Premier League Pairs Championship 2009

Premier League Pairs Championship	26 June 2009
	Somerset
Birmingham T 1 Jason Lyons 3 2 3 4 2 4 18 2 Tomasz Piszcz 0 0 4 3 4 2 13 Somerset 3 Steve Johnston 2 3 3 4 4 3 19 4 Emil Kramer 0 4 4 3 3 0 14 Workington 5 Kevin Doolan 3 2 4 4 2 15 6 Adrian Rymel 4 4 3 3 0 14 King's Lynn 7 Tomas Topinka 4 4 2 4 3 17 8 Darcy Ward 3 3 4 f ex 10 Scunthorpe 9 Magnus Karlsson 2 3 4 2 11 10 David Howe 0 4 2 3 9 Edinburgh 11 Ryan Fisher 0 4 4 0 8 12 Andrew Tully 4 3 0 2 9 Redcar 13 Gary Havelock 3 3 2 2 10 14 Tyron Proctor 2 4 0 0 6 Berwick 15 Michal Makovsky 4 2 0 0 6 16 Josef Franc 2 0 2 3 7 Glasgow 17 James Grieves 2 0 3 2 7 18 Shane Parker Tom Brown 0 2 2 0 4 Rye House 19 Linus Sundstroem 3 2 3 2 10 20 Chris Neath 0 0 0 0 0
Group 1: King's Lynn (24), Somerset (23), Berwick (13), Rye House (10), Scunthorpe (20) Group 2: Glasgow (11), Workington (27), Redcar (16), Edinburgh (17), Birmingham (19) Heat 01: Topinka, Ward, Johnston, Kramer Heat 02: Rymel, Doolan, Grieves, Brown Heat 03: Makovsky, Sundstrom, Franc, Neath. Heat 04: Tully, Havelock, Proctor, Fisher Heat 05: Kramer, Johnston, Karlsson, Howe Heat 06: Rymel, Lyons, Doolan, Piszcz Heat 07: Topinka, Ward, Makovsky, Franc Heat 08: Proctor, Havelock, Brown, Grieves Heat 09: Howe, Karlsson, Sundstrom, Neath Heat 10: Fisher, Tully, Lyons, Piszcz Heat 11: Kramer, Johnston, Franc, Makovsky Heat 12: Doolan, Rymel, Havelock, Proctor Heat 13: Ward, Sundstrom, Topinka, Neath Heat 14: Fisher, Grieves, Brown, Tully Heat 15: Karlsson, Franc, Howe, Makovsky Heat 16: Piszcz, Lyons, Havelock, Proctor Heat 17: Johnston, Kramer, Sundstrom, Neath Heat 18: Doolan, Rymel, Tully, Fisher Heat 19: Topinka, Howe, Karlsson, Ward (f) Heat 20: Lyons, Piszcz, Grieves, Brown Semi-Final 1 Piszcz, Topinka, Lyons, Ward (ex) Semi-Final 2 Johnston, Kramer, Doolan, Rymel Final: Lyons, Johnston, Piszcz, Kramer
report from Birmingham Brummies BIRMINGHAM collected major silverware with a brilliant victory in the Premier League Pairs showpiece event at Somerset. Skipper Jason Lyons and popular Pole Tomasz Piszcz were the BRC Roofing Brummies' heroes as they overcame old foes King's Lynn and hosts Somerset in the dramatic closing stages. Brummies struggled for points in the first half of the meeting, Piszcz being without a point in his first two rides, but both riders changed bikes and the move worked wonders. Maximum 7-2 advantages in their last two rides saw them edge out Edinburgh for a top two place in their group and set up a semi-final clash with King's Lynn. And after a hard-fought first lap, the Stars' challenge self-destructed as Darcy Ward was disqualified for bringing Lyons down, which left the Brummies duo just needing to finish in the re-run. Somerset, meanwhile, overcame Workington in the other semi-final, leaving Lyons and Piszcz facing Steve Johnston and Emil Kramer in the Final. The home duo were still favourites, but Piszcz conjured a lightning start and was joined at the front in thrilling style by Lyons around the first and second bends. Johnston fought hard and eventually came by Piszcz to split the pairing, but with Kramer at the back it was nowhere near enough for the home side and the Brummies could start their celebrations.