Kesgrave staged the first round of the Suffolk Junior League last night (Wednesday August 1), an unusual competition in that young riders from the 3 Suffolk clubs are mixed together. With the conventional teams unbalanced, select squads are formed of roughly equal standard, and a unique race formula ensures all heats have riders of a similar standard.

Bartram's Bandits 78 (S Howgego 17, J Vanta 15, W Page 14, R Bartram 12, M Slater 11, A Andrew 9)
Mittell's Masters 75 (E Ross 17, D Hodge 14, G Jacobs 13, A Mittell 12, M Dickerson 11, E Crowe 8, S Gage 4)
Lewis' Lions 71 (L Osborne 16, L Richardson 14, A Turnbull 12, C Osborne 11, R Stevenson 9, K Richardson 6)

The competition continues throughout the summer holidays, with the next round at Somersham on August 8.

There was a good turnout of youngsters at the Somersham round of the Suffolk Junior League, many in their first year of racing.
On track, unbeaten Lewis Osborne led his Lions team to victory, but Bandit Ryan Bartram was unlucky to lose a chain in a last heat decider.

Lions 87 (L Osborne 20, K Jopling 13, C Osborne 12, R Stevenson 12, A Turnbull 11, L Pyke 10, S Girling 9)
Bandits 86 (S Askew 15, R Bartram 14, L Jacobs 13, S Cracknell 13, W Page 12, D Johnson 10, T Walsh 9)
Masters 64 (A Mittell 14, G Jacobs 13, E Ross 8, E Crowe 8, D Hodge 8, M Dickerson 7, S Gage 6)

The Lions moved into the lead of the Suffolk Junior League with a big win at Whitton, but it was close for second.

Lewis' Lions 94 (L Osborne 16, A Turnbull 14, L Richardson 14, L Pike 14, C Osborne 13, R Stevenson 13, K Richardson 10)
Bartram's Bandits 77 (S Askew 16, W Page 14, R Jacobs 14, L Jacobs 13, R Bartram 10, T Pike 8, D Johnson 2)
Mittell's Masters 76 (G Jacobs 18, S Pyke 17, D Pike 12, A Mittell 11, M Dickerson 8, D Hodge 7, E Crowe 3)

Another close encounter & good turnout of Suffolk juniors @ Kesgrave.

Bartram's Bandits 86 (J Vanta 17, S Askew 15, R Bartram 13, L Richardson 13, D Johnson 12, N Pyke 9, E Crowe 7)
Lewis' Lions 82 (L Osborne 20, C Osborne 14, A Turnbull 13, L Pike 12, L Jacobs 9, S Casson 8, K Richardson 6)
Mittell's Masters 80 (A Mittell 13, S Pyke 13, M Dickerson 12, D Hodge 12, T Walsh 12, G Jacobs 11, S Howgego 7)

The Lions hold a 7 pt aggregate lead over the Bandits going in to the final round next Wednesday @ Gt Blakenham.

In the final round of the Suffolk Junior League @ Gt Blakenham, Mittell's Masters finally came up with a win but it was too little too late to make up any ground overall.
Bartram's Bandits were looking to overcome a small aggregate deficit before the meeting, but were unable to catch Lewis' Lions, who were superbly led to victory by Lewis Osborne - unbeaten throughout the series.

Masters 76 (R Stevenson 18, N Pyke 17, A Mittell 15, S Pyke 14, M Dickerson 12)
Bandits 67 (W Page 18, S Askew 14, R Ostler 9, D Johnson 9, R Bartram 9, S Doxey 8)
Lions 67 (L Osborne 18, C Osborne 17, L Richardson 12, A Turnbull 10, K Richardson 6, S Gage 4

Aggregate: Lions 401, Bandits 394, Masters 371