Mdl --coventry 24 Mk 12 Fri May 20th

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MDL
FRI 20 MAY

COVENTRY CITY GEARBOXES VIKINGS 24 MILTON KEYNES KNIGHTS 12

VIKINGS :
1. KYLE ROBERTS 3 3 1 =7
2. ARRAN BUTCHER 1 R 2 = 3
3. HENRY ATKINS 3 2’ 3 = 8+1
4. MITCHELL BECKETT 2’ 3 1 = 6+1

KNIGHTS :
1. ROB WATTS 2 1’ 1 2 = 6+1
2. JAKE ISHERWOOD 0 F/X F = 0
3. CRAIG OSBORNE F/X X/M = 0
4. WILLIAM O’KEEFE 1 2 3 = 6
HT 1: ROBERTS WATTS BUTCHER ISHERWOOD 4 -2 4-2
2 : ATKINS BECKETT O’KEEFE OSBORNE (F/X ) 5-1 9-3
3 : ROBERTS O’KEEFE WATTS BUTCHER (F/RM-RET) 3-3 12-6
4 BECKETT ATKINS WATTS ISHERWOOD (FELL) 5-1 17-7
5 O’KEEFE BUTCHER BECKETT ISHERWOOD (FELL) 3-3 20-10
6 ATKINS WATTS ROBERTS OSBORNE (X/2MIN) 4-2 24-12

125 RACES : 2A – JOE THOMPSON, BAILEY FELLOWS, JACOB CLAYTON, DAN THOMPSON(RET)
4A : J. THOMPSON, D THOMPSON, FELLOWS, CLAYTON
6A : J THOMPSON, D THOMPSON FELLOWS, CLAYTON (RET)

The CITY GEARBOXES Vikings young side with an average age of just 16 secured two well deserved MDL points with a convincing victory over table topping Milton Keynes Knights.
With two 15 year olds and two 17 year olds the Vikings dominated the meeting with Exeter based Henry Atkins notching a maiden paid maximum on his debut for the side on a track he had never seen before. The 15 year old former Somerset mascot took to his new home track like a duck to water and showed amazing maturity in team riding home partner Mitchell Beckett in heat 4 as the pair secured their second maximum heat win.
Skipper Kyle Roberts , who had celebrated his 17th birthday a few days before impressed with two heat wins in his 7 points whilst 15 year old newcomer Arran Butcher continued his steady improvement having hardly ridden a 500cc machine with three well- earned points. He stalked Knight’s Jake Isherwood in heat one taking third spot on the line. His second ride saw him fall and re-mount only to have bike problems and retire from the race before he secured a superb second in heat 5.
Team manager Laurence Rogers was well pleased with his young charges, “ This is what the MDL is all about really….bringing on new young riders. To have such a young side performing so well was pleasing . Henry took to Brandon like he’s ridden there for years and is an exciting talent . Kyle rode superbly with two great heat wins whilst Mitchell rode the best I have seen him ride and his heat win in heat 4 will have done his confidence the world of good. Arran is a good find too and improves with every race he has and battles all the way to the chequered flag. “
“We may not win the league but more importantly we are developing young riders for the club and that is for me why I do the MDL as giving them track time is the most important thing.!”

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