Sheffield suffer first home defeat of the season, against Speedway Premiership leaders Ipswich
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00:00 Sheffield have suffered their first home defeat of the Speedway season this evening, going down 47-44 against league leaders Ipswich.
00:13 Tigers needed to win Heat 15 to save the meeting, but although Ty Waffenden won the Heat, there was no way past Emil Seifutinov and Jason Doyle for his team-mate, Chris Holder.
00:28 Sheffield had taken an early lead after Heat 1, and again led after a 5-1 Heat advantage in Heat 9 when Chris Holder and Josh Pickering had beaten Jason Doyle and Keenan Roo,
00:47 Pickering passing Roo on the last lap and Doyle, unusually, failing to score in the Heat.
00:55 But Ipswich pulled ahead after Heat 11, with Emil Seifutinov and the impressive youngster Dan Thompson beating Ty Waffenden and Luke Killeen to record a 5-2 Heat advantage.
01:13 Ipswich had greater strength in depth through the evening, particularly in reserve where Keenan Roo scored 8 from 5 rides.
01:25 In terms of individual scores, the scorers for Sheffield were Jack Holder with 8, Kyle Howarth 2+1 bonus point, Chris Holder 11, Josh Pickering 6+1, Ty Waffenden 14, Luke Killeen no points and Dan Jilks 3.
01:53 For Ipswich, Emil Seifutinov 8+1, Dan Thompson 7, Adam Ellis 6+2, Ryan Douglas 5+1, Jason Doyle 8+1, Keenan Roo 8+1 and Jordan Jenkins 4+2.