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The Pride
Official Media Outlet of the Charlemont Chargers Speedway Team
24/07/2015 at ALL SAINTS STADIUM - ATTENDANCE 646
SIM SPEEDWAY 2015/16 - ACADEMY LEAGUE
 
Charlemont started the season campaign with a win at the new All Saints Stadium against top tipped Bottesford Bullets. The chargers also started the season well by sitting top of the table after the first weeks fixtures. The meeting started well for the Chargers with 5-1 in the opener with Johnstone taking the win followed home by Ray France who has started the season well in the main body when many expected him to be at reserve. The meeting was they tightly contested but the Chargers extended their lead to 8 points by heat 7 where Edwald Dirtl scored two races wins in two 4-2's with Ian lennon from reserve and Wayne Douglas who improved through the night. However spirts were dampnd in heat 8 when Martin Greer and Lewie Carr of the bullets took a 1-5 to close the gap right up in a difficult heat where the chargers have Lennon and France in the same heat which is like sending out two reserves.
Another 1-5 in heat 11 by the Bullets saw the score within 4 points and the away side looked to have momentum and were heading into the interval with confidence. The home side however steaded the scores to keep a four point lead until the a final heat decider. The outcome however sent The Pride faithful into raptures where Steven Hunt sent out Neil Johnston and Chris Williams to go and get the win which they did in style with a 5-1 which won the meeting but also denied an away point for the Bullets.
Steven Hunt Comments
'What a night of speedway, if we have this on quality of racing on display then im sure we can bring more fans in, it was fantastic. To be fair the racing was so good because the away side are so good, we were pushed hard, very hard. I am happy with the riders and they have scored well but its important that we starting scoring well at reserve and I had hoped to give them some track time after the meeting but this was refused by the NSSPA who believe its to early in the season and we have to give them time to settle in. I understand that paticance is a virtue but reserves win you meetings and I have every faith in them but for them to improve I need to give the coaching and time on the track.'
'Its a great start to the season, we have hit the ground running both in league and cup and long may it continue. Its a long road ahead but we aim to be towards the top. Were finding our feet me more than anyone but its very enjoyable. I hope all our fans who came tonight enjoyed themselves and will go and tell a few people to head down and get behind the local speedway side. We have some offers coming up for the fans so we hope we can drive the crowds in and get the place bouncing.'
CHARLEMONT CHARGERS - 49
1. Neil Johnston............. 3 2 3 2 3 - 13
2. Ray France................ 2* 1* 0 X - - 3+2
3. Chris Williams............ 3 1* 2* 3 2* - 11+3
4. Wayne Douglas............. 0 2 3 3 - - 8
5. Ewald Dirtl............... 3 3 0 1* - - 7+1
6. Lewis Drager.............. 2 1 1 0 - - 4
7. Ian Lennon................ 1* 1 1 0 - - 3+1
BOTTESFORD BULLETS - 41
1. Zoltan Stepukhin.......... 1 3 2 3 0 0 9
2. Will Stone................ 0 0 2* - - - 2+1
3. Mike Cartwright........... 1* 2 1* 1* - - 5+3
4. Hamish Hamilton........... 2 Fx 2 - - - 4
5. Martin Greer.............. 2 3 3 1 3 1 13
6. Luke Patryk............... 0 F 0 - - - 0
7. Lewie Carr................ 3 0 2* 2 1* - 8+2
No. Results CH BO CH BO
1: Neil Johnston, Ray France, Zoltan Stepukhin, Will Stone........... 5 1 5 1
2: Lewie Carr, Lewis Drager, Ian Lennon, Luke Patryk................. 3 3 8 4
3: Chris Williams, Hamish Hamilton, Mike Cartwright, Wayne Douglas... 3 3 11 7
4: Ewald Dirtl, Martin Greer, Ian Lennon, Lewie Carr................. 4 2 15 9
5: Zoltan Stepukhin, Wayne Douglas, Chris Williams, Will Stone....... 3 3 18 12
6: Martin Greer, Neil Johnston, Ray France, Luke Patryk (F).......... 3 3 21 15
7: Ewald Dirtl, Mike Cartwright, Lewis Drager, Hamish Hamilton (Fx).. 4 2 25 17
8: Martin Greer, Lewie Carr, Ian Lennon, Ray France.................. 1 5 26 22
9: Wayne Douglas, Chris Williams, Martin Greer, Luke Patryk.......... 5 1 31 23
10: Neil Johnston, Zoltan Stepukhin, Mike Cartwright, Ray France (X).. 3 3 34 26
11: Zoltan Stepukhin, Will Stone, Lewis Drager, Ewald Dirtl........... 1 5 35 31
12: Chris Williams, Luke Patryk, Mike Cartwright, Ian Lennon.......... 3 3 38 34
13: Martin Greer, Neil Johnston, Ewald Dirtl, Zoltan Stepukhin........ 3 3 41 37
14: Wayne Douglas, Hamish Hamilton, Lewie Carr, Lewis Drager.......... 3 3 44 40
15: Neil Johnston, Chris Williams, Martin Greer, Zoltan Stepukhin..... 5 1 49 41