Post by wantagekings on May 12, 2015 18:06:10 GMT
We're going up! Once again the fans are dancing in the streets of Wantage!
Amazingly after only 3 seasons we will now enter the promised land of the Ultimate League - is that the fastest rise yet in Sim history?
Not only have we risen to the top league quickly we have also picked up 2 Fours titles, a KO Cup and a riders champion along the way so our supporters are certainly getting spoiled. Although some do point out we havent yet won a pairs trophy - maybe thats one for next season!
However the season doesnt end here - we still want to clinch the league title, and we can also assure Milton Keynes, Rye and Glastonbury that we wont have our slippers on this week when we travel to Chantry for our last match of the season. We want to end a magnificent season on a high.
Promotion was clinched this week with arguably our best performance of the season, a convincing victory over promotion rivals Whitby Vampires.
We'd had our eyes on this match for a few weeks, and we knew it would be make or break, and after an opening heat 3-3 we hammered in 3 consecutive 5-1s and never loked back. With a vocal crowd behind us we were never going to let it slip after that. Its such a relief as it had been getting a bit close for comfort with several teams ready to pounce if we slipped up.
We had a couple of untimely injuries and are very grateful that Nils Olsen was able to step in at short notice and score some very valuable points for us.
All that is left is for me to give a full role call to every rider who has represented Wantage this season and created Kings history:
Lars Meldgaard
Joe Finch
Anton Komac
Scott Salkeld
Bradley Foster
Matt Le Saux
Gonzalo Ramirez
Simon Chatham
Uwe Asche
Nils Olsen
as well as the AL guests who covered for injuries:
Mike Cartwright
Adam Burrows
Michael Smith
Justin Fitch
Every one of them played their part.
Next we will need to work out how on earth we can build a UL team!