Vortex Hammers slip to defeat in The Midlands

The Vortex Hammers slipped to a 9 point defeat, losing 51-42 at  the Birmingham Brummies this evening.  The Essex based team made the worst possible start, conceding 5-1s in the opening three heats.  Stemming the flow in heats 4 and 5, Captain Davey Watt led an initial mini revival by taking victory with a tactical ride in heat 6, followed a 5-1 delivered by Lewis Bridger and Richard Lawson in heat 8, to bring the deficit back to 5 points.

The Brummies delivered their own maximum heat victory however in the next race, leaving the Hammers with an uphill task.  A series of shared heats and heat advantages cancelled out by both teams, left the Hammers thinking what could have been if they had started the meeting in a similar fashion to the second half.

The Vortex Hammers remain in 4th place in the Elite League table, ahead of the crunch meeting at The Raceway against the Swindon Robins this coming Friday.

Image: Davey Watt of Lakeside Hammers – Lakeside Hammers vs Poole Pirates, Elite League Speedway at the Arena Essex Raceway, Pufleet – 07/06/13 – CREDIT: Rob Newell/TGSPHOTO

Scores and results

Birmingham Brummies = 51

1. Jason Doyle 3, 2, 2, 1*, 2 = 10+1
2. Martin Smolinski R/R (CH 2*, JA 1*, BB 0, JA 1* = 4+3)
3. Danny King 2*, 1, 2*, 1* = 6+3
4. Ben Barker 3, 3, 0, 3, 3, 1* = 13+1
5. Chris Harris 2*, 0, 3, 2, 2 = 9+1
6. Nicolas Covatti 2*, 0, 0 = 2+1
7. Josh Auty 3, 2, 1*, 1, 1*, 2, 1 = 11+2

Lakeside Hammers = 42

1. Kenneth Bjerre (G) 0, 0^, 3, 3, 3 = 9
2. Lewis Bridger 1, 2, 3, 1 = 7
3. Seb Ulamek 1, 2, 0, 0 = 3
4. Piotr Swiderski 0, T, 3, 2 = 5
5. Davey Watt 3, 6^, 1, 0, 0 = 10
6. Kevin Doolan 1, 0, 0 = 1
7. Richard Lawson 0, 1, 1*, 2*, 3, 0 = 7+2

Heat Results

Heat 01: Doyle, Harris, Bridger, Bjerre. 5-1, 58.2
Heat 02: Auty, Covatti, Doolan, Lawson. 5-1, 10-2, 59.0
Heat 03: Barker, King, Ulamek, Swiderski. 5-1, 15-3, 59.2
Heat 04: Watt, Auty, Lawson, Harris. 2-4, 17-7, 58.6
Heat 05: Barker, Bridger, King, BJERRE. 4-2, 21-9, 58.9
Heat 06: Watt, Doyle, Auty, Doolan. 3-6, 24-15, 59.3
Heat 07: Harris, Ulamek, Lawson, Covatti. Swiderski (tapes). 3-3, 27-18, 59.1
Heat 08: Bridger, Lawson, Auty, Barker. 1-5, 28-23, 59.7
Heat 09: Barker, King, Watt, Doolan. 5-1, 33-24, 60.2
Heat 10: Swiderski, Doyle, Auty, Ulamek. 3-3, 36-27, 59.9
Heat 11: Bjerre, Harris, Bridger, Covatti. 2-4, 38-
Heat 12: Lawson, Auty, King, Ulamek. 3-3, 41-34, 60.1
Heat 13: Bjerre, Harris, Doyle, Watt. 3-3, 44-37, 59.3
Heat 14: Barker, Swiderski, Auty, Lawson. 4-2, 48-39
Heat 15: Bjerre, Doyle, Barker, Watt. 3-3, 51-42, 59.6