Wolves v Ipswich 29/09/04

[Mr Putt]

WOW, If there has ever been a meeting to match this in recent years at Monmore( or anywhere else in the country) like this one I certainly cannot remember it.
The Ipswich Witches rode into town on their broomsticks ( and also in a coach,when was the last time one of them was seen on the car park) CVS TAKE NOTE FOR THE TRIP TO POOLE!! to do battle to tackle the Pirates next week. We all knew it would be close,but this close!!!!................
( I am writing this off my programme notes and not with the advantage of seeing the meeting again on Sky,so my apologies as the whole night now seems like a huge blur,but here goes.

MIKAEL MAX................... 2.3.3.1*.3.........12+1
FREDDIE LINDGREN........1*.0.1.3.1............6+1
SAM ERMOLENKO............1.2.F.X.2.............5
daniel nermark.........
DAVID HOWE..................1*.3.2.2.0............8+1
CHRIS NEATH..................3.0.1.0.................4
ADAM SKORNICKI............2*.2.2*.1.1*........10+3


HANS ANDERSEN.............3.3.3.3.2..............14
KIM JANSSON...................0.1.1.1..................3
JESPER B JENSEN.............3.2.2.2*................9+1
CHRIS LOUIS....................2*.0.0.3................5+1
SCOTT NICHOLLS..............3.2.3.X.1*...........9+1
DANIEL KING....................1.0.1.3.E..............5
PAUL PICKERING...............X.0.0....................0


HEAT 1
Andersen.MAX,LINDGREN,Jansson. 3-3 3-3 57.26
At the first time of asking Jansson falls on the first bend with a little help from Mikael. In the rerun Andersen gates mikael tries to challenge for a couple of laps then deciides to watch Freddie home to share the points.

HEAT 2
NEATH,SKORNICKI,King,PICKERING f/ex 5-1 8-4 58.87
Yet another rerun after Pickering falls entering the 3rd turn at the back,after suffering engine problems?
Chris and King ride side by side for 2 laps before Chris is able to force King wide and Adam who had been lying in wait also dives through to bring home the 5 points. A great race by the 2 young Brits.

HEAT 3
Jensen,Louis,ERMOLENKO,LINDGREN 1-5 9-9 58.47
Jesper gates and Louis does his customary dive up the inside down the back straight to pass a subdued Sam who cannot get back into a challenging position.

HEAT 4
Nicholls,SKORNICKI,HOWE,Pickering 3-3 12-12 57.62
Pickering gets a flyer and is on a 5-1 with Nicholls, on lap 2 Adan dives under pickering and David follows him through but Nicholls is an easy winner.

HEAT 5
Andersen,ERMOLENKO,Jansson NEATH. 2-4 14-16 58.42
Andersen is away again. Sam keeps lookig for an oppotunity to get Chris into 3rd but Chris' bike seems underpower and Jansson holds on

HEAT 6
MAX, NICHOLLS,LINDGREN,King 4-2 18-18 57.68
Freddie gates but Nicholls goes past down the back straight. Enter Mikael who dives round the outside on the 3rd bend to emerge in the lead as they start lap 2 and the scores are level

HEAT 7
HOWE,Jensen,NEATH,Louis 4-2 22-20 58.34
David gates and chris is 3rd with 'whit line Louis on his tail for all 4 laps. Great job by Chris for a crucial point .

HEAT 8
LINDGREN,SKORNICKI,Jansson,Pickering 5-1 27-21 59.44
Jansson gates but totally messes up the first corner allowing our boys through for what turns into an easy 5-1

HEAT 9
Nicholls,SKORNICKI,King,ERMOLENKO F 2-4 29-25 59.1
A terrible gate by Sam and in his efforts to close falls on the first corner of lap 2. Adam manages to pass the fast gating King on lap 2

HEAT 10
MAX,Jensen,LINDGREN,Louis 4-2 33-27 58.47
Mikael enters the 3rd turn at the back but exits it in the lead, diving through the eye of a needle to pass Jensen, amazing racing. Freddie challenges Jensen all the way while the white line man is never too far away from Freddie's rear wheel.

Heat 11
Andersen,HOWE,Jansson,NEATH 2-4 35-31 58.76
Yet again we miss the start. david makes a brilliant cut back on Jansson to dive under him down the back straight on lap 4 to grab a crucial 2nd spot. Chris is off the pace in this one though.

HEAT 12
King,Jensen,SKORNICKI,ERMOLENKO EX 1-5 36-36
Again Ipswich fly from the tapes and Sam in his eagerness to pass falls on the first turn of lap 3. The ref awards the race although there must be a strong case that Adam was in a good position to grab second spot from King. All square again.

Heat 13
Andersen,HOWE,MAX,Nicholls ex 3-3 39-39 58.76
All 4 riders are together as the y enter lap 4, David goes hard but fairly under Nicholls who bails out, at the same time Mikael's bike dies as he coasts down the back straight. Mikael looks back I,m sure in amazement to see Nicholls remount only to ride off the track and back to the pits leaving Mikael to push home for the point to the delight of all the fans on the terraces.

HEAT 14
Louis,ERMOLENKO,SKORNICKI,King ef 3-3 42-42 58.69
Louis is jet propelled from the gate followed by King At the start of lap 3 both Wolves are about to dive under King as his bike expires leaving us with a last heat decider........

HEAT 15
MAX,Andersen,Nicholls,Howe 3-3 45-45 58.05
Mikael gates and david is behind him as they enter turn 3, however david seems to get caught mid track and he is passed on either side by the Ipswich pairing Despite all Davids efforts he cannot pass the team riding Witches. Mikael wins by a good distance.

