Great night for the Hammers

10:47pm Friday 18th April 2008

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Lakeside Hammers 56, Peterborough Panthers 37

ANDREAS Jonsson returned to Hammers action in emphatic action and Joonas Kylmakorpi rekindled his best form as the lakeside side enjoyed a great Elite League A fixture on Friday evening.

The ensuing, thumping victory over Peterborough was achieved in comfortable fashion against a side that only had Hans Andersen - and Kenneth Bjerre, to a lesser extent - to count upon.

AJ made his track return in typically spectacular fashion, jetting from the tapes with Leigh Lanham ahead of Hans Andersen, although Andersen found a way through to split the pairing.

The heat advantages came thick and fast for the Hammers - Ricky Kling passed Claus Vissing to win heat two, leaving the crowd to be heartened by a sterling return to form for Kylmakorpi alongside Adam Shields.

Panthers' Daniel King took an alarming fall exiting the first turn of heat four and after lengthy care and attention on the track he journeyed back to the pits on foot. The damage for Panthers, though, was the concession of another 5-1 in the re-run.

An early heat five tactical ride outing for Hans Andersen yielded a 6-3 for the Hammers, although service was resumed when Jonsson and Lanham renewed last month's 5-1 machine with a maximum in heat seven.

Two 5-1's immediately after the turn in heat nine and ten effectively sealed the victory for the Hammers and it took some excellent team riding from Andersen to earn Peterborough's first advantage of the meeting.

Kylmakorpi completed three paid wins when he saw Kling through for victory against Bjerre - riding as a tactical substitute - in the penultimate race before Hammers completed a thoroughly comprehensive victory in the final race.

Hammers return to action on Monday evening in an Elite League clash at Wolverhampton that will be shown live on Sky.

Lakeside Hammers: 1. Andreas Jonsson 11; 2. Leigh Lanham 10+2; 3. Adam Shields 11+1; 4. Joonas Kylmakorpi 7+4; 5. Jonas Davidsson 5+2; 6. Ricky Kling 9; 7. Lubos Tomicek 3+1.

Peterborough Panthers: 1. Hans Andersen 16+1; 2. Morten Risager 4+1; 3. Kenneth Bjerre 9; 4. Zdenek Simota 0; 5. Daniel King 1; 6. Claus Vissing 6; 7. Henrik Moller 1.

Heat-by-heat:

1: Jonsson, Andersen, Lanham, Risager (4-2) (4-2) 58.3

2: Kling, Vissing, Tomicek, Moller (4-2) (8- 4) 59.3

3: Shields, Kylmakorpi, Bjerre, Simota (5-1) (13-5) 58.2

4: Davidsson, Tomicek, Moller, King (fell exc) (5-1) (18-6) 59.2

5: Andersen (tactical ride), Shields, Kylmakorpi, Risager (3-6) (21-12) 58.2

6: Jonsson, Lanham, Vissing, King (5-1) (26-13) 59.4

7: Bjerre, Kling, Davidsson, Simota (3-3) (29-16) 58.2

8: Lanham, Vissing, Risager, Tomicek (fell exc) (3-3) (32-19) 59.2

9: Shields, Kylmakorpi, King, Moller (5-1) (37-20) 59.2

10: Jonsson, Lanham, Bjerre, Simota (5-1) (42-21) 58.8

11: Risager, Andersen, Kling, Davidsson (1-5) (43-26) 59.4

12: Bjerre, Shields, Vissing, Tomicek (2-4) (45-30) 58.9

13: Andersen, Jonsson, Davidsson, King (3-3) (48-33) 58.4

14: Kling, Kylmakorpi, Bjerre (tactical substitute), Vissing (5-1) (53-34) 59.2

15: Andersen, Lanham, Shields, Bjerre (3-3) (56-37) 58.8