Gladiators push The Cheetahs

The Plymouth ProwPark delivered a spirited away performance in the Cab Direct Championship, eventually losing 39-51 against The Oxford Cheetahs.

Cheered on by the fantastic away support from a large number of Gladiators fans, the Gladiators again kept in touch throughout the meeting, and were only four points down after heat 12 following another 5-1 by the Thompson twins.

Despite a shared heat 14, the firepower of Sam Masters and Scott Nicholls proved to be the downfall for The Gladiators however, with the Cheetah’s top two delivering two 5-1 heat advantages in heats 13 and 15 to help the Cheetahs take victory on the night.

Dan Thompson again top scored for The Gladiators with a superb 15 points, backed by brother Joe (8+1) and Alfie Bowtell with 6.

Oxford Cheetahs = 51

1. Sam Masters – 3, 3, 2, 2′, 3 = 13+1

2. Cameron Heeps – 1, 2′, 3, 1′ = 7+2 

3. Ashton Boughen – 1′, 0, 0, 1 = 2+1

4. Jordan Jenkins – 2, 2, 2, 2 = 8

5. Scott Nicholls – 2′, 3, 3, 3, 2′ = 13+2

6. Luke Killeen – 2, 3, 1, 1, 1′ = 8+1

7. Jody Scott – F, R, 0 = 0 

Plymouth Gladiators = 39

1. Jason Edwards (G) – 2, 1, 2, 1, 0 = 6

2. Alfie Bowtell – 0, 3, 2, 0 = 5 

3. Dan Thompson – 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 1 = 15

4. Patrick Baek – 0, 1′, 0 = 1+1 

5. Ben Barker – 0, 1, 1, 0 = 2 

6. Joe Thompson – 3, 0, 2′, 3 = 8+1

7. Jacob Hook – 1, 1, 0, 0 = 2

Heat Results

Heat 01: Masters, Edwards, Heeps, Bowtell 4-2 59.00

Heat 02: J. Thompson, Killeen, Hook, Scott (F) 2-4 (6-6) 60.56

Heat 03: D. Thompson, Jenkins, Boughen, Baek 3-3 (9-9) 59.39

Heat 04: Killeen, Nicholls, Hook, Barker 5-1 (14-10) 60.39

Heat 05: Bowtell, Jenkins, Edwards, Boughen 2-4 (16-14) 61.22

Heat 06: Masters, Heeps, Barker, J. Thompson 5-1 (21-15) 60.39

Heat 07: Nicholls, D. Thompson, Baek, Scott (R) 3-3 (24-18) 59.83

Heat 08: Heeps, Bowtell, Killeen, Hook 4-2 (28-20) 61.23

Heat 09: D. Thompson, Jenkins, Barker, Boughen 2-4 (30-24) 60.49

Heat 10: D. Thompson, Masters, Heeps, Baek 3-3 (33-27) 60.60

Heat 11: Nicholls, Edwards, Killeen, Bowtell 4-2 (37-29) 60.67

Heat 12: D. Thompson, J. Thompson, Boughen, Scott 1-5 (38-34) 61.71

Heat 13: Nicholls, Masters, Edwards, Barker 5-1 (43-35) 60.96

Heat 14: J. Thompson, Jenkins, Killeen, Hook 3-3 (46-38) 61.93

Heat 15: Masters, Nicholls, D. Thompson, Edwards 5-1 (51-39) 60.52

Courtesy of Speedway Updates

Image Credit: Les Aubrey