Premier League Fours 2014

Premier League Fours 2014 3 August 2014 Premier League Fours 2014 East of England Showground
Newcastle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B 1. Danny King 3 2 5 2. Lewis Kerr 1 1 2 3. Ludvig Lindgren 1 0 1 4. Stuart Robson 1 1 2 5. Lewis Rose dnr Somerset 1 2 3 1 2 3 T 1. Nick Morris 3 1 4 1 3 3 7 2. Oliver Allen 2 3 5 2 3 3 8 3. Pontus Aspgren 0 3 3 2 3 3 8 4. Brady Kurtz 2 ex 2 2 1 2 5 1. Charles Wright dnr 2 2 4 Peterborough 1 2 3 1 2 3 T 1. Thomas Jorgensen 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2. David Howe 0 2 2 3 1 2 6 3. Ryan Douglas 2 2 4 1 0 3 4 4. Ashley Birks fx 2 2 3 0 0 3 1. Matt Williamson dnr dnr Scunthorpe 1 2 T 1 2 3 T 1. Thomas Jorgensen 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2. David Howe 0 2 2 3 1 2 6 3. Ryan Douglas 2 2 4 1 0 3 4 4. Ashley Birks fx 2 2 3 0 0 3 1. Matt Williamson dnr dnr Edinburgh 1 2 T 1 2 3 T 1. Sam Masters 3 2 5 1 2 f 3 2. Steve worrall 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 3. Max Fricke dnr 4. Craig Cook 3 1 4 0 2 1 3 1. Justin sedgmen 2 3 5 2 1 1 4 Workington 1 2 T 1 2 3 T 1. Ricky Wells 0 3 3 0 1 0 4 2. Kyle Howarth 2 2 3 0 1 4 3. Rene Bach 3 0 3 0 3 3 6 4. Josh Grajczonek 3 2 5 3 3 1 7 1. Mason Campton 1 1 Redcar 1 2 T 1 2 3 T 1. Aaron Summers 1 1 2 2. Carl Wilkinson 2 1 3 3. Richard Lawson 2 2 4 4. High Skidmore 2 0 2 1. Rafal Konopka dnr Berwick 1 2 T 1 2 3 T 1. Claus Vissing 1 0 1 2. Matthew Wethers 0 0 3. Kevin Doolan 1 1 2 4. David Bellego 0 3 3 1. Matej Kus 3 3 Semi Finals Semi Finals Group A Heat 1 King, Allen, Dryml 59.4 Group B Heat 1 Masters, Lawson, Campton, Bellego 59.7 Group A Heat 2 Re-run Blackbird, Jorgensen, Kerr, Aspgren 60.0 Group B Heat 2 Bach, Skidmore, Vissing, Worrall 61.5 Group A Bjerre, Kurtz, Lindgren, Howe 60.6 Group B Grajczonek, Sedgmen, Summers, Wethers 61.3 Group A Morris, Douglas, Robson, Ostergaard 60.3 Group B Cook, Wilkinson, Doolan, Wells 61.3 Group A Jorgensen, King, Morris 62.3 Group B Wells, Masters, Summers, Vissing 61.7 Group A Allen, Howe, Robson, Blackbird 62.1 Group B Kus, Howarth, Cook, Skidmore 61.6 Group A Aspgren, Douglas, Dryml 62.9 Group B Sedgmen, Lawson, Doolan, Bach 62.3 Group A Ostergaard, Birks, Kerr 63.2 Group B Bellego, Grajczonek, Wilkinson, Worrall 62.9 Final Heat 1 Howarth, Allen, Douglas, Cook 62.5 Heat 2 Howe, Aspgren, Masters, Bach 63.2 Heat 3 Grajczonek, Jorgensen, Worrall, Kurtz (R) 62.0 Heat 4 Birks, Sedgmen, Morris, Wells 62.5 Heat 5 Allen, Masters, Wells, Jorgensen 62.7 Heat 6 Morris, Worrall, Howe, Howarth 63.4 Heat 7 Bach, Wright, Sedgmen, Douglas 63.1 Heat 8 Grajczonek, Cook, Aspgren, Birks 62.7 Heat 9 Douglas, Wright, Sedgmen, Wells 63.2 Heat 10 Bach, Aspgren, Cook, Jorgensen 63.5 Heat 11 Morris, Worrall, Howarth, Birks 63.2 Heat 12 Allen, Howe, Grajczonek, Masters (F) 63.7
meeting report from the Evening News Edinburgh Monarchs lost their Premier League Fours speedway crown after finishing equal third in yesterday’s showpiece event at Peterborough’s East of England Showground. The Capital quartet were missing Aussie ace Max Fricke who had to pull out of the meeting following the heavy tumble he sustained in Friday’s Scottish Open Championship at Armadale. Reserve racer Justin Sedgmen replaced him and was Monarchs’ most consistent rider on the day, but didn’t get the haul of points that his efforts merited. Monarchs qualified for the Grand Final after notching 14 points in their semi-final group, a total equalled by Workington Comets who also went through. In the other semi-final Somerset Rebels and Scunthorpe Scorpions progressed to the Grand Final. The final turned out to be hotly contested and a big improvement on the two scrappy semi-finals which were punctuated by race delays and stoppages. But Monarchs made a poor start to the defence of their crown in the final when Craig Cook was at the back in the opening heat. This was followed by a point for new Scottish champion Sam Masters in heat two, and a lucky third place for Steve Worrall in heat three. The racing was unpredictable as the final unfolded, but Monarchs rallied and got three good second places from Sedgmen, Masters and Worrall in succession. Sedgemen grabbed a point in heat seven and Cook produced one of his famed round-the-boards rides in the next race but was held at bay by Workington’s Josh Grajczonek who rode the same line. Monarchs were now in third place and just three points off the lead but a single point each for Sedgemen and Cook in heats nine and ten proved to be Monarchs’ undoing as they sensed their grip on the title was slipping. And so it proved as Somerset clinched glory when Nick Morris won the penultimate heat after a superb battle against Worrall. Monarchs lost out on runners-up spot when Masters shed a chain in the last race and came down heavily, but was thankfully unhurt. Monarchs might feel disappointed given how the season has gone for them so far but there can be no complaints over how they performed overall. Result: 1st Somerset (24 points), 2nd Workington (18), 3rd Edinburgh and Scunthorpe (15).