Match Report: Swindon Robins vs Reading Racers - 23/08/01 - Premier League


Swindon Scorers
1.Claus Kristensen : 2,1',1',1 = 5(2)
2.Martin Dixon : 1',2,3,2 = 8(1)
3.Alan Mogridge : 1,1,3,2,3 = 10
4.Oliver Allen : 0,3,1,2 = 6
5.Paul Fry : 2,2,1,fx,1 = 6
6.Alun Rossiter : 3,1',3,1' = 8(2)
7.Ritchie Hawkins : 1,1',1,0 = 3(1)

Reading Scorers
1.Charlie Gjedde : 3,2',2,2,3,3,2 = 17(1)
2.Brendon Mackay : M,0,0,fx = 0
3.Phil Morris : r/r (2',0,0,3 = 5(1))
4.Dave Mullett : 3,3,3,1,3,0 = 13
5.Glenn Cunningham : 3,3,2,2' = 10(1)
6.Chris Schramm : 0,0,0,0 = 0
7.Tommy Palmer : 0,2,0,2,0,0 = 4

Heat Details.

Heat 1
Gjedde, Kristensen,Dixon, Palmer, Mackay (EX 2mins)    3-3 [3-3]
Mackay had major bike problems on the warm up lap after the 
introductions and missed this hat being replaced by Tommy Palmer. After 
that this was decided from the gate as Gjedde exploded from the gate to 
lead, Dicko and Kristensen momentarily got in each others way on turn 2 
before Kristensen gets  2nd place.

Heat 2
Rossiter, Palmer, Hawkins, Schramm 4-2 [7-5]
Rossiter first from the tapes followed by the Racers pairing with 
Ritchie last away. Ritchie passes Schramm quickly and sets off after 
Palmer, he tries the outside pass repeatedly but Palmer ride him out 
wide each time, so that's how it finished with a comfortable win for 
Rosco.

Heat 3
Mullet, Gjedde, Moggo, Allen 1-5 [8-10]
A easy 5 - 1 from Mullett and Gjedde as they burst from the tapes 
leaving the robins standing. Mullett leads while Gjedde plugs the gaps 
behind him frustrating Moggo's attempts to split the Racers.

Heat 4
Cunningham, Fry, Hawkins, Palmer 3-3 [11-13]
Cunningham and Fry drive from the tapes shoulder to shoulder from the 
outside traps while Ritchie outgates Palmer. Around the carpark bend 
Cunningham wins the drag race with Fry and increases his lead down the 
back straight. With his nose in front Glenn sets off and although Fryer 
is in close attendance throughout the race track expert Cunningham 
easily holds Fry off by controlling the outside line. Hawkins easily 
keeps Palmer behind him having for once gated.

Heat 5
Allen, Gjedde,Moggo,Mackay 4-2 [15-15]
Gjedde leads from the gate but Ollie drives around the outside and 
passes Gjedde out of turn 2. Moggo tucks in 3rd and chases Gjedde while 
Mackay is tailed off at the back. Ollie rides hard for the 4 laps with 
Gjedde behind him but the riders start to get strung out as the race 
continues.

Heat 6
Cunningham, Dicko, Kristensen, Schramm  3-3 [18-18]
From the gate with Glenn steaking out into the lead with Dicko and 
Claus filling the minor places, Schramm looking well off the pace.

Heat 7
Mullet,Fry,Rossiter,Mackay 3-3 [21-21]
Mullet drives from the gate and uses the outside line pass Fry, Rosco 
tucks into 3rd with RR Mackay again well at the back. Fry tries both 
outside and inside but Mullet on his best ever performance on his worst 
track uses his very fast bike to keep ahead of the ever trying Fry.

Heat 8
Dixon, Palmer, Hawkins,Schramm 4-2 [ 25-23]
Dixon from the gate for an easy win, the main race was between Hawkins 
and Palmer with again Hawkins trying the outside and Palmer blocking 
him, however towards the end of the race Hawkins tried  the inside line 
but just cannot get close enough to pass. Schramm again off the pace.

Heat 9
Moggo, Cunningham, Allen, Palmer 4-2 [29--25]
From the gate its a 5-1 for the Robins but Ollie pulls a big wheelie 
coming out of the corner and this allows both Moggo and Glenn C past. 
From there it was pretty much to the tapes.

Heat 10
Mullett, Dixon, Kristensen, Schramm 3-3 [32-28]
Mullet from the gate with Dicko and Claus following, but an 
extraordinary burst of speed from Chris Schramm takes him under Dicko 
and pushes both of them across blocking Claus who goes to the back. 
Dicko sets off after Mullett and Claus chases after Schramm.  Claus 
looks for 2 laps for a outside pass and is simply too slow so on the 
last bend he cuts back on the inside of Schramm and sneaks the points 
on the line. 

