Eagles crash at home (From The Argus)

Eagles crash at home

10:07pm Saturday 20th June 2009 in Search By Brian Owen

Eastbourne Eagles suffered a massive blow to their play-off hopes by losing to Belle Vue tonight.

The lowly Aces were deserved 49-41 winners at Arlington against an Eagles outfit lacking their usual spark.

Eastbourne suffered five exclusions, including a heat one tapes offence by Kenneth Hansen as he guested for the badly missed Lewis Bridger.

The final insult came when Lukas Dryml fell on the last bend of the last race to gift Aces a full four-point haul for winning by more than six.

Super-fast Pole Krzysztof Kasprzak was in a class of his own as he sped to five convincing wins out of five.

He got great help from Charlie Gjedde, in his first meeting down at No.7, and former Eagles reserve Ulrich Ostergaard.

Ricky Kling and Dryml each had two of Eagles' meagre total of six race wins.

Eagles: Dryml 9+1 (6), Watt 9 (5), Woodward 8 (5), Kling 8 (6), Gustafsson 5+1 (5), Hansen 2+2 (4), Norris r/r.

Belle Vue: Kasprzak 15 (5), Gjedde 12+2 (7), Ostergaard 10+1 (6), Risager 7 (5), Wright 3+1 (4), Ashworth 2+1 (3), Hougaard r/r.