Easterners 28: Westerners 21: Borderers 22: Midlanders 25

Farewell to Heathersfield

Four Team Tournament

Sunday 24th October 1999

The final official meeting at Heathersfield took place in front of one of the biggest crowds ever. There was a strong field including James Grieves, Les Collins, and Mick Powell.

The match was close throughout and there was a lot of good racing. There was almost a full turnout of riders. Steven Jones was replaced by Jamie Swales in the Midland while a bizarre form of rider replacement was used for David Meldrum for the Borders.

The Easterners had the red helmets, the Westerners were in blue, the Borderers were in white, and the Midlanders in yellow and black.


Heat 1: Mick Powell, Aiden Collins, Jon Swales [54.4]

David McAllan was attempting to get in touch with Mick Powell when he spun around on the third bend. He was excluded after the race was stopped. Powell won the rerun from Aiden Collins and Jon Swales.

(X-3-1-2) (0-3-1-2)

Heat 2: Les Collins, Will Beveridge, Rob Grant, James Denholm [54.1]

Derek Sneddon was two minuted and James Denholm came in. Beveridge gated but Les Collins swept past majestically.

(0-2-1-3) (0-5-2-5)

Heat 3: Kevin Little, Blair Scott, Paul Gould [55.3]

Robert McNeil ran straight into the centre green and retired. Kevin Little won while Blair Scott held off Paul Gould.

(2-0-3-1) (2-5-5-6)

Heat 4: James Grieves, Derek Sneddon(r/r), Scott Courtney, Jamie Swales [55.6]

Derek Sneddon of the Easterners teams filled in as rider replacement for the Borderers. Grieves won easily but Sneddon secured a good second place.

(3-1-2-0) (5-6-7-6)

Heat 5: Will Beveridge, Kevin Little, David McAllan, Jamie Swales [56.0]

Will Beveridge gated and Kevin Little was unable to come back.

(1-3-2-0) (6-9-9-6)

Heat 6: James Grieves(r/r), Paul Gould, Derek Sneddon [56.3]

James Grieves was in as rider replacement for the Borders side. He led from Mick Powell who spun 180 degrees and was hit by Derek Sneddon. Powell was

excluded and Grieves won the rerun.

(1-X-3-2) (7-9-12-8)

Heat 7: Les Collins, Blair Scott, Jon Swales, Scott Courtney [55.0]

Les Collins beat Blair Scott to the first turn and won without difficulty.

(2-0-1-3) (9-9-13-11)


Heat 8: James Grieves, Aidan Collins, Robert McNeil [56.0]

Rob Grant was making James Grieves work hard when he fell on the third bend. He restarted but later retired as Grieves won from Aiden Collins.

(3-1-0-2) (12-10-13-13)

Heat 9: Les Collins, David McAllan, Mick Powell(r/r), Robert McNeil [54.8]

Mick Powell came in for Meldrum and was unable to get past David McAllan as Les Collins won once more.

(2-0-1-3) (14-10-14-16)

Heat 10: Kevin Little, Aiden Collins, Derek Sneddon [55.8]

Scott Courtney was excluded. Kevin Little won from the impressive Aiden Collins.

(1-0-3-2) (15-10-17-18)

Heat 11: Mick Powell, Blair Scott, Rob Grant, Jamie Swales [56.0]

Mick Powell won from Blair Scott and Rob Grant.

(2-3-1-0) (17-13-18-18)

Heat 12: James Grieves, Will Beveridge, Paul Gould, Jon Swales [55.9]

Will Beveridge gated but James Grieves first drew level and eventually passed.

(3-2-0-1) (20-15-18-19)

Heat 13: Jon Swales, Robert McNeil, Derek Sneddon, Jamie Swales [57.1]

Jon Swales led from Derek Sneddon with McNeil pressing. Sneddon made a slight error on the last lap allowing McNeil through. Sneddon tried to come back but McNeil drove in front of him near to the finish line.

(1-2-3-0) (21-17-21-19)

Heat 14: David McAllan, Paul Gould, Rob Grant, Scott Courtney [57.3]

David McAllan recorded his first win beating Paul Gould and Rob Grant.

(3-0-1-2) (24-17-22-21)

Heat 15: Will Beveridge, Blair Scott, Aiden Collins, Jon Swales(r/r) [56.5]

Will Beveridge made another start and blasted around Blair Scott who lifted. Aiden Collins took third ahead of rider replacement Jon Swales.

(2-3-0-1) (26-20-22-22)

Heat 16: Les Collins, James Grieves, Mick Powell, Kevin Little [55.1]

James Grieves gated but Les Collins passed to preserve his unbeaten record.

(2-1-0-3) (28-21-22-25)

Easterners

 

 

 

James Grieves

3

3

3

2

 

 

11

Blair Scott

2

2

2

2

 

 

8

Derek Sneddon

M

1

1

1

 

 

3

David McAllan

X

1

2

3

  

 

6

James Denholm

0

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Westerners

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mick Powell

3

X

3

1

 

 

7

Will Beveridge

2

3

2

3

 

 

10

Scott Courtney

1

0

X

0

 

 

1

Robert McNeil

R

1

0

2

 

 

3

Gary Flint

-

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borderers

 

 

 

Kevin Little

3

2

3

0

 

 

8

David Meldrum (r/r)

2

3

1

0

 

 

6

Robert Grant

1

R

1

1

 

 

3

Jon Swales

1

1

0

3

 

 

5

Alan Hartley

-

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midlanders

 

 

 

Les Collins

3

3

3

3

 

 

12

Aiden Collins

2

2

2

1

 

 

7

Paul Gould

1

2

1

2

 

 

6

Jamie Swales

0

0

0

0

 

 

0

Mark McIlkenny

-

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Grieves looked unstoppable until he met Les Collins in the last heat. David McAllan did very well after falling in his first ride. Blair Scot was steady. Derek Sneddon showed some signs of progress.

Will Beveridge, riding a bike borrowed from Steven McAllister had a good meeting and dropped points only to Collins and Grieves. Scott Courtney looked rather subdued.

Kevin Little had a steady meeting. Rob Grant looked impressive before falling in heat 8. Jon Swales only got going in his last ride.

Les Collins was nominated as man of the match after a flawless 12 point maximum. He was supported well by Aiden and Paul Gould.

Man of the match: Les Collins.

Most exciting rider: Les Collins.

Next meeting: There is no next meeting, at Heathersfield at least!

John Lowe
 
 

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