A return to winning ways

May 22, 2011

Hammers responded to Jon Cook’s call for more bite from the team with a thumping 61-32 demolition of King Lynn. Without Piotr Swiderski and Peter Ljung the Hammers operated rider replacement and drafted in Ryan Fisher against a full strength Stars side.

Heat 1 saw Lee Richardson pass Kenneth Bjerre to join Kauko Nieminen on a 5-1 and that set the tone for the first 5 races. Step up Stuart Robson – ever the entertainer, Robbo produced passes in his first three rides to help put the Hammers up 23-7 by Heat 5. Indeed Ht 5 was Robbo’s ride of the night as he caught and passed Tactical Rider Kenneth Bjerre and Tomas Topinka for a 5-1 with Adam Shields.

There was much determination in evidence in Ht 4 which took 3 goes to run it as Iversen and Guest Fisher came down in each of the first two. Fisher would finish the meeting with a hand injury but not before riding some entertaining races.

The Stars second Tactical ride saw Kornelliusen score their only heat advantage in Ht 7 before the Hammers confidence round the first turns started to show and they finished with 4 consecutive heat advantages.

Kings Lynn relied heavily on Iversen and Kornelliusen but were no match for the Hammers in this determined mood.

Rob Mear again put in a solid performance, and with Shields, Nieminen and Richardson all contributing good points the Hammers second 60 point haul of the season was a welcome relief to the home support.

Lakeside = 61

1. Lee Richardson   3  2  1  3  3    = 12
2. Kauko Nieminen   2' 1  1' 2' 3    = 9+3
3. Adam Shields     3  3  1' 3  3    = 13+1
4. Rider Replacement
5. Ryan Fisher (G)  1  1' 1' 1       = 4+2
6. Robert Mear      3  2  2  2  2'   = 11+1
7. Stuart Robson    2' 3  2' 3  1  1 = 12+2

Kings Lynn = 32

1. Kenneth Bjerre    1  1^ 3  0    = 5
2. Tomas Topinka     0  0  0  0    = 0
3. Mads Korneliussen 2  6^ 2  2  0 = 12
4. Oliver Allen      0  0  0       = 0
5. Niels K Iversen   2  3  3  2  2 = 12
6. Lasse Bjerre      0  F  0  0  1 = 1
7. Filip Sitera      1  0  1  0    = 2

Heat Results

Heat 01: Richardson, Nieminen, K Bjerre, Topinka 5-1 58.9
Heat 02: Mear, Robson, Sitera, L Bjerre 5-1 10-2 58.9
Heat 03: Shields, Korneliussen, Nieminen, Allen 4-2 14-4 58.5
Heat 04: Robson, Iversen, Fisher, Sitera 4-2 18-6 59.2
Heat 05: Shields, Robson, K Bjerre (tactical ride), Topinka 5-1 23-7 58.7
Heat 06: Iversen, Richardson, Nieminen, L Bjerre (fell) 3-3 26-10
Heat 07: Korneliussen (tactical ride), Mear, Fisher, Allen 3-6 29-16 59.6
Heat 08: Robson, Nieminen, Sitera, Topinka 5-1 34-17 59.7
Heat 09: Iversen, Mear, Shields, L Bjerre 3-3 37-20 59.2
Heat 10: Nieminen, Korneliussen, Richardson, Allen 4-2 41-22 58.7
Heat 11: K Bjerre, Mear, Fisher, Topinka 3-3 44-25 59.2
Heat 12: Shields, Korneliussen, Robson, L Bjerre 4-2 48-27 59.5
Heat 13: Richardson, Iversen, Fisher, K Bjerre 4-2 52-29 58.9
Heat 14: Shields, Mear, L Bjerre, Sitera 5-1 57-30 59.6
Heat 15: Richardson, Iversen, Robson, Korneliussen 4-2 61-32

Heat 3: Adam Shields (red), Mads Korneliussen (white), Kauko Nieminen (blue). and Oliver Allen – Lakeside Hammers vs King’s Lynn Stars – Elite League Speedway at Arena Essex Raceway – 21/05/11 – (Gavin Ellis/TGSPHOTO)