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Glasgow Tigers v Stoke Potters
Premier League, 04 September 2005
Ashfield Stadium, Glasgow
| 1 | George Stancl | R | 1* | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Trent Leverington | 2 | 2 | 2* | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Claus Kristensen | 0 | 1 | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Stefan Ekberg | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Shane Parker | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Adam Roynon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | James Cockle | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | David Meldrum | 1 | 0 | R | 1* | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 1* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1* | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 2 | 1* | 6^ | 2 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 3 | Fx | . | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 1* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1* | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| 7(g) | Sean Stoddart | 2 | F | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Glasgow were at full strength again but Stoke were missing Luke Priest. They had Sean Stoddart at number 7 in his place and Rusty Harrison as a guest for Jan Staechmann at number 5. It took Glasgow a while to get into their stride in this match but once they had opened up a six point lead in heat 8 and Stoke had lost Rusty Harrison in heat 9 there was only one likely outcome. It was a particular triumph for Stefan Ekberg who scored his first ever 15 point Premier League maximum. Alan Mogridge shoved George Stancl out the road to win the opening heat. As Stancl withdrew from the heat looking none too impressed the Potters took a 2-4 lead. James Cockle and Stefan Ekberg won the next two heats both of which were shared but the Tigers squared the match in heat 4 won by Shane Parker. It looked as if it might be a 5-1 to the home side but Rusty Harrison got up on the line to pip James Cockle for second place and a 4-2. The score after the opening four heats was 12-12. Glasgow edged in front with a 4-2 in heat 5 as Stefan Ekberg beat Alan Mogridge but heats 6 and 7 won by Rusty Harrison and Shane Parker respectively were shared. In heat 8 Glasgow scored the highly-likely 5-1 from James Cockle and Trent Leverington which took the score after eight races to 27-21. In heat 9 Rusty Harrison caught the fence boards on the back straight and crashed heavily. Although he recovered from what looked like a serious crash he withdrew from the meeting. His absence was too much for Stoke to cope with and they lost the rerun 5-1 to trail 32-22. In heat 10 Robbie Kessler took a TR and scorched from the gate to head home George Stancl and Trent Leverington for a 3-6 to reduce the gap to seven points. Shane Parker won heat 11 for a 3-3 then Claus Kristensen won heat 12 from Paul Clews. The 4-2 took the score after twelve heats to 42-33. The usual Parker/Stancl combination produced the usual heat 13 5-1 as Alan Mogridge trailed in third but the last two heats both won by Stefan Ekberg were shared. It must be a long, long time since neither Shane Parker nor George Stancl were nominated for heat 15 as James Cockle took his place alongside Ekberg in the race. Match Report by Merlin |