Cradley Heathens 2017

[Islander15]

Burton to be announced tomorrow?

[heathhen1]

Probably

Burton to be announced tomorrow?

[martin_t]

Burton to be announced tomorrow?

Yes,at 25 minutes past midnight..which is now today.

[Sings4Speedway]

Im yet to be convinced by Burton. Seems to lack some of the basics required which led to a few falls last year and ultimately time out injured. That said he was forced to ride most of the season in the main body of the team & has now seen most of the tracks so has the potential to do a job at reserve but my personal opinion is that Basford would have been a better bet.

[Heathen1984]

Explain y Basford would ofbeen a better bet? Basford fell off more than anyone I can think off last season.

[martin_t]

Lawlor now assessed @ 3.59.So just 8.10 remaining for the other two.

[Heathen1984]

Harris and dywer maybe??

[Sings4Speedway]

Explain y Basford would ofbeen a better bet? Basford fell off more than anyone I can think off last season.

You didn't see much of Connor Locke then

 

On a serious note Basford seemed to get decent returns at home but struggled away whereas Burton seemed to struggle on his home track but did alright on the road. In fairness i don't know how many additional points threw away by falling & Burton is certainly not the only rider to struggle with the Buxton track.

[Heathen1984]

Exactly, burton was in the team most ofthe season anyway. Basford started ok butlast couple of months of season had a bit of a nightmare

[*JJ]

Do you happen to have the results from the open class from this weekend? Can only find the results from 27th November.

Ryan Kinsley, Liam Carr, Ben Shields. The full results usually take a few days to appear.

[Ommer Mon]

Hmmmm ..... the two that are left are going to be the crucial signings. If Joe and Ryan are going to be reserves they will ned to fit into a narrow band of 3.6 up to 4.5 with 8.1 the highest combined total.

 

Harris and Dwyer do fit the bill. Hope it's not Big Jim. Nothing against him personally but he did seem to struggle away from Monmore Wood and appeared to coast around in some races, though that may have been down to injury.

 

Heat leader trio is superb but we will need to have a lower order that add points to their averages and can compete as second strings.

 

As I said earlier it's a shame Shelby Rutherford has been snapped up.

Edited December 20, 2016 by Ommer Mon

[Sings4Speedway]

Its a very tight limit to keep the reserves in place and even harder to keep them there. Think Harris & Dwyer look most likely and fit in the gap although perhaps Tedham for Harris is a possibility?

Either way with the four lower order riders its going to leave two good reserves but two weaker 2nd strings all season unless one or two kick on.

Edited December 20, 2016 by Sings4Kings

[teaboy279]

Connor Dwyer confirmed.

[stevebrum]

Have a look at the winter series at scunny and you will see that there are enough decent 3pointers out their who better than many of last years reserves

Which ones?

It's good there is talent filtering through tho.

Do you happen to have the results from the open class from this weekend? Can only find the results from 27th November.

copied from Scunthorpe amateur Facebook page.

 

Sunday's report and standings - Kinsley & Hitchen continue to impress

 

Last Sunday (18th December) the second round of Scunthorpe Speedway’s Winter Series for adult speedway classes saw two teenagers dominate the top two classes by going through the card unbeaten. Kinsley, who rides for King’s Lynn, raced to a 15 point maximum in the Open Class to add to his first round victory whilst 16-year old James Hitchen, from Cumbria, won all six of his races in the Support Class.

 

Just two years ago Hitchen was racing in the youth 125/150 class and a year ago he was defeating Chris Hay and Ryan Burton in one of his first Novice Class meetings. Admittedly Hay and Burton had only just switched to speedway before going on to become National League regulars but a year on and Hitchen was also looking quick and assured on a tricky track. After the meeting he declared “It was good to take the lead of the Support Class series and hopefully I can stay in this position to the end with some more good finishes in the remaining rounds. Hopefully by the end of the winter Series I will be ready to step up to the Open Class but there is still work to be done before I am ready.

 

“The meeting was extremely enjoyable and there was some great races with Gavin Parr. Races like we had are always enjoyable and rewarding against someone you respect on a tough track”.

 

When asked about the prospect of riding in the National League he said “I have my GCSEs so plan on focusing on those. Maybe in the last half of the year if something comes up I will get some rides but if not I will just go for 2018 on a 3.00 average when I will hopefully be really ready”.

