Newport v Wolves BLC 30-03-03

[Mr Putt]

Newport Wasps

Frank Smart 3.2.2*.3.2* 12+2
Carl Wilkinson 0.1*.f.3 4+1
Niels K. Iversen 2.3.3.3. 11
Tony Atkin 1*2*2*2 7+3
Craig Watson 2.3.2.2*3 12+1
Karl Mason f 1.0.0. 1
Matt Cambridge2.0.1.1. 4

Wolves

Chris Neath 2.1.3.t.3.0..9
Wayne Carter 1*0.2*1 4+2
David Howe 3
Jaye Stevens 0.ef.0 0
Sam Ermolenko 3.3.1.1.1.9
Steven Braidford 1.0.2.0.0.0. 3
Graham Jones 3.1.3.1.2.1. 11

ht1 Smart,Neath,Carter,Wilkinson (3-3)
Neath led for 2 laps before Smart went under him. Carter made good gate and took comfortable 3rd.

ht2 Jones,Cambridge,Braidford,Mason. (2-4) 5-7
wolves on a 5-1 for 3 laps before Braidford taken on inside. Mason fell while in last place.

ht3 Howe,Iversen,Atkin,Stevens (3-3) 8-10
David flew from tapes for an easy win. On trip back to pits it was easy to tell David was in extreme pain from his wrist.

ht4 Ermolenko,Watson,Jones,Cambridge (2-4) 10-14
Sam won from the gate. Jones in 2nd till Watson went round him at the end of the first lap.

ht5 Iversen,Atkin,Neath,Carter (5-1) 15-15
After re-run. First time Neath on 4 pushed wide and slid into fence. Second time all gated level Chris blocked on outside and Newport pairing raced away for easy victory. Carter badly tailed off.

ht6 Ermolenko, Smart, Wilkinson,Braidford. (3-3) 18-18
from the gate . Braidford ef on first corner.

ht7 Watson , Braidford, Mason, Stevens (4-2) 22-20
Stevens ef while 3rd on back straight for first lap. Good riding from Braidford to hold 2nd place

ht8 Jones,Carter, Cambridge,Wilkinson (1-5) 23-25
Jones flew from gate on lap 2 Wilkinson attemped to go under Jones but ran out of room , hit Jones on approach to 1st corner and fell Giving Carter an easy second place

ht9 Iversen,Atkin,Ermolenko,Braidford (5-1) 28-26
Ermolenko missed gate, challenged Atkin inside and out for 4 laps but could not get past.Seemed no grip at all out wide.

ht10 Wilkinson,Smart,Jones,Stevens (5-1) 33-27
Comfortable win from the gate. Stevens out on Howe's bike really badly tailed off.

ht11 Neath,Watson,Carter,Cambridge (2-4) 35-31
great gate from Neath . Watson went round Carter on 4th bend at the end of the 1st lap.

ht12 Iversen,Jones,Cambridge<Braidford (4-2) 39-33
Braidford was 3rd for 3 laps befor e Cambridge went under him at entrance to 3rd corner but went wide Braidford making an excellent move back inside, on 4th lap Cambridge has more speed and goes round outside to claim 3rd place by a bikes length.

ht13 Smart,Watson,Ermolenko,Braidford. (5-1) 44-34
Neath excluded for breaking the tapes. Ermolenko gated 3rd and made no impression in an easy 5-1

ht14 Neath,Atkin,Jones,Mason (2-4) 46-38
From the gate. All riders well spaced out.

ht 15 Watson,Smart,Ermolenko,Neath (5-1) 51-39
From the gate .Wolves riders making no impression at all in an easy 5-1

Wolves
Chris Neath looked good pity about the tape infringement.
Wayne Carter had an average meeting seemed about PL second string standard.
David Howe looked a class act in his only outing but in obvious pain. I expect him to be out for a while now.
Jaye Stevens was way out of his depth.
Sam Ermolenko out of the trapes like a rocket in his first 2 outings then as with all his other meetings went right off the boil and was on the receiving end of 3 5-1s and looked totally average
Staven Braidford made some excellent starts and his race in heat 12 was the race of the day. A definate star of the future.
Graham Jones put in another solid display. Flew from the traps and looked completely at ease with PL racing.

Newport

Smart, watson,Iversem and Atkin are a solid top 4 and wont get beaten at home too often may be a little weak in the reserves for a title challenge

Ratings
Weather***** More like June than March
Track **** Smooth surface a little too dry and slick
Attendance *** not sure what PL tracks usually attract but for a stadium where you can stand all the way round there was a good few there
Entertainment *** good meeting but after David's withdrawal the complexion of the meeting changed.
Wolves performance**** Apart from sam no more could have beenasked of any rider.
Wolves rider of the meeting. Tough to chose Jones obviously for 11 pts but Braidford looked a very good prospect for the future.
Referee(Chris Dunno) nothing to do all meeting

[wolfgang]

I was there, basking in the sun. The report is spot on, although I'd just like to commend Wayne for two rides, heats 1 and 11, where he stayed in front of Frank Smart and Craig Watson respectively long enough to allow Chris to build up a lead each time.

[Mr X]

Excellent report Rich, thanks a lot.

[otoresu]

Great match report Rich, especially for those of us who have to work on Sundays! Thanks to you all who have kept us up to date so far this season.

[beegee]

Good report Rich, thank you, I hope you enjoyed your visit to Newport. ;D

[Lawt]

Rich: Thanks for the great report.
I hope you won't mind if I copy it into a Word document and post it onto the site.

[Mr Putt]

Thanks you all for your comments ;D ;D
I'm going to Ipswich on 10th April Is anyone else going