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The Pride
Official Media Outlet of the Charlemont Chargers Speedway Team
10/07/2015 at THANET ARENA - ATTENDANCE 588
SIM SPEEDWAY 2015/16 - ACADEMY LEAGUE
Charlemont Chargers remain at the top of the Sim Speedway Academy Leagye table after a very hard thought 45-45 draw against the Westwood Wizards. It was a top perfomance from the away side who had a 10 point advantage untill heat 9 and the tactical changes the Wizards made slowly draw the scores back level.
The meeting started very well for the Chargers as Neil Johnston & Ray France did like that did in the opener last week and took a 5-1 wo really set the ball rolling. The team then continued to pull away with another 5-1 in heat four with an impressive ride from Ian lennon to beat the Wizards heat leader from reserve and follow Ewald Dirtl home. The meeting then twod and throwed as 4-2's were swapped and then a 5-1 to the home side saw the meeting close level. It could have been all over in that heat 10 when Wayne Douglas fell from being in the lead when the scores were 3-3.
Manager Comments
'I am could say im disapointed, we had a great chance to win the match but we struggled in the tail end of the meeting. To get an away win in our first away meeting is brilliant and we have learnt alot and we look to push on from this. We have some tough teams in this leaague so to get results like this shows we are in a good position.'
'Neil Johnston is pushing this team forward and his mentoring of the team means they are following him. Chris Williams is having a gret start of the season and he has been working very closely with the captian. The reserves scored well tonight, they both outscored there opposite number which is what we ask for from the team but it would be nice to get them training soon once we know if they are both going to be still be at reserve. It could be close for Ian Lennon moving into the main body of the team and young Ray France settling in reserve but either way we know they will score the points we need.'
'My only gripe is these tacticals, to give a home side three chances of changing a rider is beyond me. We already have a disadvantage being the away side but when we perfom like the home side should we get punished for it. Not really to fair, Id like this rule to change a little because when you have Johnny Calder their number one is up against our two reserves is really a tad unfair. However our guys went out on track beat him but if that turns out to be a 4-2 or a 5-1 we come away from the meeting with nothing...beyond me.
WESTWOOD WIZARDS 45
1. Johnny Calder............. 0 3 0 3 1 - 7
2. Glen Harmison............. 1 1 2* - - - 4+1
3. Linus Cedergren........... 3 2 3 3 3 - 14
4. Niall Lowriston........... 0 1* 1 2 - - 4+1
5. John Hellsen.............. 1 2 3 3 0 - 9
6. Carlos Goody.............. 0 0 1 - - - 1
7. Donnie Reeves............. 3 0 2 0 1* - 6+1
CHARLEMONT CHARGERS - 45
1. Neil Johnston............. 3 3 2 2 2 - 12
2. Ray France................ 2* 0 3 0 - - 5+1
3. Chris Williams............ 1* 3 1 2 1* - 8+2
4. Wayne Douglas............. 2 1 Fx 3 - - 6
5. Ewald Dirtl............... 3 2 2 0 - - 7
6. Lewis Drager.............. 1* 0 0 - - - 1+1
7. Ian Lennon................ 2 2* 1 1* 0 - 6+2
No. Results WE CH WE CH
1: Neil Johnston, Ray France, Glen Harmison, Johnny Calder........... 1 5 1 5
2: Donnie Reeves, Ian Lennon, Lewis Drager, Carlos Goody............. 3 3 4 8
3: Linus Cedergren, Wayne Douglas, Chris Williams, Niall Lowriston... 3 3 7 11
4: Ewald Dirtl, Ian Lennon, John Hellsen, Donnie Reeves.............. 1 5 8 16
5: Neil Johnston, Linus Cedergren, Niall Lowriston, Ray France....... 3 3 11 19
6: Johnny Calder, Ewald Dirtl, Glen Harmison, Lewis Drager........... 4 2 15 21
7: Chris Williams, John Hellsen, Wayne Douglas, Carlos Goody......... 2 4 17 25
8: Ray France, Donnie Reeves, Ian Lennon, Johnny Calder.............. 2 4 19 29
9: Linus Cedergren, Ewald Dirtl, Niall Lowriston, Lewis Drager....... 4 2 23 31
10: Johnny Calder, Glen Harmison, Chris Williams, Wayne Douglas (Fx).. 5 1 28 32
11: John Hellsen, Neil Johnston, Carlos Goody, Ray France............. 4 2 32 34
12: Linus Cedergren, Chris Williams, Ian Lennon, Donnie Reeves........ 3 3 35 37
13: John Hellsen, Neil Johnston, Johnny Calder, Ewald Dirtl........... 4 2 39 39
14: Wayne Douglas, Niall Lowriston, Donnie Reeves, Ian Lennon......... 3 3 42 42
15: Linus Cedergren, Neil Johnston, Chris Williams, John Hellsen...... 3 3 45 45