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Tomorrow affords the 'Young Stars' fans their opportunity to see this exciting young team hopefully take another step in cementing the runners-up spot in the National League, by taking on and beating a very formidable looking Stoke outfit. Whilst the play-off place looks secure, Mildenhall are just a solitary point behind us, and it would be nice to finish above them in the table, if for no other reason than they are our local rivals. After tomorrow, we have just one home league fixture with Dudley to come, and as they've only been beaten once all season, this might possibly be a bit of a banana skin for us, therefore making victory against the 'Easy Rider Potters' absolutely imperative. The 'Fen Tigers' also have to face Dudley at home, this Sunday in fact, plus have a difficult away fixture at Stoke to round off their season. So providing we can pick up maximum points from our remaining two matches, then we can't be caught. Obviously with the 'Stars' racing against Lakeside tonight, it's asking a lot for people to dip into their pockets two nights running, but if you are finacially blessed enough to come along and give the team your support tomorrow, then please do so, because they are so close to bringing home some silverware for the club, especially as they have claimed in place in the KO Cup semi-finals too. The teams for tomorrow evening are: - King's Lynn: 1) Robert Lambert 2) Lewis Rose 3) Darren Mallett 4) Jake Knight 5) Lewis Kerr 6) Shane Waldron 7) Shane Hadelden Stoke: 1) Daniel Halsey 2) Tom Young 3) Steven Worrall 4) Luke Priest 5) Kyle Hughes 6) Shaun Tedham 7) Lee Payne Following the main-event, King's Lynn 'Lighning' take to track against Stoke 'Spitfires', in another must win contest. Tonight sees us take on Long Eaton straight after the Elite League match, which of course is the fixture that had to be postponed last week following the accident involving Peter Katrlsson. At the moment we have fixtures in hand over everybody, five of which are over league leaders Belle Vue, who are just 8-points ahead of us. League winners followed by play-off champions chances are now completely in our own hands, and if we keep winning, then we can't be caught. So as will be the case this evening, please do stay behind and support the lads in their quest to become Midland Development League champions. The teams for tomorrow eveing are: - King's Lynn: 1) Andy Mountain 2) Connor Mountain 3) Adam Portwood 4) Josh Bailey Stoke: 1) Shaun Teham 2) Adam Sheppard 3) Lee Payne 4) Charles Wallace

I've e-mailed you and accepted your apologies privately, and will now do so publically. Matter closed.

Still hoping I can find a way round of getting to this meeting. With having something else arranged prior to the fixture change, it's not always possible to reschedule. It's certainly a lovely hot & sunny day here in Norfolk, and I hope that those in attendance see a great meeting.

Looking at the long range weather forecast, it probably won't matter who was programmed to ride anyway. Unless it suddenly changes, I won't make the long journey....sadly.

Long Eaton v King's Lynn (MDL) – Raced at the Norfolk Arena LONG EATON 15: 1. Lee Geary 2-2-2 = 6 2. Adam Sheppard 0-0-2* = 2+1 3. Adam Portwood 0-2-3-N = 5 4. Sam Woods 1-N-N-1* = 2+1 KING'S LYNN 21 1. Andy Mountain 3-3-3 = 9 2. Connor Mountain 1-1-FD = 2 3. Adam Kirby 2*-3-0 = 5+1 4. Josh Bailey 3-1-1 = 5 1) A.Mountain, Geary, C.Mountain, Sheppard 2-4, 2-4 64.15 2) Bailey, Kirby, Woods, Portwood 1-5, 3-9 65.24 3) A.Mountain, Portwood, C.Mountain (F.Rm), Woods (NS) 2-4, 5-13 64.50 4) Kirby, Geary, Bailey, Sheppard (F.Rm) 2-4, 7-17 65.81 5) Portwood, Sheppard, Bailey, C.Mountain (FD), Woods (NS) 5-1, 12-18 RACE AWARDED 6) A.Mountain, Geary, Woods, Kirby, Portwood (NS) 3-3, 15-21 64.80

