Post by Sue on Jan 7, 2007 15:36:12 GMT
Heat 1 Crump, Woodward, Schlein, McGowan
Heat 2 Gathercole, Harding, Proctor, Stead (ef)
Heat 3 Adams, Batchelor, Holder, Doyle
Heat 4 Nicholls, Lemon, Johnstone, Hedley
heat 5 Adams, Schlein, lemon, Proctor
Heat 6 Stead, Doyle, Nicholls, McGowan
Heat 7 Johnston, Woodward, Gathercole, Batchelor
Heat 8 Crump, Hedley, Holder, Harding
Heat 9 Schlein, Stead, Batchelor, Holder
Heat 10 Johnston, Proctor, Holder, McGowan
Heat 11 Adams, Nicholls, Woodward, Harding
Heat 12 Crump, Gathercole, Lemon, Doyle
Heat 13 Holder, Gathercole, Nicholls, Schlein
Heat 14 McGowan, Lemon, Batchelor, Harding
Heat 15 Doyle, Woodward, Hedley, Proctor
Heat 16 Crump, Johnstone, Adams, Stead
Heat 17 Schlein, Doyle, Johnstone, Harding
Heat 18 Adams, Hedley, Gathercole, McGowan
Heat 19 Lemon, Holder, Stead, Woodward
Heat 20 Crump, Nicholls, Batchelor, Proctor
B FINAL
1st Chris Holder
2nd Mark Lemon
3rd Cory Gathercole
4th Scott Nicholls (EF)
A FINAL
1st Jason Crump
2nd leigh Adams
3rd Rory Schlein
4th Steve Johnstone
Nicked from the BSF and Sandie (and Yahoo groups, Ron and Shona where these originally came from)
Taken from the Robins website
CRUMP SUPREME IN SYDNEY
SYDNEY - January 5, 2007: World Champion Jason Crump has continued his run of success in tonight's second round of the Linddales Labour Hire Australian Motorcycle Speedway Championship at the Sydney Showground, which marked the return to form of Leigh Adams and the continued success of West Australian, Steve Johnston.
Crump was supreme, taking victory in each of his six rides in comfortable fashion. Leigh Adams was magnificent - he won four heat races and came home in a valiant second in the final.
South Australian Rory Schlein was once again impressive - deposing Johnston to fourth in the final.
Johnston was superb and has maintained his second place overall in the Championship - without doubt the surprise packet of the Linddales Championships.
The B-Final was the race of the night. Chris Holder got the start and a blanket could have covered the four riders. British Champion - Scott Nicholls - was running a solid second until he had a major engine blow-up. Mark Lemon - who took an impressive heat race win in the final round of heats - advanced to second place, with Cory Gathercole cruising in for third. Holder's win was popular with the massive Sydney crowd.
Early in the event, there was a tinge of controversy when the tapes did not fly evenly. After heat two, Jason Crump met with officials regarding the issue. The third heat, the same problem occurred, Newcastle's Jason Doyle pulled up on the track and officials decided to re-run the heat. This caused issues with riders from the previous heats - led by Rory Schlein - and to be fair, Schlein had a point - if they were to re-run heat three they should have re-run all three.
Nevertheless, the event continued. Tom Hedley took a heavy fall in his fourth heat in turn one, however was able to re-start. Gathercole found form, pushing Adams all the way in one heat, so too Englishman Simon Stead - who had one impressive heat race victory to his credit.
"It was a great event and everything is really going well," said Crump after the event. "It was fairly tough out there, you know, Leigh was back on it and Mildura will be interesting as there are so many riders - myself included - that began their careers there."
Adams was philosophical.
"I'm not that happy, I wanted to be standing on the top step of the podium," he said. "But, I'm doing what everyone else in the world is doing at the moment - and that is chasing Jason Crump. Bring on Mildura, I used to hate the place because I never did that well there, but I have had a run of success there lately."
Schlein regarded his night as troubled, but was happy with his consistency.
"It was up and down, you know. I made another A-Final, I'm still in there, so I'm aiming to continue on this consistent path over the next three rounds and finish within that top three."
The next round of the Linddales Labour Hire Australian Motorcycle Speedway Championship will be at Mildura's Olympic Park this coming Wednesday night, January 10.
