Eastbourne v Poole Challenge 24/9

[Sue]

Texter : Sullivan Fan
Updater : Sue

Eastbourne

1. Adam Shields 3,3,3,2*,1
2. Lukas Romanek 0,0,1*,0
3. Dean Barker 2,3,1,2
4. Davey Watt 0,1,3,3
5. Mark Loram 2,3,2*,3,3
6. Oliver Allen 1*,1,3,1
7. Andrew Moore 2,0,2,1*

Poole [/u]

1. David Howe 2,0,0
2. Craig Boyce 1*,2,3,1
3. Antonio Lindback 3,2,2,3,2
4. Mark Lemon 1,0,1*,4
5. Billy Janniro 3,2,2,1,0
6. Robert Kosciecha 3,1*,0,0,0
7. Ricky Ashworth 0,1,0,0

Line ups confirmed from trackside.


Heat 1 Shields,Howe,Boyce,Romanek 3-3 57.2
Heat 2 Kosciecha,Moore,Allen,Ashworth 3-3 57.7 6-6
Heat 3 Lindback,Barker,Lemon,Watt(F/Ex) 2-4 57.7 8-10
Heat 4 Janniro,Loram,Ashworth,Moore 2-4 57.9 10-14
Heat 5 Barker,Boyce,Watt,Howe(EF) 4-2 57.5 14-16

Match Point awarded to : Poole 0-1

Heat 6 Shields,Janniro,Kosciecha,Romanek 3-3 57.4 17-19
Heat 7 Loram,Lindback,Allen,Lemon 4-2 57.0 21-21
Heat 8 Boyce,Moore,Romanek,Ashworth 3-3 58.9 24-24
Heat 9 Watt,Janniro,Barker,Kosciecha 4-2 57.4 28-26
Heat 10 Shields,Lindback,Lemon,Romanek 3-3 57.6 31-29

Match Point awarded to : Eastbourne 1-1


INTERVAL

Heat 11 Allen,Loram,Boyce,Howe(Fell,Ret) 5-1 58.2 36-30
Heat 12 Lindback,Barker,Moore,Kosciecha 3-3 57.0 39-33
Heat 13 Loram,Shields,Janniro,Kosciecha 5-1 57.5 44-34
Heat 14 Watt,Lemon(TR),Allen,Ashworth 4-4 58.1 48-38
Heat 15 Loram,Lindback,Shields,Janniro 4-2 57.0 52-40

Match Point awarded to : Eastbourne

Comments :

Poole win the toss and take 1 & 3

Heat 1 From the gate

Heat 3 Watt Fell 3rd bend and excluded.
Heat 3 Barker overtook Lemon 3rd lap.

Heat 4 Great battle between Janniro and Loram for the lead.

Heat 5 Howe engine failure while leading.

Heat 6 Shields under pressure from Janniro

Heat 7 Lindback moves at the start, unsatifacatory start.
Heat 7 Lemon overtook Allen and then Allen returned the favour.

Heat 8 Pirates sweep around 1st bend, very close on the line between Moore and Boyce but Boyce gets it. Romanek came through on the last bend.

Heat 9 Watt 3rd to 1st on opening lap, Barker passes Kosciecha on 2nd lap.

Heat 10 From the gate

Heat 11 Howe falls 1st corner, Loram passes Boyce who was 2nd on bend 4 first lap.

Heat 12 Barker 3rd to 1st but then overtaken by Lindback, Moore passes Kosciecha 2nd lap

Heat 13 Kosciecha taking reserve replacement ride.
Heat 13 From the gate

Heat 14 Lemon taking a tactical ride.
Heat 14 Watt overtakes Lemon first bend with Allen close behind for 2 laps but fell behind.

Riders nominated for Heat 15

Janniro (Green)
Lindback (Yellow)
Shields ( Red)
Loram (Blue)

Eastbourne won the toss and take 1 & 3

Heat 15 Lindback overtakes both Eagles on the first but overtaken by Loram on the start/finish line. Shields pushed hard.

[Sue]

In essence, much will remain familiar, two teams of seven riders take to the track, and two representatives of each club contest each heat. The same fifteen heat formula that is in current usage will remain, and the race points on offer will still show three for the winner, two for second and one-point for third place.

It is how the overall match points are allocated that witnesses a break with convention. The races will be contested in blocks of five, giving what effectively amounts to three mini matches.

On completion of each set of five races, the team holding the lead will score one match point, however no points will be gained by either team if the scores are level.

At the end of the fifteen heats, the team having amassed the most points will naturally be declared the winners.

The only other break with normal Elite League rules concern that of the tactical ride facility. No such resource will be permissible before heat six after which time, teams can implement the tactic (but only once in each remaining set of five heats) should they find themselves 8-points in arrears.

A further innovation, should the formula be adopted for Knockout Cup matches in the future, is that all match points scored away from home are expected to count double in the event of a tie.

From www.elite-eagles.com/index.php

Yep I am as confused as you, hopefully it will become clear once the meeting is underway.