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| |  | In a close fought battle the Birmingham SUPPORTERS CLUB Buffaloes regained the lead in the league table leap frogging their Birmingham rivals , the DUCTAIR Bulls , defeating the Leicester Lion Cubs18-16.
Leicester were missing a few of their regular side through holidays and brought in two DUCTAIR Bulls in Bailey Fellows and Joe Crewe.
Home skipper Eli Meadows opened up with a win in heat 1 after partner Will Boraston had crashed in the original staging. Buffaloes debutant Ryan Ashcroft , in for the injured Max Broadhurst and unavailable Hayden Watts, took victory in heat 2 with the Lion Cubs tucking him behind him to share the heat keeping the scores locked together at 6 apiece.
Heat 3 saw Lion Cubs Harley Driscoll-Freeman fall on bend 4 with home man Will Boraston laying his bike down but inuring his ankle and being unable to take his place in the re-run. Eli Meadows raced away to his second win ahead of Cubs guest Bailey Fellows with the 3-2 putting the Buffaloes one ahead at 9-8.
It was another shared heat in the 4th race as Ryan Ashcroft took his second win ahead of Harrison Rogers and guest Joe Crewe so the home side held a narrow one point advantage at 12-11.
Eli Meadows took heat 5 to record a 9 point maximum with partner Jake Breeze having bike problems and unable to get the better of Harrison Rogers and Harley Driscoll-Freeman so another drawn heat meant the home side went into the last race one point up at 15-14.
Heat 6 ended up as a match race with Will Boraston out with an ankle injury whilst for the Lion Cubs guest Bailey Fellows had bike problems and couldn’t take his place. Ryan Ashcroft secured victory for his side and his 9 point max ahead of Joe Crewe.
The SUPPORTERS CLUB Buffaloes now have a one point advantage at the top of the table ahead of the DUCTAIR Bulls. They meet next Monday with the league title still very much up for grabs .
Birmingham Buffaloes 18 ( Eli Meadows 3r 9 max, Ryan Ashcroft 3r 9 max, Jake Breeze 3r 0, Will Boraston 1 r 0)
Leicester Lion Cubs 16 ( Harrison Rogers 3r 6, Joe Crewe 3r 4+2, Bailey Fellows 2r 4, Harley Driscoll-Freeman 3r 2+2)
M W D L F A PTS
BIRMINGHAM BUFFALOES 6 3 1 2 105 102 7
BIRMINGHAM BULLS 6 3 0 3 91 80 6
LEICESTER CUBS 7 2 1 4 110 124 5
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