Thursday’s match sees Dackarna face Rospiggarna at Målilla, the venue of last Saturday’s SGP. That means six of the team’s were in action on Tuesday night with Masarna taking a break this week. However, heavy rain just before the match in Kumla meant the meet was postponed and rescheduled for Thursday 26 August.
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Västervik v Lejonen #WMSKLEJ
Lejonen won at home by 46:44 so tonight’s match was also about the bonus point with four SGP riders present – Västervik have recently signed Fredrik Lindgren, whilst the Gislaved team had Robert Lambert, Oliver Berntzon and Krzysztof Kasprzak in the team.
The match started out even and the team’s when into the first track break after Heat 3 at 9:9. Mads Hansen took an impressive Heat 2 victory for the home team when Lejonen’s Lambert and Berntzon cleverly boxed out Lindgren at the start, whilst allowing the Opole rider to cruise ahead.
But the match turned suddenly after this to the home team’s advantage as they took four 5:1s in five heats (4, 6-8) to lead 34:20 at the second track preparation pause.
Heat 7 saw Västervik’s Noel Wahlqvist (pictured) hold off Jakub Miskowiak and Rohan Tungate for an impressive 2 points for the Swede who is only 17 years old. Heat 9 also saw Lejonen’s Linus Eklöf come first ahead of none less that Lindgren.
By Heat 13 the home side had won the victory and the bonus point ending up winners by 54:36 (100:90). The win also takes Västervik upto second place in the league behind Smederna.
Top Scorers:
Wiktor Kulakov WMSK 13+1
Jakub Miskowiak LEJ 9
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Smederna v Piraterna #SMEDPIR
The current league leaders host the bottom of the table team in Eskilstuna and were favourites to retain the bonus point after winning 43:47 in Motala.
However, at the first break after Heat 3 Piraterna were holding their own with the match at 10:8 to Smederna. But as has happened before with the Motala side they then went to pieces losing all but one of the next six heats. That meant it was 37:17 at the break before Heat 10.
Two heats later and the home side completed the victory and by the end of the match it was 60:30 and the win and the bonus point were easily secured for the league's top side.
Top scorers:
Pontus Aspgren SMED 13+1
Tomas H Jonasson PIR 9
