ACE Pijper won the British Under-19 Championship in a rain-curtailed meeting at Oxford on Sunday.
Pijper finished level on 11 points with Luke Harrison, his team-mate in the Scunthorpe/Sheffield NDL side, but took the title on countback having defeated Harrison when they met in Heat 4. Oxford’s Jody Scott finished third on 10 points. With track conditions deteriorating due to increasing rain, referee Simon Humphrey-Kennett called a halt with four races outstanding. Pijper said: “It feels good. It was a little bit of a shame that the weather kind of ruined the night for Luke (Harrison) as well, and Jody could have also got to the top, but luck had to come my way at some point, and it did! “I wanted to do the last race, and me and Luke could have had a nice run-off, but I wouldn’t say I’m not happy with it, because I’m very happy!”