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Glasgow Tigers v Rye House Rockets
KO Cup (QF), 24 July 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow 33
1George Stancl0200. ..20
2Trent Leverington11*01. ..31
3Stefan Ekberg212Fn. ..50
4Claus Kristensen001*1*. ..22
5Shane Parker33311 ..110
6Adam Roynon300F2 ..50
7James Cockle2*021F ..51
Rye House 57
1Stuart Robson32*232* ..122
2Edward Kennett2*331*3 ..122
3Brent Werner31*2*3. ..92
4Daniel King1233. ..90
5Chris Neath2332*. ..101
6Steve Boxall0000. ..00
7Tommy Allen11*12*. ..52

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

Glasgow faced a 6 point deficit going into the second leg of this tie and were at full strength for the visit of Rye House who were also at full strength. Glasgow had done well to contain the Rockets to a 6 point lead at Hoddesdon and looked well placed to overturn their opponents’ lead since they came into this match on the back of a string of excellent results. They could hardly have expected to lose at home by 24 points in the second leg. Rye House were in awesome form and simply outclassed the Tigers who were a demoralised outfit long before the end.

A sign of things to come arrived in the first heat when Robson and Kennett streaked to a 1-5 lead to open the aggregate lead to 10 points but Glasgow hit back immediately with a 5-1 from their young reserve pairing of Roynon and Cockle to square things. Claus Kristensen made a fast start to heat 3 but was soon relegated to the back as Werner beat Ekberg with King third for a 2-4 which put the Rockets ahead again in heat 3. Shane Parker won heat 4 for a shared heat to take the score to 11-13.

When Kennett and Robson took a second 1-5 in heat 5 ahead of Ekberg to put the Rockets 6 up in the match and 12 on aggregate the writing was on the wall for the Tigers. Neath and Parker won heats 6 and 7, both heats being shared, then Rye House stretched their lead to 8 points with a 2-4 from the on-fire Kennett and Tommy Allen who got up to pip Leverington on the line for third place. The score after 8 heats was 20-28 and Glasgow needed a miracle to get them back into contention for the tie.

Chris Neath won heat 9 for a shared heat then Glasgow crumbled completely. Danny King and Brent Werner took another 1-5 in heat 10 from Leverington with Stancl relegated to last place before Shane Parker, fighting a lone battle, won heat 11 for a share of the spoils. In heat 12 there was a collision between Tommy Allen and Stefan Ekberg and the crowd were unhappy with the referee’s decision of all four back. Ekberg withdrew from the heat injured as Rye House ran up their fourth 1-5 of the match from Werner and Allen. This took the score after 12 heats to 28-44 and Rye House had already won the tie on aggregate.

Heat 13 produced another 1-5 for the Rockets, their fifth of the match, when Chris Neath passed Shane Parker to join his partner Stuart Robson up front as George Stancl pulled out at the back. Daniel King won heat 14 but the race was shared as Steve Boxall finished without a point then the Rockets completed Glasgow’s misery by winning heat 15 by 1-5, their sixth of the match, when Edward Kennett and Stuart Robson headed Shane Parker home for what must be a record away win between Premier League sides.

Match Report by Merlin