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Glasgow Tigers v Newport Wasps
Premier League, 16 June 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow
| 1 | George Stancl | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Matthew Wethers | 0 | 0 | R | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Trent Leverington | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Claus Kristensen | 0 | 3 | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 5(g) | James Grieves | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | James Cockle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Birkinshaw | 0 | 2* | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Mads Korneliussen | 1* | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 2 | 2* | 0 | 2* | 1 | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | 12 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Theo Pijper | 1 | 1* | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 3 | 2 | 3 | Fx | Fx | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 2* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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With both tracks having a Sunday racenight Glasgow made way by changing to tonight for this return league match against Newport . Glasgow were without Shane Parker but had James Grieves as a guest replacement. Newport had Theo Pijper as a guest for Craig Watson and used R/R for Michael Coles at number 3. On a very wet and slippery track following heavy rain throughout the day Newport made the better start. The opening heat was won as usual by George Stancl for a shared heat but Newport struck with 1-5s in both heats 2 and 3. In heat 2 Tony Atkin shepherded his partner Karlis Ezergailis for most of the race before going on to win it for the first of the two maximums. Then Neil Collins and Kristian Lund headed home Trent Leverington for the second. Glasgow got one of them back in heat 4 when James Grieves and James Birkinshaw both passed Theo Pijper to take the heat 4 score to 10-14. Glasgow started to pull the deficit back. They took a 4-2 in heat 5 then, after a shared heat 6, another 4-2 in heat 7 to level the match at 21-21. However in heat 8 Newport struck again with their third 1-5 from Tony Atkin and Kristian Lund to go ahead by 22-26. Theo Pijper won heat 9 but Tony Atkin fell so the heat was shared then, in heat 10 Tony Atkin had a heavy fall when he crashed at high speed into the fence after clipping Matthew Wethers back wheel. In the rerun Stancl beat Neil Collins so the Tigers took a 4-2 to get within two points again at 29-31. Mads Korneliussen then beat James Grieves with Kristian Lund third for a 2-4 that restored Newport’s four point lead in heat 11 and Neil Collins won heat 12 to keep it that way. With Stancl and Grieves likely to appear in both heats 13 and 15 even a four point lead was looking precarious and so it turned out. Glasgow’s top pair duly levelled the match with a 5-1 and the Tigers all but sealed the match when they also took a 4-2 advantage in heat 14 from Claus Kristensen and James Cockle. As expected Stancl and Grieves rounded things off with a heat 15 5-1 but they fell short of the bonus point by one point. Match Report by Merlin |