I can't remember if an in depth results service was provided for this meeting, so her goes if it wasn't. 140cc CLASS (3-Laps) 1. Sam Stead 2-3-3-3 = 11 2. Kai Hubbard 2-1-2-1 = 6 3. Kieran Andrews DID NOT RIDE 4. Jordan Jenkins R-N-2-2 = 4 5. Nathan Ablitt 1-1-F-1 = 3 6. Tom Brennan 3-2-N-N = 5 7. Kyle Bickley 3-3-3-3 = 12 8. Jason Edwards 1-2-1-2 = 6 1. Bickley, Stead, Ablitt, Andrews (NS) 53.9 2. Brennan, Hubbard, Edwards, Jenkins (Ret) 55.7 3. Bickley, Brennan, Hubbard, Andrews (NS) 53.4 4. Stead, Edwards, Ablitt, Jenkins (NS) 55.6 5. Stead, Hubbard, Edwards, Andrews (NS) 54.7 6. Bickley, Jenkins, Ablitt (Fell), Brennan (NS) 53.9 7. Stead, Jenkins, Hubbard, Brennan (NS) 54.0 8. Bickley, Edwards, Ablitt, Andrews (NS) 54.5 250cc CLASS 1. Tom Brennan 3-2-3-3 = 11 2. Lewis Whitmore 2-3-2-FN = 7 1. Brennan, Whitmore 64.2 2. Whitmore, Brennan 68.8 3. Brennan, Whitmore 67.8 4. Brennan, Whitmore (FN) RACE AWARDED 500cc CLASS 1. Scott Campos 3-2-3-3-3 = 14 2. Adam Sheppard 2-2-3-R-3 = 10 3. Jon Vernam 1-1-1-1-2 = 6 4. Joe Exley X0-2-2-3-2 = 9 5. Simon Pearce 0-R-N-N-N = 0 6. Sam Chapman 2-F-1-2-X0 = 5 7. Charles Wallace 1-2-0-1-N = 4 8. Jamie Couzins 3-3-2-1-2 = 11 9. Simon Tillman 0-1-0-0-1 = 2 10. Alec Wright 2-1-1-3-FD = 7 11. Kelsey Dugard 3-3-2-2-3 = 13 12. Richard Pearce 1-0-1-0-3 = 5 13. Hunter Anderson 3-3-3-3-FD = 12 14. Danno Verge 2-3-3-2-FD = 10 15. Martin Pearce R-N-2-1-1 = 4 16. Adam Briggs 1-1-R-2-0 = 4 Res: Mark Bibby F-F-2-1 = 3 1. Campos, Sheppard, Vernam, Exley (X0) 65.2 2. Couzins, Chapman, Wallace, S.Pearce 68.5 3. Dugard, Wright, R.Pearce, Tillman 65.7 4. Anderson, Verge, Briggs, M.Pearce (Ret) 63.9 5. Anderson, Campos, Tillman, S.Pearce (Ret) 63.0 6. Verge, Sheppard, Wright, Chapman (Fell) 66.7 7. Dugard, Wallace, Vernam, M.Pearce (NS) 66.2 8. Couzins, Exley, Briggs, R.Pearce (Fell Rm) 66.1 9. Campos, Dugard, Chapman, Briggs (Ret) 63.7 10. Sheppard, M.Pearce, R.Pearce, Bibby (Fell), S.Pearce (NS) 65.5 11. Verge, Couzins, Vernam, Tillman 65.8 12. Anderson, Exley, Wright, Wallace 64.4 13. Campos, Verge, Wallace, R.Pearce 65.7 14. Anderson, Dugard, Couzins, Sheppard (Res) 62.9 15. Wright, Briggs, Vernam, Bibby (Fell), S.Pearce (NS) 65.7 16. Exley, Chapman, M.Pearce, Tillman 66.7 17. Campos, Couzins, M.Pearce, Wright (FD) RACE AWARDED 18. Sheppard, Bibby, Tillman, Briggs, Wallace (NS) 65.2 19. R.Pearce, Vernam, Anderson (FD), Chapman (X0) 68.2 20. Dugard, Exley, Bibby (Fell Rm), Verge (FD), S.Pearce (NS) 64.9

If you're stuck for something to do tomorrow folks, the Norfolk Arena is hosting a Southern Track Riders meeting, starting at midday. Racing is always fast and furious, with approximately 50-heats usually on offer, and as one race finishes, the riders are coming out for the next one, so there's no hanging about like we get in professional meetings. Admission is FREE, and programmes (not just a race-sheet) are available, with an invitation to donate £1 to the clubs funds in exchange. The weather forecast is good, so hope to see you there.

