Rye House v Redcar 24 May 08

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Rye House Cobras = 50

1. Danny Betson - 1 3 2* 3 3 = 12+1
2. Rob Smith - 3 FX 0 = 3
3. Andrew Aldridge - 2 2 1 1 = 6
4. Terry Day - FX 0 0 = 0
5. Danny Halsey (C) - 3 3 3 2* 2* = 13+2 PAID MAX
6. Gary Cottham - 1 0 1 = 2
7. Lee Strudwick - 0 2* 3 3 FX 3 3 = 14+1

Redcar Cubs = 40

1. Scott James - F 3 2 1 0 = 6
2. Jade Mudgway - 2 1 2 1* 1 = 7+1
3. Gary Beaton (C) - 3 1* X 2 = 6+1
4. Martin Emerson - 1 2 1 FX = 4
5. Steven Jones - 1 1* 3 0 = 5+1
6. David Wallinger - 2* 2 2* 0 = 6+2
7. Guy Kendrew - 3 0 1* X 2 = 6+1

Heat Results


Heat 01: Smith, Mudgway, Betson, James (Fell) 4-2 60.2

Heat 02: Kendrew, Wallinger, Cottham, Strudwick. (1-5) 5-7 61.1

Heat 03: Re-Run. Beaton, Aldridge, Emerson, Day (Fell, Excluded). (2-4) 7-11 59.7

Heat 04: Halsey, Strudwick, Jones, Kendrew. (5-1) 12-12 59.2

Heat 05: James, Aldridge, Mudgway, Day. (2-4) 14-16 60.5

Heat 06: Betson, Wallinger, Jones, Smith. (3-3) 17-19 AWARDED

Heat 07: Halsey, Emerson, Beaton, Cottham. (3-3) 20-22 59.4

Heat 08: Strudwick, Mudgway, Kendrew, Smith. (3-3) 23-25 58.9

Heat 09: Jones, Wallinger, Aldridge, Day. (1-5) 24-30 61.7

Heat 10: Strudwick, Betson, Emerson, Kendrew (Excluded). (5-1) 29-31 59.4

Heat 11: Halsey, James, Mudgway, Strudwick (Fell, Excluded). (3-3) 32-34 AWARDED

Heat 12: Re-Run. Strudwick, Beaton, Aldridge, Wallinger. (4-2) 36-36 60.1

Heat 13: Betson, Halsey, James, Jones. (5-1) 41-37 60.1

Heat 14: Re-Run x 2 Strudwick, Kendrew, Cottham, Emerson (Fell, Excluded). (4-2) 45-39 59.8

Heat 15: Betson, Halsey, Mudgway, James. (5-1) 50-40 60.8
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Comments:

Teams confirmed.
Rye House won the toss and took gates 1&3.