 

The other two classes on Sunday were won by riders at different ends of their careers. Callum Foy, another teenage rider from Cumbria, won the Novice Class in only his second meeting whilst the fourth class was won by Gary O’Hare, who at 51, was nearly as old as the three other class winners added together. It was his 14th upright class victory in the last 19 months to add to the four he had in the Open Class between 2009 and 2013.

 

Afterwards meeting organiser Richard Hollingsworth said “It just goes to show speedway is for riders of all ages. In fact we had Mick Skinner who turns 60 in April competing in his first Open Class meeting at Scunthorpe and he was excellent. I remember looking at his first race when he was up against Liam Carr and Scott Campos and thought that was a tough start for him. He led from the tapes and the other two had to work really hard to get past him. He did it time and time again and got some impressive scalps. As far as I’m aware he has no league experience at all so whilst it wouldn’t be bringing on a British youngster I’m sure he could step in and score quite a few points in the National League.

 

“We had riders of all ages in each class and it is great to see. The track was tricky today but there was also some great racing. It was the last meeting of the year and we have tried to run nineteen through 2016. Five were victim to the weather (three last winter, one in the summer and one this winter) so we managed to run 14 and have had over 300 different riders enter. It has been a great year but the challenge is now to try and improve on it in 2017. We could really do with some new blood to help run them and if anyone is interested them they would only be too welcome.”

 

The next round of meetings are on the 8th January for the Flat Track, Pit Bike, Road Bike, Quad Bike and Youth Speedway classes and the 15th January for the Adult Speedway classes (Open, Support, Novice and Upright). Bookings can be made by texting Hollingsworth on 07832-402167.

 

Full list of Winter Series meeting dates:

 

Flat Track, Pit Bike, Road Bike, Quad Bike and Youth Speedway classes – 13th November, 11th December, 8th January, 29th January, 19th February & 12th March

 

Adult Speedway Classes – 20th November (rescheduled due to weather to 27th November), 18th December, 15th January, 5th February, 26th February & 19th March

 

Open Class

Qualifying scores: Ryan Kinsley 15, Ben Shields 10, Liam Carr 10, Scott Campos 8, Jamie Halder 7 (4 rides), Ryan MacDonald 7, Mick Skinner 5, Luke Harris 4 (4 rides), Kev Whelan 4, Taylor Hampshire 2 (3 rides)

 

B Final: MacDonald, Skinner, 65.9

A Final: not run

 

Winter Series points: Kinsley 20, Shields 19, Carr 18, MacDonald 17, Skinner 16, Campos 15, Halder 14, Harris 13, Whelan 12, Hampshire 11

 

Series standings (after two rounds): Ryan Kinsley 40 (20-20), Jamie Halder 33 (19-14), Taylor Hampshire 29 (18-11), Ben Shields 19, Liam Carr 18, David Wallinger 17, Ryan MacDonald 17, Krystian Bialecki 16, Mick Skinner 16, Lewis Whitmore 15, Scott Campos 15, Luke Woodhull 14, Kean Dicken 13, Luke Harris 13, Tim Webster 12, Kev Whelan 12

 

Qualifying race winning times: 7. Carr 62.8, 8. Macdonald 62.8, 9. Kinsley awarded, 13. Kinsley 61.4, 17. Halder 63.8, 21. Kinsley 61.6, 24. Kinsley 62.1, 27. Campos 64.1, 30. Carr 63.3, 33. Shields 63.4, 36. Kinsley 63.9, 39. Skinner 66.4, 42. Shields awarded

 

Support Class

Qualifying scores: James Hitchen 15, Gavin Parr 12, Sam Chapman 11, Chris Bambury 10, Chris Timms 6, James Chattin 4 (4 rides), Jake Isherwood 3 (2 rides), Alex Spooner 0 (1 ride)

 

B Final: Bambury, Timms, Chattin, 71.8

A Final: Hitchen, Parr, Bambury, Chapman, 66.9

 

Winter Series points: Hitchen 20, Parr 19, Bambury 18, Chapman 17, Timms 16, Chattin 15, Jake Isherwood 14, Spooner 13

 

Winter Series points: James Hitchen 39 (19-20), Sam Chapman 35 (18-17), Alex Spooner 33 (20-13), Chris Bambury 32 (14-18), Gavin Parr 19, Ben Woodhull 17, Sheldon Davies 16, Chris Timms 16, Stuart Freeman 15, James Chattin 15, Jake Isherwood 14, Simon Bence 13.

