Coventry Bees speedway team failed to defend their Elite League Pairs title at Kings Lynn tonight.
The Bees with Hans Andersen injured sent Ed Kennett and Ryan Fisher to the meeting. They lost to Lakeside in the first Group race and the second saw them up against former Bees riders Chris Harris and Rory Schlein who now ride for Belle Vue.
The Manchester side won that and although Kennett and Fisher beat Eastbourne in their final group race it was not enough to get them into the next stage of the competition which was eventually won by Poole beating Belle Vue in the final.
GROUP A: Peterborough 25 (Troy Batchelor 15, Nicki Pedersen 10, Wolverhampton 21 (Freddie Lindgren 14, Ty Proctor 7), Swindon 21 (Scott Nicholls 13, Nicolai Klindt 8), King’s Lynn 14 (Niels K Iversen 11, Kenneth Bjerre 3), Birmingham 9 (Ales Dryml 9, Jake Knight 0)
GROUP B: Poole 26 (Chris Holder 13, Darcy Ward 13), Belle Vue 23 (Chris Harris 13, Rory Schlein 10), Lakeside 19 (Lee Richardson 10, Adam Shields 8), Coventry 12 (Ryan Fisher 8, Edward Kennett 4), Eastbourne 11 (Cameron Woodward 9, Joonas Kylmakorpi 2)
SEMI-FINAL 1: Pedersen, Harris, Schlein, Batchelor (f.exc) – (Belle Vue 5 Peterborough 4)
SEMI-FINAL 2: Lindgren, Ward, Holder, Proctor – (Poole 5 Wolverhampton 4)
GRAND FINAL: Ward, Holder, Schlein, Harris – (Poole 7 Belle Vue 2)