Bees through to cup semi

The 2nd leg of the speedway Knock-out cup quarter final between the Bees and the Belle Vue Aces took place at Brandon last night, with Belle Vue holding a 5 point advantage from Monday nights 1st leg.

With the Aces star rider Jason Crump missing from their line-up, the Bees held high hopes of turning the deficit around, but mechanical gremlins for the Bees reserves, along with a nasty first bend crash in heat 6 which resulted in both Chris Harris and Aces Joe Screen withdrawing, meant that the Bees task was all the greater.

The final score on the night was a win for Coventry by 56 points to 37, giving a 100-86 aggregate margin.

The Bees will meet Poole inthe semi-final with the meeting dates as
1st leg: Coventry v Poole (at Brandon) - Monday August 11
2nd leg: Poole v Coventry (at Wimborne Road) - Wednesday August 13

The scorers from last night were:

1. Chris Harris - 2 FX 3 =5 WITHDRAWN
2. Oliver Allen - 1' 3 3 2' 3 = 12+2
3. Rory Schlein - 3 1' 3 2 1 = 10+1
4. Billy Janniro R/R - BB, SB, SS, OA
5. Simon Stead - 3 3 2' 1' 3 3 = 15+3
6. Stanislaw Burza - 1 2 0 2 2' 2' = 9+2
7. Ben Barker - 3 1 EF 0 1' = 5+1