Day 7 of the World Championships saw the start of the Over 40’s World Individual Championship at Great Blakenham as well as Federation Cup matches at Ipswich. The Over 40’s saw 2 pre-qualifiers to produce the riders for 2 semi-finals. Full results from the semi-finals below:
Semi-Final 1
Qualifiers:
Jacek Wleklik (Poland) 18, Tomasz Wlodarczyk (Poland) 18, Craig marchant (England) 17, Craig Norton (Ireland) 16, Mark Winwood (Wales) 15, Toby Millen (Wales) 15, Paul White (Australia) 14, Lukasz Rajewski (Poland) 14
2nd reserve: Jakub Wlodarczyk (Poland) 12
Non Qualifiers:
Andy Yard (England) 11, Will Banyard (England) 8, Jason Ashford (England) 8, Lukasz Kaczmarek (Poland) 8, Artur Bujnowski (Poland) 8, Danny Peoples (Scotland) 6, Steve Paver (England) 6, Steve Copping (Ireland) (res) 1 (1 ride), Marianne Cameron (Scotland) (res) 1 (1 ride)
Referee: Bob Prince (England)
Semi-Final 2
Qualifiers:
Lukas Nowacki (Poland) 19, Lee Aris (England) 18, Pawel Kozlowski (Poland) 17, Adam Peck (England) 17, Mark Boaler (England) 16, Daniel Pudney (Australia) 15, Gavin Wheeler (England) 15, Richard Williamson (Ireland) 13 (after run-off)
1st reserve: Chris Jewkes (England) 13
Non Qualifiers:
Kevin Burns (England) 11, Daniel Kubiak (Poland) 10, Mark Whitehead (Wales) 9, Lukasz Kokott (Poland) 9, Paddy Wenn (Ireland) 7, Chris Wood (Australia) 6, Steve Hammond (England) 5
Referee: Kevin Wells (England)
At Ipswich it was the Federation Cup matches for Juniors between Great Britain and Australia as well as the final Women’s match between Australia and Poland. The Junior match was first and after opening up with a maximum 7-3 Great Britain never looked back on their way to victory by 108 points to 70. For GB Shaun Kell completed a full 16 point maximum from 4 rides whilst Kenzie Bennett and JJ Wildman were also undefeated by an Australian rider in their races, as was Luca Woodhouse in the races he completed having started with 2 exclusions for moving at the tapes. Josh Candy was Australia’s highest scorer with 13 points
Great Britain 108
Shaun Kell 16, Kenzie Bennett 15, Noah Lyon 15, Sonny Whale 14, JJ Wildman 13, Ollie Saunders 13, Leon Penketh 11, Luca Woodhouse 11
Australia 70
Josh Candy 13, Cody Petty 10, Connor Scriven 10, Aidem McCormick 10, Max Lowick 9, Connor McCormick 8, Tyler Wood 6, Xavier Whitehead 4
Referee: Leon Mower (Ireland)
The Women’s match between Australia & Poland followed and started with 5 shared heats before the 2 teams traded 6-4’s to leave the scores at 35 points each after 7 heats. Heat 8 was shared then Poland took the lead with a 7-3 in heat 9 and never looked back on their way to victory by 97 points to 82 which clinched Poland the runners=up spot in the Women’s Federation Cup. Great Britain had already clinched the competition by defeating both Poland and Australia. Holly Greenhalgh was Australia’s top scorer with 16 points whilst for Poland Oliwia Wilbrandt scored a full 24 point maximum whilst Karina Gorniaczyk dropped just 1 point in her 4th ride
Poland 97
Oliwia Wilbrandt 24, Karina Gorniaczyk 22, Zuzanna Klett 19, Nel Bialowas 14, Agnieszka Bujnowska 11, Julia Pieprzyk 6
Australia 82
Holly Greenhalgh 16, Kayleigh Clarke 15, Harleigh Rochester 13, Caitlin Knights 12, Matisyn Smith 12, Taylor Hoffman 10, Lilee Hancock 5
Referee: Leon Mower (Ireland)
Tomorrow the action is at Ipswich and it is the final 3 Federation Cup matches, all between Poland and Great Britain. The Junior match is first up at 4pm with the Over 40’s match at 6pm and the Open match at 8pm