Very many thanks for that Laurence, plus of course Graham & Steve at Belle Vue.

Did this meeting ever take place, as I can't find scorers or heat details anywhere?

STR 'A' 53 1. Adam Portwood 1*-1*-R/R-R/R = 2+2 2. Sam Chapman 2-2-3-2 = 9 3. Mick Skinner 3-1-2*-3-1* = 10+2 4. Tom Rowlett 2*-3-3-3-2-F = 13+1 5. Lee Springthorpe 3-2-0-3-2*-2 = 12+1 6. John Markham 3-1*-1-R/R = 5+1 7. Andrew Leech 0-1-0-1 = 2 SCUNTHORPE 'A' 41 1. Andrew Blackburn 3-2-4^-1-1 = 11 2. Nathan Cheetham 0-0-2-0 = 2 3. Martin Pearce N2-0-1-F = 1 4. Simon Pearce FD-N-N-N = 0 5. Krystian Bialecki 2-3-FD-FD = 5 6. Mark Whitehead 2-FD-1-2 = 5 7. Sam Darroch 1*-0-1*-0 = 2+2 8. Arron Mogridge 3-3-6^-3 = 15 1. Blackburn, Chapman, Portwood, Cheetham 3-3, 3-3 74.6 2. Markham, Whitehead, Darroch, Leech (F.Rm) 3-3, 6-6 70.0 3. Skinner, Rowlett, S.Pearce (FD), M.Pearce (N2) 5-0, 11-6 72.4 4. Springthorpe, Bialecki, Leech, Darroch 4-2, 15-8 72.1 5. Rowlett, Blackburn, Skinner, Cheetham 4-2, 19-10 73.9 6. Bialecki, Chapman, Portwood, Whitehead (FD) 3-3, 22-13 RACE AWARDED 7. Mogridge, Springthorpe, Markham, M.Pearce (F.Rm), S.Pearce (NS) 3-3, 25-16 73.3 8. Chapman, Cheetham, Darroch, Leech 3-3, 28-19 78.6 9. Rowlett, Skinner, Whitehead, Bialecki (FD) 5-1, 33-20 75.5 10. Mogridge, Chapman, M.Pearce, Springthorpe, Portwood (NS), S.Pearce (NS) 2-4, 35-24 74.1 11. Blackburn^, Springthorpe, Markham, Cheetham 4-4, 39-28 75.7 12. Skinner, Whitehead, Leech (F.Rm), M.Pearce (Fell) 4-2, 43-30 76.6 13. Rowlett, Springthorpe, Blackburn, Bialecki (FD), Portwood (NS) 5-1, 48-31 76.1 14. Mogridge^, Rowlett, Skinner, Darroch, Markham (NS) 3-6, 51-37 73.4 15. Mogridge, Springthorpe, Blackburn, Rowlett (Fell) 2-4, 53-41 73.7 STR 'B' 58 1. Harvie Banks 3-3-3-2-3 = 14 2. Mark Anderson 1-2*-3-2* = 8+2 3. Andy Harrison 1-2*-1*-3 = 7+2 4. Sid Higgins 3-3-2-2-2* = 12+1 5. Ricky Davison 1-R-2-1* = 4+1 6. Rob Clark 3-1-1*-1* = 6+2 7. Duane Wuerzburger 1-3-2*-1 = 7+1 SCUNTHORPE 'B' 31 1. Liam Sellers 2-FD-3-3-6^-3-3 = 20 2. John Gaskell 0-FD-N-1-0 = 1 3. Ivan Howarth 0-2*-0-2 = 4+1 4. Wayne Gosling 2-FD-N-N = 2 5. Connor Fletcher FD-N-N-N = 0 6. Rob Muir 2-N-N-N = 2 7. Dan Miles 0-2-R-0-0-N = 2 1. Banks, Sellers, Anderson, Gaskell 4-2, 4-2 75.5 2. Clark, Muir, Wuerzburger, Miles 4-2, 8-4 83.0 3. Higgins, Gosling, Harrison, Howarth 4-2, 12-6 79.9 4. Wuerzburger, Miles, Davison (F.Rm), Fletcher (FD) 4-2, 16-8 RACE AWARDED 5. Higgins, Harrison, Sellers (FD), Gaskell (FD) 5-0, 21-8 RACE AWARDED 6. Banks, Anderson, Gosling (FD), Muir (NS), Fletcher (NS) 5-0, 26-8 78.8 7. Sellers, Howarth, Clark, Davison (Ret), Gosling (NS) 1-5, 27-13 80.0 8. Anderson, Wuerzburger, Miles (Ret), Gaskell (NS) 5-0, 32-13 85.8 9. Sellers, Higgins, Harrison, Miles, Fletcher (NS), Muir (NS) 3-3, 35-16 79.1 10. Banks, Anderson, Gaskell, Howarth, Gosling (NS) 5-1, 40-17 78.1 11. Sellers^, Davison, Clark, Gaskell 3-6, 43-23 78.6 12. Harrison, Howarth, Wuerzburger, Miles, Muir (NS) 4-2, 47-25 85.0 13. Sellers, Banks, Davison, Fletcher (NS) 3-3, 50-28 78.0 14. Sellers, Higgins, Clark, Gosling (NS), Miles (NS) 3-3, 53-31 80.0 15. Banks, Higgins (Two riders only) 5-0, 58-31 77.6 SUPPORT CLASS 1. Paul Robinson 1-3-F-3-F = 7 2. Dave Patten 3-2-3-2-3 = 13 3. Joe Burdekin 0-0-2-N-N = 2 4. Dave Smith 2-1-1-N-N = 4 1. Patten, Smith, Robinson, Burdekin 82.7 2. Robinson, Patten, Smith, Burdekin 84.4 3. Patten, Burdekin, Smith, Robinson (Fell) 84.9 4. Robinson, Patten, Burdekin (NS), Smith (NS) 81.7 5. Patten, Robinson (Fell), Burdekin (NS), Smith (NS) 89.9 EXTRA RACES 1. Whitehead, M.Pearce, Cheetham, Darroch 78.0 2. Leech, Robinson, Davison, Wuerzburger (Ret) 77.3

