Wednesday 13th July - Hull CPD Vikings v Glasgow Tigers KOC 2nd leg (1/2) By Mark Oliver Photos by Adam Jennison Hull CPD Vikings: 44 Glasgow Tigers: 46

Next Page

Photograph Gallery   Gallery 1,    Gallery 2,    Gallery 3,    Gallery 4.

Back straight view Heat 1 Re-run after Stancl fell on the first bend of lap 2. In the re-run Branney touched the tape so opted to go off 15m. In the second re-run Leverington won from the gate closely followed by Sanchez. Branney never really made the ground up from 15m back. 3-3 (time 67.5)

Heat 2 Terenzani made the gate and lead all the way, leaving the other 3 riders to fight for positions. Cockle and Roynon were just settling in for a share of the points when Giffard passed Roynon on the 4th bend of lap 2. 7-5 (67.6) Heat 3 Thorp made the gate followed by Kramer and Ekberg. Ekberg had taken second behind Thorp as they exited the 2nd bend leaving Kramer to Hold off Kristensen at the back. 11-7 (67.3)

Heat 4 This one saw a great battle between Parker and Makovsky. Makovsky made the gate and looked to be pulling away but Parker caught and passed him down the back straight of lap one but Makovsky re passed him as they entered the 3rd bend. After drawing level on numerous occasions, Parker finally caught and passed him a final time on the home straight of lap 3. Giffard passed Cockle on the 2nd bend of the final lap to share the heat. 14-10 (67.4)

Heat 5 Stancl was first out of the gate followed by Leverington. Kramer passed Leverington on the back straight of lap 2 but Thorp had to settle for last place when he failed to copy Kramer's earlier move. 16-14 (66-5) Heat 6 Parker was a clear winner in this heat. Sanchez finished second ahead of Roynon. Branney finished way back. 18-18 (67.4)

Heat 7 Ekberg shot out of the gate followed by his team mate Kristensen. Makovsky passed Kristensen briefly on the second bend but Kristensen soon re claimed his position behind Ekberg. Terenzani finished last. 19-23 (67.8 ) Heat 8 Hull hit back with a 5-1 of their own in this heat as Giffard and Branney flew out into the lead. Leverington slid off while chasing but re mounted to finish the race and the back behind Cockle. 24-24 (68.4)

Heat 9 Thorp and Kramer mirrored the previous heat as they lead all the way. This time it was Parker chasing the Hull pair and Kramer had to use every part of the track to hold him off. Roynon finished last. 29-25 (67.3) Heat 10 Re run after Sanchez made a flyer. The re run was pretty much from the gate. Ekberg, Kristensen, Sanchez, Branney. 30-30 (67.8 )

Continued..... Next Page

Check the thisisUll.com Gallery Photographs courtesy and Copyright ©  Adam Jennison 2005

Photograph Gallery   Gallery 1,    Gallery 2,    Gallery 3,    Gallery 4.

Sports, Bowling - Ten Pin Bowling - Championship Golden Bowl in Turin - 4th - 10 April 05 By Dom Gall

	Reigning European Ranking champion Paul Moor from England defeated tournament leader Osku Palermaa from Finland in the title match, 210-205 and 227-215, to win the Championship Golden Bowl in Turin and 10,000 Euro. This was Moor's second victory of this year's European Bowling Tour after winning the second stop in Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 North Humberside Rally - Saturday 2nd April 05 By Matt Rudd

	The Wold Construction North Humberside Forest Rally took place on Saturday April the 2nd. The rally started and finished at the Jarvis Hotel in Willerby, just east of Hull. However the stages were situated in the North Yorkshire forests of Langdale, Cropton and Dalby Read more...

Sports - London Marathon 2005 - My story By Fergus Malone
	On Sunday 17 April 2005, I ran the London Marathon on its 25th anniversary and for my first time. 35,680 runners started the race. I came 7,666th. I had watched a mate of mine run it last year. Afterwards over a beer he gleefully suggested to me Read more...

Sports, Football - In Reply To Football Sugar Daddies - Helping or Killing (By Steve Everett) By Gareth Marshall

	First of all, I have to concede that I actually agree with Steve about the crux of his article. There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a team who seemingly represent everything that is bad about the modern game and who have pretty much had riches and success handed to them on a plate Read more...

Sports, Football - Football Sugar Daddies - Helping or Killing By Steve Everett

	Tuesday 22nd March. One of the richest clubs in the world, Manchester United, announce a shocking 50% drop in profits over the last half a year, claiming to have fallen victim to falling T.V. income and the cost of buying new players. This comes months after Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 Alternative Sign Centre Robin Hood Forest Stages Rally - 12th and 13th March 05 By Matt Rudd

	The rally as based around the Sherwood Forest Complex which did when there were lots of merry men and women competing in their brilliant rally cars. I didn't see many people in green tights like of the Robin Hood film but you never know what Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays End of the Season 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	After 2 overtime loses and 1 win in the playoffs, the Rays needed two wins from this weekend's home and away games against the Dundee Stars and Guildford to beat the Vipers in their 2 games. First up was the home tie but it wasn't Read more...

Sports, Bowling - Ten Pin Bowling - Irish Open Championships By Dominic Gall

	Matchroom: have announced that the 2005 World Tenpin Masters tournament is to be held at the Dome Leisure Centre in Doncaster on 6th to 8th May. The field this year is truly world class including our own Paul Moor (European Champion) and several other world Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Guildford Flames - Saturday 5th March 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	On form, Guildford Flames visited the Hull Arena on Saturday night for a BNL play off match. Slava Koulikov took the lead for the Stingrays after 3:44 gone in the first period. Smarciak equalised for the Flames when he found some room behind the Read more...

Sports, Rally - The 2005 Kall Kwik and the Kall Kwik National Rally - Sunday 20th February By Matt Rudd

	The Kall Kwik rally based at Pickering in North Yorkshire is always one of those events where it is almost like summer time; warm and sunny. However in truth it is always cold and snowy. The event was the first round of the 2005 ANCRO Clubman Gravel Rally. Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Newcastle Vipers - 2nd March 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	After a 1-0 loss at home to Newcastle in the final league game of the season, the Vipers returned to the Hull Arena on Wednesday might for the first game in the playoffs. Longstaff opened the scoring after 5 minutes taking a shot Read more...

Kids, Sports, Rally - The Riponian Stages Rally 2005 - Sunday 6th February By Matt Rudd

	This was the first time I had ever been to this event and this event incidentally was my first of the year. At first light many crews weren't too happy with the conditions as many of the first runs through the stages were in heavy fog. Also the tracks were very Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Edinburgh Capitals - 23rd February 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	A under strength Edinburgh Capitals visited the Hull Arena on Wednesday night and Hull Stingrays can go into this Saturdays game against Newcastle Vipers on the back of a 7-1 victory over thier Scottish counterparts. Jeff Glowa opened the scoring after one and a Read more...

Sports - Hull Stingrays vs Guildford Flames - 12th February 05 By Matt Photos by Arthur Foster

	After a midweek 2-0 home defeat to newly crowned BNL champions Bracknell Bees, Guildford Flames visited the Hull Arena. It didn't take long for them to make Read more...