SHEFFIELD Tigers crashed out of the Premier League Fours Championship at Peterborough on Sunday afternoon, after trailing in fourth place in their qualifying group.

To add to their woes the Tigers lost the services of Ricky Ashworth after his opening ride, when he sustained a wrist injury in a frightening crash after being thrown over his handlebars. He hit the safety fence with some force and we will have further news on his injury on our next update.

After that setback Sheffield had little to offer and subsequently finished in last place in their group with just 6 points. Kings Lynn won the group on 16 points and were joined in the Grand Final by Somerset who scored 15. Glasgow missed out on a final place after taking third place with 11.

In group B Isle of Wight and Rye House progressed through to the Final to face the Stars and Rebels scoring 16 and 13 points respectively.

In the Final Isle of Wight proved to be runaway winners with an emphatic victory with 38 points. Somerset with 22 just edged out Kings Lynn (21) for the runners-up spot. Rye House were fourth with 15.

It’s proved to be a good week or so for the Islanders as today’s Fours success follows up their recent Premier League Pairs win at Somerset.

SCORERS:
GROUP A:
KINGS LYNN 16 (Daniel Nermark 5, Tomas Topinka 4, Chris Mills 4, Paul Lee 3), SOMERSET 15 (Magnus Zetterstrom 4, Emil Kramer 4, Ritchie Hawkins 4, Jordan Frampton 3), GLASGOW 11 (Craig Watson 5, Shane Parker 3, David McAllan 3, Lee Dicken 0, Robert Ksiezak 0), SHEFFIELD 6 (Ben Wilson 4, Andre Compton 1, Joel Parsons 1, Paul Cooper 0, Ricky Ashworth 0)

GROUP B:
ISLE OF WIGHT 16 (Jason Bunyan 6, Chris Holder 5, Krysztof Stojanowski 4, Glen Phillips 1), RYE HOUSE 13 (Steve Boxall 5, Tai Woffinden 3, Chris Neath 3, Adam Roynon 2, Tommy Allen 0), BIRMINGHAM 11 (Jason Lyons 5, Ulrich Ostergaard 5, Emiliano Sanchez 1, Jon Armstrong 0, Ben Powell 0), WORKINGTON 8 (James Wright 3, Craig Branney 3, Carl Stonehewer 2, Charles Wright 0)

FINAL:
ISLE OF WIGHT 38 (Chris Holder 12, Jason Bunyan 9, Glen Phillips 7, Cory Gathercole 7, Krysztof Stojanowski 3), SOMERSET 22 (Magnus Zetterstrom 8, Emil Kramer 6, Ritchie Hawkins 5, Jordan Frampton 3), KINGS LYNN 21 (Daniel Nermark 9, Tomas Topinka 5, Paul Lee 5, Chris Mills 2, Trevor Harding 0), RYE HOUSE 15 (Tai Woffinden 5, Steve Boxall 4, Adam Roynon 3, Chris Neath 2, Tommy Allen 1)