First night at the Teams and we drew against Stratford.
Lee Fairhurst was off row 1, FWJ off row 2, Chris Cowley off row 3, and Chris Brocksopp off 4th. A great start, Lee and Frankie were running 1st and 2nd places for first half of the race. Chris Brocksopp got damage to his front wheel on the first corner but still managed to run and do some crucial blocking.
Chris Cowley did very well blocking and getting the job done well every time. FWJ took the flag followed closely by the rest of team GB. The boys hard work gave us enough points to give to give us a decent start.
The result was GB Lions 130 points, Stratford Scrappers 65 points.
Race 2 and we were against Wanganui. The lads swapped the grid order slightly. Lee was off row 1, Ben Hurdman off row 2, FWJ off 3, and Chris Cowley off 4. The inside row got away, Lee got put up wall which enabled Frank to take the lead.
Lee got going again, Ben did really well and Chris Cowley took to it like a duck to water, and did a great stopping their cars from getting through.
All 4 poms finished, and they were the 2nd highest point scorers all night.
Result – GB Lions 175, Wanganui 20.
Well done Team GB!
Tomorrow evening our first race will be against Gisborne Giants – wish us luck!