Heat 01: Smith fast away. Cobras second and third until James fell on bend 3 lap 4. Betson looked to be taking it easy in his first ride back from injury.
Heat 02: Cubs pair just edged the start and sent Strudwick wide. Cottham on their tail and almost got second coming out of the last bend.
Heat 03: Day slid off on third bend challenging up the inside of Beaton for the lead. Aldridge did well to avoid him and lay it down without clattering the fence. Both Cobras are up and ok. Fence in need of repair. Re-Run with 3 riders. In the Re-Run Cubs from the gate but Aldridge got second when Emerson got out of shape on bend 3 lap 2. Beaton looked smooth although Aldridge was close behind at the end.
Heat 04: Normal service resumed for the Cobras. Cubs pair never really threatened.
Heat 05: Cubs from the gate. Aldridge round the outside of Mudgeway on bend 2 lap 3 after Mudgway had turned right on him coming off the bends on the previous lap. Aldridge almost passed James on last lap but was blocked again. Day was close to Mudgway at the end.
Heat 06: Cobras on a 5-1 until Smith went too fast into bend 4 and went wide. After that he was going too fast into the bends to try and pass the Cubs pair and ended up losing it at the start of lap 3.
Heat 07: Cottham went wide on first bend and never caught up. Emerson fast but again struggling with the bends. Beaton gave him plenty of room and almost managed to hit the fence coming off the last bend when under no pressure.
Heat 08: Strudwick way out in front. Kendrew out of control on lap 2 bend 4 and almost stopped right in front of Smith who did well to avoid him but was completely baulked in the process.
Heat 09: Another even start. Wallinger up the inside of Day coming off second bend. Aldridge passed Day on lap 2 and tried round the outside of Wallinger but the Cubs pair were too good. Wallingers front mudguard flew off on lap 3 and hit Aldridge. Texter would like to know if there is anything in the rule book regarding this.
Heat 10: Strudwick takes a reserve ride. Beaton excluded under 2 minutes. Wallinger comes in for Beaton and down on track after colliding with Strudwick on first bend. He did well to bail out before hitting the fence and it will be re-run with all 4 back. Wallinger receiving attention from the paramedics. Wallinger limped back to the pits and it's now Kendrew in green. In the re-run Kendrew excluded for touching the tapes and cannot go off 15mtrs. Very brave from Strudwick to go round the outside of Emerson on second bend.
Heat 11. Strudwick takes a reserve ride. Strudwick collected the fence and ended on his back halfway down the back straight. He was attempting to pass James at the time. Strudwick up and OK.
Heat 12: Race stopped after Beaton cut across from gate 4 and caused both himself and Strudwick to crash. All four back. Great ride from Strudwick in the re-run passing Beaton on the outside despite being squeezed up against the fence.
Heat 13: James made the start and blocked Halsey round the outside coming off second bend. Betson passed him on the inside of the back straight and then Halsey passed him round the outside on bend 3 lap 2.
Heat 14: Strudwick takes a reserve ride. Complete fiasco at the start. Strudwick slid off on first bend on his own, Kendrew locked up on the inside and went across the grass before returning to the track. Strudwick back up and racing down back straight expecting Kendrew to be excluded. Emerson then falls on bend 3 and ref puts red lights on. After some thinking time ref decides all 4 back. In the re-run Emerson caught out trying to anticipate the start and Cobras gate on a 5-1. Emerson enters bend too fast and bails out before bike hits the fence. Emerson excluded. More fun in the third re-run as Cottham trundles away from the tapes and poodles around before being lapped on the back straight of lap 3.
Heat 15 Line Up. Betson Halsey Mudgway James. James lined up right on the outside of gate 2 and Halsey on gate 3 was clearly not happy. James gated but was last long before riders entered bend 3. Easy 5-1 for the Cobras.

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Without the services of the influential Aaron Summers the Cubs travelled to Hertfordshire on Saturday determined to run the Rye House Cobras close. On a track that is notoriously tight round the first and second bends it was the Cubs reserve pairing of Guy Kendrew & David Wallinger who threw down the gauntlet to the home team with a superb effort in race two. It was all square again after four races when Daniel Halsey & Lee Strudwick beat Steve Jones but the Cubs responded immediately. Scott James inflicted Andrew Aldridge’s first ever defeat with Jade Mudgway in third. The Cubs extended their lead after nine races when Steve Jones & David Wallinger got a 5-1 against Aldridge to extend the lead to 6pts. The problem was that Rye House had Danny Betson, Daniel Halsey & Lee Strudwick firing on all cylinders and the Cubs only had Scott James who could match them. Heat 10 proved to be a crucial turning point. Gary Beaton failed to beat the two minute time allowance and reserve David Wallinger came in. Unfortunately for Dave he was the victim of some over exuberant riding by Strudwick who entering the first bend made contact with him and sent him flying into and under the greyhound fencing. Wallinger was not fit enough to take part in the rerun having damaged his right ankle and his replacement Guy Kendrew touched the tapes and was excluded. The referee – who had deemed the original incident as ‘first bend bunching’ - had the Cubs management and many supporters in the crowd questioning his eyesight.

Strudwick was again at the centre of a controversial incident two races later when both him and Gary Beaton off gates three and four went round the first bend in unison. Unfortunately Beaton was pushed that far wide he ended up in the same place as team mate Wallinger had earlier. The referee once again deemed it as ‘first bend bunching’ and another heat advantage to Rye House. With the scores level the Cobras then got a genuine advantage with a 5-1 from Betson & Halsey which they then repeated in the final race to run out fortunate victors by 49-40pts.

The defeat saw the Cubs remain top of the Conference League table with returnee Jade Mudgway showing no ill effects from his recent wrist injury and both reserves Guy Kendrew & David Wallinger returning to some semblance of form. Scott James was racing his third match in three days having appeared for the Cubs against Scunthorpe on Thursday.. He then rode at Edinburgh on Friday night for the senior Scunthorpe team as a guest, travelled back home to Workington and then made the long journey to Hertfordshire on Saturday. No wonder he wasn’t as sharp at Rye House.

SCORERS
Jade Mudgway 7+1, David Wallinger 6+2, Guy Kendrew 6+1, Scott James & Gary Beaton 6, Steve Jones 5+1, Martin Emerson 4.

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Jade Mudgway underneath Andrew Aldridge

all 85 photos of meeting on Colin Poole's site

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