Mdl--long Eaton 19 Buxton 15

[Main Man]

Saturday 22nd August 2015
Beaumont Park, Leicester
MDL

Long Eaton Invaders 19 Buxton Jnr Hitmen 15

Invaders
1. Layne Cupitt F,3,2 = 5
2. Rob Watts 2,2*,3 = 7+1
3. Lee Geary 3,3,1* = 7+1
4. NO RIDER

Junior Hitmen
1. Adam Kirby 3,FX, 3 = 6
2. Stephen Whitehouse 1,2, 1* = 4+1
3. NO RIDER
4. Sam Woolley 2,1,2 = 5

H1 Kirby, Watts, Whitehouse (Cupitt fell) 2-4 / 2-4 70.93
H2 Geary. Woolley (two riders only) 3-2 / 5-6 72.68
H3 Cupitt, Watts, Woolley, (3 riders only) 5-1 / 10-7 71.50
H4 Geary, Whitehouse (Kirby fell, exc) (3 riders only) 3-2 / 13-9 AWARDED
H5 Watts, Woolley, Whitehouse (3 riders only) 3-3 / 16-12 73.88
H6 Kirby, Cupitt, Geary (3 riders only) 3-3 / 19-15 71.87

With Buxton denied the services of John Gaskell and Robert Parker at short
notice, it was necessary to run with just 3 riders each in order to get the
match on. Therefore Adam Kirby...who had been due to ride #3 for Long
Eaton...switched sides and wore the #1 jacket for the Junior Hitmen. The
team numbering was adjusted to even up the rider advantages across the 6
heats.

The racing was fairly even. Layne Cupitt fell while leading Heat 1, and Adam
Kirby fell while leading Heat 4...and it was the pairing of Cupitt and Watts
taking a 5-1 against Sam Woolley in Heat 3 which proved the difference. Then
Rob Watts' win in Heat 5 against the Buxton pairing of Whitehouse and
Woolley maintained the 3 point lead for the Invaders, and sealed their
victory, with Adam Kirby having to ride solo against Cupitt and Geary in the
final heat. Well done to all 6 riders for serving up competitive racing
under the circumstances.