football rambles

It was a great result for the Stars who went 10 points clear at the top of the Elite League and Nicklas Porsing, Robert Lambert and Lewis Kerr were on impressive form for the Stars, but the night will probably be remembered for some other reasons. In race 9, which was ironically sponsored by an ambulance company Dsrren Mallett crashed with James Sarjeant of the Bees and both of the riders were taken to hospital. When the race restarted after about an hour Jason Garrity of the Bees crashed his bike into the concrete and the bike went flying over the fence. Fortunately he wasn't hurt though and the race continued. Nevertheless, the Stars totally dominated the Bees, who were also on a fine run of form especially on the road. They won a series of matches 5-1 and if it wasn't for the Bees Hans Andersen who won one match when wearing the double points helmet and gave the Stars a run for their money in other heats the margin could have been even greater.

Last night we went to King's Lynn Stars v Coventry Bees at the Norfolk Arena. The Stars ran out easy winners defeating the Bees 54 to 35. I'll be reporting on that later, but here are some photos from last night's meeting. Photo of Norfolk Arena At the starting line in race 5 The pit crew at Norfolk Arena. Taking a bend in Race 9, moments before the crash

The Coventry Bees are based in Brandon and used to go by the name of Brandon Bees. They are one of the oldest teams out there being formed in 1928. I am not sure when they changed their name, but we still have this badge from the 1960s when they were known as Brandon, which I found when I was a kid in the 1980s in my Granny's house. Before the war they rode in the Southern League and the National League. They have been involved in the top league every season since 1948. They have been Champions 9 times with the last victory coming in 2011. They almost didn't compete at all in 2011 after walking out of a meeting along with the Peterborough Panthers and were originally excluded from competing that season. At the time of writing they are currently 6th in the league, but with a couple of matches in hand will be looking up to a play-off position.