Matt Payne
(Post nicked from BSF courtesy of Brixham mickey)
Heat 2 Gathercole, Harding, Proctor, Stead (ef)
Heat 3 Adams, Batchelor, Holder, Doyle
Heat 4 Nicholls, Lemon, Johnstone, Hedley
heat 5 Adams, Schlein, lemon, Proctor
Heat 6 Stead, Doyle, Nicholls, McGowan
Heat 7 Johnston, Woodward, Gathercole, Batchelor
Heat 8 Crump, Hedley, Holder, Harding
Heat 9 Schlein, Stead, Batchelor, Holder
Heat 10 Johnston, Proctor, Holder, McGowan
Heat 11 Adams, Nicholls, Woodward, Harding
Heat 12 Crump, Gathercole, Lemon, Doyle
Heat 13 Holder, Gathercole, Nicholls, Schlein
Heat 14 McGowan, Lemon, Batchelor, Harding
Heat 15 Doyle, Woodward, Hedley, Proctor
Heat 16 Crump, Johnstone, Adams, Stead
Heat 17 Schlein, Doyle, Johnstone, Harding
Heat 18 Adams, Hedley, Gathercole, McGowan
Heat 19 Lemon, Holder, Stead, Woodward
Heat 20 Crump, Nicholls, Batchelor, Proctor
B FINAL
1st Chris Holder
2nd Mark Lemon
3rd Cory Gathercole
4th Scott Nicholls (EF)
A FINAL
1st Jason Crump
2nd leigh Adams
3rd Rory Schlein
4th Steve Johnstone
Nicked from the BSF and Sandie (and Yahoo groups, Ron and Shona where these originally came from)
Taken from the Robins website
CRUMP SUPREME IN SYDNEY
SYDNEY - January 5, 2007: World Champion Jason Crump has continued his run of success in tonight's second round of the Linddales Labour Hire Australian Motorcycle Speedway Championship at the Sydney Showground, which marked the return to form of Leigh Adams and the continued success of West Australian, Steve Johnston.
Crump was supreme, taking victory in each of his six rides in comfortable fashion. Leigh Adams was magnificent - he won four heat races and came home in a valiant second in the final.
South Australian Rory Schlein was once again impressive - deposing Johnston to fourth in the final.
Johnston was superb and has maintained his second place overall in the Championship - without doubt the surprise packet of the Linddales Championships.
The B-Final was the race of the night. Chris Holder got the start and a blanket could have covered the four riders. British Champion - Scott Nicholls - was running a solid second until he had a major engine blow-up. Mark Lemon - who took an impressive heat race win in the final round of heats - advanced to second place, with Cory Gathercole cruising in for third. Holder's win was popular with the massive Sydney crowd.
Early in the event, there was a tinge of controversy when the tapes did not fly evenly. After heat two, Jason Crump met with officials regarding the issue. The third heat, the same problem occurred, Newcastle's Jason Doyle pulled up on the track and officials decided to re-run the heat. This caused issues with riders from the previous heats - led by Rory Schlein - and to be fair, Schlein had a point - if they were to re-run heat three they should have re-run all three.
Nevertheless, the event continued. Tom Hedley took a heavy fall in his fourth heat in turn one, however was able to re-start. Gathercole found form, pushing Adams all the way in one heat, so too Englishman Simon Stead - who had one impressive heat race victory to his credit.
"It was a great event and everything is really going well," said Crump after the event. "It was fairly tough out there, you know, Leigh was back on it and Mildura will be interesting as there are so many riders - myself included - that began their careers there."
Adams was philosophical.
"I'm not that happy, I wanted to be standing on the top step of the podium," he said. "But, I'm doing what everyone else in the world is doing at the moment - and that is chasing Jason Crump. Bring on Mildura, I used to hate the place because I never did that well there, but I have had a run of success there lately."
Schlein regarded his night as troubled, but was happy with his consistency.
"It was up and down, you know. I made another A-Final, I'm still in there, so I'm aiming to continue on this consistent path over the next three rounds and finish within that top three."
The next round of the Linddales Labour Hire Australian Motorcycle Speedway Championship will be at Mildura's Olympic Park this coming Wednesday night, January 10.
Matt Payne
(Post nicked from BSF courtesy of Brixham mickey)
