Scunthorpe Scorpions close in on final after thrashing Workington
HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions took a huge step towards the Premier League play-off final with a resounding 62-28 win over the Workington Comets at the Eddie Wright Raceway yesterday evening (Sunday).
In their biggest win of the season, all six Scunthorpe riders won at least one race, with Josh Auty and Michael Palm Toft completing paid maximums.
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Hero: Michael Palm Toft in Heat Three last night
The teams were tied 15-all after five heats, but Scunthorpe then dropped only three points from the next 10 races to run out convincing winners.
It was a crucial three points for the Scorpions following their defeat at Workington on Saturday evening and left them with seven points from their play-off programme.
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They must now wait for the results of Workington's two matches with Edinburgh to find out if they will progress to the final.
Workington need a win and a draw, while Edinburgh require two wins.
Toft, who became the first rider to complete a seven-ride paid maximum for the Scorpions at Premier League level, said the team had done everything they could to reach the play-off final.
"We now have to wait," he said. "It’s a bit annoying we have to wait quite a while for some of the other fixtures to take place.
"But I'm definitely ready for the final, if we make it through."
Team boss Richard Hollingsworth praised a "sensational" performance.
"To be 15-15 after five races, but then to only drop three points from the following ten races is just the stuff of dreams," he said.
"We couldn't have done anything more this weekend.
"We've battled all the way, which is all we ask. We picked up a valuable away point at Edinburgh on Friday, we dug deep yesterday at Workington and took it to a last-heat decider in terms of the final point, and then we smashed Workington today.
"If we don't make it, I'm still proud of our performances. If we do make it, let's go and ride like we did tonight again."
"Michael (Palm Toft) has been going very well recently, but he's not quite got the maximum. So to do it from seven rides is a bit special. He deserves it. He has played a big part in turning our season around over the last two to three months."
Scunthorpe will have to wait until October 19, the date of the final group match between Workington and Edinburgh, to find out if they will go through to the final.
Comments
by lenaloo120794
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 10:10AM
“rob richard and everone connected to scunny speedway you deserve a nighthood for what you have done for speedway in scunthorpe whatever happens now its been a fantastic season to go a nearly full season without a no 1 and get this far brilliant im from the old scool mark dekok danny young nigel crabtree shaka hornsby era to see were speedway in scunny is now if i win the big one ill give rob 10 million and this years riders a million each except maby morris unless he has a good excuse if he had rode maby a point at workinton dont no long live scorpions”
by bartonscorp
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 1:02AM
“Brilliant meeting on Sunday, all of the riders were fantastic, I also enjoyed the away meeting at Edinburgh, when I felt that we had chances to win the match, just a few falls robbed us of at least a draw, but still an enjoyable meeting. Saturdays meeing at Workington saw us have some wretched luck with engine problems, and a very poor referee was also against us, but Workington have a very bad hostile crowd of supporters, and this has been the case in both of our meetings there this season, I did not really enjoy either of these encounters against the Comets.
After thrashing both of these teams on aggregate scores over the two meetings last week, I strongly feel that we are the team that should progress to the final, I hope that the two outstanding matches both end in home wins.
600 miles covered this weekend, but well worth it, looking forward to Somerset home and away.
Thanks for all the effort by the riders, Rob, Richard and the track staff, you all did a great job.”