NEWCASTLE Diamonds guest Jason Lyons, in again for Mark Lemon, got the Premier League match at Rye House off to a dramatic start with an awarded win.
He took the win when Rocket Jordan Frampton made an ill-advised under swoop of the Aussie, sending the veteran firmly under the fourth-bend fence, with the referee excluding Frampton and giving the three points to Lyons.
Joe Haines was a little too keen in heat three in breaking the tapes and was replaced by Richie Worrall.
However, with the Diamond reserve already on a referee warning for moving at the start of heat two, he moved again before the tapes went up and was duly excluded by the strict official leaving Newcastle with one man Derek Sneddon – who took second in the Rye House 4-2.
With the referee warning riders from both teams to sit still, the nervy meeting continued with a perfect start from Lyons and Haines in heat seven. Diamonds took another easy 5-1 to extend the lead to 25-17.
The referee called heat nine back with the exclusion being handed to Nedermark for moving at the tapes, an offence for which he had previously been warned, with Worrall coming in to replace him.
Hawkins forced his way round both Newcastle reserves on bend four of the opening lap to set in stone a solid home maximum which levelled the match 27-27.
More controversy in heat 11 saw Brundle fall on lap one with Lyons out in front of Sneddon. Boxall came storming up the inside of the Newcastle skipper who subsequently fell, but the referee excluded the Newcastle man for being the cause of the stoppage and awarded a 3-2 to Rye House, who were now 34-31 ahead.
Neath and Nelson killed off the match in heat 14 to secure a home victory.
RYE HOUSE “SILVER SKI” ROCKETS: Jordan Frampton 6+1, Luke Bowen 6+1, Ritchie Hawkins 5+2, Chris Neath (Captain) 15, Steve Boxall 6, James Brundle 2, Tyson Nelson 11+1
NEWCASTLE “SAPPHIRE ENGINEERING” DIAMONDS: Jason Lyons (Guest) 13, Derek Sneddon (Captain) 4+1, Joe Haines 4+1, Rene Bach – Rider replacement, Claes Nedermark 8+1, Kyle Newman 3+2, Richie Worrall 6+1
