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 meeting at Rye House on Saturday.

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

He clinched the title in heat nineteenꦫ 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 by fall🍷ing effectively ending his own title hopes.

Lanham made ♈no mistake in that re-run collecting the required vi༒ctory to see him finish top of the 16 man field.

Hammers' other main representative Kelvin Tatum finished fourth, lꦗosing out on third place in a run-off with home ma✃n Nigel Sadler.

Further down the field, Scott Courtney mustered two third places in his five rides and it was a painful night𝓀 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