Mixed Fortunes in Sweden
Posted 27/07/06

There were mixed fortunes for Shane Parker and Kauko Nieminen as they turned out for Kaparna and Griparna respectively.

Shane's Kaparna side had a very comfortable 60-35 home win against bottom of the league side Getingarna with Shane a very healthy 11+1 from 5 rides. His first race of the night saw him come up against Eastbourne starlet Lewis Bridger in his debut ride in the Swedish league and although Shane came out on top, Lewis did challenge hard in second. Berwick's Andreas Bergstrom finally managed to get the better of Shane when they came up against each other tonight.

Meanwhile, Kauko's Griparna side were having things a lot tougher in their meeting at Ornarna, finally going down by 54-42 as a result of losing three 5-1's in the final three heats. Kauko himself started well enough recording two seconds and a paid second in his first three rides before the mechanical gremlins struck again in his fourth ride. We understand he was leading going into lap 3 when he shed a chain. This was followed up by a two minute exclusion in what should have been his final ride of the evening.

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