Good work guys, I wish the people at Stoke would come up with similar details for their meeting against Belle Vue on the 24th August. What a nightmare it is trying to find detailed results from some teams. Enjoy the cruise Phil. Martin, I assume your home fixture against King's Lynn is going to take place at the Norfolk Arena is it? Cheers Mike Martin, Adam Extance should be showing as 2-points in his third ride. Mike

Could I repeat a previous plea please, does anybody have the scorers & heat details from this meeting that they could post on here please?

Just one small point Laurence, shouldn't Adam Sheppard have five GP points? I've detailed all the meetings below. COVENTRY – 7th June 2013 - ABANDONED Scorers not known. KING'S LYNN – 3rd July 2013 Connor Mountain 7 (10) Adam Portwood 7 (7) Lee Springthorpe 6 (6) Josh Bailey 5 (5) Arron Mogridge 3 (4) Freddie Owen 2 (3) Adam Sheppard 0 (2) STOKE – 13th July 2013 David Holt 9 (10) Arron Mogridge 7 (7) Lee Springthorpe 6 (6) Rob Shuttleworth 5 (5) Sam Ward 3 (4) Lawrence Fielding 2 (3) Sean Phillips 2 (2) Trevor Bebbington 2 (1) BELLE VUE – 19th August 2013 David Holt 6 (10) Lee Springthorpe 5 (7) Sam Ward 4 (6) Rob Shuttleworth 3 (5) Adam Extance 2 (4) Sean Phillips 2 (2.5) Trevor Bebbington 2 (2.5) COVENTRY – 26th August 2013 Adam Portwood 9 (10) Lee Springthorpe 6 (7) Sam Ward 5 (6) Trevor Bebbington 5 (5) Sean Phillips 4 (4) Adam Sheppard 2 (3) John Markham [FN] (2) Final standings: Lee Springthorpe 26 David Holt 20 Adam Portwood 17 Sam Ward 16 Arron Mogridge 11 Connor Mountain 10 Rob Shuttleworth 10 Sean Phillips 8.5 Trevor Bebbington 8.5 Adam Sheppard 5 Adam Extance 4 Lawrence Fielding 3 Freddie Owen 3 John Markham 2

