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Crusaders Crushed - 21/07/08 |
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By
Adam Summers - Dorset Echo
Andrew Bargh is a more than
adequate replacement for
the departing Lee Herne
according to Weymouth Doonan
Wildcats' manager Jem Dicken.
The Premier League rider,
who turns out for the Isle
of Wight Islanders, stepped
in for the Australian at
Sittingbourne yesterday
and top scored with 13 points
as the Wildcats moved to
third in the Conference
table with a comprehensive
60-31 victory.
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Ex-Cat Brown Denies Herne
The Bronze Helmet - 21/07/08 |
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By
Adam Summers - Dorset Echo
Weymouth Doonan Wildcat
Jay Herne finished runner-up
in the NatWest Bronze Helmet
Individual Meeting at the
Wessex Stadium. The Aussie
won three out of his four
races in the heats where
he top scored with 11 points
to progress straight through
to the final. There he came
up against Plymouth Devil
and former Wildcat Tom Brown
who squeezed him out on
the second bend before defending
his lead for three laps
to take victory.
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Pressure's On For Mason
And Herne - 19/07/08 |
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By
Ky Capel - Dorset Echo
Weymouth Doonan Wildcats
host the coveted NatWest
Bronze Helmet Individual
meeting tonight (7.15pm)
and chairman Phil Bartlett
believes the pressure will
be on home riders Jay Herne
and Karl Mason. In total,
13 of the Conference league's
most exciting riders will
battle it out for the prestigious
award. And Bartlett is quietly
confident his duo can perform
well. He said: "I think
they will fare well. They've
got a point to prove racing
on their home track and
there will be more pressure
on them than the other riders
because of that."
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Laptops Donates In Hannah's
Memory - 17/07/08 |
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By
Adam Summers - Dorset Echo
Weymouth Doonan Wildcats
chairman Phil Bartlett and
his family is donating four
new laptops to Addenbrooke's
Hospital in Cambridge in
memory of his daughter Hannah.
The medical staff at Addenbrooke's
cared for Hannah while she
underwent cancer treatment,
and the family is using
her savings to help fund
the new equipment. Bartlett
said: "We used to save some
of Hannah's pocket money
for the future so we thought
we would do something special
with it. Instead of just
handing a cheque over to
the hospital we spoke with
them and asked if there
was anything they needed.
That is when they told us
that they did not have any
computers for the children
there so through Easy PCs
on Abbotsbury Road in Weymouth
and Dell I have organised
four new laptops which myself
and my family will be taking
up there soon."
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Weymouth Wildcats Press
Release - 16/07/08 |
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By
Julie Martin - Weymouth
Wildcats Speedway
A weekend of mixed fortunes
for the Weymouth Doonan
Wildcats saw them knocked
out of the Conference League
Knock Out-Cup at the St
Boniface Arena last Friday
in a closely fought encounter.
However, revenge was sweet
on Saturday when the Wildcats
battled their way to 49-41
home victory in the Conference
League sending them a step
closer to the valuable play-off
positions.
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Bartlett's Blast - 15/07/08 |
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By
Adam Summers - Dorset Echo
Weymouth Doonan Wildcats'
chairman Phil Bartlett is
hoping that injured number
one Jon Armstrong will be
back in action next month
to replace the departing
Lee Herne. The Aussie rider,
who will sign for the Birmingham
Brummies in two-and-a-half-weeks'
time, has only made three
outings for Weymouth since
being drafted in to fill
the void left by the Mighty
Midget after he suffered
a broken leg in the Conference
Pairs on May 31. Herne's
forthcoming move to the
Brummies has been clouded
in controversy after the
Midlands outfit released
details about their latest
capture without even contacting
Bartlett.
