Despite the best efforts of two former Workington riders and a new Australian star, Belle Vue crashed out of the Premiership KO Cup last night.
Wolverhampton got through despite a 54-36 defeat at Belle Vue in second leg having established a 26-point advantage in the home leg.
Australian star Jaimon Lidsey raced to his first 15-point maximum for the home side, but the overall task proved too great despite Wolves skipper Sam Masters seeing his scoring restricted to 2+1 due to illness.
Maryport flyer Dan Bewley (12+2), Brady Kurtz (11) and former Comet Charles Wright (9 + 2) were also in the big points for the Aces, with Ryan Douglas notching 11 as Wolves defended their advantage.
Wolves boss Peter Adams said: “It was a difficult night for us, and we had one or two issues throughout the team.
“Sam Masters wasn’t well – you could tell that from his performance as his score was nowhere near what you would expect. But we got through, and that’s what we came for.”
Workington-based Edinburgh rider Kyle Bickley, who guested for Wolves, scored 1 + 1 from reserve.
Belle Vue Rising Star Jake Mulford (2+2) said: “Tonight was a great result for the team, at least at home, but I think the damage was done at Wolverhampton last month. It was a tough ask and we came very close to making it happen.
“We didn’t come into this believing anything other than we could potentially pull it back and I think we came very close to doing that, so we are disappointed not to be going through.”