Very many thanks for that Laurence, I searched and searched until the 'Boss' told me I was spending to much time on the computer, and that the lawn was getting longer by the hour. I offered her some weed killer, but that wasn't the response she wanted!!! Seriously though, I know you're doing a fantastic job at making results of these junior meetings public knowledge, but it's just a shame that each club who stages a meeting doesn't do likewise. I know, before you say it, my own club doesn't bother unless I post the details. Anyway, good one mate, I really appreciate it, but I think you know that anyway. Regards Mike

Once again a great posting, thank you very much indeed.

This is what I believe to be the result from Workington on Saturday night. WORKINGTON 17 1. Tommy Fenwick 3-3-3 = 9 2. Ryan MacDonald 2*-3-2* = 7+2 3. Stefan Farnaby 1-N = 1 NEWCASTLE 6 1. Kevin Keay R-2 = 2 2. Luke Ruddick 1-2-1 = 4 3. Ben Basford 0-FD-FD = 0 1) Fenwick, MacDonald, Ruddick, Keay (Ret) 5-1, 5-1 69.2 2) MacDonald, Ruddick, Farnaby, Basford 4-2, 9-3 69.1 3) Fenwick, Keay, Basford (FD), Farnaby (NS) 3-2, 12-5 Race Awarded 4) Fenwick, MacDonald, Ruddick, Basford (FD) 5-1, 17-6 Race Awarded Because results like I've shown above are so ridiculously hard to find for the Northern Junior League, I wondered if there is any supporter or official out there, that could provide the same sort of information for the following meetings please, that is if they've taken place yet. Thank You. Newcastle v Redcar (was originally scheduled for the August 11) Newcastle v Workington (August 25) (Also what date did Newcastle stage their round of the NJL Grand Prix, won by Liam Carr. Redcar v Newcastle (was originally scheduled for July 25) Northern Open Championship at Redcar (originally scheduled for August 1)

Hi Laurence, The only results I've come across thus far are those at King's Lynn (3/7) & Stoke (13/7). Do you have the scorers, date and venue of the third meeting that you could let me have please. Thank You. Mike

Do you reckon the full details will eventually reach you?

Many thanks for that Tsunami, it's much appreciated. I can only hope that someone else as kind as you can come up with the remaining answers. Quite why these Northern Junior League results and details are kept such a secret I just don't understand, the Midland Development League don't hide away like this leaguer seems to. Thanks once again.

