Legault in great form at Rye House!!

17 Apr 2011 : Rye House Rockets 41 Newport Wasps 49

Rye House Rockets
1: Jason Doyle: 3 3 3 1 0 = 10
2: Luke Bowen : 2’ 1 2 1 = 6+1
3: Ritchie Hawkins: 1 0 1 3 = 5
4: Chris Neath : 3 1 0 3 1 = 8
5: Jordan Frampton: 3 2 2 0 = 7
6: Ben Morley: 2 1’ 0 1 = 4+1
7: Nelson: 1’ 0 0 R = 1+1

Newport Wasps
1: Leigh Lanham: 1 2' 3 3 2’ = 11+2
2: Robin Aspegren R/R
3: Mark Jones: 0 0 F 2 = 2
4: Kyle Legault: 2 3 2 2 3 = 12
5: Kim Nilsson: 2 R 3 1 2’ = 8+1
6: Anders Mellgren: 3 2 3 2’ 0 1’ = 11+2
7: Todd Kurtz: 0 1’ 3 1 0 = 5+1

Heat 01: Doyle, Bowen, Lanham, Jones 5-1
Heat 02: Mellgren, Morley, Nelsen, Kurtz 3-3 8-4
Heat 03: Neath, Legault, Hawkins , Jones 4-2 12-6
Heat 04: Frampton, Nilsson, Kurtz, Nelsen 3-3 15-9
Heat 05: Kurtz, Lanham , Neath , Hawkins 1-5 16-14
Heat 06: Doyle , Mellgren , Bowen , Nilsson (Retired) 4-2 20-16
Heat 07: Legault Frampton , Morley , Jones (Fell) 3-3 23-19
Heat 08: Mellgren , Bowen , Kurtz , Nelsen 2-4 25-23
Heat 09: Nilsson, Mellgren , Hawkins , Neath 1-5 26-28
Heat 10: Doyle , Legault , Bowen , Mellgren 4-2 30-30
Heat 11: Lanham , Frampton , Nilsson , Morley 2-4 32-34
Heat 12: Hawkins , Jones , Mellgren , Nelsen (Retired) 3-3 35-37
Heat 13: Lanham , Nilsson , Doyle , Frampton 1-5 36-42
Heat 14: Neath , Legault , Morley , Kurtz 4-2 40-44
Heat 15: Legault , Lanham ,Neath , Doyle 1-5 41-49

The Wasps ran out surprising winners last night at Rye House by 49 points to 41, just 24 hours after being turned over by the Rockets at Queensway Meadows.

The star of the show was Swedish reserve Anders Mellgren who bagged 11+2 from 6 rides and it should have been more, retiring on the final lap of heat 12 whilst comfortably leading Ritchie Hawkins, although the Swede did push home for a lap to take a paid second after Nelson had already retired for the Rockets.

It was a massive turn around for the Wasps and the big team talk given to them before the meeting seemed to do them the world of good, and hopefully it is the start of a new chapter for the Wasps as they finally get some league points on board.

“We have a very talented line up, that is why I am so frustrated with their form so far” said co promoter Steve Mallett.

He added: “But this result proves we can pull off big results. Rye House with their superb top three at home is not a place many will win at in 2011, so it makes the result even better.

If we had a poor line up and had been in such a poor run of form as we have been, it would be understandable. But we have a very good team with very capable riders, that is why I have became so frustrated. But we will go to Redcar with our heads held high and see what happens.

Alex Davies is only about a fortnight away from a return and Robin Aspegren fully intends to return when he regains match fitness, so it will be interesting to see how the lower order perform over the next few weeks. With Anders Mellgren scoring so well, how could you let him go?”.