Hammers put up a fight
A depleted Hammers side came close to snatching an Elite League point at Eastbourne in the return meeting at Arlington on Good Friday.
Missing both Adam Shields and Piotr Swiderski, the Essex men went down by 43 points to Eastbourne’s 50.
Eastbourne 50
1. Bjarne Pedersen 2 3 3 3 1' 12+1 2. Lukas Dryml 0 2' 3 2' 7+2 3. Simon Gustafsson 1' 3 1' 0 5+2 4. Cameron Woodward 2 1 2 0 5 5. Joonas Kylmakorpi 2 3 2 X 2 9 6. Ritchie Hawkins 0 1 0 1 7. Lewis Bridger 3 1' 2' 2 3 11+2
Lakeside 43
1. Lee Richardson 3 3 2 3 1' 3 15+1 2. Kauko Nieminen 1 0 1 1 1 4 3. Rider Replacement 4. Lubos Tomicek 0 X 0 0 5. Peter Ljung 3 0 6^ 3 2 0 14 6. Robert Mear 1' 1 0 1' 3+2 7. Stuart Robson 2 0 2 0 1 2 7 8. Shane Hazelden
Heat 01: Richardson,Pedersen, Nieminen, Dryml (fell) (2-4) 56.5 Heat 02: Bridger, Robson, Mear, Hawkins (3-3) (5-7) 57.4 Heat 03: Richardson, Woodward, Gustafsson, Tomicek (3-3) (8-10) 57.1 Heat 04: Ljung, Kylmakorpi, Bridger, Robson (3-3) (11-13) 57.9 Heat 05: Gustafsson, Richardson, Woodward, Nieminen (4-2) (15-15) 57.5 Heat 06: Pedersen, Dryml, Mear, Ljung (5-1) 57.4 (20-16) Heat 07: Kylmakorpi, Robson, Hawkins, Tomicek (fell, exc) (4-2) (24-18) 58.2 Heat 08: Dryml, Bridger, Nieminen, Robson (5-1) (29-19) 57.5 Heat 09: Ljung (tactical ride), Woodward, Gustafsson, Mear (3-6) (32-25) 58.3 Heat 10: Pedersen, Dryml, Nieminen, Tomicek (5-1) 58.4 (37-26) Heat 11: Richardson, Kylmakorpi, Nieminen, Hawkins (2-4) (39-30) 58.4 Heat 12: Ljung, Bridger, Robson, Gustafsson (2-4) (41-34) 57.9 Heat 13: Pedersen, Ljung, Richardson, Kylmakorpi (fell, exc) (3-3) (44-37) 59.0 Heat 14: Bridger, Robson, Mear, Woodward (3-3) 58.5 (47-40) Heat 15: Richardson, Kylmakorpi, Pedersen, Ljung (fell, exc) (3-3) (50-43) 58.9
Picture: Heat 8: Nieminen (red), Robson (blue), Dryml (white) and Bridger – Lakeside Hammers vs Eastbourne Eagles – Elite League Speedway at Arena Essex Raceway – 22/04/11 – (Gavin Ellis/TGSPHOTO)