This afternoon saw the Norfolk Arena witness one of the most exciting Dragons Meetings in a very long time, yet at the same time one of the most bizarre meetings ever from a scoring point of view. If you were one of thwe named 'Guest Riders', then you didn't necessarily score what you scored!! Confused, well so were all of us in the box, but somehow we got there, and at the end of the day agreed with the figures that the organisers had come up. To try and explain a little more, if you were a 'Guest Rider' in the Rayleigh v West Ham meeting, then you had the option of starting at the gate with the other riders, or going off a 15-metre handicap. If you went off 15-metres, then you kept whatever points you scored (i.e. second – 2-points). However, if you opted to go from the gate, then you had a point deducted from your score, so second place would only earn you a single point. Rules were different in the Southampton v Crewe meeting in as much that all races, other than disqualifications for any reason, went from the gate in a conventional manner. However, if you were one of the 'Guest Riders', then you haa point added to whatever you had scored (i.e. last place still earned you one point). I told you it was a bizarre system, and as you'll see from the details that are about to follow, it threw up some very strange heat results. RAYLEIGH 52 1. Martin Pearce 2*-2-1-3-0 = 8+1 2. Mark Whitehead 3-0-0-0-3 = 6 3. Arron Mogridge (Guest) 2-0-1*-2-2 = 7+1 4. Rob Watts 1-3-3-2-2*-2 = 13+1 5. Sam Chapman 2-F-3-2*-3 = 10+1 6. Simon Pearce 0-1-1-R-1* = 3+1 7. Alec Wright (Guest) 2-1*-1-1-0 = 5+1 WEST HAM 50 1. Gordon Walker 1-1*-0-2-0-FD = 4+1 2. Graham Knowler FN-2-3-FN-2-1 = 8 3. Ryan Kinsley 0-3-2*-3-1-1*-3 = 13+2 4. Rider Replacement 5. Adam Sheppard (Guest) 0-3-2*-3-2 = 10+1 6. Andrew Leech 3-2-1-1-2-0 = 9 7. James Peters 1-3-1-0-1-0 = 6 1. Whitehead, Pearce (M), Walker, Knowler (FN) 5-1, 5-1 75.7 2. Leech, Wright, Peters, Pearce (S) 2-4, 7-5 No Time 3. Mogridge, Leech, Watts, Kinsley 3-2, 10-7 68.9 (Mogridge scored three minus one) 4. Peters, Chapman, Wright, Sheppard (F.Rm) 3-3, 13-10 No Time 5. Watts, Knowler, Walker, Mogridge 3-3, 16-13 69.7 6. Kinsley, Pearce (M), Leech, Whitehead 2-4, 18-17 66.9 7. Sheppard, Kinsley, Pearce (S), Chapman (Fell) 1-5, 19-22 69.8 8. Knowler, Wright, Peters, Whitehead 1-4, 20-26 72.1 (Wright scored two minus one) 9. Watts, Mogridge, Leech, Walker 4-1, 24-27 74.4 (Mogridge scored two minus one) 10. Kinsley, Sheppard, Pearce (M), Whitehead 1-5, 25-32 71.6 11. Chapman, Walker, Pearce (S), Knowler (FN) 4-2, 29-34 72.5 12. Mogridge, Leech, Wright, Peters 3-2, 32-36 69.4 (Mogridge scored three minus one) 13. Pearce (M), Chapman, Kinsley, Walker 5-1, 37-37 71.0 14. Sheppard, Watts, Peters, Pearce (S) – Ret 2-4, 39-41 73.6 15. Whitehead, Knowler, Wright, Leech 3-2, 42-43 72.4 (Wright scored one minus one) 16. Mogridge, Sheppard, Kinsley, Pearce (M) – Fell Rm 2-3, 44-46 71.2 (Mogridge scored three minus one) 17. Chapman, Watts, Knowler, Walker (FD) 5-1, 49-47 Race Awarded 18. Kinsley, Watts, Pearce (S), Peters 3-3, 52-50 72.5 SOUTHAMPTON 62 1. Mike Osborne 3-3-2-2*-1* = 11+2 2. David Smith (Guest) 2-3*-1-2*-1 = 9+2 3. Neal Richmond 3-2-0-FD-N = 5 4. Duane Wurzburger (Guest) 2-1-2-1-2-2 = 10 5. Harvey Banks 3-2-3-3-2-3 = 16 6. Luke Barnes 3-1*-N-N-N = 4+1 7. Adrian Harden 0-0-1-1-2-2-1-0 = 7 CREWE 68 1. Rider Replacement 2. Lee Harris 2-3-3-2-2*-2 = 14+1 3. Steve Edwards 2-1-0-0-0-0 = 3 4. Tony Raybould (Guest) 1-1-3*-1-2-1 = 9+1 5. Mick Skinner 2-3-3-3-3-3 = 17 6. Lawrence Fielding (Guest) 2*-2-4-4-4 = 16+1 7. Rob Clark 2-1*-2*-1-1-2* = 9+3 1. Osborne, Harris, Smith [Three riders only] 5-2, 5-2 75.2 (Smith scored one plus one) 2. Barnes, Clark, Fielding, Harden 3-4, 8-6 71.4 (Fielding scored one plus one) 3. Richmond, Edwards, Wurzburger, Raybould 5-3, 13-9 74.8 (Wurzburger scored one plus one and Raybould scored nil plus one) 4. Banks, Skinner, Clark, Harden 3-3, 16-12 71.8 5. Harris, Richmond, Edwards, Wurzburger 3-4, 19-16 74.8 (Wurzburger scored nil plus one) 6. Osborne, Smith, Fielding, Raybould 6-3, 25-19 74.3 (Smith scored two plus one, Fielding scored one plus one, Raybould scored nil plus one) 7. Skinner, Banks, Barnes, Edwards 3-3, 28-22 72.8 8. Harris, Clark, Harden, Smith 2-5, 30-27 81.8 (Smith scored nil plus one) 9. Fielding, Raybould, Wurzburger, Richmond (F.Rm) 2-7, 32-34 77.1 (Fielding scored three plus one, Raybould scored two plus one, Wurzburger scored one plus one) 10. Skinner, Osborne, Smith, Edwards 4-3, 36-37 72.9 (Smith scored one plus one) 11. Banks, Harris, Harden, Raybould 4-3, 40-40 72.0 (Raybould scored nil plus one) 12. Fielding, Harden, Clark, Richmond (FD) 2-5, 42-45 Race Awarded (Fielding scored three plus one) 13. Banks, Osborne, Clark, Edwards 5-1, 47-46 72.6 14. Skinner, Harden, Raybould, Wurzburger 3-5, 50-51 72.1 (Raybould scored one plus one, Wurzburger scored nil plus one) 15. Fielding, Harris, Harden, Smith 2-6, 52-57 79.0 (Fielding scored three plus one, Smith scored nil plus one) 16. Skinner, Banks, Osborne, Edwards 3-3, 55-60 71.9 17. Banks, Harris, Wurzburger, Raybould 5-3, 60-63 72.2 (Wurzburger scored one plus one, Raybould scored nil plus one) 18. Skinner, Clark, Wurzburger, Harden 2-5, 62-68 74.9 HANDS UP THOSE WHO THOUGHT THE GRAND PRIX SCORING WAS COMPLEX????