 

Qualifying race winning times: 4. Isherwood awarded, 5. Hitchen 68.6, 6. Parr 67.7, 12. Hitchen 66.5, 16. Bambury 69.0, 20. Chapman 71.3, 25. Hitchen 67.1, 28. Bambury 68.9, 32. Hitchen 67.9, 35. Hitchen 68.3, 38. Timms 75.3, 41. Parr 69.9

 

Novice Class

Qualifying scores: Tom Spencer 13, Callum Foy 11, Russell Davis 11, Joe Alcock 9, Simon Gale 8, Mike Copestake 2 (3 rides), Liam Little 0 (1 ride), David Chiles 0 (0 rides)

 

B Final: Alcock, Gale, 72.8

A Final: Foy, Davis (fell), Spencer (fell, excluded), Alcock (fell), awarded

 

Winter Series points: Foy 20, Davis 19, Spencer 18, Alcock 17, Simon Gale 16, Copestake 15, Little 14, Chiles 13

 

Series standings (after two rounds): Tom Spencer 37 (19-18), Callum Foy 36 (16-20), Russell Davis 33 (14-19), David Chiles 30 (17-13), Liam Little 24 (10-14), Bartek Langner 20, Danny Wright 18, Joe Alcock 17, Simon Gale 16, Mick Sutton 15, Mike Copestake 15, Dean Douglas 13, Mick Keeling 12, James Spencer 11

 

Qualifying race winning times: 1. Foy 82.7, 2. Spencer 71.8, 3. Gale 80.2, 11. Spencer 80.9, 14. Spencer 69.2, 18. Davis 75.7, 22. Alcock 71.1, 26. Foy 77.8, 31. Spencer 79.9, 37. Alcock 73.6

 

Upright Class

Qualifying scores: Gary O’Hare 15, Lee Coleman 11, Paul Timms 9, Trevor Bebbington 3, Phil Kynman 3

 

A Final: O’Hare, Coleman, Timms, Bebbington, 66.8

 

Winter Series points: O’Hare 20, Coleman 19, Timms 18, Bebbington 17, Kynman 16

 

Series standings (after two rounds): Lee Coleman 39 (20-19), Gary O’Hare 20, Ian Leverington 19, Shaun Bickley 18, Paul Timms 18, Trevor Bebbington 17, Phil Kynman 16

 

Qualifying race winning times: 10. O’Hare 68.8, 15. Coleman 72.8, 19. Coleman 72.1, 23. O’Hare 66.9, 29. O’Hare 67.5, 34. O’Hare 67.1, 40. O’Hare 68.4

[Sings4Speedway]

Appreciated. Although looking at this round & the previous there aren't a glut of unsigned/new riders ready to go. Unless riders are in the open class NL should be a big no no so apart from the Woodhull's & Ryan MacDonald there isn't really anyone else. Hats off to Kinsley who appears to be flying at the moment.

 

Back to Cradley and i think the Dwyer signing is a better one than many might give credit. There are a few tracks where he had a shocker last year but for the most part he is a very capable rider who has gained some solid experience and is capable of scoring big points this year.

[teaboy279]

He deffo look much improved later in the year. Sort of rider worth a punt as not going to lose points but could add 2,3,if not 4 points to his average.

[pete cc]

MICK SKINNER is older than me !! I don't feel so old now. He might sign fo Stoke

Edited December 22, 2016 by pete cc

[Sings4Speedway]

MICK SKINNER is older than me !! I don't feel so old now. He might sign fo Stoke

and a master on the bike. Only picked it up again a few years ago after a long lay off. If ye was 40 years younger he would be the bargain 3 pointer of the season. That said if he fancied it i reckon he would do a decent job for someone.

[pete cc]

Is Mr Vasey reading this

[Little Thumper]

Is Mr Vasey reading this

 

No, it's past his bed time at the Home for the Bewildered.