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RACEDAY REPORT: IPSWICH 49–41 LEICESTER – ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG (H)

Posted on

9 September, 2024

By Henry Chard

MEETING SPONSORS

Edwards Electrical – Their team offer electrical, plumbing, decorating and all aspects of building work and maintenance. They have been undertaking work nationwide for several years.

THE SCORES

IPSWICH 49: Jan Kvěch (G) 10+1, Adam Ellis 6+2, Keynan Rew 7+1, Tom Brennan (G) 9, Danny King © 9, Ashton Boughen (G) 3+1, Dan Thompson (RS) 5+2. Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins

LEICESTER 41: Max Fricke © 10+2, Richard Lawson 9+1, Sam Masters 10, Luke Becker 6+1, Ryan Douglas R/R, Lewi Kerr (G) 6, Sam Hagon (RS) 0. Team Manager: Stewart Dickson

REFEREE: W. Jarvis

ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP TABLE

TeamMeetingsPoints
Sheffield2442
Leicester2440
Belle Vue2437
Ipswich2434
Oxford2426
King’s Lynn*2422
Birmingham2411
*King’s Lynn deducted 2 league points on 18.05.24 for breach of SCB rules.

PLAY-OFFS

SEMI-FINALS:

1st Leg: Ipswich 49-41 Leicester, 2nd Leg: Leicester vs Ipswich

1st Leg: Belle Vue vs Sheffield, 2nd Leg: Sheffield vs Belle Vue

THE STORY

The Ipswich ‘Tru7 Group’ Witches raced to victory over Leicester in the first leg of their ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-off semi-final at Foxhall on Monday night.

The Suffolk side entered the play-offs without the likes of Jason Doyle, Emil Sayfutdinov and Jordan Jenkins due to injury and were without a win in eight before this semi-final having finished fourth in the regular campaign. Jan Kvěch, Tom Brennan and Ashton Boughen were guesting for the missing home trio. In contrast, second-placed Leicester came into the play-offs in form but lost Ryan Douglas and Craig Cook to injury ahead of this fixture with Lewi Kerr in for Cook and rider replacement in operation for Douglas.

Despite the injury issues and lack of form it was Ipswich who started strongly as they raced to a 16-point lead after 10 races. The Lions clawed back eight points in the second half of the meeting and will be relieved to leave Suffolk just eight points behind having been second best for the majority of the night. Kvěch top scored with 10+1.

Kvěch flew from the gate to win heat one in an Ipswich 4-2 and the points were shared in heat two as Kerr was victorious. The hosts were gifted a 5-1 in heat three as leader Sam Masters retired on the final lap with machinery issues allowing Brennan and Keynan Rew through for the unexpected maximum. The great start continued in heat four with another 5-1, this time from Danny King and Dan Thompson, giving Ipswich an early 17-7 lead.

Rew won a shared heat five as Brennan couldn’t find a way past Max Fricke at the back. Masters won a shared heat six despite Kvěch’s best efforts in second, but the Witches extended the lead in heat seven as King took the chequered flag again beating Luke Becker and Boughen stormed under Masters for a point. There was a 3-3 in heat eight which left the home team 30-18 up.

Brennan picked up three points in a shared heat nine before the hosts hit another maximum in heat 10 thanks to Kvěch and Adam Ellis. The visitors finally got their first heat advantage of the night in heat 11 as they raced to a 1-5. Another followed in heat 12 as Masters won but Rew managed to split the away pair in second and that meant a 2-4 to the away side, making it 41-31.

Fricke was victorious in a shared heat 13. Boughen was the victim of a tight first turn in heat 14 as he fell with all four riders called back. Ipswich looked set for a 5-1 in re-run with Brennan and Boughen out front, but Becker never gave up and pipped Boughen on the run to the line to limit the damage to a 4-2. Leicester ended the night on a high with what could prove to be a crucial maximum in heat 15 which reduced the deficit to eight points at the end of the first leg.

REACTION FROM THE BOSS

Ipswich ‘Tru7 Group’ Witches team manager Ritchie Hawkins reflects on Monday’s win against Leicester.

