them. After a drawn heat 4 the home side put themselves in an unassailable position with their second maximum 5-1 heat win in the fifth race. It was Dwyer again who raced to the heat win but it was 16 year old debutant Tyler Govier from Exeter who finished in the vital second spot behind his team mate to make the scores 18-12.

 

The Invaders bounce back in the final heat taking a 5-1 themselves after Vikings skipper Martin Knuckey fell but his side had enough points in the bag to secure victory and gain the two league points to leapfrog the side into 4^th in the MDL table.

 

The Vikings have an away meeting at Scunthorpe on Friday before their next home meeting at Brandon on Wednesday August 8^th in the return match with the Scunthorpe Saints which follows he Coventry Bees v Swindon Robins Elite League clash.

 

Mercia Vikings 19

Conor Dwyer 2,3,3 = 8

Tyler Govier 1*,1*,2* = 4+3

Martin Knuckey 2,2,0 = 4

Adam Portwood 0,2*,1 = 3+1

 

Long Eaton Invaders 17

Oliver Greenwood 3,3,3 = 9

Ben Holloway 0,0,1 = 1

Lee Geary 3,1,0 = 4

Liam Rumsey 1,0,2* = 3+1

 

H1

Greenwood, Dwyer, Govier, Holloway 3-3/3-3 64.8

 

H2

Geary, Knuckey, Rumsey, Portwood 2-4/5-7 66.9

 

H3

Dwyer, Portwood, Geary, Holloway 5-1/10-8 65.0

 

H4

Greenwood, Knuckey, Govier, Rumsey 3-3/13-11 64.7

 

H5

Dwyer, Govier, Holloway, Geary 5-1/18-12 65.1

 

H6 (Knuckey fell & remounted)

Greenwood, Rumsey, Portwood, Knuckey 1-5/19-17 64.9

 

Quick report by Vicki Quaterman :

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  • great night tonight. vikings won the match against a strong looking Long eaton side 19-17. a brill night of racing. new recruit tyler Govier had some speed on track, looking quicker and more at home with each passing lap. Number 1 for the night conor dwyer top scored for the vikings with 8 points, with tyler, martin and adam all scoring 4. heat 1 got off to a 3-3 start with ollie greenwood making the start and the vikings boys conor and tyler followed in behind. heat 2 saw a 4-2 to long eatons pairing of lee geary and liam rumsey. martin and adam follwed for the 2 points. heat 3 saw some amazing riding from conor and adam to gain a 5-1 with lee geary getting 3rd after suffering bike problems during the race. heat 4 saw another 3-3. again with ollie greenwood taking the win with vikings pairing martin and tyler getting the important 3 points. heat 5 again saw another amazing 5-1 from vikings pairing of conor and tyler with ben holloway getting 3rd over lee geary (who had carbaretter problems). In the last race of the night a 5-1 went to the long eaton pairing of ollie greenwood and liam rumsey, with adam in 3rd place after martin fell on bend 1 whilst in 2nd place.
    all in all a great nights racing and some amazing team spirt and riding. keep it up boys. NO GUTS NO GLORY!!