Another heavy loss for the Stars

King’s Lynn were beaten by 24 points for the second time in 72 hours on another frustrating night in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership at Sheffield.Just as they did at Belle Vue on Monday, the PSH Environmental Stars lost 57-33 on their travels as they failed to match the home side.After conceding a 4-2 in the opener, Chris Harris and Ashton Boughen, who produced a good ride to pass Danyon Hume for third, got things back on level terms.But the Steel City outfit then reeled off four straight advantages to create a 14-point gap between the sides.Whilst not always slower out of the actual starts, the Stars often found themselves chasing by the time they emerged out of bend two and the scoreline reflected that as they trailed 40-20 after Heat Ten.A reserve substitute move to bring in Chris Harris for No.1 Ben Cook paid off in Heat 11 as he teamed up with Richard Lawson for a 5-1, but Sheffield confirmed victory in the next race when former Lynn man Josh Pickering took the flag.“It’s always a hard place to come to,” manager Rob Lyon said. “They’ve got a powerhouse team, even with the situation of being without Tai (Woffinden). “But they deserved to win and were the far better team.“Gating was a premium, it was hard to pass here tonight, but their boys were gating off every single gate, which was a bit of a mystery from our perspective.“It’s frustrating, it’s hard to put into words to be honest, but we move on and we’ve got Leicester on Monday in an important home meeting.” That clash against the Lions at the Adrian Flux Arena on Monday (April 17, 7.30pm) will hopefully be the night the Stars register their first league points of the year.Sheffield 57: Josh Pickering 15, Jack Holder 13+2, Chris Holder 13+1, Anders Rowe 10+1, Leon Flint 6+1, Danyon Hume 0, Tai Woffinden R/R.King’s Lynn 33: Chris Harris 11+2, Richard Lawson 10+1, Nicolai Klindt 5+1, Niels-Kristian Iversen 3, Jan Kvech 2, Ben Cook 1, Ashton Boughen 1.