Main Man Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 MDL : Coventry CITY GEARBOXES Mercia-Vikings 24 Long Eaton SKILLS COACHES Invaders 12 CITY GEARBOXES Vikings 24 : 1. Ryan Terry-Daley 3 3 2’ = 8+1 2. Cam Hoskins 0 1 1 = 2 3. James Shanes 3 3 3 = 9 4. John Markham 1 1 3 = 5 SKILLS COACHES Invaders 12 : 1. Lee Geary 2 2 0 = 4 2. Lee Springthorpe 1’ 0 = 1+1 3. Adam Portwood 2 2 1 = 5 4. Adam Extance 0 f/x 2 = 2 Ht 1 : Terry-Daley Geary Springthorpe Hoskins (f/rm) 3-3 3-3 65.2 2 : Shanes Portwood Markham (15m) Extance 4-2 7-5 64.0 3 : Terry-Daley Portwood Hoskins Extance (f/x) 4-2 11-7 63.8 4 : Shanes Geary Markham Springthorpe 4-2 15-9 64.3 5 : Markham Extance Hoskins (f/rm) 4-2 19-11 67.5 6 : Shanes Terry-Daley Portwood Geary 5-1 24-12 64.4 The CITY GEARBOXES Vikings maintained their quest for a place in the Midland Development League play-offs with a resounding 24-12 win over Long Eaton. It brings them one point behind 2012 Champions Milton Keynes in third place in the table with three meetings remaining at home to Castleford and Kings Lynn and the return away match with Long Eaton. Heat one was a true classic with home No. 1 Ryan Terry-Daley chasing former Viking Lee Geary for the entire four laps before diving inside on the final bend to take the win. Heat 2 saw home skipper John Markham penalised 15 metres for tape touching but in the re-run he chased and passed Invaders debutant Adam Extance whilst James Shanes raced to an untroubled heat win to put the Vikings ahead 7-5. Heat 3 was re-run after Adam Extance fell after being passed by home No. 2 Cam Hoskins. Ryan Terry-Daley shot from the tapes for a fine win with Adam Portwood and Cam Hoskins having a battle behind him for second. Heat 4 was win number two for Vikings 16 year old whiz kid James Shanes whilst John Markham passed and held off Lee Springthorpe for third spot with the 4-2 putting the Vikings ahead 15-9. Heat 5 saw the now traditional John Markham heat win whilst Cam Hoskins lost second spot after a fall on the pits bend but remounted for the point that put the Vikings in an unassailable lead at 19-11. Vikings own turbo twins James Shanes and Ryan Terry-Daley wrapped it all up with a maximum 5-1 heat win recording a full max for Shanes and a paid one for Terry-Daley. The Vikings travel to Leicester now for the return aiming for two more league points to keep the pressure on the MK Knights for the play-off spot with Belle Vue who look to have almost wrapped the top spot up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted July 27, 2013 Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 At least one Coventry side can win. After a very disappointing Bees result it was good to see the youngsters doing so well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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