BELLE VUE ACES 41 - 49 SWINDON ROBINS
Monday
Night saw the home record of the Belle Vue Aces go up in smoke up as they were
deservedly beaten by their inform opponents in the Swindon Robins. Victory for the Wiltshire side saw them all take all points on offer from the meeting with some of the big hitting
Aces riders not firing at all and in the process saw the Robins make it three straight wins in a row in the league and stay unbeaten against Belle Vue this year.
Belle
Vue saw their usual top riders barring Captain Scott Nicholls all having poor
nights as the top heat leaders for the Robins saw them both notch up double
figure scores compared to their opponents who saw former Swindon man and
Slovenian Grand Prix rider Matej Zagar, scoring just 6 points in the meeting
with the normally reliable Craig Cook struggling himself, with the Cumbrian man making just 5+1 compared to the Swindon heat leaders and that was the deciding factor.
Swindon
started as they meant to go on when the Robins opening pairing of Peter Kildemand and Dakota North both forced former Swindon man Matej
Zagar out towards the fence and in effect saw them take out the danger man.
Michael Palm Toft did manage to move into second place, but it saw Zagar
trailing a fair distance away behind the field and saw Swindon score a 4-2 heat win.
The
visitors increased their lead when Aussie duo Troy Batchelor and Nick Morris jumped out on a 5-1 and despite Scott Nicholls chasing down his opponents the Aces captain was able to only split the pair for another 4-2.
Another
4-2 heat advantage for Swindon saw them taking over the meeting and had the home side in
trouble after just four heats of the match gone.
Matej
Zagar once again got shoved out wide towards the air fence for the hosts and had Craig Cook who had the outside gate saw him take full advantage
of the extra dirt off it and Cook got out ahead of Nick Morris and Simon Gustafsson, to see him lead and on the final lap had Zagar battle with Morris for third place.
With
the home side looking like they was making a comeback in the meeting, it saw Simon Gustafsson and Nathan Greaves take yet another 4-2 heat win for the Robins, before Belle Vue responded
with a 4-2 of their own in the following race through Nicholls and Richie Worrall.
Heat
9 saw the second reserves races of the night and had Lee Payne fall off on the
second bend of the second lap as the visitors picked up the race win with the
referee awarding the race and had Steve Worrall and Nathan Greaves help the
Robins to a heat victory with the score moving to 30-24 in favor of the away side.
Belle
Vue then had three heat winners with Matej Zagar and Michael Palm Toft, before Scott Nicholls team rode with Craig Cook to pick up a 5-1 and put them within
two of the Swindon lead and made it an interesting final four races in the
match.
Belle
Vue`s Danish born duo of Palm Toft and Stefan Nielsen saw the two Aces riders make a 4-2 which had the scores level and was hopefully the springboard needed to kick the Aces
into gear at the vital stage of the meeting`s crunch point. Sadly though it saw Peter Kildemand and Troy Batchelor pick up the heat advantage with the top home riders looking unable to deal with the Swindon riders.
In the penultimate race of the night, it saw Swindon all but sew up the win with another 4-2 victory as Steve Worrall took the race win ahead of the Belle Vue reserve Stefan Nielsen and Worrall`s team mate Simon Gustafsson easing to a third place to see the scoreline move to 44-40 to the away side with one race left to go.
With
the meeting in the dying embers it saw the Aces needing a 5-1 to draw the match
and had the home side with the best gates for the important final race of the
night. Unfortunately for the Aces faithful it saw the home side fall
apart with Batchelor and Kildemand making the quicker start from the gatea and they never looked back at all with Zagar giving up at the back .
Nicholls
tried his best to get by the Robins pair, but for some fantastic team riding by
the Swindon pair making it impossible to pass for the Belle Vue captain and saw the away side score the big 5-1 and had them help themselves to a well deserved 4 point haul in the meeting and condemn the Aces to yet another
defeat and more importantly, end the playoff hopes of the home side with a battle against the Leicester Lions for the wooden spoon looking likely after the World Cup break.
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