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Glasgow Tigers v Edinburgh Monarchs
Challenge, 25 September 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow 53
1George Stancl3332*2* ..132
2Trent Leverington2*111. ..51
3Claus Kristensen1013. ..50
4Stefan Ekberg0233. ..80
5Shane Parker33333 ..150
6(g)Luke Priest000.. ..00
7James Cockle11311 ..70
Edinburgh 37
1Ross BradyF31*1. ..51
2Daniel Nermark11X2. ..40
3Theo Pijper2*2221 ..91
4William Lawson31*0X^. ..41
5Rusty Harrison2220. ..60
6Matthew Wethers2*0202 0.61
7Robert Ksiezak300.. ..30

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

Glasgow had Luke Priest at reserve for Adam Roynon while Edinburgh were at full strength. Glasgow already had a seven point lead from the first leg at Armadale.

Edinburgh were still in contention with the scores level at 24-24 after heat 8 but they folded badly after that with some very poor gating as Glasgow went on to win with ease.

Ross Brady fell on the first bend of the opening heat after making a good gate and George Stancl and Trent Leverington were never threatened by Daniel Nermark as they started with a 5-1. However Edinburgh gave the home side a shock by winning both the next two heats 1-5. In heat 2 Robert Ksiezak and Matthew Wethers made good starts for an easy maximum then William Lawson and Theo Pijper did likewise in a rerun heat 3 ahead of Kristensen and Ekberg. Shane Parker won heat 4 with Rusty Harrison second and Glasgow took a 4-2 to make the score after four heats 11-13.

Edinburgh stretched their lead to four points with a 2-4 in heat 5 when Ross Brady headed home Stefan Ekberg with Daniel Nermark third ahead of Claus Kristensen but that was neutralised by a Glasgow 4-2 when George Stancl made another lightning start to beat Rusty Harrison for a 4-2. Shane Parker won heat 7 for a shared heat then Glasgow squared the scores with a 4-2 in heat 8 after a dreadful decision by referee Dowling. Cockle and Leverington made fast starts as Nermark was slow away again. Nermark started to reel in Leverington and passed him on the back straight on the third lap. As the riders entered the third bend Leverington fell without any contact from Nermark but the Edinburgh rider was excluded. In the rerun Cockle and Leverington again made the start but Matthew Wethers passed Leverington to restrict the damage to a 4-2 to the home side. The score was now 24-24.

After that Edinburgh caved in and failed to produce another race winner. Only Pijper, Lawson and Wethers seemed to have any appetite for the fray. In heat 9 Ekberg beat Harrison for a 4-2 then George Stancl continued on his winning way in heat 10. However the Glasgow 5-1 was thwarted as Theo Pijper passed Leverington for second place for another 4-2. Shane Parker won heat 11 for a shared heat then another fast start for Kristensen and Cockle threatened another 5-1 but, again, Theo Pijper took second place by passing Cockle. The expected Parker/Stancl 5-1s in heats 13 and 15 duly materialised without any semblance of a challenge but Edinburgh could consider themselves unlucky in heat 14. William Lawson took a TR but was outgated by Ekberg and Cockle. He reeled Cockle in and went inside him on the first bend. As Cockle tried to cut back the two riders came together briefly and Cockle crashed into the fence. Again the Edinburgh rider was excluded. In the rerun Matthew Wethers passed Cockle for second place for a 4-2 to the home side some of whose riders appear to have been ‘less than keen’ to contest heat 15 alongside Theo Pijper. Matthew Wethers eventually took the vacant spot.

Match Report by Merlin