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Glasgow Tigers v Newcastle Diamonds
Premier League, 28 August 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow 59
1George Stancl3332*1 ..121
2Trent Leverington2*030. ..51
3Claus Kristensen2333. ..110
4Stefan Ekberg1*2*2*2. ..73
5Shane Parker33333 ..150
6Adam Roynon2*100. ..31
7James Cockle32*10. ..61
Newcastle 34
1Josef Franc01200 ..30
2Kristian Lund10001* ..21
4Phil Morris3124^1 ..110
5James Grieves222^12 ..90
6Jamie Birkinshaw01*201* 1*383
7Jamie Robertson1Fx... ..10

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

Glasgow were at full strength again but Newcastle were without Lubos Tomicek who was riding on the continent and used R/R for him at number 3. However they welcomed back Phil Morris to the side after a lengthy absence following his crash with James Grieves at Stoke.

Newcastle were blown away from the start as Glasgow started with two 5-1s from Stancl and Leverington in the opening heat then Cockle and Roynon in the reserves race. Phil Morris made a successful return to the side by winning heat 3 for a shared heat then Glasgow added two more points to their lead by taking a 4-2 in heat 4. Jaimie Robertson, having passed Adam Roynon made up the ground on his partner, James Grieves, but as Grieves moved out on the last bend, Robertson had nowhere to go and crossed the finishing line in third place but sprawled all over the track. The referee decreed that he wasn’t in control of his machine and promoted Adam Roynon to third place. Robertson withdrew from the meeting at this point suffering from concussion. The score after heat 4 was 17-7.

Glasgow scored another 5-1 in heat 5 from Kristensen and Ekberg but heat 6 was shared with George Stancl beating James Grieves after the two riders had passed and repassed each other. At the back James Birkenshaw was given the verdict over Trent Leverington so the race was shared. Newcastle fielded only one rider in heat 7, Phil Morris, and he completely missed the gate as Cockle and Parker took another Tigers’ 5-1. Heat 8 was another cracker with both Leverington and Cockle passing Kristian Lund for what looked like a 5-1 but James Birkinshaw rode round the outside of Cockle on the last lap to limit the damage to a 4-2. This took the score to 34-14.

James Grieves took a TR in heat 9 and looked like bagging all six points when he led from the gate. However on the last bend of the first lap the Glasgow pair of Ekberg and Kristensen operated a pincer movement on him with Ekberg making an inside pass and Kristensen an outside pass for a Glasgow 5-2. In heat 10 George Stancl and Trent Leverington made the gate and it looked as though it might be another 5-1 for the Tigers but Phil Morris and James Birkinshaw passed Leverington for a shared heat. Shane Parker won heat 11 for a shared heat then in heat 12 Phil Morris took a TR but could only finish second to Kristensen. With Birkinshaw in third place Newcastle won the heat 3-5 to take the score to 48-27.

Shane Parker won heat 13 and was followed home by George Stancl after he had passed James Grieves for a 5-1 but Newcastle won another heat in heat 14. Although Stefan Ekberg made the gate and led early on James Birkinshaw reeled him in passing him on the last lap for a fine heat win. Phil Morris finished third for a Diamonds 2-4 which was cancelled out with a Glasgow 4-2 in the last heat. In heat 15 it looked as though James Grieves was going to win but Shane Parker passed him on the last lap to relegate him to second place.

Match Report by Merlin