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Glasgow Tigers v Rye House Rockets
Premier League, 31 July 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow

Glasgow 43
1George Stancl0231. ..60
2Trent Leverington11*22*. ..62
3Stefan Ekberg1*2220 ..71
4Claus Kristensen21*1*0. ..42
5Shane Parker23233 ..130
6Adam Roynon2101*2 ..61
7James Cockle1*0F.. ..11
Rye House 47
1Stuart Robson3R12Fn ..60
2Edward Kennett2*3331* ..122
3Brent Werner0200. ..20
4Daniel King3013. ..70
5Chris Neath3330. ..90
6Steve Boxall30031 2.90
7Tommy Allen011.. ..20

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

It was a second bite at the cherry for Glasgow as they took on the high-flying Rye House side for the second consecutive Sunday. Although they scored 10 points more than last week it still wasn’t enough for victory. Both sides were at full strength for this match.

Once again the Tigers lost a 1-5 in the opening heat as Stuart Robson and Edward Kennett headed home Trent Leverington with George Stancl at the back. Steve Boxall won heat 2 and Daniel King heat 3 for shared heats but Rye House stretched their lead to six points when Chris Neath beat Shane Parker with Tommy Allen picking up the third place point to take the heat 4 score to 9-15.

Glasgow just couldn’t supply race winners as Edward Kennett won heat 5 for a shared heat after Stuart Robson had shed a chain and Chris Neath won heat 6 which was also shared. Inevitably it was Shane Parker who supplied Glasgow’s first race winner in heat 7 when he beat Brent Werner, the only points Werner scored all match, with Adam Roynon filling third place. This resulted in a 4-2 to the Tigers who now trailed by 4 points but Edward Kennett restored the Rockets’ six point lead with another 2-4 in heat 8 with the help of Tommy Allen to take the score to 21-27.

Chris Neath won heat 9 from Ekberg and Kristensen for another shared heat then Glasgow got right back into the match with a much needed 5-1 from George Stancl and Trent Leverington in heat 10 to cut the Rockets’ lead to two points. Rye House hit back with another 2-4 as Edward Kennett remained unbeaten by heading home Shane Parker with Stuart Robson third to open their lead to 4 points. Glasgow desperately needed to make up some ground against Boxall and Werner in heat 12 but it was Rye House reserve, Steve Boxall, who made the best start to win the race for a shared heat to take the score to 34-38.

Heat 13 looked to be a cracker but there was a bad crash on the first bend in which Chris Neath was injured. Although he took his place in the rerun Neath failed to score as Shane parker won the heat. Stuart Robson passed George Stancl, though, to limit Glasgow’s success to a 4-2. This cut the gap to two points and it was clear that heat 14 was crucial. It was Daniel King who took the race win from Adam Roynon and, with Steve Boxall holding off Claus Kristensen for third place, Rye House took another 2-4 to lead by 4 points going into the last heat.

In heat 15 there was another bad crash involving Stefan Ekberg and Stuart Robson. Robson’s bike was badly damaged and he was replaced in the rerun by Steve Boxall to partner the unbeaten Edward Kennett. Although Shane Parker won the heat he was pursued by Boxall with Kennett third as the Rockets wrapped up another away win.

Match Report by Merlin