Bees buzz to victory! 

Coventry beat Swindon Robins in Elite League Pairs final

Swindon Speedway's Leigh Adams and Mads Korneliussen were pipped at the post by Coventry Bees last night, in the final of the 2008 Elite League Pairs Championship at Abbey Stadium.

 

Four successive victories: skipper Leigh Adams

Ten points: Mads Korneliussen

 

Robins' skipper Adams, fresh from victory in the Scandinavian GP, was in sublime form as he romped to four successive victories, whilst Korneliussen provided fantastic support - contributing a hard-earned ten points from his qualifying rides.

 

The final

 

It was the lively Korneliussen who conjured a lightning get-away from gate three in the final, hitting the front.

Riding the race of his life to repel the challenge of a hard charging Chris Harris, Mads rode with composure to fend off Harris, who drew alongside him on turn one of lap two but didn’t phase the Robins rider.

At the rear, Leigh Adams threw everything at Hans Andersen and it looked as if a third lap back straight cut back might just propel Adams past his rival.

 

But it wasn’t to be, and despite all Adams’ efforts Coventry’s second and third place finish secured them overall victory on the night. 

 

Elite League pairs stats:

 

Scoring System
1st 4points, 2nd 3points, 3rd 2points, 4th 0 points.

Qualifying Points:

Belle Vue 25
Jason Crump 3 4 4 4
Charlie Gjedde 2 2 3 3

Swindon 26
Leigh Adams 4 4 4 4
Mads Korneliussen 3 3 2 2

Coventry 23
Hans Andersen 4 4 2 4
Chris Harris X 3 3 3

Wolverhampton 15
Freddie Lindgren 0 0 0 2
Niels K Iversen 3 3 3 4

Eastbourne 10
Cameron Woodward 0 0 2 0
Lee Richardson 2 4 X 2

Lakeside 9
Adam Shields 2 2 3 2
Jonas Davidsson 0 0 0 0

Peterborough 11
Kenneth Bjerre 1 2 2 0
Daniel King 0 4 0 2

Poole 20
Bjarne Pedersen 3 2 3 3
Chris Holder 2 3 0 4

Ipswich 21
Piotr Swiderski 0 3 4 4
Rory Schlein 4 4 0 2

Ht1: Schlein, Crump, Gjedde, Swiderski,66.7
Ht2: Adams, Korneliussen, Bjerre, King,65.8
Ht3:(Re-Run) Andersen, Pedersen, Holder,66.4
Ht4: Crump, Iversen, Gjedde, Lindgren, 65.6
Ht5: Adams, Korneliussen, Richardson,Woodward, 66.4
Ht6: Andersen,Harris,Shields, Davidsson,66.4
Ht7: King, Iversen, Bjerre, Lindgren (ret) 65.6
Ht8: Richardson, Holder, Pedersen, Woodward(f),66.4
Ht9: Schlein,Swiderski,Shields,Davidsson, 66.8
Ht10: Crump, Gjedde, Bjerre, King (f),67.4
Ht11: Adams, Pedersen, Korneliussen, Holder,66.8
Ht12: Swiderski,Harris,Andersen,Schlein,67.4
Ht13: Adams, Iversen, Korneliussen, Lindgren, 66.5
Ht14: Crump, Gjedde, Woodward, Richardson (ex.tapes)68.7
Ht15: Iversen, Shields, Lindgren, Davidsson, 69.1
Ht16: Andersen, Harris, King, Bjerre,68.1
Ht17: Holder, Pedersen, Shields, Davidsson,67.9
Ht18: Swiderski, Richardson, Schlein, Woodward. 68.1

Semi Final 1:
Schlein, Adams, Korneliussen, Swiderski 67.2

Semi Final 2:
Crump, Andersen, Harris, Gjedde. 67.6

Final:
Korneliussen, Harris, Andersen, Adams. 67.4