Scunthorpe Double Header - Edinburgh (pl) Hackney (nl) Monday 2nd May 5pm

[Scunny Stag 72]

From www.scunthorpespeedway.com

 

Scorpions and Saints looking for bank holiday bonuses

 

The Eddie Wright Raceway stages the second of its 2011 Bank Holiday double-headers on Monday (2nd May, 5pm start time) with promoter Rob Godfrey looking for a repeat of Easter Monday’s excitement and results. “We had two close meetings which went to last heat deciders for the bonus points. Both the Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions and Jotun Paints Scunthorpe Saints clinched victory which made me very happy and hopefully both sides can claim the bonus points this week.”

 

“Edinburgh have a great record at our place having won on three of their four visits but there will be a lot of pressure on their new reserve pairing. Lee Dicken and Kyle Howarth have just come in to replace Ashley Morris and Jay Herne and have got to take at least eleven rides between them with them using rider replacement for Kalle Katajisto. Of course their top four are all top performers around our track and in Andrew Tully they have a former track record holder. However, David Howe will be back after the birth of his daughter, Ava, and I believe we can defeat anyone at home when we are full-strength. It certainly has the makings of another great meeting”.

 

“For the first time ever the track was a bit too heavy for a day time meeting last week. It meant there wasn’t the same amount of passing in the Scorpions meeting but it did mean the Saints meeting was a classic and I’m expecting two classic meetings this week. We’ve got a strong Saints side out this week with Greg Blair remaining in the side and Gary Irving and Richie Worrall available again. We’ve had to rest Paul Cooper because he’s unavailable to ride in the following night’s meeting at Wolverhampton but the side is still strong and it will need to be. Hackney, like King’s Lynn last week, have some outstanding young riders with Marc Owen, Shane Hazelden and Brandon Freemantle three of the south’s very best. Hazelden and Freemantle are in the reserve berths so if one or both of them have good meetings it could be very interesting. They have Barrie Evans, who once scored a maximum at our track, as their number one along with David Mason and then there is Ben Hopwood who was briefly with the Saints”.

 

“We had a good crowd last Monday and with the start time back at the usual 5pm we are hoping to be finished around 8pm this week. Hopefully we’ll get another big turn out to cheer on the boys. We have two great sets of riders who always give it their all and I’m sure we’re going to be entertained with some outstanding racing once again”.

 

Before Monday’s meeting at the Eddie Wright Raceway the Scorpions are in Scotland on Friday (29th April, 7.30pm) when they travel to Armadale to face the Edinburgh Monarchs in the first of the weekend’s two Premier League meetings between the two sides.

 

The line-ups for this weekend’s meetings are (English unless stated):

 

Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. David Howe 2. Joe Haines, 3. Viktor Bergström (Sweden), 4. Tero Aarnio (Finland) 5. Ben Wilson, 6. Thomas Jørgensen (Denmark), 7. Steve Worrall

 

Edinburgh Monarchs: 1. Kevin Wölbert (Germany), 2. rider replacement for Kalle Katajisto (Finland), 3. Andrew Tully (Scotland), 4. Matthew Wethers (Australia), 5. Craig Cook, 6. Lee Dicken, 7. Kyle Howarth

 

Jotun Paints Scunthorpe Saints: 1. Gary Irving, 2. Adam Wrathall, 3. Steve Worrall, 4. Greg Blair, 5. Ashley Birks, 6. Stefan Nielsen, 7. Richie Worrall.

 

Hackney Hawks: 1. Barrie Evans, 2. Rider replacement for Ben Morley, 3. David Mason, 4. Ben Hopwood, 5. Marc Owen, 6. Brandon Freemantle, 7. Shane Hazelden

 

This week’s visitors – Edinburgh Monarchs:

 

Craig Cook 2009 National League Riders Champion.

Member of Workington's Young Shield Winning Teams in 2009 and 2010.

Member of Buxton's National League Championship, National League KO Cup and National Trophy Winning Teams in 2010.

Made his competitive debut for Scunthorpe Saints in a CL KO Cup 2nd Leg match at EWR on 10 October 2008.

