Coventry Cycle Speedway Club (CCSC)

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Results from Sunday 25th March 2012

Senior Cycle Speedway league action returned to Coventry last Sunday after a five year absence, when the reformed Coventry Devlins Newsagents played host to Stoke Potters in the Midland League.

In a thrilling last heat decider, Coventry agonisingly slipped to a late 91-88 defeat, after being four points up with just three heats to go.

Spearheaded by a two pronged Polish attack in Dominik Rycharski and Konrad Pietak, who had arrived from Poland on the morning of the match, Coventry held their own in the first half, reaching the interval level at 45 points all.

A maximum heat advantage from the Myke Grimes/Joe McLaughlin pairing in heat 10 put Coventry four points up. Wins to Pietak and Paul Janaway maintained this narrow advantage until disaster struck the home side in heat 16.

The home side sent out the wrong rider and the resultant exclusion left the Hearsall Common men with too much to do despite Rycharski racing away to win the final heat.

It was a costly error that ultimately deprived them of a famous victory but Coventry fielded a complete team of their own assets in their comeback match and they can face the season with great optimism.

Coventry point scorers:

Konrad Pietak 17, Liam McGuire 9, Dominik Rycharski 18, Paul Janaway 9, Dave Frith 8, Myke Grimes 13, Matthew Lawrence 6 and Joe McLaughlin 8.

In a further sign of the tremendous recovery of the Coventry club, the home side fielded a completely different 8 riders in the corresponding Midland League Division 2 fixture, with Stoke emerging 76-54 winners.

Coventry point scorers:

Jame Kirrane 16, Jake Slatter 6, Macauley Burnett 0, Callum Lee 8, Callum McCarroll 11, Adam Dickinson 5, Sam Slatter 2 and Sarah Hanson 5.