Heat 11
Rossiter,Gjedde,Fry (Fell Remounted), Mackay FX 4-2 [36-30]
From the gate Fryer leads until the 2nd turn where he sides off and 
this allows Rosco through into the lead. Gjedde sets off after  and is 
always close behind but Rosco uses his track knowledge to keep the 
faster Gjedde behind him. Rosco rides and wider line on the carpark 
bend but keeps in tight on the pits bend for the win. At the back Fryer 
remounts and takes off in hope of catching Mackay but doesn't really 
close in too much when on the last lap Brendon Mackay parks it on turn 
2 and the ref hits the red lights quickly. Result? Race awarded to 
Swindon as a 4-2.

Heat 12
Gjedde, Moggo, Mullett, Hawkins    2-4 [38-34]
As Swindon are now 6 points in come the changes, Mullett as a RR and 
Gjedde as a TS, a Racers 5 -1 looks a certainty. From the gate it's the 
predicted 5-1 but this time Mullet does not keep up with Gjedde and 
Moggo attacks under Mullett into the pits bend and takes 2nd place to 
split the Racers pairing. Would be nice to know why Rosco was not in 
this heat, answers on a post card please.

Heat 13
Gjedde, Cunningham, Kristensen, Fry (Fell) 1-5 [39-39]
From the gate Gjedde,Fry,Kristensen and Glenn at the back, but 
Cunningham passes Claus easily down the back straight, that's how it 
stays until Fry falls under no pressure and gifts the  points to the 
Racers.

Heat 14
Mullett, Allen, Rosco, Palmer 3-3 [42-42]
With Gjedde and Cunningham looming in Heat 15 it was a nervous bunch of 
Robins fans that hoped for a max from Ollie and Rosco. However Mullet 
led from the tapes and Palmer nosed in front of Ollie. This allowed 
Mullett to getaway while Ollie passed Palmer and then passed Rosco, but 
Mullett was gone and Ollie couldn't make any impression on Mullett.

Heat 15
Moggo, Gjedde,Fry,Mullett 4-2 [46-44]
First shock was the omission of Cunningham and the inclusion of 
Mullett. Swindon nominate Moggo and Fry while Mullett and Gjedde are in 
for the Racers. Moggo goes off 1, Gjedde off 2, Fry 3 and Mullett 4. 
Moggo makes the gate of the night and flies away pushing Gjedde out a 
little in the turn allowing him to get away from Gjedde a little, these 
2 leave Fry and Mullett to decide the match. From the gate Mullett lead 
briefly before Fry passed him however Mullet drove around him on the 
turn 2 to get back to 3rd. Fry quickly got back close to Mullett and 
pressurised him into turn 3 on lap 2, Mullett under pressure drifted 
wide and Fry dived down the inside of the Mullett and carries under him 
into 3rd place in turn 1 on lap 3. Mullett tries to pass Fry again on 
the outside of turn 2 but Fry just holds him out down the back straight 
and the 2 of them charge on with Fry holding 3rd to the flag despite 
starting to trail of blue smoke.  So the Robins play the "Get out of 
Jail" yet again and just sneak a win.

Swindon
Claus : Kristensen was poor looking well down on power 
Dicko : Mr Consistency again racks up a good paid 9
Moggo : Won the match with his only good gate of the night in Heat 15   
and therefore won the Man of the Match award easily.
Ollie : Seemed to struggle with gating and having problems getting the  
power he showed in beating Gjedde, down to the track.
Fryer : Fell twice and that says it all, although he and Moggo won the  
match, another who looked down on power.
Rosco : Rode well again including the beating of Charlie Gjedde, why he 
was not used instead of Ritchie Heat 12?
Ritchie : Again struggled with his gating especially in heat 2, but   
looked quick when he did manage to beat Palmer out of the   tapes.

Reading
Gjedde : Was surprisingly beaten, as most Robins fans expected a max for 
him on previous form, still a good 17 score though.
Mackay : didn't have much luck with his machinery but seems to have 
real problems with his bikes as he seemed to be fighting his 
machine rather than riding. Seems to have a good style and will    
hopefully improve.
Mullett : was amazing considering his open hatred of Swindon, it looks   
that the Gjedde motor he was using is well suited to Blunsdon.  Nearly 
the match winner.
Cunningham : again put a great performance in showing much better than 
Castagna would have scored. This clearly highlighted that this Reading 
team was much stronger than had their team been at full     
strength. 
Palmer : didn't trouble the big boys much but hopefully Ritchie will 
learn from his battles with Tommy today.
Schramm : looked completely off the pace apart from his last ride.

Final Score : Swindon Robins 46(92) Reading Racers 44(88) 

Thanks to Stuart Watt for the match report.

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