SHEFFIELD’S Kyle Howarth admitted with Charles Wright they “got the job done” in a thrilling finale to the Championship Pairs.
The Tigers duo beat Workington’s Ty Proctor and Nicolai Klindt in the final to retain the title at Somerset on Friday night.
Howarth and Wright won their group with 22 points before beating pre-meeting favourites Lakeside in the semis while the Workington pair went through with 20 points and outgunned Peterborough in their semi-final.
Howarth said: “It’s a tough day, we knew it was going to be hard. We worked as a team and we were consistent all the way through the night.
“We just chipped away with no last places and putting points on the board. When it came to the big heats we stepped our game up.
“Charles and I sussed out where we were riding all night and where we wanted to be. When it came to the semis and final we got the job done.
“We kept calm and didn’t make drastic changes during the meeting.”
Proctor won the final but Wright and Howarth packed into second and third keeping Klindt at bay to wrap up the title once again.
Gritty Aussie Proctor added: “We’ve got to be happy with that. We’ve come a long way at Workington and it’s our first bit of silverware.
“It was crucial to win the toss and we didn’t and elected that Nicolai would try and do something from gate three, but it didn’t work out.
"That’s the way it goes but we gave it everything we had.”
GROUP A: PETERBOROUGH 21: Michael Palm Toft 15, Scott Nicholls 6 LAKESIDE 21: Richard Lawson 13, Nick Morris 8 EDINBURGH 20: Ricky Wells 12, Erik Riss 8 SCUNTHORPE 14: Jake Allen 9, Josh Auty 5 BERWICK 14: Aaron Summers 9, Kevin Doolan 5
GROUP B: SHEFFIELD 22: Charles Wright 12, Kyle Howarth 10 WORKINGTON 20: Nicolai Klindt 12, Ty Proctor 8 REDCAR 20: Ben Barker 10, Thomas Jorgensen 10 IPSWICH 19: Rory Schlein 15, Nico Covatti 4 GLASGOW 9: Chris Harris 5, Paul Starke 4
Workington 52 – Dan Bewley 14 Scunthorpe 38 – Jason Garrity 11+1 Championship points: Workington 3 Scunthorpe 0
TRAVEL PLUS NATIONAL LEAGUE Buxton 32 – Connor Coles 9+1 Mildenhall 58 – Danny Ayres 14+1 National League points: Buxton 0 Mildenhall 4
SATURDAY AUGUST 4:
TEST MATCH, Glasgow Great Britain 33 (Tai Woffinden 12) Australia 57 (Chris Holder 11+2)
TRAVEL PLUS NATIONAL LEAGUE Mildenhall 50 – Josh Bailey 9+1 Belle Vue 28 – Kyle Bickley 8/Tom Perry 8 Abandoned after Heat 13 (medical cover) – Result stands National League points: Mildenhall 3 Belle Vue 0
