| BRITISH UNDER 18 SEMI FINAL |
| EL rider Tommy Davey, who finished 3rd in last season's final, justified his position amongst the favourites for this year's title by winning the first Semi Final, the 16 year old dropping just a single point in the meeting. 15 year old Marcus Jay did very well to take 2nd while defending British Under 18 Champion Lewie Carr made up the rostrum places and could well have challenged Davey for top spot, being the only rider to head him all afternoon, but for an engine failure in heat 9. None of the qualifiers could really be classed as surprises, with the top 10 all competing in the EL or AL this season, although Davie Langfield was probably a little disappointed to only take a reserve place for the final. From the JJ riders involved Young scored in each of his races while Plant picked up a heat win. |
| 1. Tommy Davey............... 3 3 3 2 3 14 (Qual) |
| 2. Marcus Jay................ 3 3 3 2 2 13 (Qual) |
| 3. Lewie Carr................ 3 2 R 3 3 11 (Qual) |
| 4. Robbie Cormack............ 2 2 2 3 2 11 (Qual) |
| 5. Glyn Cox.................. 1 3 R 3 3 10 (Qual) |
| 6. Cameron Monk.............. 2 1 3 1 3 10 (Qual) |
| 7. Craig Leonard............. 2 2 3 0 2 9 (Qual) |
| 8. Dmitrij O'Shea............ 0 2 2 3 1 8 (Qual) |
| 9. Davie Langfield........... 1 1 2 2 2 8 (res) |
| 10. Richie Sampson............ 0 3 2 2 0 7 |
| 11. Frankie Young............. 1 1 1 1 1 5 |
| 12. Michael Plant............. 3 0 1 0 0 4 |
| 13. Shane Dwyer............... 2 0 0 1 1 4 |
| 14. Davy Walsh................ 0 1 0 1 1 3 |
| 15. Noah Nicholson............ 1 0 1 Fx - 2 (I) |
| 16. Ryan Betts................ 0 0 1 0 0 1 |
| 17. Ralph Whelan.............. 0 - - - - 0 |
| 18. Ben Case.................. Did not ride |
| No. Results |
| 1: Marcus Jay, Craig Leonard, Frankie Young, Davy Walsh |
| 2: Lewie Carr, Cameron Monk, Davie Langfield, Richie Sampson |
| 3: Michael Plant, Shane Dwyer, Noah Nicholson, Ryan Betts |
| 4: Tommy Davey, Robbie Cormack, Glyn Cox, Dmitrij O'Shea |
| 5: Marcus Jay, Dmitrij O'Shea, Davie Langfield, Noah Nicholson |
| 6: Glyn Cox, Lewie Carr, Davy Walsh, Shane Dwyer |
| 7: Tommy Davey, Craig Leonard, Cameron Monk, Ryan Betts |
| 8: Richie Sampson, Robbie Cormack, Frankie Young, Michael Plant |
| 9: Marcus Jay, Robbie Cormack, Ryan Betts, Lewie Carr (R) |
| 10: Tommy Davey, Davie Langfield, Michael Plant, Davy Walsh |
| 11: Craig Leonard, Richie Sampson, Noah Nicholson, Glyn Cox (R) |
| 12: Cameron Monk, Dmitrij O'Shea, Frankie Young, Shane Dwyer |
| 13: Glyn Cox, Marcus Jay, Cameron Monk, Michael Plant |
| 14: Dmitrij O'Shea, Richie Sampson, Davy Walsh, Ryan Betts |
| 15: Robbie Cormack, Davie Langfield, Shane Dwyer, Craig Leonard |
| 16: Lewie Carr, Tommy Davey, Frankie Young, Noah Nicholson (Fx) |
| 17: Tommy Davey, Marcus Jay, Shane Dwyer, Richie Sampson |
| 18: Cameron Monk, Robbie Cormack, Davy Walsh, Ralph Whelan |
| 19: Lewie Carr, Craig Leonard, Dmitrij O'Shea, Michael Plant |
| 20: Glyn Cox, Davie Langfield, Frankie Young, Ryan Betts |
| Runoff for 3rd: Lewie Carr, Robbie Cormack |
| Runoff for 8th: Dmitrij O'Shea, Davie Langfield |
| INJURY NEWS - Noah Nicholson took a knock to the knee and withdrew as a precaution |
| BRITISH UNDER 18 SEMI FINAL |
