No sting in the tail for the Vortex Hammers

The Vortex Hammers failed to shine like the glorious Bank Holiday weather,  crashing to a 57-33 defeat against The Coventry Bees.  Despite keep the scoreline within 4 points up to heat 6, the hosts then delivered heat advantages in the next six heats, succesfully negating two tactical rides from the away team in the process, the first by returning captain Davey Watt and then from Number 1 Peter Karlsson.

The Hammers pair, along with Piotr Swiderski provided a majority of the points for the Essex based side, who will need to regroup ahead of their next away fixture, at last seasons Play-off Finalist the Poole Pirates, this coming Wednesday.

Scores and heat details:

Coventry Bees: 57

1. Krzysztof Kasprzak — 1′ 1′ 3 0 = 5+2
2. Stuart Robson — R/R (AS-2, AS-2, GZ-3, AS-2′) = 9+1
3. Grzegorz Zengota — 1 2 3 2′ 3 2′ = 13+2
4. Craig Cook (G) — 3 0 3 1′ = 7+1
5. Scott Nicholls — 3 3 2′ 2 3 = 13+1
6. Aaron Summers — 2 3 2 1 2′ 3 2 = 15+1
7. Michal Szczepaniak — 1 1 1 1 = 4

Lakeside Hammers: 33

1. Peter Karlsson — 3 3 1! 3 1 = 11
2. Kim Nilsson — R 1 2 0 = 3
3. Lewis Bridger — 0 0 0 2 = 2
4. Davey Watt — 2 2 1! 3 = 8
5. Piotr Swiderski — 2 3 1 1 0 = 7
6. Robert Mear — 0 0 0 = 0
7. Todd Kurtz (G) — 2 R 0 0 0 = 2

Heat Results

Heat 01: Karlsson, Summers, Kasprzak, Nilsson (R) 3-3 (3-3)
Heat 02: Summers, Kurtz, Szczepaniak, Mear 4-2 (7-5)
Heat 03: Cook, Watt, Zengota, Bridger 4-2 (11-7)
Heat 04: Nicholls, Swiderski, Szczepaniak, Kurtz (R) 4-2 (15-9)
Heat 05: Karlsson, Zengota, Nilsson, Cook 2-4 (17-13)
Heat 06: Swiderski, Summers, Kasprzak, Mear 3-3 (20-16)
Heat 07: Nicholls, Watt, Summers, Bridger 4-2 (24-18)
Heat 08: Zengota, Nilsson, Szczepaniak, Kurtz 4-2 (28-20)
Heat 09: Cook, Zengota, Swiderski, Mear 5-1 (33-21)
Heat 10: Kasprzak, Summers, WATT, Bridger 5-1 (38-22)
Heat 11: Summers, Nicholls, KARLSSON, Nilsson 5-1 (43-23)
Heat 12: Zengota, Bridger, Szczepaniak, Kurtz 4-2 (47-25)
Heat 13: Karlsson, Nicholls, Swiderski, Kasprzak 2-4 (49-29)
Heat 14: Watt, Summers, Cook, Kurtz 3-3 (52-32)
Heat 15: Nicholls, Zengota, Karlsson, Swiderski 5-1 (57-33)

 

Image: Heat 5: Peter Karlsson (blue) and Niels-Kristian Iversen – Vortex Lakeside Hammers vs Kings Lynn Stars –  at Arena Essex Raceway, Purfleet – 23/04/13 – CREDIT: Gavin Ellis/TGSPHOTO