Kent Sweepers Hammers' Leigh Lanham finished of the 2002 season in style, and continued his rich vein of form, by romping to victory in the Ace of Herts Individual meetꦦing at Rye House on Saturday.

He recovered from a third place in his first outing to reel off four consecutive 💝wins in his remaining rides.

He clinched the title in heat nineteen by heading Isle of Wight's♎ Adam Shields from the gate but had to go into a re-run after the latter had caused the race to be stopped b𝓡y falling effectively ending his own title hopes.

Lanham made no mistake in that re-run collecting the required victory to see him finish top of the 16 man fieldཧ.

Hammers' other main representative Kelvin Tatum finished four🧸th, losing ou💃t on third place in a run-off with home man Nigel Sadler.

Further down the field, Scott Courtney mustered two third places in his five rides an🐷d it was a painful night for ex-Hammers skipper Troy Pratt who fell in his last heat and suffered a badly dislocated shoulder.

Scores:

Leigh Lanham (Arena-Essex) 1 3 3 3 3 13
Adam Shields (Isle of Wight) 2 3 3 3 X 11
Nigel Sadler (Rye House) 0 1 3 3 3 10
Kelvin Tatum (Arena Essex) 3 3 0 1 3 10
Scott Robson (Rye House) 3 2 1 1 3 10
Andre Compton (Newcastle) 2 3 3 0 2 10
Brent Werner (Rye House) 3 0 2 3 2 10
Stuart Robson (Coventry) 3 2 1 2 1 9
Andrew Appleton (Reading) 2 2 0 2 2 8
Aiden Collins (Glasgow) 1 2 2 1 1 7
David Mason (Rye House) 1 1 1 2 1 6
Edward Kennett (Rye House) 1 1 2 1 0 5
Troy Pratt (Rye House) 0 0 2 2 F 4
Chris Neath (Newport) 2 0 0 0 2 4
Scott Courtney (Arena Essex) 0 1 1 0 R 2
Barrie Evans (Newport) 0 0 X 0 0 0