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Glasgow Tigers v Hull Vikings
KO Cup (1st Round), 29 May 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow
| 1 | George Stancl | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 13 | 2 |
| 2 | Matthew Wethers | 2* | F | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Trent Leverington | 2* | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | Claus Kristensen | 3 | 1* | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Shane Parker | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | James Cockle | R | 1 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Jamie Birkinshaw | 3 | 1* | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 1 | Emiliano Sanchez | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | Paul Thorp | 1 | F | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Craig Branney | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 3 | 2 | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 2 | 1* | 0 | 2 | 1* | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Simone Terenzani | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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For once Glasgow fired on all cylinders in this cup tie against Hull leaving the Vikings with the proverbial mountain to climb in the second leg on Wednesday. Glasgow had Claus Kristensen back in the side so were at full strength as were Hull. Without any tactical rides to bail them out Hull were well and truly thrashed by Glasgow. The Vikings provided only four race winners all night as the Tigers top three dropped only two points between them. It could have been worse too had James Cockle not blown an engine at the start of heat 2 and Matthew Wethers not fallen when leading heat 6. Two 5-1s in the opening three heats for Glasgow were followed by a shock for Tigers’ fans when Shane Parker was beaten in heat 4 by Garry Stead for a shared heat. The heat four score was 16-8. Hull managed to keep Glasgow at bay over the next five heats by drawing four of them and losing a 4-2 in heat 7 to Shane Parker and James Cockle to take the heat 9 score to 32-22. Then Glasgow slipped up a gear. Heats 10 and 11 provided 4-2s to Glasgow from Stancl and Wethers then Parker and Cockle again and the lead was stretched to 14 points at 40-26. Heat 12, won by Trent Leverington, was shared but the inevitable Parker/Stancl 5-1s in heat 13 and 15 left the Vikings pillaged 22 points adrift. They did have a brief moment of respite in heat 14 when Emil Kramer who hadn’t beaten an opponent all night burst into life for a race win and a share of the points. Match Report by Merlin |