On a blistering hot afternoon, these youngsters took to track in what proved to be a most enthrawling race-meeting. These young men no know fear, and left the very large crowd gasping at their almost every move. Long gone are the days when you can say that kids and riders that compete in Amateur Meetings are little more than wobblers. They show a maturity way beyond their years, and are a real credit to Neil Vatcher and Phil Morris who are guiding them along their path to hopeful and eventual stardom, not forgetting the blood, sweat and tears that their parents go through too. Each and every young rider on show looked and has the ability to go all the way, with Masters Bickley, Stead, Brennan & Flint looking particularly impressive yesterday, and were worth their places in the Grand Final. On another day, it could just have easily been any of the other competitors grabbing the limelight, because that's how good each and every one of them are. Harry McGurk suffered a terrifying looking accident in Heat 3, and many thought that was the end of his afternoon, but after some treatment, he shrugged his shoulders, waved to the very appreciative crowd, and came out for the re-run taking second place. Poor Jolyon West encountered some awful machinery problems in his first couple of races, and his centre-green antics had the whole crowd laughing and cheering, completely oblivious to the fact that there was a race still taking place. He punched his machine, he punched the floor, he punched his head, he danced, he probably swore under his helmet, but wouldn't admit that to Mum & Dad of course!! and didn't just about everything you'd expect to see at the theatre in a good variety show. Absolutely marvellous. If you've never seen a meeting of this type and are in a position to do so, then I really do urge you to go along to Iwade on the 22nd September at midday for the final round of the British Youth Championship in both 250cc and 500cc classes, plus they'll be supported by the youngsters on their 125cc machines. I for one can't wait for this meeting to come around, and I hope a lot of you will be able to make the journey too. The result were: - 1. Tom Brennan 3-2-R-3 = 8 2. Leon Flint FD-3-3-2 = 8 3. Sam Stead 2-3-3-2 = 10 4. Kyle Bickley 3-3-3-3 = 12 5. Kieran Douglas 1-1-2-2 = 6 6. Kai Hubbard 2-1-2-3 = 8 7. Harry McGurk 2-0-1-1 = 4 8. Harry Jones 0-1-1-0 = 2 9. Henry Atkins 1-2-1-R = 4 10. Jolyon West R-R-3-2 = 5 11. Macauley Leek 1-0-2-1 = 4 12. Jordan Jenkins FD-0-F-1 = 1 1) Brennan, Stead, Douglas, West (Ret) 68.1 2) Bickley, Hubbard, Leek, Flint (FD) 67.5 3) Stead, McGurk, Douglas, Jenkins (FD) 70.7 4) Bickley, Brennan, Hubbard, Jones 67.1 5) Flint, Douglas, Atkins, McGurk 70.2 6) Stead, Hubbard, Jones, West (Ret) 71.1 7) Bickley, Atkins, McGurk, Leek 67.9 8) West, Douglas, Jones, Jenkins (F.Rm) 70.0 9) Hubbard, Leek, Atkins, Brennan (Ret) 70.1 10) Flint, West, McGurk, Jenkins (Fell) 68.5 11) Brennan, Stead, Leek, Jones 68.1 12) Bickley, Flint, Jenkins, Atkins (Ret) No Time FINAL: Bickley, Brennan, Flint, Stead 67.3

