Hammers bow out of play-offs

October 1, 2012

Poole Pirates progressed to the grand final of the Elite League play-offs as the Lakeside Hammers bowed out with this semi final defeat at Wimborne Road. The home side duly progressed following their victory at the Arena Raceway last week, signing off from their 2012 campaign by fielding those riders who had been such an integral part of their squad in what has been a very challenging year.

Elite League Play-off Semi Final, 2nd Leg

Poole Pirates = 61

1. Darcy Ward - 3, 3, 3, 3 = 12
 2. Ricky Kling - 1, 1, 0, 0 = 2
 3. Chris Holder - 3, 3, 2', 3 = 11+1
 4. Piotr Pawlicki - 2', 2', 3, 3, 2' = 12+3
 5. Krzysztof Kasprzak - 3, 3, 3, 2', 3 = 14+1
 6. Ludvig Lindgren - 3, F, 1, 1 = 5
 7. Kyle Howarth - 2', R, 2, 1 = 5+1

Lakeside Hammers = 30

1. Peter Karlsson - 0, R, 1, 2, 1 = 4
 2. Kim Nilsson - 2, 1, 2, 2^, 0 = 7
 3. Stuart Robson - 1, 1', 1', 2, 1 = 6+2
 4. Kauko Nieminen - R, 2, 2, 2, 0 = 6
 5. Rider Replacement
 6. Justin Sedgmen - 1, 0, 0, 0 = 1
 7. Robert Mear - 0, 2, 3, 0, 0 = 5
 8. Adam Ellis - 1' = 1+1

Poole win on aggregate 108 - 73

Heat Results

Heat 01: Ward, Nilsson, Kling, Karlsson (4-2) 61.1
 Heat 02: Lindgren, Howarth, Sedgmen, Mear (5-1) (9-3) 61.8
 Heat 03: Holder, Pawlicki, Robson, Nieminen (ret) (5-1) (14-4) 59.5
 Heat 05: Holder, Pawlicki, Nilsson, Karlsson (ret) (5-1) (22-8) 59.50
 Heat 06: Ward, Nilsson, Kling, Sedgmen (4-2) (26-10) 60.5
 Heat 07: Kasprzak, Nieminen, Robson, Lindgren (fell) (3-3) (29-13) 60.9
 Heat 08: Mear, Howarth, NILSSON, Kling (2-5) (31-18) 61.5
 Heat 09: Pawlicki, Holder, Karlsson, Sedgmen (5-1) (36-19) 59.6
 Heat 10: Ward, Nieminen, Robson, Kling (3-3) (39-22) 60.9
 Heat 11: Kasprzak, Karlsson, Lindgren, Nilsson (4-2) (43-25) 60.3
 Heat 12: Holder, Robson, Howarth, Mear (4-2) (47-27) 60.6
 Heat 13: Ward, Kasprzak, Karlsson, Sedgmen (5-1) (52-28) 59.1
 Heat 14: Pawlicki, Nieminen, Lindgren, Mear (4-2) (56-30) 60.4
 Heat 15: Kasprzak, Pawlicki, Robson, Nieminen (5-1) (61-31) 60.5

Picture:: Ricky Kling of Poole (yellow) and Kauko Nieminen of Lakeside (red) (Rob Newell/TGSPHOTO)