Named as a 'doubling-up' rider with Belle Vue for the 2011 Elite League Season.

 

Lee Dicken Member of Wolverhampton's Elite League Winning Squad in 2002.

Member of Hull's Premier Trophy Winning Team in 2000.

 

Kyle Howarth Rode for Scunthorpe Saints in 2009.

Made National League debut (at home) for Saints v Weymouth on 13 April 2009. Scored 13 + 2 points from 6 rides in the Number 7 position.

Has Premier League experience riding for Somerset in 2010.

 

Kalle Katajisto Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Championship Winning Team in 2010.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Play-Off Winning Team in 2009.

 

Andrew Tully Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Championship Winning Teams in 2008 and 2010.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Play-Off Winning Teams in 2008 and 2009.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier Trophy Winning Team in 2008.

Member of Scunthorpe's Conference League Championship and Conference Trophy Winning Teams in 2006 and 2007.

Member of Scunthorpe's Conference League KO Cup and Conference Shield Winning Teams in 2006.

Member of Armadale's Conference Trophy Winning Team in 2005.

 

Matthew Wethers 2001 South Australian State Under-16 Champion.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Championship Winning Teams in 2003, 2008 and 2010.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Play-Off Winning Teams in 2008 and 2009.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier Trophy Winning Team in 2008.

 

Kevin Wolbert 2008 German Champion.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Championship Winning Team in 2010.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Play-Off Winning Team in 2009.

Named as a 'doubling-up' rider with Birmingham for the 2011 Elite League Season.

 

Rider form:

 

Leagues Ave Ave Best

Name Ridden In M R Pts BP (no BP) (w BP) T/R Pts Performance

Craig Cook Home 5 22 44 5 8.00 8.91 0 9 + 3 from 5 rides (v Redcar)

Away 3 13 28 0 8.62 8.62 0 13 from 5 rides (@ Berwick)

TOTAL 8 35 72 5 8.23 8.80 0 13 from 5 rides (@ Berwick)

Kalle Katajisto Home 5 20 30 1 6.00 6.20 0 10 from 4 rides (v Newcastle)

Away 3 13 20 1 6.15 6.46 0 9 + 1 from 5 rides (@ Newcastle)

TOTAL 8 33 50 2 6.06 6.30 0 10 from 4 rides (v Newcastle)

Andrew Tully Home 5 23 47 1 8.17 8.35 0 13 from 5 rides (v Redcar)

Away 3 13 21 6 6.46 8.31 5 10 + 3 from 5 rides (@ Newport)

TOTAL 8 36 68 7 7.56 8.33 5 13 from 5 rides (v Redcar)

Matthew Wethers Home 5 23 47 7 8.17 9.39 0 11 + 1 from 5 rides (v Leicester)

Away 3 12 17 2 5.67 6.33 0 8 + 1 from 4 rides (@ Newport)

TOTAL 8 35 64 9 7.31 8.34 0 11 + 1 from 5 rides (v Leicester)

Kevin Wolbert Home 5 22 42 3 7.64 8.18 0 15 from 5 rides (v Berwick)

Away 3 15 29 2 7.73 8.27 0 13 + 1 from 5 rides (@ Newport)

TOTAL 8 37 71 5 7.68 8.22 0 15 from 5 rides (v Berwick)

 

Rider form at EWR

 

Leagues Ave Ave Best

Name Ridden In M R Pts BP (no BP) (w BP) T/R Pts Performance

Craig Cook PL/NL/CL 7 27 35 3 5.19 5.63 0 10 + 1 from 5 rides (2009 - NL)

Lee Dicken PL 3 11 5 0 1.82 1.82 0 3 from 4 rides (2009)

Kalle Katajisto PL 1 6 15 0 10.00 10.00 0 15 from 6 rides (2010)

Kyle Howarth PL/NL 12 55 75 12 5.45 6.33 0 10 from 5 rides (2009 - NL)

Andrew Tully PL/CL 39 172 340 51 7.91 9.09 3 17 + 1 from 6 rides (2007 - for Scorpions - NL)

