Belle Vue Colts v Oxford Chargers

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BELLE Vue made it two home NDL wins out of two by defeating an injury-hit Oxford side 56-33 at the National Speedway Stadium.

The visitors suffered a huge double blow with skipper Jordan Jenkins ruled out on medical grounds following a fall at Ipswich on Thursday – and then high-scoring reserve Luke Killeen crashed in Heat 1 and was withdrawn with a wrist injury.

Colts star James Pearson kept up his great start at home with another 14+1 paid maximum, whilst both Sam Hagon and Jack Smith added 11-point scores. Henry Atkins racked up 14 points for the Chargers.

Pearson said: “On a personal level, you can’t not be happy with a paid 15-point maximum. It’s only my second meeting here so I’m delighted with that.

“Oxford had some really bad luck tonight; I don’t think things could’ve got any worse for them and we really did feel for them, but you can only race what’s in front of you.

“I think, as a team, we’ve been having a lot of fun with our racing and the results, especially at home, are coming naturally because of the atmosphere amongst the boys.”

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
BELLE VUE 56: James Pearson 14+1, Sam Hagon 11, Jack Smith 11, Freddy Hodder 8+2, Matt Marson 6+1, Luke Muff 3+2, Jack Shimelt 3+2
OXFORD 33: Henry Atkins 14, Ryan Kinsley 9+1, Jody Scott 5+2, Jacob Clouting 5+1, Jacob Fellows 0, Luke Killeen 0, Jordan Jenkins r/r

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