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Glasgow Tigers v Exeter Falcons
Premier League, 08 May 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow
| 1 | George Stancl | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 2 | Matthew Wethers | 1* | 1 | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Jamie Birkinshaw | Fx | M | 2* | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Paul Bentley | 3 | 2 | 3 | F | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Shane Parker | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | James Cockle | 2* | 1* | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Trent Leverington | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 3 | 3 | 4^ | 1 | 0 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 0 | 1* | R | 3 | 1* | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Antonin Svab | 2 | 0 | M | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Seemond Stephens | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Nick Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Pavel Ondrasik | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2^ | 1 | 0 | 2* | 10 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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There was an early 1.00pm start at Glasgow this afternoon to give the fans time to get to the meeting at Newcastle later in the day. This afternoon’s visitors were Exeter . Glasgow were at full strength with Paul Bentley taking his place in the line up at number 4, Matthew Wethers returning to the number 2 spot and James Birkinshaw to number 3. Exeter used Rider Replacement for new signing Ray Morton at number 3. After Mark Lemon had won the opening race for a shared heat, Glasgow took a four point lead with a 5-1 in the reserves race. Heat 3 was awarded after James Birkinshaw had collided with Lee Smethills. With Paul Bentley winning the race it resulted in a shared heat but Tigers stretched their lead to six points in heat 4 when Shane Parker passed Pavel Ondrasik for the heat win with Trent leverington third. The score was now 15-9. Another Lemon win resulted in a shared heat 5 but George Stancl won heat 6 from Seemond Stephens with Matthew Wethers third for a 4-2 which saw Glasgow go 8 points ahead. The lead went to 10 points with Shane Parker and James Cockle taking another 4-2 in heat 7. Exeter decided to give a TR to Pavel Ondrasik in heat 8 but that was the wrong choice since it was Smethills who won the race from Matthew Wethers and Ondrasik. Nonetheless the result was a 2-5 to Exeter pulling three points back and the score went to 28-21.James Birkinshaw passed Seemond Stephens in heat 9 to join Paul Bentley for a 5-1 which put Glasgow 11 ahead at 33-22 and another followed courtesy of George Stancl and Matthew Wethers in heat 10 stretching the Tigers’ lead to 15 points at 38-23. With Tigers’ big finish still to come that really finished Exeter’s chances and damage limitation was the name of the game for the Falcons. They gave Mark Lemon a TR in heat 11 but Shane Parker continued on his winning way so the TR produced only four points. Lee Smethills backed Lemon up however so Exeter took a 3-5 to trail by 41-28. Tony Svab produced his only race win in heat 12 for a shared heat and the usual Parker/Stancl 5-1 duly materialised in heat 13. This was neutralised by a 1-5 to Exeter in heat 14 when Pavel Ondrasik and Toni Svab headed home James Cockle but another Parker/Stancl 5-1 in the last heat increased Glasgow’s lead to 17 points again to get their Premier League campaign off to a fine start. Match Report by Merlin |