RUN OFF
Wolves win the toss and take the inside gate
Mikael gates and holds the inside, Andersen goes straight for the dirt. Mikael then rides a very wide line and almost touches the airfence on every corner,Andersen tries valiantly on the inside and is never more than a couple of bike lengths behind for what seems like 104 laps. Mikael takes it by about 11/2 lengths and the crowd do wild.
A tremendous end to a tremendous meeting. Full credit to all 13 riders for some hard fought but fair racing.

RATINGS

MIKAEL ***** Commeth the hour commeth the man!!

FREDDIE *** Did what was needed in heat 8 otherwise a steady nights work.

SAM ** Not his night on the track but I,m sure behind the scenes the man was an inspiration.

DAVID **** Showed his fighting spirit all night and cruel not to win it for us in heat 15

CHRIS *** Excellent ride in heat 2, although slightly off the pace in his others picked up an important point by beating Louis.

ADAM ***** Missed the gate every time I believe yet rode in both of our 2 5-1 heats to record another double figure score.

STAR RATINGS

Weather ***** A lovely warm night for speedway.

Attendance ***** A real Stoat of a crowd swelled by a good east Anglian presence.

Wolves Performance**** Made hard work due to our total lack of gating yet our desire to win was unquestionable.

Entertainment value There just isnt enough stars to answer this one. One of the all time classic speedway meetings ever seen I would imagine

Man of the Match. It was looking close towards the end but there is really only 1 MIKEAL MAX

Referee ? **** Missed a flyer from Pickering and maybe was a bit hasty in awarding heat 12 otherwise a good nights work.

So we reach the final and the Pirates come sailing into town next week.
More of the same please, with maybe a few extra points for the return leg.
Right I'm off now to rest my poor aching throat.
See you guys next week at the home of great speedway
RICH

[stevebrum]

i think my heart would have given out if i had of been there tho im pretty wrecked from the comfort of the armchair.
pretty good assement all round mate.

[Yozza]

Great report Rich, however IMHO David definiteley took Scottie out in ht 13.........shame

[Pieman]

Great report Rich - well done!

I think that has got to be the best meeting I have ever been to - even Wooden Spoon Night at Coventry had nothing on this one.

[JJ]

Great report mate,
it wasnt a bad meeting was it ?

[Lawt]

Thanks a lot Rich for writing a great report and so quickly too.

That's two fantastic meetings on the trot - the first was a win by one point and you wouldn't think it could be closer and yet still be a win - and then there was last night

Fantastic effort from both sets of riders and a meeting ridden in a fair and decent way by all of them, which led to brilliant entertainment for all of us that had the delight of being there.

Thanks to both teams.

[Mr G]

Great Report Rich

I can honestly say that was the Best Meeting i have ever seen..........it had everything..............Bring on the Pirates ;D ;D ;D

[amy]

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you should all be ashamed of yourselves!
You are the worst speedway fans i have ever seen! Booing the oposition is just stupid! you are such bad loosers it is unreal! Floppy's no angel so dont boo hans 4 giving 100%! Your all going on about how amazing mikeal max is but you shouldn't really be surprised if he beats scotty and hans he rides wolves evry week! Hans was the best rider there 2nite! You didnt deserve to win you just won by good luck all night! dumpz had his ef at the worst time and he was the best reserve by far no matter what the scores say! Last year i thought you were disgracefull but i thought you might have grown up this year but your just as bad! You booed A.J. on the parade!!! how sad is that he hadn't even done anything! You boo the nicest riders! How can you boo robbo and a.j? what have they doen rong? It actually makes you happy that a team has finished bottem by quite alot and could be struggling with money problems! Your not proper speedway fans and you never will be! You wait till next week when Poole come! Bjarne will kick ur ass so you better watch out even though you'll probably boo him for no reason like you boo evry1!

[truespeedwaysupporter!]

And we are the sad ones! grow up!

Oh and dont post unless you got something worth reading to say

[JJ]

When people bo there is usually something behind it so i would find out before talking aloud and making a scene

[wolfgang]

Excellent report, Rich.

The win at Coventry was sweet (as always), and last night's win was the icing on the cake.

Personally, I got the impression Jonsson had wised-up about the booing - it's so obviously theatrical, a bit like the way we booed Hancock and Hamill, only more so. It was fitting that Jonsson was the pantomime villain to David Howe's Prince Charming. "Look out David, he's behind you!"

[lupus]

amy said:

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you should all be ashamed of yourselves!
You are the worst speedway fans i have ever seen! Booing the oposition is just stupid! you are such bad loosers it is unreal!...............Blah blah blah - Bullsh*t bullsh*t Bullsh*t.........................................whinge whinge moan moan

Well done - funniest post this year!!!!!!!! Financial trouble my arse - you've got Mr Moneybags Sandhu now!!!!!

Go away and grow up little girlie or I'll get my big bad Admin friend to kick you outta here!!!!!!!!

[Lawt]

Lupus:
I love the Martian 'Smash' thingies in your post to the daft girl.

[WildWolf]

You wait till next week when Poole come! Bjarne will kick ur ass so you better watch out even though you'll probably boo him for no reason like you boo evry1!




Bjarne is another one who lost against our champ in the run off. And who are you to talk to us like that!!!
If you don't stop it there there will be trouble.

[Kendo Nagasaki]

Amy said that we were the winners due to luck,
BUT , if Scotty had finish his ride in heat 13, then Ipswich would be in the final.
So is this luck ? or should Scotty have checked the situation before giving up ?