Matthew Wethers PL 4 16 24 3 6.00 6.75 0 7 + 1 from 4 rides (2008)

Kevin Wolbert PL 1 5 9 0 7.20 7.20 0 9 from 5 rides (2010)

 

Edinburgh's Results at EWR:

 

26 May 2008 - PL Scunthorpe 39 Edinburgh 53

25 May 2009 - PL Scunthorpe 49 Edinburgh 44

11 July 2009 - PT Semi-Final Scunthorpe 44 Edinburgh 46

31 May 2010 - PL Scunthorpe 41 Edinburgh 48

 

2011 Results

 

25/03/2011 PS (1) H L Edinburgh 44 Newcastle 46

01/04/2011 ST (1) H W Edinburgh 47 Glasgow 45

03/04/2011 PS (2) A L Edinburgh 45 Newcastle 48 (On agg - L: 89 -94)

08/04/2011 PL H W Edinburgh 56 Redcar 37

09/04/2011 PL A L Edinburgh 39 Berwick 53

15/04/2011 PL H W Edinburgh 49 Berwick 44

22/04/2011 PL H L Edinburgh 44 Leicester 45

23/04/2011 PL A W Edinburgh 49 Newport 42

 

Hackney Hawks:

 

Barrie Evans 2003 Conference League Riders Champion.

Member of Mildenhall's Conference Trophy Winning Team in 2000.

Member of Rye House's Conference League Four-Team Championship Winning Team in 2003.

Member of Wimbledon's Conference League Pairs Winning Team in 2004 (with Mark Burrows).

 

Brandon Freemantle 2009 British Under-15 Champion (250cc)

2010 British Under-15 Champion (500cc)

 

Shane Hazelden Made National League debut in 2009 with two guest appearances for Newport scoring a paid 18 points from these meetings.

 

Ben Hopwood Member of Plymouth's Conference Trophy Winning Team in 2008.

Also rode for Scunthorpe Saints in 2008.

 

David Mason 2001 Conference League Riders Champion.

Member of Weymouth's Conference League KO Cup and Four-Team Championship Winning Teams in 2005.

All-time highest point-scorer in British Speedway's third tier of racing.

 

Ben Morley Made National League debut in 2009 for Rye House.

Doubling-up with Rye House in the 2011 Premier League.

 

Marc Owen Made his National League debut as a guest (Number 8) for Isle of Wight, in a National Trophy match against Mildenhall on his 15th birthday. Scored 2 points from his solitary outing.)

 

Rider Form at EWR:

 

Leagues Ave Ave Best Total Pts Max

Name Ridden In M R Pts BP (no BP) (w BP) T/R Pts Performance Scored F P

Barrie Evans PL/NL/CL 5 26 46 2 7.08 7.38 3 18 from 6 rides (2005 - NL) 51 1 0

Brandon Freemantle DEBUT @ EWR

Shane Hazelden NL 1 6 7 1 4.67 5.33 0 7 + 1 from 6 rides (2010) 8 0 0

Ben Hopwood NL/CL 12 55 76 9 5.53 6.18 4 11 from 5 rides (2009) 89 0 0

David Mason NL/CL 5 20 29 1 5.80 6.00 0 9 from 3 rides (2005 - Abandoned Meeting) 30 0 0

Ben Morley PL/NL 3 12 8 3 2.67 3.67 0 5 + 2 from 5 rides (2009 - NL) 11 0 0

Marc Owen NL 2 6 9 1 6.00 6.67 0 7 + 1 from 5 rides (2009) 10 0 0

 

Other Appearances at EWR:

 

Ben Hopwood (27 October 2009) - scored 10 from 5 rides in British Under-18 Final.

Ben Morley (8 October 2010) - scored 11 pts from 5 rides in Rob Woffinden Memorial Meeting. Finished 2nd.

Marc Owen (27 October 2009) - scored 8 pts from 5 rides in British Under-18 Final.

 

Hackney's Results at EWR:

 

Will be Hackney's first Meeting at EWR.

