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Pidcock Motorcycles Arena1 The Lions, Leicester, LE4 1DZ
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Date | Tapes Up | Competition | Season |
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Thursday, July 4, 2024 | 7:30 pm | ROWE Motor Oil Premiership R2 | 2024 |
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LEICESTER gained ground in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership play-off race with a 53-37 home win over Sheffield.
Captain Max Fricke scored a paid maximum for the Lions with 14+1 from five rides as they recovered from some early mechanical trouble to pull clear in the second half of the meeting.
Fricke was backed up by Sam Masters with 10+1 whilst the injury-hit Tigers, without their top two of Jack Holder and Tai Woffinden, suffered their second away defeat of the week, with Chris Holder top-scoring on 13+1.
Leicester manager Stewart Dickson said: “We got the win, and we had to win tonight.
“We kind of threw a couple of points away at the start of the meeting but I thought we did well to rally around.
“I came into the pits and had a wee look around after Heat 4 and there was no balling and shouting, it was a case of the mechanics were working, everyone was helping each other trying to sort the problems that we had and we got into our stride.”
Sheffield boss Simon Stead said: “I think the result feels worse because we did so well at Oxford and I’d hoped that we could continue that momentum.
“But we just ran out of steam covering two of the best riders in the league with R/R and a guest is, obviously, very difficult.
“We came up short, Leicester were riding really well and we didn’t perform as well as what I would’ve hoped for.”
LEICESTER 53: Max Fricke 14+1, Sam Masters 10+1, Richard Lawson 8, Ryan Douglas 7, Luke Becker 6, Craig Cook 5+2, Sam Hagon 3.
SHEFFIELD 37: Chris Holder 13+1, Troy Batchelor 8+1, Josh Pickering 7, Kyle Howarth 6, Dan Gilkes 3+1, Jason Edwards 0, Jack Holder r/r.
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