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Glasgow Tigers v Newcastle Diamonds
Premier Trophy (Group), 16 April 2006
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow
| 1 | Danny Bird | R | 2 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | David McAllan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Lee Dicken | 1 | 1* | Fx | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Kauko Nieminen | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | Shane Parker | 2 | 2* | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | Robert Ksiezak | 2* | T | Fx | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | James Cockle | 3 | 1* | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | . | 11 | 1 |
| 1 | George Stancl | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Christian Henry | 1 | F | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Manuel Hauzinger | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Josef Franc | 2 | Fx | 1* | R^ | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 3 | 3 | 2 | Fx | 0 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Adam McKinna | 0 | 1 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 7(g) | Derek Sneddon | 1 | 0 | 1* | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Glasgow had David McAllan back in the side so were at full strength . Newcastle were without the banned Jaimie Robertson and had Edinburgh reserve Derek Sneddon as a guest in his place.. Newcastle opened with a 2-4 when Danny Bird had an engine failure at the tapes. George Stancl won from David McAllan as the Diamonds took a two point lead but it was Glasgow who led by two points after a 5-1 in the reserves race. Kauko Nieminen beat Josef Franc in the third heat and Lee Dicken finished third for a Glasgow 4-2 and a four point lead but James Grieves beat Shane Parker in heat 4 to share the race as the heat four score read 14-10. George Stancl won heat 5 for a shared race as Christian Henry fell at the back but James Grieves won heat 6 from Danny Bird and this time Adam McKinna provided the third place point when he held off David McAllan for a 2-4 to the Diamonds cutting the Tigers’ lead to two points. However Grieves turned out to be Newcastle’s last race winner of the match. Heat 7 provided the first 5-1 of the match. Josef Franc fell after a clash with James Cockle and was excluded from the rerun which produced a home maximum with James Cockle and Shane Parker winning from Manuel Hauzinger. David McAllan took heat 8 from Christian Henry. With Robert Ksiezak falling after being passed by Derek Sneddon the points were shared so the heat 8 score was 27-21. With the Glasgow riders consistently outgating Newcastle on a bone dry track Newcastle struggled to hold on. Kauko Nieminen led James Grieves home in heat 9 as Lee Dicken fell at the back for a 3-3 then Shane Parker overcame a poor start to pass the field in heat 11. Again it was only for a 3-3 as Stancl and Henry kept Cockle at the back. Lee Dicken withdrew from the meeting so Glasgow went with their two reserves in heat 12. Cockle won from Hauzinger with Ksiezak third for a 4-2 to stretch the Glasgow lead to 8 points. The score after 12 heats was 40-32. In the first running of Heat 13 James Grieves tried to ride round Shane Parker on the second bend but Parker moved out to block him and Grieves fell and was excluded. Parker and Bird outgated Stancl in the rerun for another Glasgow 5-1 stretching their lead to 12 points. Newcastle then gave Josef Franc a TR in heat 14 but it was completely wasted when he suffered an engine failure when lying second. Nieminen won from Sneddon so Glasgow’s lead stretched to 14 points with the 4-2. In the last heat another Bird/Parker 5-1 resulted when the Glasgow duo left Stancl and Parker behind at the start. Match Report by Merlin |