Sheffield Tigers v Northampton Foxes

SHEFFIELD stormed to their biggest win of the season with a 58-32 trouncing of Northampton in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership.

For the second week in a row, a six-man Tigers line-up produced the goods in fine style as each rider collected at least one paid win apiece with a blistering start setting the tone for the evening.

The Steel City side opened with four straight 5-1s to cruise into a 20-4 lead, and they were 20 points up after Heat 6 before the Foxes prevented ultimate damage by sharing the last five races overall.

GB youngsters Leon Flint and Anders Rowe starred for the Tigers with 14+1 and 13 respectively, whilst skipper Josh Pickering added 12+1.

Manager Simon Stead said: “I was really pleased with the overall performance and I was really pleased with some super strong individual displays also.

“We’ve made some massive steps in the right direction over the course of these past couple of weeks.

“I understand that people will say we were against a Northampton team that are trailing down at the bottom of the league – but we can only race against what’s in front of us.”

Jaimon Lidsey (9+1) won two races for the Foxes who were without reserve Troy Batchelor who was a late withdrawal with a reported knee injury.

Manager Chris Adams said: “It was a bit last minute so we had to have a quick ring around and we thank Freddy Hodder for jumping on board.

“It was a very difficult night for us though, and it was pretty much done after those first four races which all ended in 5-1s against.

“We finished off a little bit better, but Sheffield were by far the better team.”

ROWE MOTOR OIL PREMIERSHIP R1
SHEFFIELD 58: Leon Flint 14+1, Anders Rowe 13, Josh Pickering 12+1, Chris Holder 9+4, Luke Killeen 7+1, Jye Etheridge 3+2, Jack Holder r/r.
NORTHAMPTON 32: Jaimon Lidsey 9+1, Kye Thomson 7+1, Niels-Kristian Iversen 6, Matej Zagar 4+1, Nicolai Klindt 4, Luke Harrison 2, Freddy Hodder 0.
Sheffield win the aggregate point

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Photo credit: CHARLOTTE FLANIGAN