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2018-06-14 RYE HOUSE ROCKETS 2017 LEAGUE FINISHED 5th OF 8 TEAMS, K.O.CUP LOST TO SWINDON IN THE FIRST ROUND MATCH REPORTS REPRODUCED WITH KIND PERMISSION OF THE SPEEDWAY STAR Special Thanks to Pete Hill and Ken Burnett for their help with this file Data Source - Speedway Star / Programmes / Speedway Researcher VENUE RYE HOUSE STADIUM COMPETITION LEAGUE RYE HOUSE 51.0 41.0 WOLVERHAMPTON DATE: 01/04/2017 RESULT: HOME WIN AGREGATE SCORE The Team BMR Rockets made the dream start to their first season in the Premiership in front of a huge crowd in Hoddesdon. The arrival of top level speedway in East Hertfordshire created so much interest that the start time had to be delayed to allow those queuing outside the stadium to get in. They’ll be glad they did as the home side put on a memorable show. If an opening 5-1 from Lindgren and Howarth had a touch of welcome to the big leagues, the new boys quickly found their feet with the lively Branford and Perks returning the compliment in Heat 2. The reserve berths were to prove Wolves achilles heel with neither Clegg or Greaves able to make an impact all night. The initial signings of former British Champions Chris Harris and Scott Nicholls had raised plenty of eyebrows over the winter and the pair showed their class early on. Harris taking his time before picking off Skornicki in Heat 3 before Nicholls judged his fourth bend burst to perfection to catch Masters on the line in the next race. The Australian Champion got more rough treatment in Heat 6 as Kennett and Robson shut him out on the first bend to extend the home advantage to six. That quickly moved into double figures as Nicholls shepherded Perks home for his first win at his new club in Heat 7. Wolves started to cut into the lead in the next race when the impressive Howarth took double points in front of the chasing Branford. If the reigning champions thought the new pretenders would wobble they were mistaken as the lead dwindled down to just four with just two heats remaining. The initial running of Heat 14 saw Thorssell get the better of Watt only for proceedings to be halted when Greaves came down on the third bend. The Rockets man made the most of his reprieve taking the perfect line out of gate four to ensure a first Premiership victory. Heat 15 provided the icing on a considerable cake with Harris scorching to the fastest time of the night backed up by the classy Nicholls to send the home fans away in jubilant mood. Pete Hill - Speedway Star HOME TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 KENNETT, Edward 1 3 3 2 4 9.0 0.0 9.0 2 ROBSON, Stuart 0 2* 1* T 4 3.0 2.0 5.0 3 HARRIS, Chris 3 3 1* 2 3 5 12.0 1.0 13.0 4 WATT, David 0 0 2 3 4 5.0 0.0 5.0 5 NICHOLLS, Scott 3 2* 2 1* 2* 5 10.0 3.0 13.0 6 BRANFORD, Robert 3 2 0 1 4 6.0 0.0 6.0 7 PERKS, Ellis 2* 1 3 0 EX 5 6.0 1.0 7.0 AWAY TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 LINDGREN, Freddie 3 1* 1 3 1 5 9.0 1.0 10.0 2 HOWARTH, Kyle 2* 2 6^ 3 0 5 13.0 1.0 14.0 3 SKORNICKI, Adam 2 1 1* 3 4 7.0 1.0 8.0 4 THORSSELL, Jacob 1* 0 2 2 4 5.0 1.0 6.0 5 MASTERS, Sam 2 1 3 0 4 6.0 0.0 6.0 6 CLEGG, Max 0 0 0 EX 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 GREAVES, Nathan 1 0 0 EX 4 1.0 0.0 1.0 Ht. 1st: 2nd 3rd Unplaced Time H A H A Other: 1 LINDGREN, F HOWARTH, K KENNETT, E ROBSON, St. 57.1 1.0 5.0 1.0 5.0 2 BRANFORD, R PERKS, E GREAVES, N CLEGG, M F/Rem 56.2 5.0 1.0 6.0 6.0 3 HARRIS, Chris SKORNICKI, A THORSSELL, J WATT, D 58.2 3.0 3.0 9.0 9.0 4 NICHOLLS, S MASTERS, S PERKS, E GREAVES, N 57.5 