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| |  | BIRMINGHAM boss Chris Adams described himself as ‘encouraged’ despite experiencing a testing night at King’s Lynn on Monday.
The Curtis Sport Brummies were beaten 49-40 in Norfolk, but already operating rider replacement at No.1, they were then reduced to five riders when Rising Star Jason Edwards suffered a shoulder injury after being collected by King’s Lynn’s Jan Kvech whilst leading Heat Two.
Heat-leader pair Tobiasz Musielak and Matej Zagar both continued their recent fine form though as they contributed 28 of the Curtis Sport Brummies’ points.
But Adams was feeling positive overall and feels they’ve left themselves in with a good chance of collecting the aggregate point when the sides meet at Perry Barr at the end of the month.
“We were a bit unfortunate in that Heat Two and that knocked the wind out of us straight away,” Adams said.
“We battled on but we pretty much had a three-man team in the end because Keynan (Rew) had bike issues pretty much all night and Paco (Castagna) found things tougher tonight.
“So considering all the circumstances we had to face, I think we did pretty well and we’re actually very encouraged.
“Tobi and Matej rode superbly and they’re the reason why the gap wasn’t so big.
“Nine points, we can soon pull that back, make no mistake about that.
“But we’ll have to keep our wits about us because there are no easy matches.”
Birmingham are back on home shale next Monday (June 16, 7.30pm) when they host Sheffield in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership.
KING’S LYNN 49: Chris Harris 11+1, Nicolai Klindt 10+1, Niels-Kristian Iversen 8, Jan Kvech 7+2, Richard Lawson 6+2, Norick Blodorn 5, Luke Harrison 2.
BIRMINGHAM 40: Tobiasz Musielak 17, Matej Zagar 11, Jonas Jeppesen 8+1, Paco Castagna 3, Keynan Rew 1, Jason Edwards 0, Michael Jepsen Jensen R/R.
Photo credit: DEREK LEADER
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