Heat 1 - 125cc - Bickley, Leek, Jones, Jenkins (F) - No Time Heat 2 - 250cc - Whitmore, L Woodhull, B Woodhull, Beckett - 59.7 Heat 3 - 500cc - Bailey, Mountain, Downes, Wilson - 55.5 Heat 4 - 125cc - Bickley, Jenkins, Jones, Leek - ??? Heat 5 - 250cc - Whitmore, L Woodhull, B Woodhull, Beckett - 57.3 Heat 6 - 500cc - Bailey, Downes, Mountain, Wilson - 54.4 Heat 7 - 125cc - Bickley, Jenkins, Jones, Leek - 59.6 Heat 8 - 250cc - Whitmore, B Woodhull, L Woodhull, Beckett - 57.4 Heat 9 - 500cc - Bailey, Downes, Mountain, Wilson - 54.4

Will e-mail you later today Phil with all the results. If you need anything further, mail me back.

KING'S LYNN 25 1. Andy Mountain 3-3-3 = 9 2. Connor Mountain 2*-2*-R = 4+2 3. Adam Portwood 1-2*-2* = 5+2 4. Josh Bailey 3-3-1 = 7 (Team manager: - Wayne Dunworth) MILTON KEYNES 11 1. Conor Dwyer 1-1-1 = 3 2. Adam Sheppard R-0-2* = 2+1 3. Danno Verge X0-X0-N = 0 4. Mark Baldock 2-1-3-0 = 6 (Team manager: - Russell Paine) 1) Andy Mountain, Connor Mountain, Dwyer, Sheppard (Ret) 5-1, 5-1 64.03 2) Bailey, Baldock, Portwood, Verge (FD) 4-2, 9-3 RACE AWARDED 3) Andy Mountain, Connor Mountain, Baldock, Verge (FD) 5-1, 14-4 RACE AWARDED 4) Bailey, Portwood, Dwyer, Sheppard 5-1, 19-5 64.06 5) Baldock, Sheppard, Bailey, Connor Mountain (Ret) 1-5, 20-10 67.88 6) Andy Mountain, Portwood, Dwyer, Baldock 5-1, 25-11 64.00

Despite the score, I found this meeting to be most enjoyable. The British Youth 125cc Championship was extremely entertaining and congratulations to Kyle Bickley on his deserved victory. Glad also that Harry McGurk escaped his terrifying experience without injury, The antics of Jolyon West following his bike failure in Heat 6 had the crowd roaring with laughter. Simply superb entertainment young men, you were all a credit to the occasion.