| The favourites led the way in the second Semi Final and Jason Hoskins, Dexter Last, Chris Holmes and Ray France will all be highly fancied to be battling it out for the title in 2 weeks time. The only Power League rider in the competition took the honours in this one but the leading quarter looked very evenly matched. As with the first semi the rider who took the reserve place for the final looked disappointed not to have done better as a pointless first heat and a fall in his last cost Mikey Frost. There were a few promising flashes from the current crop of JJ riders with McAuliffe and 15 year old Honey scoring 5 points each while Broad would surely have done better but for a couple of falls. |
| So of the 16 finalists just Hoskins will be from the PL, with 3 coming from the EL and the rest representing the AL. Half of the riders are aged 17 and so this will be their last attempt to claim the title, with just two competitors, Jay and Cormack, being 15. Lewie Carr will be defending the title he won last season and at just 16 years of age still he has the potential to lift the trophy 3 times and match the feat achieved by current GP star Hayden Wood. If any of the riders need any more inspiration then a look back at the list of riders to have started their medal collections in this final should do just that with former U18 rostrum finishers going on to lift the senior British title on 9 occasions and win a total of 26 senior and Under 21 World Final golds between them! |
| 1. Jason Hoskins............. 2 3 3 3 2 13 (Qual) |
| 2. Dexter Last............... 3 3 2 1 3 12 (Qual) |
| 3. Chris Holmes.............. 2 R 3 3 3 11 (Qual) |
| 4. Ray France................ 3 3 1 3 Fx 10 (Qual) |
| 5. John Stroud............... 1 2 1 3 3 10 (Qual) |
| 6. Giles Hill................ 3 2 1 2 2 10 (Qual) |
| 7. Ashley Wakerley........... 3 2 0 1 2 8 (Qual) |
| 8. Brian Broadbank........... 1 2 3 2 0 8 (Qual) |
| 9. Mikey Frost............... 0 3 2 2 Fx 7 (res) |
| 10. Russell Genz.............. 1 0 2 2 1 6 |
| 11. Lee McAuliffe............. 2 0 0 R 3 5 |
| 12. John Honey................ 0 1 3 0 1 5 |
| 13. Darcy Broad............... 2 Fx 2 0 F 4 |
| 14. Andrew Knapkin............ 1 1 0 1 1 4 |
| 15. Jordan Trott.............. 0 1 1 1 0 3 |
| 16. Harry Coles............... 0 2 - - - 2 |
| 17. Tim Luckhurst............. 0 Fx - - - 0 (I) |
| 18. Chris Ford................ 0 - - - - 0 |
| No. Results |
| 1: Ashley Wakerley, Lee McAuliffe, Russell Genz, John Honey |
| 2: Giles Hill, Darcy Broad, Brian Broadbank, Jordan Trott |
| 3: Dexter Last, Chris Holmes, John Stroud, Mikey Frost |
| 4: Ray France, Jason Hoskins, Andrew Knapkin, Tim Luckhurst |
| 5: Dexter Last, Brian Broadbank, John Honey, Tim Luckhurst (Fx) |
| 6: Jason Hoskins, Ashley Wakerley, Chris Holmes (R), Darcy Broad (Fx) |
| 7: Ray France, John Stroud, Jordan Trott, Lee McAuliffe |
| 8: Mikey Frost, Giles Hill, Andrew Knapkin, Russell Genz |
| 9: John Honey, Darcy Broad, John Stroud, Andrew Knapkin |
| 10: Brian Broadbank, Mikey Frost, Ray France, Ashley Wakerley |
| 11: Jason Hoskins, Dexter Last, Giles Hill, Lee McAuliffe |
| 12: Chris Holmes, Russell Genz, Jordan Trott, Harry Coles |
| 13: Jason Hoskins, Mikey Frost, Jordan Trott, John Honey |
| 14: John Stroud, Giles Hill, Ashley Wakerley, Chris Ford |
| 15: Chris Holmes, Brian Broadbank, Andrew Knapkin, Lee McAuliffe (R) |
| 16: Ray France, Russell Genz, Dexter Last, Darcy Broad |
| 17: Chris Holmes, Giles Hill, John Honey, Ray France (Fx) |
| 18: Dexter Last, Ashley Wakerley, Andrew Knapkin, Jordan Trott |
| 19: Lee McAuliffe, Harry Coles, Mikey Frost (Fx), Darcy Broad (F) |
| 20: John Stroud, Jason Hoskins, Russell Genz, Brian Broadbank |
| INJURY NEWS - Tim Luckhurst suffered grazing to his arm and withdrew as a precaution |