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Pairs Defence
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15/07/07
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Josh and Tai Woffenden form the Scunthorpe Pair defending the Conference Pairs title at Normanby Road this Sunday.
Part of last years winning pair, Paul Cooper, lines up in the Boston pair this year so the Scorpions pair won't have it all their own way.
Full Line Up
Group A:
Boston: Paul Cooper and Simon Lambert
Cleveland: Greg Blair and Mark Burrows
Rye House: Robert Mear and Karlis Ezergailis
Scunthorpe: Josh Auty and Tai Woffinden
Weymouth: To be declared
Group B:
Buxton: Jonathan Bethell and Jack Roberts
Oxford: Jordan Frampton and Lee Smethills
Plymouth: To be declared
Sittingbourne: To be declared
Stoke: John Branney and Barrie Evans
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Josh Moves On Up
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12/07/07
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Josh takes his next step on the speedway ladder as he starts in the #2 race jacket for Redcar tonight.
His first heat sees him take on former World Number 1 Gary Havelock and PL Riders Champion Magnus Zetterstrom - not an easy start!! |
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Auty edges Tully in Henderson Insurance Trophy
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04/06/07
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Josh Auty (pictured) pipped his Lincs FM Scorpions’ team mate Andrew Tully by less half a bike length to win the Henderson Insurance Trophy at the Scunthorpe Raceway yesterday afternoon. The pair produced some fantastic racing as they battled for supremacy all afternoon. Tully won two of their three battles during the qualifying heats but it was the 16-year old from West Yorkshire who won when it mattered to take the title.
Also impressing during the meeting were Scorpions’ reserve Joe Haines and Cleveland’s Greg Blair. Both riders only rode a few meetings last year but they are making great strides in their first full season and certainly two of the hottest prospects in British speedway. Haines won three of his four qualifying races and broke sixty seconds for the first time around his home track. He recorded 59.56 in heat 5 whilst Blair scored nine points in qualifying and just missed out on breaking sixty seconds when he won heat 8.
Scorpions Scott Richardson and Byron Bekker along with Boston’s Simon Lambert and Cleveland’s Rusty Hodgson also made the semi-finals but Richardson and Blair tangled going into the first bend of the first semi-final and Richardson sustained an injured shoulder. Unable to take his place in the re-run Jonathan Bethell took his place and took advantage of his good fortune to make the final. However, his luck ran out in the final when a puncture on the last lap denied him of third place.
The day was not a happy one for the Scorpions’ captain Richie Dennis or Scott Anderson. Dennis had bike trouble all afternoon and failed to make the start of two races. He had an engine failure in another and had to start the only race he finished from the fifteen metre mark after he failed to make the initial two minute allowance. Anderson, who had done so well for the side at Plymouth on Friday had problems with his clutch on one bike and blew his engine on his spare.
The Lincs FM Scorpions are in action at the Scunthorpe Raceway next Sunday, 10th June (start time), when they face Rye House in the first leg of the Quarter-Final of the Knockout Cup. The team will be hoping to win, and preferably win well, as they take a depleted side down to Rye House for the second leg whilst the Raiders have added Karlis Ezergailis to their line-up and may be also be adding Luke Bowen to an already strong side.
Henderson Insurance Trophy results:
Final places: 1st Josh Auty, 2nd Andrew Tully, 3rd Byron Bekker, 4th Jonathan Bethell
Qualifying scorers: Andrew Tully 11, Joe Haines 10, Josh Auty 10, Greg Blair 9, Scott Richardson 7, Simon Lambert 5, Byron Bekker 5, Rusty Hodgson 4, Jonathan Bethell 4, Jack Roberts 2, Richie Dennis 1, Scott Anderson 1 |
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Scunny Win Fours title in dramatic finish
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18/05/07
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Tonight the Lincs FM Scunthorpe Scorpions won the Conference League Fours title after a dramatic tussle with the Plymouth Devils. The meeting, which involved eight Conference League teams, was held at the Devon club’s track and after both teams had won their semi-finals they locked horns in the eight-heat final. The meeting went one way and then the other until the two sides were tied with one race to go.
