2006 Vic Harding Memorial Trophy

Well the 2005 Vic Harding Memorial will be remembered I guess for all the wrong reasons. The day the England football team and Wayne Rooney in particular had a day they would prefer to forget taking an early exit from the Football World Cup in Germany. With that match going into extra time, many fans stayed at home to watch the extra time and penalty shoot out, even though Len had decided to put back the start time to 7.30. Trouble is this was only decided an hour or so before the normal start time of 7pm, so many did not know, and without doubt this affected the attendance. For those who attended this was an excellent meeting, eventually won by Mildenhall’s Jason Lyons. Unfortunately Mildenhall skipper Jon Armstrong was injured where it was believed he had a couple of broken ribs. Teammate Daniel King lost a chain exiting the second bend and Jon ploughed into him. Because of the delayed start and a further delay while Jon had treatment on the track the Col Smiths old timers had to be cancelled, but of course took it all in there stride.

The match race between Len Silver and Michael Lee! Well Michael Lee made an instant impact once again, looking like he had never been of a bike. Len, well he looked a bit rusty!

Results

1: Chris Neath(Rye House): 2,3,2,3,2. =12(2nd)
2: Danny King(Mildenhall&Ipswich): 1,3,3,2,X. =9(5th)
3: Brent Werner(Mildenhall): 0,2,1,1,0. =4 (4th)
4: Ross Brady(Rye House): 3,2,R,3. WITHDRAWN =8
5: Leigh Lanham(Arena Essex): 1,1,1,3,3. =9(3rd)
6: Ben Powell(Rye House): 0,1,X,0,1. =2
7: Tommy Allen(Rye House): 3,0,2,2,2. =9 (7th)
8: Steve Boxall(Rye House): 2,2,3,0,2. =9 (6th)
9: Richard Hall(Peterborough): 2,R,2,0,1. =5(8th)
10: Danny Betson(Rye House): 1,1,0,1. =3
11: Jon Armstrong(Mildenhall): 0,0,1,1. WITHDRAWN =2
12: Jason Lyons(Mildenhall): 3,3,3,3,3.(1st) =15(FULL MAX)

Res: Harland Cook(Rye House): 0,2. =2
Res: Robert Mear(Rye House): 1 =1


Heat 1:Lyons,Neath,King,Armstrong.56.9.
Heat 2:Re-run:Allen,Boxall,Lanham,Powell.58.0.
Heat 3:Brady,Hall,Betson,Werner.58.6.
Heat 4:Re-run:Neath,Boxall,Lanham,Hall(Ret).57.7.
Heat 5:King,Brady,Powell,Allen.58.1.
Heat 6:Boxall,Werner,Betson,Armstrong.57.7.
Heat 7:Lyons,Neath,Lanham,Brady(Ret).58.5.
Heat 8:Re-run:King,Hall,Armstrong.58.6.
Heat 9:Lyons,Allen,Werner,Betson.58.6.

Silver V Lee race: Silver beat Lee.

Heat 10:Brady,Allen,Armstrong,Hall.58.9.
Heat 11:Re-run:Lanham,King,Werner,Boxall(15m).58.9.
Heat 12:Neath,Allen,Betson,Powell.59.4.
Heat 13:Lyons,Boxall,Hall,Cook.58.7.
Heat 14:Re-run:Lanham,Cook,Mear.59.2.
Heat 15:Lyons,Neath,Powell,Werner.58.4.

Semi-final 1:Lyons,Lanham,Allen,Hall.58.4.
Semi-final 2:Werner,Neath,King,Boxall.58.6.

FINAL:Lyons,Neath,Lanham,Werner.58.4.

Ht1: Lyons barged past Neath on 1st turn.
Ht2: Powell fell 1st bend. All 4 back.
Ht2: Boxall passed Lanham 1st bend lap 2.
Ht3: From the gate although Hall was close.
Ht4: Boxall jumped the start. All 4 back.
Ht4: Lanham briefly troubled Boxall.Hall span out on last bend.
Ht5: Great race! Passing on several occasions.
Ht6: Werner passed Armstrong 1st bend lap 1. Boxall easy winner.
Ht7: Brady ef at start. From the gate.
Ht8: Powell fell 4th bend lap 1. Hall ploughed into him. Powell excluded from re-run.
Ht8: Hall powered away from the gate then King passed Armstrong on lap 2 and then passed Hall on back straight lap 3.
Ht9: From the gate.
Ht10: Brady from last to 1st down backstraight.
Ht11: Boxall excluded-2 mins. Off 15 mtrs.
Ht11: From the gate.
Ht12: Betson passed Powell end of lap 1.
Ht13: Cook replaces Brady.
Ht13: From the gate.
Ht14: Mear replaces Betson.
Ht14: King shed chain on backstraight lap 2. Armstrong piled into back of King's bike. Armstrong being treated by paramedics. King is ok but is excluded from re-run.
Jon Armstrong going to Hospital for check up.
Ht14: Easy Victory for Lanham.
Ht15: Great ride...yet again by Lyons.
Semi 1: From the gate.
Semi 2: From the gate. Werner very comfortable.
FINAL: Lyons white lined it and won by a bike's length.

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