Plymouth V Glasgow 7th September

[Paulco]

Crescent Girl is a very accurate poster of information actually, credit where its due

That being the case , she should know better than to have a pop at texters and updaters then

[Halifaxtiger]

Crescent Girl is a very accurate poster of information actually, credit where its due

 

I don't care how accurate she is. If she thinks she can do better, tell her to put her name forward.

 

 

Mind you, my mistakes (and I do make them, I am not immune by any stretch of the imagination and I have been doing it since 2003!) I think are more to do with getting older and easily distracted......

 

 

You're not alone, Sue

[oldswindonsupporter]

First time visit to the SBA and have to say, what a nice little set up, for sure there needs to be some more facilities but those can follow, meeting run at a slick paceuntil ht 12 when we had an interval - not quite sure why, no entertainment, no draw made, no interviews on the mic, in fact pointless apart from the track grading which happened after hts 4, 8 and 12.

 

And then we have Mike Bowden on the mic to thank the referee for speeding things along on a night when the temperatures fell away and we didn't want to be standing around in the cold for longer than necessary, bizzare!

 

Anyways, onto the racing, well, Ben Barker sure is dialled in here, won 3 races easily from the gate and when he didn't, by the end of the 1st lap from 3rd to 1st in a terrific ht 10 and by the back straight in the other. Why he is in the Premier that's another story...however, no team man on last nights evidence, cue ht 15, Plymouth need a 5 - 1 for the three points, Ben sailed off into the sun leaving Ryan to try and overcome Grievesy, if he had looked he would have seen the situation and could have helped his partner but no, more interested in himself from that display.

 

However, all turned out right in the end as Grievesy had ef going into 3rd bend on last lap when comfortably in 2nd and with that Glasgow left empty handed, thought they deserved a point for their efforts.

 

Heat details later. Entertaining meeting and definetly well be going back!

Edited September 8, 2012 by oldswindonsupporter

[george.m]

Incredible bad luck. EFs for James are as rare as rocking horse doodah.

[oldswindonsupporter]

Individual Scores

 

Ben Barker 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 15

Todd Kurtz 2¹, EX (F), R, 2¹ = 4²

Cory Gathercole 3, 2, 2, 3 = 10

Ben Reade R, EX (2), 0, 0 = 0

Ryan Fisher 3, 3, 2, 2¹, 2¹ = 12²

James Holder 2, 0, 0 = 2

Jake Anderson R, 0, 2, EX (F), 2¹, 2 = 6¹

 

Joe Screen 1, 3, 3, 1, R = 8

Mason Campton R, 1¹, 1, 3, 1 = 6¹

Josh Grajczonek 2, 2, 0, 1, 3 = 8

Henning Bager R/R 1¹, 1¹, 0, 3 = 5²

James Grieves 2, 2, 3, 0, 0 = 7

Charles Wright 3, 1¹, 1¹, 1, 1, 1 = 8²

Filip Sitera 1, 1¹, 1, 0 = 3¹

[oldswindonsupporter]

Heats:

 

1. Barker, Kurtz, Screen, Campton R

2. Wright, Holder, Sitera, Anderson R - Tigers gated on a 5 -1

3. Gathercole, Grajczonek, Campton R/R, Reade R - how Gathercole squeezed up the inside of Josh on the 3rd / 4th bend I don't know!

4. Fisher, Grieves, Sitera, Anderson

5. Screen, Gathercole, Campton, Holder - Reade excluded 2 mins

6. Re-Run Barker, Grieves, Wright - Kurtz excluded after falling 2nd bend

7. Fisher, Grajczonek, Wright R/R, Holder

8. Campton, Anderson, Sitera, Kurtz R - forceful / determined ride by Campton to hit the front bend 3

9. Grieves, Gathercole, Wright, Reade

10. Barker, Kurtz, Grajczonek, Sitera R/R - race of the night, the two devils either side of Josh on home off 4th bend

11. Re-Run Screen, Fisher, Campton - RR for Anderson in place of Holder, fell 3rd bend 1st lap, Fisher down as well and Campton layed down to avoid Fisher

12. Gathercole, Anderson, Wright, Grajczonek - why oh why didn't Wright let Grajczonek past here, held him up, no need to race your partner!

13. Barker, Fisher, Screen, Grieves

14. Grajczonek R/R, Anderson RR for Holder, Wright RR for Sitera, Reade

15. Barker, Fisher, Grieves, Screen R - Screen retired 3rd bend, caught foot in a hole, Grieves comfortably in 2nd until last alp 3rd bend, ef

 

Barker awarded man of the match

[BobC]

11. Re-Run Screen, Fisher, Campton - RR for Anderson in place of Holder, fell 3rd bend 1st lap, Fisher down as well and Campton layed down to avoid Fisher

 

I thought the referee got this one wrong. This happened right in front of where I stand.

 

Fisher gated,but to everyones surprise,Anderson made a blinder too.As the came down the back straight,Fisher rode as if it was the opposition,quite rightly too.As he looked over his right shoulder,he saw it was Jake. Fish then tried to stick it on the white line. Jake was going too fast for the line he was on and was forced to lay it down.Meanwhile Fish had overcooked his turn and did a 360 spin.Amazed Screen avoided the carnage,and Campton did extremely well to lay it down so quick. In my opinion,both Fish and Jake should have been excluded as both fell independantly of each other.

 

Excellent home debut for Jake,who after a puncture in Ht2,was always in the thick of it.Well done that man.

 

Shame I cant say the same for Holder. Abysmal is an understatement.

 

Very poor judgement by using Reade at No.4 instead of R/R. He gave his best as always,but was always likley to struggle.

 

As for Barker not team riding,thats the first time Ive ever seen him ride so selfishly. In the current climate down here,who can blame him for that?

[oldswindonsupporter]

Anderson was well on the money after his 1st two rides, looked the better of the two reserves by a country mile for sure, Ben ought to be in the other and replace Holder with someone who can score points in the top five. Gathercole rode well and in some ways is the victim of being in the shadow of the top two.

 

As to the goings on etc, no idea as a first time visitor, would I return, most definetly! This is a venue that needs to grow bit by bit and not get itself into financial trouble after moving up a league, however, the money that Barker and Fisher demand, I hope it doesn't bankrupt the club.

[Devilforever]

Barker and Fisher might demand it and rightly so but they dont get paid as the promoter is owing the riders money!

[Roger MARTIN]

There is only one person making any money on a friday at the SBA, Bowden.