In that race the Scorpions had Byron Bekker against the previously unbeaten Nicki Glanz. Buxton’s Jack Roberts and Weymouth’s Karl Mason were also in the race but all eyes were on Bekker and Glanz. Scunthorpe’s South African star led from the tapes but Plymouth’s Dane was pressing hard. Entering the second lap and Glanz went for a pass down the inside. It was a strong move and Bekker fell. Stuart Wilson, the referee, had no doubts about the decision and immediately put Glanz’s blue exclusion light on.
The race was re-run and Byron Bekker just had to complete four laps to record the point that would secure the title for the Scorpions. He won the race in style and the Scorpions had won the only major Conference League title that had eluded them during the historic 2006 season.
The semi-final, against Sittingbourne, Oxford and Buxton had been won at a canter. Josh Auty, Byron Bekker and Tai Woffinden won the six races they were involved in with Woffinden claiming the St.Boniface Arena track record for good measure in the third race of the night. He lowered it to 51.07 beating the previous best of 51.22 held jointly by Jason Bunyan (Isle of Wight) and Steve Boxall (Rye House). On a track that heavily favours the inside gate positions Richie Dennis failed to catch Buxton’s Jack Roberts when off the outside gate before engine problems took him from first to last in his second ride.
In the second semi-final Plymouth dropped just two points from their eight races and looked like slight favourites going into the final. The opening race of the final, which also included Weymouth and Buxton, saw the classiest rider of the night, Tai Woffinden win but Plymouth’s Tom Brown claimed second place. Heat 2 looked like it might have gone a long way to deciding the winners when Plymouth’s Adam Roynon won the race but Byron Bekker finished last. That put the Devils two points up and it became three when Nicki Glanz defeated Josh Auty in the next race.
Plymouth’s Seemond Stephens had once been unbeatable around his own track but he missed the gate in heat four and lay last for a while. At the front Richie Dennis had put his mechanical gremlins behind him and became a rare winner from the outside gate. Stephens made it into third but the Scorpions had closed the gap to just one.
Stephens was defeated again in heat five, this time by Woffinden, before Dennis put the Scorpions into the lead by defeating Tom Brown in the sixth race. However, the lead looked fragile after Adam Roynon had defeated josh Auty it had gone. The race had it’s own controversy when it was awarded after just two laps after Buxton’s Lewis Dallaway had fallen at the back. The Scorpions expects a re-run but the race was declared and it came down to the showdown between Byron Bekker and Nicki Glanz.
The tension and drama had reached fever pitch by the end but the Scorpions’ 19-year old South African held his nerve to ensure the trophy will paraded at the Scunthorpe Raceway on Sunday afternoon (start time) when the Stoke Spitfires are the visitors.
Before then the team face the Weymouth Wildcats tonight (start time 7.15pm).
Full results of the Conference League Fours Final at Plymouth (Friday 18th May):
Semi-Final One
Sittingbourne 3: Dean Felton 1, Joe Reynolds 1, Luke Goody 1, Gordon Meakins 0.
Buxton 14: Scott James 4, Jack Roberts 5, Lewis Dallaway 2, Jon Bethell 3.
Oxford 11: Sam Martin 3, Michael Coles 3, Kyle Hughes 2, Ben Hopwood 3.
Scunthorpe 20: Tai Woffinden 6, Byron Bekker 6, Josh Auty 6, Richie Dennis 2.
1. Roberts, Dennis, Felton, Hughes, 53.11
2. Woffinden, Hopwood, Dallaway, Reynolds, 51.07
3. Bekker, Martin, Goody, Bethell (retired), 54.69
4. Auty, James, Coles, Meakins, 52.96
5. Woffinden, James, Martin, Felton, 52.59
6. Bekker, Roberts, Hopwood, Meakins, 54.25
7. Auty, Hughes, Dallaway, Goody, 53.06
8. Bethell, Coles, Reynolds, Dennis (retired), 54.28
Semi-Final Two
Cleveland 8: Mark Burrows 4, Martin Emerson 0, Greg Blair 2, Gary Beaton 2.
Plymouth 22: Seemond Stephens 5, Tom Brown 5, Adam Roynon 6, Nicki Glanz 6.
