Workington Comets 56, Redcar Bears 36

Jul 30 2007 The Journal

FIVE different Redcar riders won a heat in Saturday’s Premier League meeting at Derwent Park before Workington doubled their 35-25 lead into the eventual 20-point margin.

Highlights for the Bears included a victory for James Grieves over the Comets’ James Wright in heat three and a shock win in heat eight by their guest reserve, South African Byron Bekker.

Gary Havelock, Mat Tresarrieu and Chris Kerr all won a race but the home side finished strongly with Wright gaining his revenge over Grieves by capturing heat 12. Comets’ guest reserve Barry Burchatt defeated Kerr’s tactical ride in heat 14.

SCORERS – Workington: Kauko Nieminen 13, Rider Replacement For Craig Branney, James Wright 12, Tomas Suchanek (Guest) 7, Carl Stonehewer 11, Barry Burchatt (Guest) 7, John Branney 6.

Redcar: Gary Havelock 7, Ben Taylor (guest) 0, James Grieves 8, Chris Kerr 7, Mat Tresarrieu 6, Dan Giffard 4, Byron Bekker (guest) 4.