7:45pm Monday 21st April 2008
By Steve Butt
A superb team performance saw Swindon Robins go to the top of the Elite League after a commanding win 51-42 win at Belle Vue Aces.
Robins led from start to finish and managed a total of four 5-1 race wins as they earned three valuable away points.
The ever-reliable Leigh Adams pitched in with 10+1 but it was the support from his teammates which clinched victory.
Cory Gathercole finished the night with 9+1 while Troy Batchelor (8+1) James Wright (9) and Travis McGowan (6+1) steered Robins to victory.
Robins now top the Elite League from Eastbourne Eagles by two points.
MEETING DETAILS
BELLE VUE ACES 42
Jason Crump: 2, 3, 6, 3, 3
Billy Forsberg: 0. 2, 3, 2
Charlie Gjedde: 1*, 1, 0, 2
Lukasz Jankowski: 2, 0, 1, 1
Joe Screen (c): 0, 0, 2, 1, 1
Michal Rajkowski: 2, 1, 0, 0
Robert Ksiezak: 1*, 2, 0, 0, 0
SWINDON ROBINS 51
Leigh Adams (c): 3, 2*, 3, 2
James Wright : 1, 3, 2, 1, 2
Troy Batchelor: 0, 3, 2*, 0, 3, 0
Travis McGowan: 3, 2*, 1
Mads Korneliussen: 3, 1, 2*, 0
Cory Gathercole: 3, 0, 3, 1, 2*
Seb Alden: 0, 1, 1*
HEAT DETAILS
Heat 1: Adams, Crump, Wright, Forsberg. 2-4, 60.9
Heat 2: Gathercole, Rajkowski, Ksiezak, Alden. 5-7, 63.6
Heat 3:McGowan, Jankowski, Gjedde, Batchelor. 8-10, 62.0
Heat 4: Korneliussen, Ksiezak, Alden, Screen. 10-14. 62.5Heat 5: Wright, Adams, Gjedde, Jankowski. 11-19, 61.5
Heat 6:Crump, Forsberg, Korneliussen, Gathercole. 16-20, 61.5
Heat 7: Batchelor, McGowan, Screen, Rajkowski. 17-25, 61.8
Heat 9:Gathercole, Korneliussen, Jankowski, Gjedde. 21-33, 62.7
Heat 10: Crump(TR), Forsberg, McGowan, Batchelor 61.1 29-34
Heat 11: Adams, Screen, Wright, Rajkowski 61.1 31-38
Heat 12: Batchelor, Gjedde, Gathercole, Ksiezak 61.4 33-42
Heat 13: Crump, Adams, Screen, Korneliussen 61.0 37-44
Heat 14:McGowan, Gathercole, Jankowski, Rajkowski 62.8 38-49
Heat 15: Crump, Wright, Screen, McGowan 61.0 42-51
SWINDON WIN 51-42
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