2018
National Trophy only to keep the Heathens on track
Limited dates from Monmore Green, so Cradley
could not race in the National League in 2018. However to keep the
Heathens name alive the management decided to race the five team Northern
section of the National Trophy. |
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Then the young Guns, the impressive Drew Kemp and Jordan Jenkins from Mildenhall, Kyle Bickley from Belle Vue and Workington, Jason Edwards from Eastbourne. |
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to R Jason Edwards, Kyle Bickley, Jordan Jenkins, Drew Kemp. Bradley Andrews |
This team was beginning to set tongues wagging throughout
the sport but on the plus side was that most of the other clubs with teams
in the 'Trophy' were rubbing their hands knowing that Cradley would always
bring a load of supporters with them and help the turnstiles to keep moving. Cradley opened their season on 7th May against Stoke and quickly showed their potential winning 59-29 with Jordan Jenkins and Drew Kemp getting paid maximums and Jason Edwards getting 11 and 3 bonus from reserve, then just two days later Jordan crashed at Birmingham and damaged his back, so the first match was the last time the full side was seen together! Conor Dwyer began to struggle with lack of confidence and he was pulled out after just two more matches. Chris Widman replaced Conor and Alfie Bowtell was drafted in to replace Jordan. Alfie was excellent and soon became a favourite with the Cradley fans. Adam Roynon crashed on the Isle of Wight in June and his season was over. The Heathens were then using guests for the rest of the season. However Cradley managed to battle through to the National Trophy Final but so did Mildenhall and with Drew Kemp reverting back to his main club and also using ex Cradley hero Max Clegg in place of the injured Danny Ayres the battle was over.
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