 

Hackney Hawks 2011 (All Meetings to date)

 

Leagues Ave Ave Best

Name Ridden In M R Pts BP (no BP) (w BP) T/R Pts Performance

Barrie Evans Home 2 8 14 3 7.00 8.50 0 9 + 3 from 4 rides (v USA Touring Team)

Away 1 5 12 1 9.60 10.40 3 15 + 1 from 5 rides (inc 6 pts T/R (@ King's Lynn))

TOTAL 3 13 26 4 8.00 9.23 3 15 + 1 from 5 rides (inc 6 pts T/R (@ King's Lynn))

Brandon Freemantle Home 2 7 8 2 4.57 5.71 0 6 + 1 from 4 rides (v USA Touring Team)

Away 1 3 0 0 0.00 0.00 0

TOTAL 3 10 8 2 3.20 4.00 0 6 + 1 from 4 rides (v USA Touring Team)

Shane Hazelden Home 2 9 20 2 8.89 9.78 0 12 + 1 from 5 rides (v Stoke)

Away 1 5 5 1 4.00 4.80 0 5 + 1 from 5 rides (@ King's Lynn)

TOTAL 3 14 25 3 7.14 8.00 0 12 + 1 from 5 rides (v Stoke)

Ben Hopwood Home 2 9 21 0 9.33 9.33 0 15 from 5 rides (v USA Touring Team)

Away 1 4 5 2 5.00 7.00 0 5 + 2 from 4 rides (@ King's Lynn)

TOTAL 3 13 26 2 8.00 8.62 0 15 from 5 rides (v USA Touring Team)

David Mason Home 2 9 17 4 7.56 9.33 0 11 + 2 from 5 rides (v Stoke)

Away 1 4 6 1 6.00 7.00 0 6 + 1 from 4 rides (@ King's Lynn)

TOTAL 3 13 23 5 7.08 8.62 0 11 + 2 from 5 rides (v Stoke)

Ben Morley Home 2 9 19 5 8.44 10.67 0 13 + 2 from 5 rides (v USA Touring Team)

Away 1 4 7 2 7.00 9.00 0 7 + 2 from 4 rides (@ King's Lynn)

TOTAL 3 13 26 7 8.00 10.15 0 13 + 2 from 5 rides (v USA Touring Team)

Marc Owen Home 2 9 20 2 8.89 9.78 0 11 + 2 from 5 rides (v Stoke)

Away 1 5 7 1 5.60 6.40 0 7 + 1 from 5 rides (@ King's Lynn)

TOTAL 3 14 27 3 7.71 8.57 0 15 from 5 rides (v Berwick)

Edited April 28, 2011 by Scunny Stag

[montie 1,273]

Thats a strong looking saints team for a home meeting around the EWR,the slicker conditions may help the Hawks a little but expect a comfortable home win here,Just hope Greg Blair forgets his gating boots again,pure entertainment!!

[Hackney Speedway 2]

Shame the Scunthorpe v Hackney match couldn’t have had it own thread. Certainly Scunthorpe have a decent side and expect a good match. Indeed the track will be slicker after the Edinburgh match, but lets hope for a great advert for National League Speedway and of course a Hackney win!

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[Halifaxtiger 5,318]

Shame the Scunthorpe v Hackney match couldnt have had it own thread. Certainly Scunthorpe have a decent side and expect a good match. Indeed the track will be slicker after the Edinburgh match, but lets hope for a great advert for National League Speedway and of course a Hackney win!

 

I didn't think the track would be up to much for the second match last week but anyone who was there will tell you that the NL meeting was brilliant.

 

Here's hoping for the same again today

Edited May 2, 2011 by Halifaxtiger

[June 203]

WOW!......SAINTS TAKE A BOW! Jet propelled out of the gates and a red and blue helmet into the lead coming out of bend 2 in almost all the races. A huge well done to all riders and Stuart Parnaby....you guys have given us another terrific meeting. Hard luck Hackney you caught the Saints when they were all on fire! Hope that wasn't a blown engine in heat 15 for Greg Blair as fans near me predicted.