Speedway: King's Lynn lose in East Anglian Derby
The Stars are sixth in the league
King's Lynn remain sixth in the league after a 57-33 loss to local rivals Ipswich in the East Anglian Derby.
The depleted Stars put up a good effort for much of the contest in Suffolk.
They were level on the night after Heat 6 and still only eight points adrift with six races to go.
But the Witches then showed their strength as the Stars ran out of options, and successive 5-1s in Heats 12-14 helped to give the score a more emphatic look for the Witches.
Emil Sayfutdinov scored a 12-point maximum for Ipswich whilst for Lynn Jan Kvech showed up well on his first visit to the venue with 11 points, skipper Niels-Kristian Iversen again worked hard for double figures, and Anders Rowe battled away for seven at reserve.
"I would say it’s pretty much a predicted type of scoreline"
Stars manager Rob Lyon said: “I thought we did really well in the first half of the meeting considering what we’d got tonight, and as a team we held in there quite well.
“But as always is the case with these type of meetings when you are under-strength, you lack quality in areas where you need it, and you’re going to run out of steam which is obviously what happened. I would say it’s pretty much a predicted type of scoreline.
“Jan rode very well to win his first two rides, he was good value and so was Niels, and Anders rode well. All the boys put the effort in, I certainly can’t fault that.
“We know it’s not a good situation, but we have to move on to Monday and look to get all three points against Leicester.”