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The falcons hosted their first home event of the 2019 development league season and they didn't disappoint! The ever-improving Saul Bulley only dropped points to Connor King in the final heat of the night but unfortunately luck wasn't on Max Pankhurst's side as he endured some major engine problems. This is another great result for the falcons and puts the team in good stride for their next encounter.
Scores and heat results are shown below;
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Exeter Falcons 20: Saul Bulley 7+1, James Chattin 6+1, Kris Andrews 5+1, Max Pankhurst 2
Isle of Wight Wizards 15: Connor King 11, Morgan Williams 3, Ben Ilsley 1, Jamie Sealey 0
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Ht 1: Bulley, Andrews, Williams, Sealey = 5-1, Ht 2: King, Pankhurst, Chattin, Ilsley = 8-4, Ht 3: Bulley, King, Andrews, Ilsley = 12-6
Ht 4: Chattin, Williams, Sealey F; Pankhurst EF = 15-8, Ht 5: King, Andrews, Ilsley, Chattin F = 17-12, Ht 6: King, Chattin, Bulley, Sealey F = 20-15
The Exeter Falcons flew out of their first meeting of the 2019 development league season with a magical win over the Isle of Wight Wizards. The visiting team tracked riders who weren't all familiar with the circuit on the Island but that didn't stop them taking maximum league points after round 1.
Scores and heat results are shown below;
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Isle of Wight Wizards 16: Chris Watts 8, Chad Wirtzfeld 6, Jamie Sealey 2, Ben Ilsley 0.
Exeter Falcons 20: Saul Bulley 11, Max Pankhurst 5+2, James Chattin 3, Adam Sheppard 1.
Heat 1: Whrtzfeld, Pankhurst, Sealey, Chattin = 4-2
Heat 2: Bulley, Watts, Sheppard, Ilsley = 6-6
Heat 3: Whrtzfeld, Bulley, Sealey, Pankhurst = 10-8
Heat 4: Watts, Chattin, Pankhurst, Whrtzfeld = 13-11
Heat 5: Bulley, Watts, Chattin, Sealey = 15-15
Heat 6: Bulley, Pankhurst, Watts, Sealey = 16-20
There has been a lot of doubt and uncertainty over the future of the Exeter Falcons over recent months, but it gives us great pleasure to announce that the Falcons will fly in the 2019 season.
The club have undergone a massive change in management over the last couple of months, but we feel this will take the club to new heights and into a new era.
The new management is made up of nine individuals (listed below) who all share a love and passion for keeping the club alive until a permanent location is found for racing to return to the city of Exeter
Alan Spencer, Gary Andrews, Ken Bates, Lisa Spencer, Mark Phillips, Mattie Bates, Richard Andrews, Roy Miller & Steve Luxton.
Special mentions to Holly Allen, Jason Bonsignore, Julie Luxton, Nikki Jameison, Scott Autrey and Sid Sheldrick for all their support.
These are the people who will taking the club in its new direction and build towards a permanent future for the Falcons.
The Falcons have formed a partnership with the newly rebranded Plymouth Gladiators and will run their league meetings from the newly renamed Plymouth Colosseum.
This is an exciting time for Exeter Speedway as we enter the clubs 90th anniversary.
We would like to thank the Plymouth management for allowing the Falcons to use Plymouth as their home track, and thank you to the BSPA for all their help in allowing Exeter to enter the Midland and Southern Development League for this special year.
We would like to also thank Rob Doran for all his work over the last few seasons and we wish him our best in his venture of finding a permanent track in the Exeter area and hopefully one day we can all work together to achieve the ultimate goal of returning the Falcons to Exeter.
Sadly our second away fixture of the weekend was not so fruitful. The Falcons lost away to the Kestrels 12:24. This means that the Kent Kestrels are the winners of the 2018 Southern Development League. Many congratulations to all involved with the Kestrels. We now have an anxious wait to see whether the Falcons will finish 2nd in the league but this will depend on the outcome of the meeting between Kent Kestrels and Reading Racers.
Kent scorers: Jamie Couzins 5; Alex Spooner 9; Jacob Clouting 7; Andrew Palmer 3
Exeter scorers: Adam Sheppard 6; Max Pankhurst 1; James Chattin 0; Nick Laurence 5
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A comfortable away win at Eastbourne against opponents Weymouth Wildcats. It was great to have James Chattin back with us following his return from significant injuries back in early June. Sadly, Mick Sutton was unable to make the meeting having broken down en route and so we were grateful to Nick Laurence who stepped in at very short notice.
