A surprise at the Raiders Dome where unattached Garth Street took the victory with an excellent effort. His second place in heat 17 left him on 13 points and gave Botteford’s Darcy Broad a chance to draw level with him. However, Broad couldn’t get the better of home rider Wayne Josephs and finished on 12. Josephs finished third on 10 points but a retirement in heat 5 cost him a higher finish. These three riders were the only double point scorers. Lloyd Byford from Bletchley had no wins in his 9 points but rode solidly for fourth place. The three 8 point scorers all rode well and looked to have good pace. Alfie Goodwin of Rye probably looked the better of them and only a last race crash stopped him challenging for a podium spot. Two Ryans were the other 8 point scorers, Betts of Milton Keynes and unattached Beckett. Both can push on from here as can the four riders who finished on 7. Alain De Gruchy from Glastonbury, Kings Lynn’s Nick Turner and the unattached duo Aaron Haynes and Jason Jagger all had good and bad rides and will look for more consistency as the season progresses. One unlucky rider was Chantry’s Chris Holmes who, after a first race win, crashed into the fence trying to go round Street in heat 7 injuring his clutch hand. It swelled up and he couldn’t carry on. He will be looking to make up lost ground in round 2.

 

23/07/2015  at The Raiders Dome – Att 370

 JJ South Midlands

 

  1. Garth Street.............. 3  2  3  3  2  13

  2. Darcy Broad............... 2  3  3  2  2  12

  3. Wayne Josephs............. 2  R  2  3  3  10

  4. Lloyd Byford.............. 1  2  2  2  2   9

  5. Ryan Beckett.............. 0  3  3  2  0   8

  6. Ryan Betts................ 1  3  0  1  3   8

  7. Alfie Goodwin............. 3  1  3  1  F   8 (I)

  8. Aaron Haynes.............. R  3  1  0  3   7

  9. Nick Turner............... 3  1  2  1  0   7

 10. Alain De Gruchy........... 1  0  2  3  1   7

 11. Jason Jagger.............. 2  R  1  2  2   7

 12. Andy Hardinges............ 1  1  1  0  3   6

 13. Regan O'Hare.............. 2  2  0  1  1   6

 14. Ethan Ashby............... 0  1  1  3  0   5

 15. Chris Holmes.............. 3  Fx -  -  -   3 (I)

 16. Damien Flaherty........... 0  2  R  0  1   3

 17. Ben Case.................. Fx 1  -  -  -   1

 18. Rob Farndon............... 0  -  -  -  -   0

 

 No. Results

  1: Nick Turner, Jason Jagger, Andy Hardinges, Aaron Haynes (R)

  2: Alfie Goodwin, Darcy Broad, Lloyd Byford, Ryan Beckett

  3: Chris Holmes, Regan O'Hare, Ryan Betts, Damien Flaherty

  4: Garth Street, Wayne Josephs, Alain De Gruchy, Ethan Ashby

  5: Ryan Betts, Lloyd Byford, Andy Hardinges, Wayne Josephs (R)

  6: Darcy Broad, Damien Flaherty, Ethan Ashby, Jason Jagger (R)

  7: Ryan Beckett, Garth Street, Nick Turner, Chris Holmes (Fx)

  8: Aaron Haynes, Regan O'Hare, Alfie Goodwin, Alain De Gruchy

  9: Darcy Broad, Alain De Gruchy, Andy Hardinges, Ben Case (Fx)

 10: Garth Street, Lloyd Byford, Jason Jagger, Regan O'Hare

 11: Alfie Goodwin, Nick Turner, Ethan Ashby, Ryan Betts

 12: Ryan Beckett, Wayne Josephs, Aaron Haynes, Damien Flaherty (R)

 13: Ethan Ashby, Ryan Beckett, Regan O'Hare, Andy Hardinges

 14: Wayne Josephs, Jason Jagger, Alfie Goodwin, Rob Farndon

 15: Alain De Gruchy, Lloyd Byford, Nick Turner, Damien Flaherty

 16: Garth Street, Darcy Broad, Ryan Betts, Aaron Haynes

 17: Andy Hardinges, Garth Street, Damien Flaherty, Alfie Goodwin (F)

 18: Ryan Betts, Jason Jagger, Alain De Gruchy, Ryan Beckett

 19: Wayne Josephs, Darcy Broad, Regan O'Hare, Nick Turner

 20: Aaron Haynes, Lloyd Byford, Ben Case, Ethan Ashby

 

Injury update:

 

Chris Holmes slid into the fence injuring his left hand and was withdrawn from the rest of the meeting as a precaution but will be ok for the next round.

 

Alfie Goodwin fell in heat 17 and banged his elbow but will be fine for the next round.