RESULTS: Northern KO Cup from Sheffield
Here are the results for the Northern League KO Cup at Cookson Park, Sheffield, including a contender for pic of the year by Linda Kirkland, if you haven’t seen it already, it’s a cracker!
SENIOR FINAL
ASTLEY & TYLDESLEY (46) – Radek Handke 15(4), Damian Zareba 14(4), Reece Pollitt 10(4), Mark Mulvey 7(4), Gareth Paine DNR
BURY (43) – Ben Scrannage 14(4), Danny Taylor 11(4), James Elston 9(4), Chris Parrish 9(4), Neil Howarth DNR
STOCKPORT (40) – Jack Lush 10(3), Mat Lush 9(4), Ben Higham 8(4), Terry Norman 7(3), Chris Eaton 6(2).
EDINBURGH (29) – Craig Newsome 9(4), Jake Slight 7(4), Kamil Grezla 7(4), Mikey Hewitson 6(3), Dougie Morgan 1(1).
Bury’s Ben Scranage does an impressive frog leap over Sheffield’s Jason Burke in Semi-Final 2! Picture Linda Kirkland.
FIRST SEMI – FINAL
ASTLEY & TYLDESLEY (48) – Radek Handke 14(4), Damian Zareba 14(4), Reece Pollitt 12(4), Mark Mulvey 6(2), Gareth Paine 2(2)
STOCKPORT (47) – Ben Higham 12(4), Mat Lush 12(4), Chris Eaton 9(3), Jack Lush 9(3), Terry Norman 5(2).
HULL (37) – Andy Angell 15(4), Lewis Aylmer 10(4), Dominic Bent 5(3), Nathan Everett 4(3), Chris Cooke 3(2).
HECKMONDWIKE (28) – Pawel Idziorek 12 (4), Mick Knowles 7(4), Darren Kent 5(4), Justin Naylor 4(4)
SECOND SEMI – FINAL
BURY (47) – Chris Parrish 14(4), Ben Scrannage 13(4), James Elston 11(4), Danny Taylor 5(2), Neil Howarth 4(2).
EDINBURGH (43) – Mikey Hewitson 14(4), Kamil Grezla 12(4), Craig Newsome 9(4), Jake Slight 6(3), Dougie Morgan 2(1).
NORTHUMBRIA (37) – Gavin Parr 13(4), Jason Keith 11(4), Dan Wharrier 7(4), Dan Redshaw 6(4)
SHEFFIELD (32) – Adam Watson 12(4), Jason Burke 8(4), Rich Hudson 7(3), Niall Morton 4(4), Vicky Brown 1(1).
JUNIOR FINAL
SHEFFIELD (49) – Adam Watson 15(4), Matt Parrott 13+1(4), Rich Hudson 8+3(4), Niall Morton 8+2(3), Ed Morton 5+1 (2)
BURY (42) – James Elston 15+1(4), Danny Taylor 11 (4), Adam Turnbull 9+1(4), Louis Turner 7(4)
STOCKPORT (19) – Devon Campbell 10 (4), Michael Preston 9(4).
Gavin Parr lowered the track record to 38.51 in heat 7 of the second semi, Mikey Hewitson lowered it to 38.25 nine races later.
Damian Zareba equalled the TR in heat five of the final.
The previous TR of 38.55 by Pawel Idziorek was also beaten on the day by Damien Zareba (38.26 in heat 12 of the final) and James Elston (38.43 in heat 11 of the junior final).