Weymouth scorers:- Bailey Fellows 2; Connor Fletcher 0; Dan Gilkes 9; James Jessop 1
Exeter scorers: – Max Pankhurst 5; Nick Laurence 8; Adam Sheppard 6; James Chattin 5
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We completed our final home fixture in the Southern Development League with another great win over the Reading Racers. Unfortunately, we lost the services of another squad member on Friday night – Macauley Leek who is Plymouth Devil’s number 6 and doubles up for the Falcons unfortunately suffered a broken collarbone in Plymouth’s main meeting against Buxton and will be out of action for a few weeks. Sam Woolley kindly stepped in at the last minute scoring a valuable 5 points. Due to Plymouth’s time curfew, the meeting was halted after the fifth heat with the score standing at 18- 12 to the Falcons.
We have two away meetings to complete and we will need to win both of them if we are to stand any chance of winning the title this year. .
EXETER FALCONS: Adam Sheppard 5 (2,3); Max Pankhurst 6 (1,2,3); Sam Wooley (G) 5 (3,2); Mick Sutton 2 (0,1,1)
READING RACERS: Corban Pavitt 6 (3,3); Rhys Laker 0 (0,0,0); Jamie Bursill 3 (2,1); Stephen Whitehouse 3 (1,0,2)
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As a way of thanking the Plymouth Promotion for their support in allowing the Falcons to race out of St Boniface Arena this season, Rose Doran and Lisa Spencer will be joining Jane Kellie and the Plymouth crew taking part in their sponsored walk on Sunday 5th August in aid of the Plymouth Devils Riders’ Fund which supports team members with injuries or unexpected expenses. This will be 100 laps of the Plymouth track (approx. 13 miles). In addition, there will be a bike display, silent auction of signed riders’ memorabilia and the bar will be open throughout. If there are any Exeter Supporters who would like to get involved please feel free – you can walk at your own pace and walk from 1 to 100 laps, kicking off around 9.00 am. If anyone would like to sponsor please go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/plymouthdevils. Collection buckets will also be out on the day.
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After a very tough meeting in temperatures reaching 30 degrees the Falcons’ winning streak came to an end by just a one point loss to the Kestrels. The track was difficult and the meeting was full of falls. Very well done to Macauley Leek our top scorer with six points and Max Pankhurst who consciously avoided the rider falling right in front of him.
EXETER FALCONS: Adam Sheppard 4 (F,1,3); Saul Bulley 4 (2,NF,2); Max Pankhurst 3 (0,2,1); Macauley Leek 6 (2,3,1)
KENT KESTRELS: Andrew Palmer 1 (EX,1,0); Jacob Clouting 3 (3,F,NS); James Laker 5 (1,2,2); Alex Spooner 9 (3,3,3)
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Scorers: Isle of Wight: Chris Watts 7; Morgan Williams 0; Ben Ilsley 5+1; James Luckman 3+1. Exeter: Max Pankhurst 8; Mick Sutton 3; Adam Sheppard 1+1; Jamie Bursill 9
Falcons secured their lead in the Southern Development League defeating Wizards tonight 20:16 despite loosing a rider just before their first race. Great to see Adam Sheppard back on the bike in Falcons colours following a two year spell on the sidelines with a nasty foot injury. Hats off to James Chattin our maximum man ( 9 points ) and time of the day achiever (56.69s). James won the last heat re-run on his own following the controversial exclusion of Saul Bulley.
Exeter scorers: Saul Bulley 6; James Chattin 9; Adam Sheppard 5+1
Isle of Wight scorers: Chris Watts 7; Morgan Williams 2+1; Ben Ilsley 5+1; James Luckman 2+1
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Exeter scorers: Macauley Leek 6; Saul Bulley 6+1; James Chattin 7; Craig Nethercott 4+2
Weymouth scorers: Jordan Bull 0; Connor Fletcher 4; Kean Dicken 6
The Exeter Chris Richards Falcons have been invited to take part in a National League Four Team Tournament Challenge on the Isle of Wight on Thursday 31st May – 7pm start. Our opponents will be two teams from the Isle of Wight (The Warriors and The Wizards) and Weymouth Wildcats.
Exeter based and Plymouth Devil’s star Henry Atkins will wear the Falcons’ race jacket alongside 16 year old Tom Brennan and Kelsey Dugard, both from Eastbourne with Ryan Terry-Daley, also from Plymouth making up the quartet.
It would be great to see some Exeter Supporters cheering us on, on the island.
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Reading scorers: Daniel Gilkes 9; Rhys Laker 2; Stephen Whitehouse 2+2; Jamie Bursill 7
Exeter scorers: Stevie Anderson 0; Max Pankhurst 8+1; James Chattin 5; Mick Sutton 3
