Hammers miss out on the south coast

The Hammers returned from Arlington empty handed tonight, going down 51- 39 against The Eastbourne Eagles in front of the Sky Sports cameras.

Despite the Hammers taking an early eight point lead after heat 4, with Rob Mear delivering two heat wins, the Eagles gradually clawed their way back into the meeting, levelling the scores after heat 9.  A 5-1 to the Eagles in heat 13 left the Hammers with work to do to claim an away point, in the final two heats.

Heat 14 proved decisive when referee Christina Turnbull called all four back after The Eagles rider Timo Lahti hit the deck in the first turn. In the subsequent re-run, Lahti teamed up with Cameron Woodward to deliver a further 5-1. Despite their best efforts coming off  unfancied gates 2 and 4 in the final heat, Hammers heat leaders Davey Watt & Peter Karlsson were unable to achieve the necessary 5-1 to claim the away point.

Scores:

Eastbourne Eagles = 51

1. Joonas Kylmakorpi – 0, 3, 3, 2′, 1 = 9+1
2. Lukas Dryml – 1, 0, 3, 2′ = 6+1
3. Simon Gustafsson – 0, 3, 2, 2 = 7
4. Cameron Woodward – 3, 2′, 1′, 2′, 3 = 11+3
5. Lewis Bridger – 0, 3, 2, 3 = 8
6. Denis Gizatullin – 1′, 0, 0 = 1+1
7. Timo Lahti – 2, 1, 2′, 1′, 3 = 9+2

Lakeside Hammers = 39

1. Davey Watt – 3, R, 3, 1, 2 = 9
2. Kim Nilsson – 2′, 1, 1′, 1, 1 = 6+2
3. Peter Karlsson – 2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 0 = 11
4. Kauko Nieminen – 1′, 2′, 1′, 0, 1 = 5+3
5. R/R – (KNie 2′, KNil – 1′, PK – 3, AD – 0 = 6+2)
6. Alex Davies (G) – 0, 0, 0 = 0
7. Robert Mear – 3, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0 = 8

Heat Results

Heat 01: Watt, Nilsson, Dryml, Kylmakorpi. 1-5
Heat 02: Mear, Lahti, Gizatullin, Davies. (3-3) 4-8
Heat 03: Woodward, Karlsson, Nieminen, Gustafsson. (3-3) 7-11
Heat 04: Mear, Nieminen, Lahti, Bridger. (1-5) 8-16
Heat 05: Gustafsson, Woodward, Nilsson, Watt (Retired). (5-1) 13-17
Heat 06: Kylmakorpi, Mear, Nilsson, Dryml. (3-3) 16-20
Heat 07: Bridger, Karlsson, Nieminen, Gizatullin. (3-3) 19-23
Heat 08: Dryml, Lahti, Nilsson, Mear. (5-1) 24-24
Heat 09: Karlsson, Gustafsson, Woodward, Davies. (3-3) 27-27
Heat 10: Kylmakorpi, Dryml, Karlsson, Nieminen. (5-1) 32-28
Heat 11: Watt, Bridger, Nilsson, Gizatullin. (2-4) 34-32
Heat 12: Karlsson, Gustafsson, Lahti, Mear. (3-3) 37-35
Heat 13: Bridger, Kylmakorpi, Watt, Davies. (5-1) 42-36
Heat 14 (Re-Run): Lahti, Woodward, Nieminen, Mear. (5-1) 47-37
Heat 15: Woodward, Watt, Kylmakorpi, Karlsson. (4-2) 51-39

 

Picture: Heat 12: Peter Karlsson (red) and Robert Mear (blue) – Lakeside Hammers vs Kings Lynn Stars CREDIT: Rob Newell/TGSPHOTO