Belle Vue Colts v Mildenhall Fen Tigers

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BELLE Vue maintained their 100 per cent home record with a thumping 64-26 win over depleted Mildenhall in the NDL.

The Fen Tigers suffered without regular heat-leaders Jason Edwards and James Shanes, and the Colts dominated with Harry McGurk (14+1) and Jack Smith (12) scoring maximums.

Guest Greg Blair scored seven for the Fen Tigers, who now turn their attention to Sunday’s home clash with Armadale, whilst reserve Josh Warren was their only race winner in Heat 2.

Colts star Nathan Ablitt (11+2) said: “Coming into tonight, we were pretty confident we could get a result, purely because of the form we’ve been in at home this year.

“We’ve really got to focus on our away form now as the season gets to the play-offs. We’ve been to a few tricky tracks and we do need a little more consistency away.

“But if we can nail that down, in a two-leg situation, we know we’ve got what it takes to be successful in the play-offs, so we’ve really got to knuckle down and do what we need to do to get there.”

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
BELLE VUE 64: Harry McGurk 14+1, Jack Smith 12, Nathan Ablitt 11+2, Jake Mulford 10, Sam McGurk 8+2, Archie Freeman 6+1, Freddy Hodder 3+1
MILDENHALL 26: Greg Blair 7, Jack Kingston 5, Luke Muff 5, Josh Warren 4+1, Sam Bebee 3, Matt Marson 2, Jacob Fellows 0
NDL points: Belle Vue 3 Mildenhall 0

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