ellioth4 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) I am opening a thread up for this meeting today at Newcastle. Will Great Britain win and take the series today or will Australia win and make it level, for the final decider at Workington. Teams are listed below: Team Great Britain 1. Craig Cook 2. Richard Lawson 3. Josh Auty 4. Ben Barker 5. Richie Worrall 6. Kyle Howarth 7. Andrew Tully Team Australia 1. Kevin Doolan 2. Hugh Skidmore 3. Rusty Harrison 4. Matthew Wethers 5. Aaron Summers 6. Max Fricke 7. Tyson Nelson I will be covering updates for today's meeting. If anyone has news on the confirmed teams and riding orders please post below, as I have took the teams from last night's meeting at Workington (Postponed). At 2 for Great Britain originally was Adam Roynon and he got injured on Wednesday evening riding for Sheffield, Joe Screen replaced him yesterday, but can't ride today as he rides at Glasgow. Updates Edited August 18, 2013 by Elliot Hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 sure Ben Barker is in there somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds7 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Ben barker was confirmed last sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cj69 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Wethers is in the Aussie team for North I imagine who is riding for Glasgow today. Edited August 18, 2013 by Cj69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 If Cook is paired with Barker, it will interesting to see if they have learnt from their childish antics recently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie4388 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Cook Lawson Auty Barker Worrall Tully Howarth Is the order Morris put on twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersteady1984 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 This will be the biggest win of the test series poor Aussie line up for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Teamgb averages 57+ Aussie averages 45 And at least 2 of the Aussies hate Brough Park. I expect GB to hit 60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJC71 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Looked a mismatch on paper and proved to be so. Australia had a very weak team against a GB team with 4 number 1 riders in Cook, Barker, Worrall and Lawson who all fly around Brough. What Australia didn't need was Josh Auty flying out of the start and having easily his best meeting here and Howarth having one of his good Brough Park days. Australia really needed Doyle, Morris and Grajczonek to make this a contest and it's a shame they were unavailable. With that in mind I would like to have seen GB use a couple of younger riders, e.g. Lewis Kerr & Lewis Blackbird. There are a couple of riders in the GB team who are never going to be more than PL heat leaders so why not take the opportunity to give some of the less experienced riders a chance, especially against such weak opposition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lucan Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Looked a mismatch on paper and proved to be so. Australia had a very weak team against a GB team with 4 number 1 riders in Cook, Barker, Worrall and Lawson who all fly around Brough. What Australia didn't need was Josh Auty flying out of the start and having easily his best meeting here and Howarth having one of his good Brough Park days. Australia really needed Doyle, Morris and Grajczonek to make this a contest and it's a shame they were unavailable. With that in mind I would like to have seen GB use a couple of younger riders, e.g. Lewis Kerr & Lewis Blackbird. There are a couple of riders in the GB team who are never going to be more than PL heat leaders so why not take the opportunity to give some of the less experienced riders a chance, especially against such weak opposition. Was the NL 4s today mate so a lot of those younger riders wouldn't have been available anyway!! Looks like a pretty poor match judging by the score alone so here's hoping that Oz can cobble together a rather more competent team for the re-staged Workington leg in Sept, otherwise, with the series over bar the shouting, it could be a very sparse crowd at DP that night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 I said on the way in the car that I suspected this could be 75-15 and I was only 8 points out. Only Max Fricke was competitive for Australia. Dreadful meeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Total waste of money going to watch this. No entertainment at all. I was praying for cook or auty to miss the gate just so there would be some passing. I was excited when they announced a test match at brough but having paid for last night I wouldn't bother going another time. It was really only the Aussie reserves that seemed to be trying. I expected more from Doolan and Summers at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 North's absence was a blow for Team Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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