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2015 British Championship

2015 British Championship 14 June 2015
British Championship Final
Monmore Green, Wolverhampton
1 2 3 4 5 SF F P
1. Carl Wilkinson 3 1 1 1 1 7
2. Andre Compton 1 2 ex 0 0 3
3. Ben Barker ex 0
4. Steve Worrall 2 1 1 2 0 6
5. Craig Cook 3 fx 3 3 3 3 2 12 2nd
6. Kyle Howarth 1 3 2 f 2 8
7. Adam Roynon f 1 0 0 2 3
8. Scott Nicholls 2 3 1 1 3 1 10
9. Tai Woffinden 1 3 3 3 3 3 13 1st
10. Chris Harris 2 fx 3 2 2 9
11. Jason Garrity 3 3 3 2 2 ex 13
12. Lewis Blackbird f 2 1 2 1 6
13. Richard Lawson 1 2 2 3 3 ex 11
14. Daniel King 3 fx 2 3 1 2 1 9 3rd
15. Edward Kennett 2 2 2 1 0 7
16. Leigh Lanham 0 0 0 1 1 2
R1. Max Clegg 0 0 0 0
R2. Matt Williamson 0 0 0
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 (Re-Run X2): Wilkinson, Worrall, Compton, Barker (FX). 54.97
Heat 02: Cook, Nicholls, Howarth, Roynon (F). 54.07
Heat 03 (Re-Run): Garrity, Harris, Woffinden, Blackbird (F). 54.17
Heat 04: King, Kennett, Lawson, Lanham. 54.25
Heat 05 (Re-Run): Woffinden, Lawson, Wilkinson, Cook (FX), 53.32
Heat 06 (Re-Run X2): Howarth, Compton, Harris (FX), King (FX). 55.34
Heat 07: Garrity, Kennett, Roynon, Clegg. 54.08
Heat 08: Nicholls, Blackbird, Worrall, Lanham. 54.45
Heat 09: Garrity, Howarth, Wilkinson, Lanham. 55.39
Heat 10: Cook, Kennett, Blackbird, Williamson. 55.45
Heat 11: Woffinden, King, Nicholls, Clegg. 54.88
Heat 12: Harris, Lawson, Worrall, Roynon. 55.70
Heat 13 (Re-Run): King, Blackbird, Wilkinson, Roynon. 55.80
Heat 14: Lawson, Garrity, Nicholls, Compton. 55.83
Heat 15: Cook, Harris, Lanham, Williamson. 55.62
Heat 16: Woffinden, Worrall, Kennett, Howarth (F). 55.38
Heat 17: Nicholls, Harris, Wilkinson, Kennett. 56.12
Heat 18: Woffinden, Roynon, Lanham, Compton. 55.25
Heat 19: Lawson, Howarth, Blackbird, Clegg. 56.82
Heat 20: Cook, Garrity, King, Worrall. 56.24
Semi-Final
Heat 21: (Re-Run X2): Cook, King, Nicholls, Lawson (EX). 56.65
Grand Final
Heat 22: (Re-Run): Woffinden, Cook, King, Garrity (FX). 56.15
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report from the BBC
Tai Woffinden won his third successive British speedway title on his former home track at Wolverhampton.
The 2013 world champion, 24, took advantage of a restaged final to win from Belle Vue's Craig Cook, with Coventry's Danny King in third.
Woffinden admitted he had luck on his side, having been trailing behind Cook when the original final was stopped.
"I was pretty lucky to get the re-run as I made a hash of the first one," he told BBC WM.
"But that's the nature of the sport. I kept calm and won the race that mattered most.
"I've cut back my schedule down this year and I'm enjoying my racing more. I'm leading the world championship again and top of the averages in Sweden and Poland.
"I've been working hard and it's great to see that it's paying off just lately. And it was good to be back at Wolverhampton. The fans were great with me once again."
Cook will join Woffinden in next month's Grand Prix at the Millennium Stadium on 4 July, having finished ahead of King to seal his second consecutive wildcard spot at Cardiff.
"Our congratulations go to Tai Woffinden on another great achievement," said British speedway chairman Alex Harkess, "I feel for Craig Cook after originally leading the final, but he'll be delighted to be going to Cardiff."
Woffinden's total of 13 points from his five qualifying races was matched by Jason Garrity, who also qualified automatically for the final.
The Coventry rider's hopes ended when he briefly lost control of his bike, forcing Scott Nicholls over, and resulting in his exclusion from the re-run.
The night ended even more abruptly for former Coventry and Birmingham rider Ben Barker, who was taken to hospital in an ambulance with a back injury after a bad fall in the first heat.
"Overall it was another good event. The riders gave it their all and a huge crowd were treated to some great speedway, but our thoughts are with Ben Barker after that really nasty incident in heat one," added Harkess.