Boston 7: Mathew Wright 0, Rob Smith 4, Darren Mallett 2, Simon Lambert 1.
Weymouth 11: Lee Smart 5, Sam Hurst 4, Nathan Irwin 0, Karl Mason 2.
1. Burrows, Brown, Mason, Mallett, 53.60
2. Roynon, Smart, Lambert, Emerson, 51.66
3. Glanz, Hurst, Blair, Wright, 53.66
4. Stephens, Smith, Beaton, Irwin, 53.81
5. Smart, Stephens, Beaton, Wright, 53.10
6. Brown, Hurst, Beaton, Lambert, 54.65
7. Roynon, Mallett, Blair, Irwin, 53.28
8. Glanz, Smith, Mason, Emerson (exc.), no time
Final
Scunthorpe 19: Tai Woffinden 6, Byron Bekker 3, Josh Auty 4, Richie Dennis 6
Plymouth 16: Seemond Stephens 3, Tom Brown 4, Adam Roynon 6, Nicki Glanz 3
Buxton 5: Scott James 0, Jack Roberts 4, Lewis Dallaway 0, Jon Bethell 1
Weymouth 8: Lee Smart 3, Sam Hurst 2, Nathan Irwin 1, Karl Mason 2
1. Woffinden, Brown, Mason, Dallaway, 52.03
2. Roynon, Smart, Bethell, Bekker, 51.97
3. Glanz, Auty, Hurst, James, 51.84
4. Dennis, Roberts, Stephens, Irwin, 52.72
5. Woffinden, Stephens, Smart, James, 52.06
6. Dennis, Brown, Hurst, Bethell, 53.15
7. Roynon, Auty, Irwin, Dallaway (fell excluded), no time
8. Bekker, Roberts, Mason, Glanz (excluded, unfair riding), 53.81
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ROARING BACK
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30/03/07
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By Martin Neal, Evening Gazette ~ Friday 30th March 2007
Back on track - Redcar Bears put memories of their two away defeats firmly behind them last night to inflict a heavy 58-35 defeat on Berwick Bandits. It was the perfect start to their Premier Trophy campaign and they will be looking to continue that form at Edinburgh this evening.
It was an excellent all-round team performance by the Bears, for whom every rider won at least once. Boss Brian Havelock had talked earlier this month of getting some good home performances on the board to strike fear into the hearts of their visitors - and they certainly did that last night at South Tees Motorsports Park.
Mat Tresarrieu clearly benefited from a midweek meeting with boss Brian Havelock, in the wake of his dismal night at Newcastle on Sunday. He was beaten only once by an opponent in five rides - and that was in the nominated riders' race. Jamie Courtney also looked far more comfortable. His seven-point total would surely have been more but for not one but two jump starts in heat 11. Gary Havelock and Chris Kerr maintained their impressive early season form, while James Grieves was unbeaten by an opponent in every race he finished - a puncture in heat five denying him the chance of a paid maximum.
Dan Giffard admitted that he was "sore" after riding with a hairline fracture of the coccyx, while young Josh Auty had a stunning debut at reserve. The youngster looked stylish, determined, and every bit a champion in the making. He went through the tapes at the start of heat four but quickly made up ground and was so close to picking up a point.
"We've got back on track," said team boss Havelock whose team were in control from the moment Courtney and Auty scored a second race 5-1 - the first of seven maximum heat advantages by the Bears. "Obviously the problems we had in our two away meetings have been ironed out and I am pleased with the result. Everybody knuckled in - we had a couple of problems with tyres but we'll have to get over the regulations a different way. Josh looked sharp and showed he's got plenty of bottle, while Matty came more prepared and had a cracking meeting."
Rusty Hodgson is restored to the team at Edinburgh tonight under the Bears' early season reserve rotation policy. And although getting a win against a strong-looking Monarchs side will be a tall order, Havelock is hopeful of a good result - especially as winter signing Grieves is known as something of an Armadale track expert. "Rusty has never been to the place before," Havelock said, "but the rest of our lads have. It's usually a reasonably well prepared track and we should have a good meeting. Kevin Little used to know his way around the place and James has taken his place, so I'm glad to hear he usually goes well there. Edinburgh look fairly strong this year and have proved that with a couple of decent scores, so we'll be looking to run them as close as we can."
