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Berwick Bandits v Glasgow Tigers
Premier Trophy (Group), 09 April 2005
Shielfield Park, Berwick

Berwick 45
1Adrian Rymel023F. ..50
2Adam Pietraszko21*32*2 ..102
3Simon Cartwright1*00.. ..11
4Michal Makovsky2213. ..80
5Piotr Dym1*3310 ..81
6Chris Schramm22*032* ..92
7Joachim KugelmannX202*. ..41
Glasgow 45
1George Stancl3322*1 ..111
2Matthew Wethers111*1*. ..42
3Jamie BirkinshawRRF.. ..00
4Paul Bentley3111. ..60
5Shane Parker332*33 ..141
6(g)Mark Thompson101.. ..20
7Trent Leverington3023R 0.80

* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).

Both sides went into this match following heavy away defeats but Berwick only needed a win to take the aggregate bonus point following their draw at Glasgow three weeks ago. Berwick were at full strength but Glasgow were still without James Cockle and had Mark Thompson at reserve.

It was clear that this was going to be no picnic for the Bandits when Glasgow provided the first 6 race winners. With Matthew Wethers twice bringing home the third place point and with Mark Thompson picking up a gift point when Kugelmann retired in a rerun heat 2 Glasgow shot into a six point lead at 15-21. Berwick provided their first race winner in heat 7 through Piotr Dym and with his partner Chris Schramm following him home the Bandits got themselves back into the match with a 5-1 to take the score to 20-22.

However, Glasgow restored their six point advantage with a 1-5 through Trent Leverington and Shane Parker from Michal Makovsky only for the Bandits to hit back again with their own 5-1 when Adrian Rymel and Adam Pietraszko headed Paul Bentley home to reduce the gap to two points again. In heat 11 Piotr Dym stopped George Stancl’s winning run but Matthew Wethers took the crucial third place point from Chris Schramm to keep the Tigers two ahead. It was clear that heats 13 and 15 looked as though they would go Glasgow’s way so the Bandits needed to make the best of heats 12 and 14.

Sure enough they took a 5-1 in heat 12 from their reserve pairing of Schramm and Kugelmann before Parker and Stancl did likewise for the Tigers to leave Berwick trailing by two points again. In heat 14, though, again the Bandits took a 5-1 this time from Makovsky and Schramm ahead of Mark Thompson leaving them two points ahead facing Parker and Stancl in heat 15. However, Glasgow were denied the outright win because, although Shane Parker won the race, Adam Pietraszko beat George Stancl for the second place points. The 2-4 to Glasgow tied the score at 45-45 so a race-off was needed to decide the bonus point. In the race-off Shane Parker beat Adam Pietraszko so Glasgow went home with 2 points while Berwick had to settle for one.

Match Report by Merlin