Robins too strong for the Hammers

11:48pm Thursday 15th May 2008

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Swindon Robins 53, Lakeside Hammers 39

BEATEN by 13 points in April's Elite League A meeting at Robins, Hammers harboured real hopes of improvement in tonight's second clash of the season at Swindon, but the Lakeside side again found themselves distinctly second best.

Swindon were inspired not just by the weekend Grand Priz winner Leigh Adams, who recorded 13, paid 15 points, but by Troy Batchelor who rode to a five heat maximum.

Hammers were never in front, holding the home side for the first two heats, then being headed for the rest of the evening and they will be looking to bounce back to winning ways at Lakeside on Friday, when Eastbourne visit.

Swindon: 1. Leigh Adams 13+2; 2. James Wright 3; 3. Mads Korneliussen 11; 4. Travis McGowan 6+1; 5. Troy Batchelor 15; 6. Theo Pjiper 1; 7. Seb Alden 4.
Hanners: 1. Andreas Jonsson 7+1; 2. Leigh Lanham 7+2; 3. Adam Shields 8; 4. Lubos Tomicek 0; 5. Jonas Davidsson 6; 6. Ricky Kling 2+1; 7. Joonas Kylmakorpi 9+2.
Heat-by-heat:
1: Adams, Jonsson, Lanham, Wright (3-3) (3-3) 65.58
2: Alden, Kylmakorpi, Kling, Pijper (3-3) (6-6) 68.6
3: Korneliussen, McGowan, Shields, Tomicek (5-1) (11-7) 66.8
4: Batchelor, Davidsson, Kylmakorpi, Alden (3-3) (14-10) 66.1
5: Korneliussen, Lanham, Jonsson, McGowan (3-3) (17-13) 66.2
6: Adams, Davidsson, Wright, Kling (4-2) (21-15) 65.9
7: Batchelor, Shields, Pijper, Tomicek (4-2) (25-17) 66.1
8: Lanham, Kylmakorpi, Wright, Alden (1-5) (26-22) 67.4
9: Korneliussen, Davidsson, McGowan, Kylmakorpi (4-2) (30-24) 65.8
10: Adams, Shields, Wright, Tomicek (4-2) (34-26) 65.7
11: Batchelor, Jonsson, Lanham, Pjiper (3-3) (37-29) 66.5
12: Shields, Korneliussen, Kling, Alden (2-4) (39-33) 67.6
13: Batchelor, Adams, Jonsson, Davidsson (5-1) (44-34) 65.5
14: McGowan, Kylmakorpi (tactical ride), Alden, Kling (4-4) (48-38) 67.6
15: Batchelor, Adams, Jonsson, Shields (5-1) (53-39) 65.77