Bears: Gary Havelock 12+2, Mat Tresarrieu 12+1, Chris Kerr 8+2, James Grieves 8+1, Josh Auty 7+1, Jamie Courtney 7, Dan Giffard 4+1.
Bandits: Andreas Bergstrom 10+3, Michal Makovsky 7, Stanislaw Burza 7, Michael Coles 5, Jacek Rempala 3, Jon Branney 2+1, Benji Compton 1. |
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Auty helps G.B. defeat Danes
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18/03/07
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Scunthorpe Scorpion Josh Auty helped the British Under-21 team to a 55-35 win over the Danish Under-21 side at Oxford on Sunday night. Auty, making his debut aged just sixteen, scored 5+1 from 4 rides including a win in heat four. Auty’s team mate Tai Woffinden also had an impressive weekend when he scored a paid maximum on his debut for the Rye House Rockets in the Premier League. His points were hard won and included passes of Redcar heat-leaders James Grieves and Matt Tresarrieu.
The Scorpions own season gets under way next Sunday, 25th March (start time 3pm), when the team face the Boston Barracudas at the Scunthorpe Raceway in the first leg of the Lincolnshire Cup.
The full scores in GB Under-21 v Denmark Under-21 international:
Great Britain: Edward Kennett (Poole) 14+1 (5 rides), Danny King (Peterborough) 12+1 (5), Ben Wilson (Sheffield and Belle Vue) 8 (4), Lewis Bridger (Eastbourne) 7+2 (4), Josh Auty (Scunthorpe and Redcar ) 5+1 (4), William Lawson (Edinburgh and Wolverhampton) 5+1 (4), Ben Barker (Stoke) 4+1 (4).
Denmark: Klaus Jakobsen 10+1 (5 rides), Morten Risager (Coventry) 8 (5), Klaus Vissing 6 (4), Claus Wortmann 5+1 (5), Jonas Raun (Newcastle) 4 (4), Kenneth Hansen (Workington) 1 (3), Peter Juul 1 (3).
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Josh Named in GB U21 Team
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12/03/07
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GREAT Britain Under-21 boss Peter Oakes has named the team to face Denmark at Oxford on Sunday (7.45pm).
Elite League stars Edward Kennett, Daniel King, William Lawson and Lewis Bridger are all included along with Premier Leaguers Ben Wilson, Ben Barker and Josh Auty.
Said Oakes: “This is an ideal opportunity for the youngsters to gain valuable international experience at an early stage in the season.”
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Josh Named in British U21 Squad
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12/02/07
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GREAT Britain Under-21 boss Peter Oakes has named a 10-man squad for next month’s test match with Denmark.
The meeting takes place at Oxford on Sunday, March 18, and will prove to be a good early season test for the youngsters.
SQUAD IN FULL: Lewis Bridger, Edward Kennett, Daniel King, William Lawson, Ben Wilson, James Wright, Joshua Auty, Ben Barker, Steve Boxall and Tai Woffinden. |
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Josh is a Bear
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26/01/07
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Josh has signed to double up for 2007 with the Redcar Bears. He will share the reserve berth with Rusty Hodgson.
Speaking earlier this week Josh said "I am very excited about linking up with ex-British World champion Gary Havelock and believe it can only benefit my career. Redcar have built a exciting looking line-up and i hope that i can continue my steady progess up the speedway ladder, as well as helping the team win some silverware." |
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Scunthorpe Team Named
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04/01/07
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SCUNTHORPE have named a squad of 10 riders to defend their Conference League title next season.
Scott Anderson, Josh Auty, Byron Becker, Benji Compton, Richie Dennis, Joe Haines, Adam McKinna, Scott Richardson, Andrew Tully and Tai Woffinden will all feature for the Scorpions.
Co-promoter Rob Godfery said: “Several lads will be riding at a higher level, so we feel we need a bigger squad for next season.”
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Speedway Rider Awards 2006
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25/10/06
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WORLD Champion Jason Crump was named the Elite League Rider of the Year at the Speedway Riders Association Awards ceremony in Coventry on Tuesday.
