End Of Season Mdl Report

[Mimmo 1,070]

MDL AVERAGES (2016 Season)

(Compiled by Mike Moseley)

Jack P Blackburn 12.00 Lee Geary 12.00 Jamie Halder 12.00 Luke Ruddick 12.00 Adam Portwood 10.67 Alex Wilson 10.22 Henry Atkins 10.15 Conor Dwyer 10.00 Andy Mellish 9.82 Ben Basford 9.71 Jordan Jenkins 9.71 Joe Lawlor 9.71 Taylor Hampshire 9.63 David Holt 9.09 Ryan Burton 8.73 Lee Springthorpe 8.67 Alfie Bowtell 8.57 Kean Dicken 8.57 Rob Watts 8.57 Bradley Andrews 8.55 Sam Bebee 8.00 Ryan MacDonald 8.00 Chris Hay 7.83 Layne Cupitt 7.60 Robert Parker 7.60

Lewis Whitmore 7.48 Niall Strudwick 7.31 Kyle Roberts 6.91 George Hunter 6.67 Sam Woods 6.67

Sam Chapman 6.51 Carl Basford 6.22 Luke Whitehead 6.06 Sam Wright 6.00 Josh Embleton 5.87

Connor King 5.76 Sam Woolley 5.60 Stephen Whitehouse 5.36 George Rothery 5.33 William O’Keefe 5.06 Alex Spooner 4.76 Saul Bulley 4.67 Connor Fletcher 4.44 James Chattin 4.40 Gavin Parr 4.00 Sean Phillips 4.00 Jake Isherwood 3.87 Mitchell Beckett 3.68 Lewis Austen 3.29 Stuart Freeman 2.86 Arran Butcher 2.19 Craig Osborne 2.13 Lloyd Ditchburn 2.06 Sheldon Davies 1.33

Ollie Rutter 1.20 Danny Wright 0.67

SNIPPETS:

Belle Vue used 19 different riders throughout the campaign, with Alex Wilson topping their averages with 12.0 from a solitary meeting. Sam Woolley was their most used rider scoring thirty-five points from his eight meetings, notching a 5.60 average. He recorded two race wins, eleven second places, seven times third, and five last places. The oldest rider to represent the ‘Colts’ was 31-year old Andy Mellish, with 15-year old Carl Basford being the youngest.

The Mancunians occupied third place in the final standings of the MDL Group A table.

Buxton utilised the services of eighteen different riders prior to the play-off’s.

Sam Wright was the most used rider for the D & P Raceway outfit , with eight meetings for a 6.78 average. Although the ‘Junior Hitmen’ only completed two thirds of their home fixtures, of which they won them all, they still secured enough points to win their group table, thus progressing to the play-off final, losing out to Coventry.

The oldest rider to don the Derbyshire outfits colours was salesman Gavin Parr, at the ripe old age of forty-four. The youngest was 15-year old Kean Dicken, who shares the same date of birth with Tom Brennan, who rode for the club in the play-off final.

Coventry produced a sensation in the form of Eryk Borczuch back on the 13 May, when he blitzed King’s Lynn with a 9-point maximum. However it was later deemed that he wasn’t eligible to compete in this league, so what on the night was a home win, was reversed into a victory for the visiting Norfolk club. It was a highly successful season for the club, topping the Group B table before going on to defeat Buxton in the play-off final. Mitchell Beckett put in a marvellous shift for the Warwickshire club, riding in all nine meetings that the club competed in.

The veteran of the side was Niall Strudwick at 26-years of age. At the opposite end of the scale came 15-year old Jordan Jenkins, who has secured a 2017 spot with Mildenhall.

King’s Lynn under the leadership of ‘Young Stars’ captain Scott Campos, relied heavily on Lewis Austen and Lewis Whitmore with seven and six appearances respectively during the course of the ‘Morello Racing Lightning’s’ eight completed fixtures. Layne Cupitt had the distinction of being the Norfolk outfits highest average rider with 12.00 secured from a a single appearance.

In his twenty races, locally born Lewis Whitmore only finished last on two occassions, and as a result, earned a call up into the clubs National League side.