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Cats Rock Devils - 14/07/08 |
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By
Adam Summers - Dorset Echo
Weymouth Doonan Wildcats'
chairman Phil Bartlett praised
both teams after his side
came out on top in a scintillating
meeting at the Wessex Stadium
on Saturday. A revenge mission
was the order of the evening
for the Wildcats after crashing
out of the Knockout Cup
at the St Boniface Arena
the previous night and that
is exactly what materialised
as they recorded their biggest-ever
win over their local rivals
in an amazing spectacle
of incredible racing.
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Cats Crash Out - 12/07/08 |
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By
Dorset Echo
Weymouth came close to pulling
off a shock before going
down by seven points on
aggregate in the Conference
Knock-Out Cup quarter-final
at Plymouth last night.
The Doonans Wildcats were
defending a slender two-point
lead from the first leg
at the Wessex Stadium on
June 21. So it was an impressive
performance that saw Weymouth
take the Devils to a last-heat
decider in the return at
the St Boniface Arena..
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Cats Revved Up - 11/07/08 |
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By
Ky Capel - Dorset Echo
Weymouth Doonan Wildcats
will be hoping it is a case
of third time lucky tonight
as they visit the Plymouth
Devils in their Knockout
Cup quarter-final second
leg clash (7.15pm). The
tie, in which the Wildcats
hold a slender 47-45 first
leg advantage, has been
rained off twice already
with the latest attempt
to stage it being last Friday.
Weymouth were then dealt
a double blow when their
Challenge meeting against
the Swindon Sprockets at
the Wessex Stadium a day
later also fell victim to
the wet weather. That means
Jem Dicken's side have gone
nearly three weeks without
speedway.
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Third Time Lucky - 10/07/08 |
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By
Julie Martin - Weymouth
Wildcats Speedway
The great British weather
intervened yet again to
cancel last weekends red
hot Doonans Wildcats speedway
action. Both Weymouth’s
visit to Plymouth and the
Wildcats home challenge
with the Swindon Sprockets
were postponed due to rain.
The Wildcats will now journey
back down to Plymouth this
coming Friday for the second
leg of the Knock-Out Cup
with Plymouth then making
the return trip the following
day, Saturday 12th July,
for our Conference League
clash.
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Double Rain Off Disappointment
for Wildcats - 05/07/08 |
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After
Friday nights meeting against
the Plymouth Devils at the
St Boniface Arena was rained
off the Wildcats suffered
yet another disappointment
when Saturdays challenge
match with the Swindon Sprockets
also became a victim of
the current unseasonal weather.
The Wildcats take to the
track again next Friday
when yet again Plymouth
will attempt to stage the
second leg of the twice
rained-off Knock-Out Cup
match before returning to
the Wessex on Saturday where
the Cats will face the Devils
in Conference League action.
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Cats' Bid To Upset Devils
- 04/07/08 |
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By
Ky Capel - Dorset Echo
Weymouth Doonan Wildcats
travel to Plymouth tonight
(7.15pm) hoping to make
the semi-finals of the Knockout
Cup. The return leg, which
was originally scheduled
as the first clash but was
rained off last Friday,
sees the Wildcats take a
slender 47-45 lead to the
St Boniface Arena - a leg
in which reserve rider Kyle
Newman starred with a 12-point
haul. But with two defeats
suffered at the Devils'
home track already this
season, 57-35 in the Trophy
and 61-29 in the Devon &
Dorset Cup, the form book
doesn't read well for the
Radipole Lane outfit.
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Wildcats Return After GP
Break - 03/07/08 |
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By
Julie Martin - Weymouth
Wildcats Speedway
The Weymouth Doonan Wildcats
return to Devon this Friday
where they meet the Plymouth
Devils in the second leg
of the Knock Out Cup. This
fixture fell foul to the
great British weather last
week and the rearranged
meeting sees the Wildcats
face a tough task taking
just a two point advantage
from the first leg to the
Saint Boniface Arena. Jem
Dicken Wildcats team manager
said “Although we only have
a two point lead I am confident
that our luck has changed
and the Wildcats will be
able to pull off an unexpected
win. The riders know they
are better than their adversaries
and its just getting to
grips with the tricky track
that’s the problem.”.
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