4.0 2.0 13.0 11.0 5 HARRIS, Chris HOWARTH, K LINDGREN, F WATT, D 57.2 3.0 3.0 16.0 14.0 6 KENNETT, E ROBSON, St. MASTERS, S CLEGG, M 58.1 5.0 1.0 21.0 15.0 7 PERKS, E NICHOLLS, S SKORNICKI, A THORSSELL, J 58.5 5.0 1.0 26.0 16.0 8 HOWARTH, K TR BRANFORD, R ROBSON, St. GREAVES, N F/Rem 59.0 3.0 6.0 29.0 22.0 9 MASTERS, S WATT, D HARRIS, Chris CLEGG, M 57.5 3.0 3.0 32.0 25.0 10 KENNETT, E THORSSELL, J SKORNICKI, A PERKS, E 58.1 3.0 3.0 35.0 28.0 ROBSON, St. T 11 HOWARTH, K NICHOLLS, S LINDGREN, F BRANFORD, R 57.5 2.0 4.0 37.0 32.0 12 SKORNICKI, A HARRIS, Chris PERKS, E F/Exc CLEGG, M F/Exc 2.0 3.0 39.0 35.0 13 LINDGREN, F KENNETT, E NICHOLLS, S MASTERS, S 57.4 3.0 3.0 42.0 38.0 14 WATT, D THORSSELL, J BRANFORD, R GREAVES, N F/Exc 57.8 4.0 2.0 46.0 40.0 15 HARRIS, Chris NICHOLLS, S LINDGREN, F HOWARTH, K 56.8 5.0 1.0 51.0 41.0 Page 1 14/06/2018 VENUE RYE HOUSE STADIUM COMPETITION K.O.C. 1st ROUND 1st LEG RYE HOUSE 41.0 49.0 SWINDON DATE: 08/04/2017 RESULT: AWAY WIN AGREGATE SCORE The Robins took an eight point advantage into Thursday’s home leg thanks to a solid team perfor-mance on a slick surface. With gating paramount it was the visitors who proved much sharper from the start against a Rockets line-up that failed to take their opportunities. With the teams separated by just two points as Heat 9 approached Emil Grondal’s fall on the third bend gave the home side a two to one advantage in the re-run. The impressive Nick Morris though made light of the situation powering round Chris Harris to keep the lead in tact. One chance gone the Rockets spurned another in the next race as Morris made the most of an untidy start which had left Stuart Robson stranded at the tapes to keep the Robins noses in front. The night had started in frustrating fashion for the home side when Robson was unlucky to be excluded after challenging Wilson-Dean on the third bend. The New Zealander though who has always professed his liking for the tight Hoddesdon raceway had another fine night returning paid ten points. Scott Nicholls was the pick of the home riders his perfectly timed pass round Jason Doyle in Heat 13 providing one of the highlights. Too often though the Rockets were left playing catch up against opponents who made maximum use of rider replacement scoring 11 points out of 12 for the missing Adam Ellis. There was plenty of action to keep another big crowd entertained. Bellego being lucky to walk away from a spectacular spill on the home straight of Heat 10 after Morris and Robson had clashed on the fourth bend. Still only two points in front with two races left Emil Grondal’s sharp start in Heat 14 secured victory on the night for The Robins before Morris and Doyle made the Rockets second leg task even more difficult with a 4-2 in the final action. Pete Hill - Speedway Star HOME TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 KENNETT, Edward 3 3 2 0 4 8.0 0.0 8.0 2 ROBSON, Stuart EX 1 1* 1* 4 3.0 2.0 5.0 3 HARRIS, Chris 1 2 1* 3 0 5 7.0 1.0 8.0 4 WATT, David 0 0 2 1 4 3.0 0.0 3.0 5 NICHOLLS, Scott 3 2 2 3 2 5 12.0 0.0 12.0 6 MORLEY, Ben GUEST 3 0 0 3 3.0 0.0 3.0 7 PERKS, Ellis 1 1 2 EX 1 5 5.0 0.0 5.0 AWAY TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 DOYLE, Jason 2 3 3 2 1 5 11.0 0.0 11.0 2 WILSON-DEAN, Bradley 1* 3 1 3 1 5 9.0 1.0 10.0 3 ELLIS, Adam R/R 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 BELLEGO, David 2* 1 EX 2 2* 5 7.0 2.0 9.0 5 MORRIS, Nick 2 2 3 3 1* 3 6 14.0 1.0 15.0 6 GRONDAL, Emil 2 0 3 EX 0 3 6 8.0 0.0 8.0 7 WAJTKNECHT, Zach 0 0 0 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ht.