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Foxhall Heath StadiumFoxhall Road, Ipswich, IP5 5LN
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Date | Tapes Up | Competition | Season | Additional Info |
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Thursday, August 22, 2024 | 7:30 pm | ROWE Motor Oil Premiership R2 | 2024 | Belle Vue win the aggregate point |
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BELLE Vue clinched the final place in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership with a 49-41 win at injury-hit Ipswich on Thursday.
The Aces only needed one point to be mathematically sure of progressing along with the Witches, Sheffield and Leicester, but they took all three available at Foxhall to join their hosts on 34 points, along with the Lions.
Ipswich’s problems increased when high-scoring reserve Keynan Rew crashed out of the meeting in Heat 2, although he is understood to have avoided serious injury.
Dan Bewley led a strong Aces scorechart with 11+1 from five rides, with captain Brady Kurtz adding 10+1 from four.
Scott Nicholls racked up 15+1 from seven for the Witches, with Danny King collecting 12 and reserve Jordan Jenkins 11+1.
Aces star Ben Cook (5+2) said: “There’s no reason why we can’t challenge for top spot while we have matches still to race, we have to climb the ladder as far as we can.
“Thursday’s result is a huge boost for the team because we have struggled on the road this season and now is definitely the right time to be coming into some good form.
“Ipswich did have a depleted team but we can only race what’s in front of us, and we have to take advantage of such circumstances and I think it was a solid performance from everyone.”
Witches manager Ritchie Hawkins said: “I was really pleased with the lads and the effort they showed. On Monday night we folded and had no answers but tonight we kept fighting and it is positive to see that going forward showing it was a one-off on Monday.
“It was a spectacular crash for Keynan, but the early signs are quite positive that it is nothing too serious. He is very sore, and we will have to see how he goes over the next few days to see if he is fit for Monday or not.”
IPSWICH 41: Scott Nicholls 15+1, Danny King 12, Jordan Jenkins 11+1, Zach Cook 2+1, Dan Thompson 1+1 Keynan Rew 0, Emil Sayfutdinov r/r.
BELLE VUE 49: Dan Bewley 11+1, Brady Kurtz 10+1, Jaimon Lidsey 9, Norick Blodorn 7+1, Ben Cook 5+2, Jake Mulford 4+2, Antti Vuolas 3.
Belle Vue win the aggregate point
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