“It was good to get our first win for a while by eight points and all the boys contributed. It felt a lot more like a performance we had earlier on in the season with everyone chipping in with points and it was much-needed tonight. We built a big lead early on, but we knew they would come back strong as the track slickened off a bit and they had the better gates in the latter stages of the meeting. Heat 15 is a bit of a blow to us, but we go into Thursday in a decent position being eight up and ready to fight for a place in the final again.

“All the guests did well. Tom has obviously done a few with us now and did very well again with three wins. I thought Jan was superb on his second ever visit to Foxhall and he is a really nice lad, it is good to have him over in Britain and with us tonight. It was great to see the progress Ashton has made over the last year since he last rode for us and there is a lot more to come from him in his career.

“Everyone has contributed and done well, it was a good performance. They all stepped up to the occasion and it is something we will need to replicate on Thursday.

“I know we have been underdogs since Emil’s crash, and we go into Thursday concentrated on trying to win the meeting and we will aim to do that. We will worry about the aggregate score later on in the meeting.

“People will have seen that Emil rode in Poland on Sunday night but did not ride for us today. He is not fit enough yet to take on a full schedule. There is a big difference in racing one meeting at your home club and then having four or five days recovery when you are injured. That is a big difference to racing one day, taking a flight and travelling to another meeting in a different country and then doing the same again and not having any days off or rest. The facts are that he is not fit enough to race for us at the moment. I know he would love to and maybe if we were in the second semi-final he would be back with us but that is not the case.”

EDWARDS ELECTRICAL RIDER OF THE NIGHT

Edwards Electrical chose Ellis who scored paid eight from four rides.

WHAT IT MEANS

Ipswich take an eight-point lead to Leicester for the second leg on Thursday as the two sides battle for a place in the play-off final.

UP NEXT

The Ipswich ‘Tru7 Group’ Witches travel to Leicester to take on the Lions on Thursday 12th September in the second leg of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-off semi-final. Tickets can be purchased in advance here and on the gate.

Henry Chard

Press Officer at Ipswich Speedway

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RACEDAY REPORT: IPSWICH 49–41 LEICESTER – ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEG (H)

Posted on

9 September, 2024

By Henry Chard

MEETING SPONSORS

Edwards Electrical – Their team offer electrical, plumbing, decorating and all aspects of building work and maintenance. They have been undertaking work nationwide for several years.

THE SCORES

IPSWICH 49: Jan Kvěch (G) 10+1, Adam Ellis 6+2, Keynan Rew 7+1, Tom Brennan (G) 9, Danny King © 9, Ashton Boughen (G) 3+1, Dan Thompson (RS) 5+2. Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins

LEICESTER 41: Max Fricke © 10+2, Richard Lawson 9+1, Sam Masters 10, Luke Becker 6+1, Ryan Douglas R/R, Lewi Kerr (G) 6, Sam Hagon (RS) 0. Team Manager: Stewart Dickson

REFEREE: W. Jarvis

ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP TABLE

TeamMeetingsPoints
Sheffield2442
Leicester2440
Belle Vue2437
Ipswich2434
Oxford2426
King’s Lynn*2422
Birmingham2411
*King’s Lynn deducted 2 league points on 18.05.24 for breach of SCB rules.

PLAY-OFFS

SEMI-FINALS:

1st Leg: Ipswich 49-41 Leicester, 2nd Leg: Leicester vs Ipswich

1st Leg: Belle Vue vs Sheffield, 2nd Leg: Sheffield vs Belle Vue

THE STORY

The Ipswich ‘Tru7 Group’ Witches raced to victory over Leicester in the first leg of their ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-off semi-final at Foxhall on Monday night.

The Suffolk side entered the play-offs without the likes of Jason Doyle, Emil Sayfutdinov and Jordan Jenkins due to injury and were without a win in eight before this semi-final having finished fourth in the regular campaign. Jan Kvěch, Tom Brennan and Ashton Boughen were guesting for the missing home trio. In contrast, second-placed Leicester came into the play-offs in form but lost Ryan Douglas and Craig Cook to injury ahead of this fixture with Lewi Kerr in for Cook and rider replacement in operation for Douglas.