Magnus Zetterstrom and Josh Auty picked up the equivalent awards in the Premier and Conference Leagues.
Crump also collected the Planet Speedway Rider of the Year award and was inducted into the SRA Hall of Fame alongside the now-retired Tony Rickardsson.
2006 SRA AWARDS:
Elite League Rider of the Year: Jason Crump
Premier League Rider of the Year: Magnus Zetterstrom
Conference League Rider of the Year: Josh Auty
Elite League Highest Bonus Points: Billy Janniro
Premier League Highest Bonus Points: Craig Branney
Conference League Highest Bonus Points: Sam Martin
Teng Tools Under-18 Rider of the Year: Lewis Bridger
Planet Speedway Rider of the Year: Jason Crump
Planet Speedway/Supporters Rider of the Year: Tai Woffinden
Promotion of the Year: King's Lynn Speedway
Best Prepared Track: Wolverhampton
Inducted into SRA Hall of Fame: Jason Crump and Tony Rickardsson
Outstanding Contribution to Speedway: Neil Street
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Maximum Man!
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12/06/06
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Josh carded his first senior maximum on Monday in the Scunthorpe vs Buxton match.
He went through the card unbeaten on a sometimes tricky track that had to cope with two thunderstorms in 3 hours.
His 6 ride maximum included some forceful overtaking both on the inside and outside, and a superb heat 15 win over Jonathan Bethell, Adam Roynon and Wayne Carter.
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Josh Joins Team Ham
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02/06/06
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Today saw the announcement that Josh has teamed up with Ham Racing and has become a part of the same team as GB skipper Scott Nicholls.
Josh will have access to the same facilities as Scott and sees himself fully kitted out in Ham Racing kevlars and bike graphics.
Speaking before the British GP Josh said "I'm delighted to be associated with Ham Racing, and more than a little bit flattered to be invited to join the team. I'm really looking forward to working with them in the coming months."
Watch our for the full story in the Speedway Star on Thursday and here on www.joshauty.co.uk (with exclusive behind the scenes Cardiff photos) later in the week. |
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Josh Rides At British GP in Cardiff
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30/05/06
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Josh will play his part in the biggest Speedway event in the World on Saturday when he rides in one of two demonstration races before the British GP.
He will be hoping for better luck than last year, when he crashed spectacularly in practice and was very much the worse for wear on race day.
The races will be at approx 5.15pm.
p.s. Watch out for a MAJOR announcement coming out of the Auty camp at Cardiff also. |
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Newport Sent Packing
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29/05/06
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Scunthorpe have today thrashed The Newport Mavericks 75-15 at Normanby Road.
Full details of Josh's involvement on the site as soon as we have it. |
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Run Off Drama In U21 Semi
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11/04/06
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Josh has qualified for the British U21 Final at Kings Lynn next Wednesday after a tremendous semi final at Scunthorpe.
After being in several good races, Josh finished on 12 points - tied for the last qualifying spot with Simon Lambert.
Both riders went into the run off confident, Josh being on his home track but Simon having beaten Josh in the qualifiers. However, it was Josh who went through beating Simon into 4th on the night.
Speaking afterwards Josh said "It was a really good night and I'm looking forward to the final. It'll be a tough meeting but I'm treating it like any other meeting - and hoping to win!" |
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Promising Start
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02/04/06
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Josh has started the season with a solid performance in the Lincs FM individual event at Scunthorpe today.
He finished as the third highest points scorer after the qualifying heats but fell in the semi, just missing out on the final, and therefore finishing 5th overall.
Josh now lines up in the British Under 21 Championship qualifier at Scunthorpe next Sunday - GOOD LUCK!! |
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Major Announcement From Team Auty
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17/03/06
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A major announcement concerning the speedway future of Josh Auty will be announced in the next fortnight.
All the latest news and views DIRECT from Josh will be here first. |
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New Website Launched
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19/01/06
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The 19th of January 2006 saw the launch of the new Official Josh Auty website www.joshauty.co.uk.
Including all the latest news, fixtures and results the site will be the place to go for information on Josh and his racing activities. |
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