Hammers take the spoils

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A patched up Vortex Lakeside Hammers finally took their first victory on the road this evening, with a comfortable 39-51 victory over the Leicester Lions.

The Hammers were forced to call upon Hans Andersen, Max Fricke and Richard Hall to cover for injuries to Kim Nilsson, Mikkel Bech and Ashley Birks, whilst Chris Harris came in for skipper Andreas Jonsson who was competing in his national championships in Sweden (where he finished 2nd).

After an initial drawn opening heat, the Hammers led for the remainder of the meeting, depriving the Lions of any heat advantages until the final nominated heat 15.

At reserve, Ellis and guest Richard Hall dominated their Lion counterparts with 7 (paid 8) and 7 (paid 9) respectively, with Ellis re-instated in heat 12 by the referee, following an initial exclusion for leaving the track after the first running of the race had been stopped with James Sarjeant excluded.

Harris chipped in with 9 points, and Andersen 7, whilst Hammers, Edward Kennett (5+2) and Richard Lawson (6+1) each took a heat win, but the star of the show for the Essex team was guest Max Fricke who delivered 10 paid 11, including three heat victories.

Scores and results

Leicester Lions = 39

1. Jason Doyle – 2,3,3,2,3 = 13
2. Thomas Jorgensen (Guest) – 1*,1,2,0 = 4+1
3. Grzegorz Walasek – 2,2,0,1* = 5+1
4. Szymon Wozniak – 3,1*,2,2,1 = 9+1
5. Piotr Swiderski – 1*,0,3,0 = 4
6. James Sarjeant (Guest) – 0,0,1*,EX = 1+1
7. Dan Greenwood (Guest) – 2,0,0,1 = 3

Lakeside Hammers = 51

1. Hans Andersen (Guest) – EF,EX/T,2,3,2 = 7
2. Max Fricke (Guest) – 3,3,3,1*,0 = 10+1
3. Edward Kennett – R,1*,1*,3 = 5+2
4. Richard Lawson – 1*,2,3,F/EX = 6+1
5. Chris Harris (Guest) – 3,3,2,1 = 9
6. Richard Hall (Guest) – 1*,2*,1,3 = 7+2
7. Adam Ellis – 3,2,0,0,2* = 7+1

Leicester win the toss and choose gates 1&3 in Heat 1.

Heat Results

Heat 01: Fricke,Doyle,Jorgensen,Andersen(Engine Failure)…61.87. 3-3
Heat 02: Ellis,Greenwood,Hall,Sarjeant…65.07. (2-4) 5-7
Heat 03: Harris,Walasek,Swiderski,Kennett(Retired)…63.63. (3-3) 8-10
Heat 04: Wozniak,Ellis,Lawson,Greenwood…64.56 (3-3) 11-13
Heat 05:(Re-Run): Fricke,Hall,Jorgensen,Sarjeant…62.75. (1-5) 12-18
Heat 06:(Re-Run): Harris,Walasek,Wozniak,Ellis…63.0 (3-3) 15-21
Heat 07: Doyle,Lawson,Kennett,Swiderski…62.56 (3-3) 18-24
Heat 08: Fricke,Wozniak,Hall,Greenwood…62.67 (2-4) 20-28
Heat 09: Lawson,Jorgensen,Sarjeant,Ellis…63.56 (3-3) 23-31
Heat 10: Swiderski,Andersen,Fricke,Walasek…63.50 (3-3) 26-34
Heat 11: Doyle,Harris,Kennett,Jorgensen…61.94 (3-3) 29-37
Heat 12:(Re-Run): Hall,Ellis,Greenwood,Sarjeant(Excluded)…64.87 (1-5) 30-42
Heat 13: Andersen,Doyle,Harris,Swiderski…61.57. (2-4) 32-46
Heat 14: Kennett,Wozniak,Walasek,Lawson(Fell/Excluded)…Awarded (3-3) 35-49
Heat 15: Doyle,Andersen,Wozniak,Fricke…63.12 (4-2) 39-51

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Image: Adam Ellis & Max Fricke (Lakeside V Swindon) Credit: Rob Newell / TGS Photo