On Friday at home Leicester Lions took a convincing victory over rivals, Glasgow Tigers, in the first leg of the Championship final in the UK, 51-39, before the deciding match last night.
The shortage of riders in British speedway means, as in Sweden, that many who ride in the Premiership also compliment their work by riding in the second division, Championship too.
So Premiership winners Rasmus Jensen, Ellis Perks and Claus Vissing from the Robins as well as Ipswich's Richard Lawson and Chris Harris were all in action again competing for silverware on British shale as the top two team's in the regular season met in the final.
Danes Jensen (15) and Vissing (8+2) kept the Tigers in the match, but for the Lions it was Brits Lawson (11+1, who was guesting for the home team) and Perks (9+2) who made the biggest contribution to the 12 point lead the team could take to Glasgow last night.
And on Tuesday upto Heat 11, when it was 33-33 on the night, everything seem to be going Leicester's way until in Heat 12 Vissing led a 4-2 victory for Glasgow.
The crowd were treated to some top quality speedway in the next two heats.
First in Heat 13, Tigers' Jensen managed to overtake both Lions' rider in the first lap to take a 3-3 - or so it seemed, but behind him former SGP rider Craig Cook (pictured above in the white helmet) was back to his best and refused to sit back. First he overtook one of Lions on the third lap and then the other on the line to take 5-1 for the home team and take them within six points of the visitors with just the nomination heats to go.
As the penultimate heat got underway it look like the momentum in the match had shifted as the Tigers starting best out of the gate with a 5-1 on the cards. But, Perks, who took won the Premiership title last week, put on a title winning display from third place. In the last two laps he passed both Glasgow riders, to take a 3-3 which took his total on the night to 11 points, but more importantly clinched the Championship title for Leicester Lions. Perks was the team's top scorer and the only rider to take both Premiership and Championship winners medals home with him this year.
