Home Team win Premier Pairs
Posted 21/06/04

Home advantage was too much for other pairs to overcome at Smallmead and the home pairing of Phil Morris and Danny Bird lifter the Premier Pairs Title. However, there was a spirited display from our boys at the Reading track.

Drawn in the tougher of the two groups, Shane and George opened the meeting with a race against the Rye House pairing of Neath and Robson getting a disappointing second and fourth place.

The next appearance in heat 7 against Stonehewer and Collins was a little more succesful with a second and third place ensuring they took the advantage in this heat. Full marks in heat 13 against the Exeter pairing put them in a good position to challenge for the semi-final placings and a repeat of that performance in heat 19 took the Tigers through.

Unfortunately it meant that they were up against the home team in semi-final 2 and although both Stancl and Parker made a good start, Morris managed to get past Stancl before the back straight and Bird blasted round the outside to take the lead by the end of the first lap and it was all over.

Sadly although Parker was to win the consolation final, George's last place and the normal paors scoring meant that third place went to the Rye House pairing of Neath and Robson.