Mdl-- Coventry 11 Castleford 25 --friday Aug 9th

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MDL

 

CITY GEARBOXES Vikings 11 Castleford Kings 25

 

The chances of a late surge for a MDL play-off place for the CITY GEARBOXES Vikings were well and truly dashed against a powerful Castleford side at Coventry on Friday night.

The Vikings had just one heat winner when 16 year old whiz kid James Shanes got the better of Matt Williamson and Lee Geary in heat 4 in the second successive drawn heat. The Kings though dominated proceedings with three maximum 5-1 wins in heats 2, 5 and 6 after an opening 2-4 success when home number one Ryan Terry-Daley had a classic four lap battle with Castleford guest Lee Geary swooping past him on the final bend to take second spot.

The Vikings were naturally disappointed to have not only lost the meeting heavily but also to see their play-off chances dashed, co-team boss Laurence Rogers commented ,

“ We knew we up against it when Castleford declared their team with two National League riders in guest Matt Williamson (Buxton) and the on-form Nathan Greaves (Dudley) along with National League standard riders in Lee Geary and Danny Phillips. But the boys went out determined to do their best and try to pull off a shock win but it was just not to be. They battled hard but the Kings had the upper hand throughout. We must now concentrate on winning the MDL KO Cup when we meet Stoke in September now!”

 

CITY GEARBOXES VIKINGS 11

 

1. Ryan Terry-Daley 2 2 1 = 5

2. John Markham 0 1’ f/x = 1+1

3. James Shanes 1 3 0 = 4

4. Cam Hoskins 0 0 1 =1

 

CASTLEFORD KINGS 25

 

1. Matt Williamson 3 2 2’ = 7+1

2. Lee Geary 1 1’ 2’ = 4+2

3. Nathan Greaves 3 R 3 = 6

4. Danny Phillips 2’ 3 3 = 8+1

 

Ht 1 : Williamson Terry-Daley Geary Markham 2-4 2-4 66.1

2: Greaves Phillips Shanes Hoskins 1-5 3-9 63.4

3 Phillips Terry-Daley Markham Greaves 3-3 6-12 65.0

4 Shanes Williamson Geary Hoskins 3-3 9-15 66.0

5 Phillips Geary Hoskins Markham (f/x) 1-5 10-20 awarded

6 Greaves Williamson Terry-Daley Shanes 1-5 11-25 63.9