Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 8:51:52 GMT
The Pride
Official Media Outlet of the Charlemont Chargers Speedway Team
09/10/2015 at THE BULLET ARENA - ATTENDANCE 669
SIM SPEEDWAY 2015/16 - ACADEMY LEAGUE -
Charlemont Chargers had a night to forget when they came up against a high scoring Bottsford Bullets. The night ended in a heavy defeat to the away side and to add salt to the wounds The Golden Lions came away with Captain and star number one Neil Johnson injuried and already out of the grudge semi final cup match against the Raptors.
The meeting was a progressive defeat for the Chargers who set about things all the wrong way, to many close heats and not enough fast gating made the passes on track difficult and the home advantage really did shine through. The only shining night for the away side was in heat 9 when Ewald Dirtl and Chris Williams got a foot hold in the match and scored a very comfortable 1-5 but the Bullets responded with four 5-1s and pushed the gap in scores to 20 points before heat 15 and really showed their dominace.
The night turned from a struggle to a nightmare in heat 13 when Neil Johnson caught the back wheel of his team mate after a poor gate and tumbled hard into the airfence on turn 3. After a few moments with the medic on track it was apparent that he was seriously hurt and the ambulance was called to help get the right treatment at the local A&E
Manager Comments
'Scrap this one out the history books, not to bothered about the result I am just a bit concered about Neil, early diagnosis is that hes broke his ankle so what has been a frustrating night has turned into a worrying one. I know I did say previously that we maybe looking for changes in the side but I didnt want it to occur this way. Ive made my mind up im sticking with this team and pushing on to help these riders develop. Its our first season and winning isnt everything so Im getting behind the lads in reserve to turn it around in the second half of the season.'
'Next match against Rowley has just tipped in their favor with us being without our number one so pressure is off, we can just go into the Semi Final and enjoy ourselves. It going to be a massive derby and everyone in the area is buzzing for it. First of many big meetings for our two sides'
'Bringing it back to tonight, thats our bonus point missed and to be honest thats what we came here to achieve. Maybe that caused us to be a little bit negative and focus on keeping it tight and not going all out to win. Lesson learnt and onto the rest of the season.'
BOTTESFORD BULLETS - 55 (96)
1. Martin Greer.............. 1* 1 3 2* 2 - 9+2
2. Lewie Carr................ 2 3 2 2* 1* - 10+2
3. Hamish Hamilton........... 3 3 0 2 - - 8
4. Zoltan Stepukhin.......... 2* 1 1 3 - - 7+1
5. Mike Cartwright........... X 0 3 3 - - 6
6. Will Stone................ 3 3 2* 1* 2* - 11+3
7. Ricky Ede................. 1 2 1* - - - 4+1
CHARLEMONT CHARGERS - 35 (84)
1. Neil Johnston............. 3 2 3 R F - 8 (I)
2. Ray France................ 0 0 1 - - - 1
3. Wayne Douglas............. 0 1* 0 - - - 1+1
4. Ewald Dirtl............... 1 2 3 1 1 0 8
5. Chris Williams............ 3 2 2* 3 1 3 14+1
6. Ian Lennon................ 2 F 0 0 - - 2
7. Lewis Drager.............. 0 1 0 - - - 1
No. Results BO CH BO CH
1: Neil Johnston, Lewie Carr, Martin Greer, Ray France............... 3 3 3 3
2: Will Stone, Ian Lennon, Ricky Ede, Lewis Drager................... 4 2 7 5
3: Hamish Hamilton, Zoltan Stepukhin, Ewald Dirtl, Wayne Douglas..... 5 1 12 6
4: Chris Williams, Ricky Ede, Lewis Drager, Mike Cartwright (X)...... 2 4 14 10
5: Hamish Hamilton, Neil Johnston, Zoltan Stepukhin, Ray France...... 4 2 18 12
6: Lewie Carr, Chris Williams, Martin Greer, Ian Lennon (F).......... 4 2 22 14
7: Will Stone, Ewald Dirtl, Wayne Douglas, Mike Cartwright........... 3 3 25 17
8: Neil Johnston, Lewie Carr, Ricky Ede, Lewis Drager................ 3 3 28 20
9: Ewald Dirtl, Chris Williams, Zoltan Stepukhin, Hamish Hamilton.... 1 5 29 25
10: Martin Greer, Lewie Carr, Ewald Dirtl, Wayne Douglas.............. 5 1 34 26
11: Mike Cartwright, Will Stone, Ray France, Neil Johnston (R)........ 5 1 39 27
12: Chris Williams, Hamish Hamilton, Will Stone, Ian Lennon........... 3 3 42 30
13: Mike Cartwright, Martin Greer, Chris Williams, Neil Johnston (F).. 5 1 47 31
14: Zoltan Stepukhin, Will Stone, Ewald Dirtl, Ian Lennon............. 5 1 52 32
15: Chris Williams, Martin Greer, Lewie Carr, Ewald Dirtl............. 3 3 55 35
INJURY UPDATE
Heat 13 - Neil Johnson fell awkwardly and cracked his ankle bone will miss two meetings
CHANGES
BOTTESFORD BULLETS
Heat 12 - Will Stone in as a reserve replacement for Ricky Ede
CHARLEMONT CHARGERS
Heat 8 - Neil Johnston in as a tactical substitute for Ray France
Heat 9 - Ewald Dirtl in as a tactical substitute for Ian Lennon
Heat 11 - Chris Williams in as a tactical substitute for Wayne Douglas
Heat 14 - Ian Lennon in as a reserve replacement for Lewis Drager
**STARMAN** Will Stone (Bottesford Bullets)