Dragons fire up with debut victory.

What a start for the Camarthen Dragons as they took the honours in the first ever clash between two Welsh sides at Newport this morning by 46-43. Speedway's newest club now await the visit of SCB Manager Ronnie Allan to their own circuit this Friday to inspect before their licence to race at home is granted.

On a wet and heavy track with drizzle falling the conditions were not ideal but after an enforced break after Young Maverick Rob Finlow was injured, the track did improve and the Dragons made the most of the home side's loss.

What a start for the Camarthen Dragons as they took the honours in the first ever clash between two Welsh sides at Newport this morning by 46-43. Speedway's newest club now await the visit of SCB Manager Ronnie Allan to their own circuit this Friday to inspect before their licence to race at home is granted.

On a wet and heavy track with drizzle falling the conditions were not ideal but after an enforced break after Young Maverick Rob Finlow was injured, the track did improve and the Dragons made the most of the home side's loss.

That is to take nothing away from the commanding performance of the Camarthen side who battled back to take their first two Conference League points even before the doors are opened at their Camarthen Showground track.

Whilst heat leaders Craig Taylor, Dean Felton and comeback boy Shane Colvin piled up the points it was the performances of former Maverick David Gough and debutant grass tracker Darren Pugh that caught the eye.

Gough recovered from a tape touching in the first race, when in the re-run he stalled the bike trying to avoid team mate Felton who had got stuck in what was a very boggy second bend, to remain undefeated in his remaining three rides and the 16 year old looked very handy to say the least.

Pugh though was the real surprise packet in his first ever speedway meeting. With just a few training sessions behind him the young Welshman looks like being a real find.

Having blown his own motor at the Dragons practice session at Iwade and forced to borrow bikes then, his engine was not back ready from tuner Graham Jones in time for the meeting. He hastily arranged to borrow team mate Dyffed Evans' grass engine and put this in his bike but after warming it up in the pits it gave up the ghost just before he was out in heat 2 and he had to jump on Dyffed's bike which he used all meeting.

After an opening ride third place as the Dragons went down 8-3, the Welsh lad crashed in heat four locking up and going backwards off the bike and had an ambulance ride back to the pits. He bounced back to go out in heat eight to record his maiden race win with team partner Gough behind him for a 5-1 that put his side in the lead for the first time.

Team manager Nigel Meakins then used him to good effect giving him two extra rides where he did his bit with two third spots behind his partner in vital drawn heats maintaining the Dragons advantage. He then held on to second spot in toughly contested heat 14 holding off Jamie Holmes to put the Dragons into a 5 point lead meaning that they needed just one point to secure victory in heat 15.

All in all it was a highly successful inaugural meeting for the Dragons who now await the visit of SCB Manager Ronnie Allan to the circuit this Friday to inspect before the licence is granted to race.

Nigel Meakins though is confident it will all be ready, "After a hard slog at the weekend three quarters of the fencing was completed and the final stages will be all done by the time Mr Allan arrives".

"Colin Meredith came down to help and he worked non-stop and I cannot thank him enough. With all things being equal we should get the go-ahead and we can then start really publicising our opener on Sunday April 21st at 3pm against Kings Lynn in a League Match."

"We are all absolutely over the moon at our win at Newport and there was a great sprit developing amongst the lads who all rode their hearts out on a difficult track".

"I must thank Somerset Promoter Laurence Rogers for coming down to help me with the side at Newport. With his car off the road he still made it having arranged for someone to drive him from his Midlands home and his experience in the pits was much appreciated by me and the team."

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