Rossiter humble In victory, praises 'perfect' performance

ALUN ROSSITER gave a 5-star review of his riders' performances as the Swindon Robins comfortably beat the Belle Vue Aces 58-32 at the Abbey Stadium last night. Total Sport Swindon’s Ryan Walker spoke to the Swindon and Team GB manager following the result.

Dominating the meeting from start to finish saw the CFS Filtration Robins record their biggest league win of the season. Speaking in the aftermath of the action, Rossiter praised his side and admitted it was the perfect performance. 

“Yeh I’d say it was [our perfect performance],” said Rossiter.

“I was surprised that the margin in the victory was so big.

“I didn’t expect that and you have to give our boys credit for that.

“We didn’t give them a chance and even when they got a couple of points we reacted to them.

“We got a fantastic start to the meeting, similar to what happened to us at King’s Lynn, and you can’t afford to give everyone a big start,” he said. 

Belle Vue looked like a difficult opposition coming into the meeting with Mark Lemon’s side occupying second place in the SGB league standings. But Rossiter explained following the meeting how his side must be humble in victory despite the emphatic result. 

“Anyone can have a good meeting, and any team can also have a bad meeting,” said Rossiter. 

“I’m sure Belle Vue will dust themselves down but I don’t want to use words such as ‘thrashing’ to describe the victory.

“You’ve got to be humble and sometimes things don’t work out for you. 

“We’ve got to give the boys praise for the way they rode,” he added. 

Swindon’s strong performance was made sweeter for the fans after the paying punters were given fifteen heats of stunning speedway with each race offering overtakes and hard racing. Something which Rossiter said is down to the fantastic new track at the Abbey Stadium. 

“It’s been no secret that we’ve struggled with the track for many years and it’s always been a problem,” stated Rossiter. 

“The new track is creating some fantastic raise, making some wonderful racing lines, and producing probably the best racing we’ve seen in years.

“The new track is the best thing that could happen. It’s made the racing better and I can’t believe how much passing there now is,” he said. 

“On the old track you’d barely see one or two passes, and that’s not down to the old track, it’s down to the development of the speedway bikes.

“People forget how far bikes have moved on since the old track was made in 1949, and now we have a fantastic new track,” he added.