Old man of the side was 36-year old Craig Osborne, who to be fair, only made one appearance for the side. The youngest member was Taylor Hampshire, who is the first rider to be declared in the 2017 National League side.

Long Eaton have Jamie Halder sitting on top of their pile, once again with a 12.00 average from his single meeting at Scunthorpe in July. Having raced eleven out of the scheduled twelve league meetings, the Leicester based club showed much faith in Stephen Whitehouse and Craig Osborne, giving them nine meetings each for 5.42 and 2.43 averages respectively.

Although finishing bottom of the pile in the Group A table, they were one of the most entertaining sides to watch, as proven by the large amount of Leicester fans who stayed on to watch them in the second half.

At 46-years of age, Stuart Freeman was the elder statesman of the side. Although only wearing the blue, red and white race bib just the once, 15-year Arran Butcher was the youngest rider to represent this famous club.

Mildenhall have used fewer riders than any other club, with ten different names appearing in their statistics. Team manager Phil Kirk issued more press releases for his club than any other, and it certainly paid dividends, as the majority of the public remained after the main event, to watch the up and coming West Row hopefulls. Although Luke Ruddick is registered as their top man with his 12.00 average, like so many other riders in the league, that does come from just one meeting.
Alex Spooner is the most familiar face with the fans, having ridden in all eight of the East Anglian sides meetings, for a 4.76 average. The 16-year old is yet to win a race away from home, but that will surely happen next season, as he slowly climbs the speedway ladder of success.

The West Row outfit can count themselves a bit unlucky, because had they won one of the four meetings that were never staged, they would have gone into the play-off final rather than Coventry.

Oldest rider was Lewis Austen aged twenty-six, and youngest being Jordan Jenkins, who celebrated his fifteenth birthday in August.

Milton Keynes who were based at Peterborough this year, weren’t the dominant force they were in 2015, and propped up their section of the league table, having won just three of their eleven meetings. William O’Keefe and Connor King were their most used riders, both having ridden in seven meetings apiece. O’Keefe proved to be the slightly better prospect, but it was very marginal with a mere 1.18 difference in their averages for the ‘Knights.

Their senior citizen was the exciting Lee Springthorpe at 37-years of age. At the other end of the scale came William O’Keefe at the tender age of fifteen.

Scunthorpe unquestionably due to facility availability, do more for youth speedway than any other club, and are a credit to the sport. They were the only club in either group of the Midland Development League to fulfill thir full quota of league fixtures. They used eleven different riders during the course of the season, with Sam Chapman and Lloyd Ditchburn only missing one meeting apiece. Luke Whitehead who made eight appearances for the Lincolnshire outfit, was credited with more bonus points than any other rider in the entire MDL setup.

On the age front, Chris Hay was the oldest ‘Stag’, having celebrated his twenty-eighth birthday on the 26th April, whilst William O’Keefe hit fifteen on the 8th March.

[lucifer sam 3,953]

Mimmo, hold on a minute, are you saying only one team out of 8 (Scunthorpe) completed their fixtures?

 

All the best

Rob

[Mimmo 1,070]

Mimmo, hold on a minute, are you saying only one team out of 8 (Scunthorpe) completed their fixtures?

 

All the best

Rob

Yes Rob, that was the case.

 

Also, Halifax completed their fixtures in the NJL who has you know, also use Scunthorpe as a home base.

 

When you take into account the Premier League meetings, and great many Amateur Meetings staged throughout the year at the EWR it's a commendable record by everybody involved with the club.

 

 

[PhilK 150]

Great report Mike and thanks for all the stats

[greyhoundp 990]

Well done, and thanks for taking the time to do this..

[Mimmo 1,070]

Thanks for your thanks guys, as you can appreciate, a heck of a lot of work goes into doing this for both the MDL & NJL, and it's nice to know it's appreciated.
Regards
Mike

[Little Thumper 528]

Thanks for your thanks guys, as you can appreciate, a heck of a lot of work goes into doing this for both the MDL & NJL, and it's nice to know it's appreciated.

Regards

Mike

 

 

Mimmo, thanks for this.