Arena Uk Indoor Meeting On 27th December Including Speedway Riders

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kevin Doolan is anther rider confirmed his place at Arena uk British Indoor Flattrack Cup meeting on 27th december. Kevin as joined long list of guest riders from many motorcycle sports which include grasstrack ace Paul Cooper,Rye house Speedway rider Simon Lambert,Supermoto Star Christian Iddon,Tyco Suzuki rider Connor Cummings,IOM TT winner Steve Plater,plus Flattrack own star riders,Ade Collins,Pete Boast,Tom Woolley,Neave brothers and Ben Baker + many more

 

450 seater Grandstand,trade stands,Bar,Restaurant,Cafe,Pit walk about etc,and all indoors (no rain off)

1pm start,

spectator Tickets available from www.shorttrackuk.com

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TOM NEAVE TAKES BRITISH INDOOR TITLE ON LAST CORNER CLIFF HANGER

 

 

Tom Neave pulled off a fantastic pass on the last corner to take the win in Grand Final of British Indoor Flattrack Championship at Arena UK on 27th

December, after having a great start to day by taking 2 wins and second in his heat races. The only rider to beat Tom during the heats was Scunthorpe's

Speedway Ace Ashley Birks who also took two wins in his heat races. Other heat winners were Tom's twin brother Team Suzuki rider Tim, who had two

wins, Shorttrack regular riders Glyn Pocklington also on two wins, and the big surprise of the day was Shorttrack's # 1 Ade Collins without a win in

his 3 heat races.

 

From the 32 rider field the top 16 points scorers from the heats progressed t the 8 lap Semi's.

In Semi 1 it was Ashley Birks who got the hole shot, looking good for his first Shorttrack meeting, stretching the lead but by lap 6 Tom Neave started

to pull him in and Pete Boast passed Rich Mason to take 3rd spot. On the last lap Tom was trying everything to get past Birks but didn't quite make

it and Boast held on to take the last transfer spot to the final.

In Semi 2 it was Alan Birtwistle who stole the show, taking a flag to flag win but he had his work cut out holding off the spectacular Aussie speedway

star Kevin Doolan who was riding high and wide on every corner, trying to get a big run around outside of Birtwistle. Kev didn't quite get better of

Birtwistle and had to settle for second spot and third went to Glyn Pocklington.

The Last Chance race for the remaining final places saw frightening crash on the back straight on the first lap with Rich Mason and Tom Woolley going

down, Mason ending up worse off with broken collar bone. In restart it was Ade Collins who hit the front for the first time, with young Tim Neave

trying hard for first two laps to get past but Ade kept his cool and to make sure he took the win, Neave was second and Damien Koppe third and taking

last spot for final was Darren Trapmore who managed to hold Ben Baker off.

 

Tensions were running high for the start of the 12 lap Grand Final for British Indoor, with Ashley Birks on pole from Birtwistle and Tom Neave on

the front row, Doolan, Boast and Pocklington behind the and Collins, Tim Neave, Koppe and Trapmore off the back row. On the first attempt pole man

Ashley Birks and Birtwistle clashed, stopping the race, with Birks put back to the penalty line for the restart.

On the first corner of the restart Collins went down, was hit by another rider and took no further part in the final. Only on the second restart did everyone get around the first corner safely, with Boastie and Birtwistle side by side for first lap,then Birtwistle just edged past Boast to take the lead, with Pocklington third Birks fourth, Tom Neave fifth and Doolan sixth.

On lap 3 Birks went down on turn 3 and was out, with no chanceof winning after a great performance all day. Tom Neave continued to work his way

through the field passing Pocklington and later a great out side line to pass on Boastie. By lap 10 Tom was putiing pressure on Birtwistle, Boastie

was holding 3rd spot from Pocko who in turn was under pressure from Doolan.

On the final lap Birtwistle was still leading but going into last corner TomNeave held it flat out around outside to surprise Birtwistle, who then gave

it a big handful of throttle and went down, never making it to the chequered flag, as Tom bounced off the fence to take the win. Boastie took second

spot and Pockington took the final podium spot.

 

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#30 Alan Birtwistle.....#54 Pete Boast ..................................................................#1 Ade collins in front of Grandstand

 

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32 Riders ready to do battle .............................................................................................................#16 Ashley Birks ready for the Grand Final..................

 

Final Results

1st # 68 Tom Neave...............450 TCR Honda

2nd # 54 Peter Boast................450 Team Suzuki

3rd # 71 Glyn Pocklington.........525 Kinrade KTM

4th # 14 Tim Neave...................450 Team Suzuki

5th # 42 Kevin Doolan...............450 KTM

6th # 62 Damien Koppe.............450 Homan Yamaha

7th # 20 Darren Trapmore..........450 TCR KTM

8th # 30 Alan Birtwistle..............450 Honda

9th # 16 Ashley Birks.................450 Truelove Honda

10th # 1 Aidan Collins................450 HRC Honda

 

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Aaron takes youth Class win

 

 

 

1st #34 Aaron silvester.............250 AJ Honda..69pts

2nd #1 oliver Brindley...............85 Yamaha..66pts

3rd #77 Fylnn Scott....................250 Yamaha..50pts

4th #33 Joe Hudson...................110 NSR KLX..36pts

5th #47 Josh Nobes................... 150 Co-Built.35pts

6th # 16 Charlie Brooks............. 150 Demon X..34pts

7th #36 Joe Courtney................ 150 Stomp..29pts

8th #11 Sam Woolley.................85 Kawasaki..24pts

9th #10 Ben Neave.....................150 Honda..21pts

 

Mad Mini bike win went to Steve Rhodes

 

 

8 lap Final

 

1st #31 Steve Rhodes...........150 pit bike

2nd #33 Kevin Doolan........... 150 stomp

3rd #18 Mark Richardson...... 150 Stomp

4th #22 Rob Neave................ 150 Saxby Angus

5th #11 Paul Cooper..............150 Stomp

6th #2 Adam Allott.....................150 Stomp

7th #66 Geoff Bull SNR...................150 Pit Bull

8th #13 Geoff Bull JNR...............150 Pit Bull

9th #26 Neil Martin....................150 Stomp

 

thank you to all the staff and Helpers on the Day,pics kindly supplied by Chippy Wood,Steve Baldock and Jon Pym.

Next Indoor Meeting at Arena UK 23rd February,England v Rest of the World at 1pm and International Shorttrack Arena Championship at 6.30pm. Tickets Availble on www.shorttrackuk.com to secure a grand stand seat or pay on day for standing only.

 

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Road Racer Ben Wilson.............................................Darren Trapmore and Tim Neave.....................

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#24 Jonthan Bethall..30 Alan Birtwistle,42 Tom Clements..........Ade Chasing Glyn Cowboy Pocklington

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Tom Neave Leads Boastie in front of the Grand stand.....#5 BSB rider Tristian Palmer..in front Simon Lambert