Last-heat joy for Witches as Rockets just miss out

BEN Barker and Leigh Lanham swept to a last heat 5-1 maximum as Ipswich ‘Sackers’ Witches picked up the win over Rye House Rockets at Foxhall on Good Friday.

BEN Barker and Leigh Lanham swept to a last heat 5-1 maximum as Ipswich ‘Sackers’ Witches picked up the win over Rye House Rockets at Foxhall on Good Friday.

The Rockets had taken an early six-point lead and it took the home side seven heats to wipe the deficit out.

However, when Olly Allen won heats 11 and 13, Rye House were back in the hunt, until Barker and Lanham grabbed the points.

Full meeting report, quotes and pictures in Easter Saturday’s EADT