Despite the injury issues and lack of form it was Ipswich who started strongly as they raced to a 16-point lead after 10 races. The Lions clawed back eight points in the second half of the meeting and will be relieved to leave Suffolk just eight points behind having been second best for the majority of the night. Kvěch top scored with 10+1.

Kvěch flew from the gate to win heat one in an Ipswich 4-2 and the points were shared in heat two as Kerr was victorious. The hosts were gifted a 5-1 in heat three as leader Sam Masters retired on the final lap with machinery issues allowing Brennan and Keynan Rew through for the unexpected maximum. The great start continued in heat four with another 5-1, this time from Danny King and Dan Thompson, giving Ipswich an early 17-7 lead.

Rew won a shared heat five as Brennan couldn’t find a way past Max Fricke at the back. Masters won a shared heat six despite Kvěch’s best efforts in second, but the Witches extended the lead in heat seven as King took the chequered flag again beating Luke Becker and Boughen stormed under Masters for a point. There was a 3-3 in heat eight which left the home team 30-18 up.

Brennan picked up three points in a shared heat nine before the hosts hit another maximum in heat 10 thanks to Kvěch and Adam Ellis. The visitors finally got their first heat advantage of the night in heat 11 as they raced to a 1-5. Another followed in heat 12 as Masters won but Rew managed to split the away pair in second and that meant a 2-4 to the away side, making it 41-31.

Fricke was victorious in a shared heat 13. Boughen was the victim of a tight first turn in heat 14 as he fell with all four riders called back. Ipswich looked set for a 5-1 in re-run with Brennan and Boughen out front, but Becker never gave up and pipped Boughen on the run to the line to limit the damage to a 4-2. Leicester ended the night on a high with what could prove to be a crucial maximum in heat 15 which reduced the deficit to eight points at the end of the first leg.

REACTION FROM THE BOSS

Ipswich ‘Tru7 Group’ Witches team manager Ritchie Hawkins reflects on Monday’s win against Leicester.

“It was good to get our first win for a while by eight points and all the boys contributed. It felt a lot more like a performance we had earlier on in the season with everyone chipping in with points and it was much-needed tonight. We built a big lead early on, but we knew they would come back strong as the track slickened off a bit and they had the better gates in the latter stages of the meeting. Heat 15 is a bit of a blow to us, but we go into Thursday in a decent position being eight up and ready to fight for a place in the final again.

“All the guests did well. Tom has obviously done a few with us now and did very well again with three wins. I thought Jan was superb on his second ever visit to Foxhall and he is a really nice lad, it is good to have him over in Britain and with us tonight. It was great to see the progress Ashton has made over the last year since he last rode for us and there is a lot more to come from him in his career.

“Everyone has contributed and done well, it was a good performance. They all stepped up to the occasion and it is something we will need to replicate on Thursday.

“I know we have been underdogs since Emil’s crash, and we go into Thursday concentrated on trying to win the meeting and we will aim to do that. We will worry about the aggregate score later on in the meeting.

“People will have seen that Emil rode in Poland on Sunday night but did not ride for us today. He is not fit enough yet to take on a full schedule. There is a big difference in racing one meeting at your home club and then having four or five days recovery when you are injured. That is a big difference to racing one day, taking a flight and travelling to another meeting in a different country and then doing the same again and not having any days off or rest. The facts are that he is not fit enough to race for us at the moment. I know he would love to and maybe if we were in the second semi-final he would be back with us but that is not the case.”

EDWARDS ELECTRICAL RIDER OF THE NIGHT

Edwards Electrical chose Ellis who scored paid eight from four rides.

WHAT IT MEANS

Ipswich take an eight-point lead to Leicester for the second leg on Thursday as the two sides battle for a place in the play-off final.

UP NEXT

The Ipswich ‘Tru7 Group’ Witches travel to Leicester to take on the Lions on Thursday 12th September in the second leg of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-off semi-final. Tickets can be purchased in advance here and on the gate.

Henry Chard

Press Officer at Ipswich Speedway

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  • ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP PLAY-OFF FINAL DATES CONFIRMED
  • RACEDAY REPORT | IPSWICH (101) 59–31 (79) BELLE VUE
  • RACEDAY GUIDE | BELLE VUE (H)
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