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Glasgow Tigers v Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Premier League, 13 August 2006
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow 60
1Danny Bird331*2*2* ..113
2David McAllan2*2*22. ..82
3Lee Dicken1*1*12. ..52
4Kauko Nieminen2233. ..100
5Shane Parker322*33 ..131
6Robert Ksiezak31*32*. ..92
7(g)Danny Warwick2*2*00. ..42
Mildenhall 36
1Jason Lyons16^11. ..90
3Daniel King336^33 1.190
4Jason King00000 ..00
5Brent Werner0020. ..20
6James Brundle001R. ..10
7Jordan Frampton11101 1050

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

Glasgow were without James Cockle who suffered a bad eye injury at work and had Daniel Warwick as a guest replacement. Mildenhall used R/R at number 2 for the injured Jon Armstrong

Mildenhall moved north-west from Berwick for the third match of their Northern tour holding a 5 point advantage from the match at Mildenhall for the bonus point. It looked like the tour had taken its toll on man and machinery, however, as the Fen Tigers surrendered to a heavy defeat with only Daniel King saving them from obliteration. He scored 19 out of 36 or 53% of the Fen Tigers’ total and prevented any of the home men from recording a maximum.

Over the opening four heats only Danny King offered any resistance by winning heat 3 as Glasgow rattled up 5-1s galore. Even guest reserve, Daniel Warwick, played his part by backing up Robert Ksiezak in the reserves’ race and following Shane Parker home in heat 4 for heat maxima. The score after four heats was 18-6.

Jason Lyons briefly stemmed the tide by winning heat 5 from Nieminen, who appeared to be on an ailing motor, and Dicken while on a TR to give Mildenhall a 3-6 heat advantage. It was a good heat for Lyons to take the TR because it was the only time all match he beat a Glasgow rider. Glasgow then ran up their fourth 5-1 in heat 6 before Daniel King again came to the Fen Tigers’ rescue by winning heats 7 and 8. The former was at the expense of Shane Parker and the latter while on a TR. With Jordan Frampton, who impressed with his determined riding, passing Warwick for third in that heat the visitors scored a 2-7 which cut the gap between the sides to eight points with the score at 31-23.

Brent Werner split the Glasgow pair of Nieminen and Dicken in heat 9 for his only points of the match and a 4-2 before another Daniel King win produced a shared race. Ksiezak and Parker then left Lyons in their wake for yet another Glasgow 5-1 but another Daniel King win in heat 12 brought some success for Mildenhall when Jordan Frampton gave him some support. The young Fen Tigers’ reserve was in second place until Lee Dicken passed him on the last bend of the third lap. Nonetheless his third place produced a 2-4 to take the score to 45-33.

Mildenhall must have wished the match had ended there because the last three heats all went to Glasgow by 5-1 which included the usual Parker/Bird maxima in heats 13 and 15. Even Daniel King could not deny the Glasgow big guns in the last heat after failing to make the gate but he could be excused after a gruelling three matches in three days where he excelled in all of them.

Match Report by Merlin