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Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Glasgow Tigers
Premier League, 04 June 2006
West Row Stadium, Mildenhall

Mildenhall 49
1Jason Lyons2*3333 ..141
2James Brundle31100 ..50
4Jason King1*301. ..51
5Daniel King321*20 1.91
6Jon Armstrong22032 1*3131
7Barry Burchatt02*1.. ..31
Glasgow 44
2David McAllan0030. ..30
3Lee Dicken1023. ..60
4Kauko Nieminen326^1*0 ..121
5Shane Parker02232 2.110
6Robert Ksiezak101*1*2 0.52
7James Cockle3112*F ..71

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

Mildenhall were without Andrew Moore who had retired from the sport and were given special dispensation from the BSPA to use R/R at number 3 instead. They nominated Mark Thompson as their number 8. Glasgow were without Danny Bird who had a headache and they too used R/R this time at number 1. They nominated Mark Baseby as their number eight.

Mildenhall got off to a 5-1 start from James Brundle and Jason Lyons with Lee Dicken (R/R) finishing third but Glasgow pulled two points back in the reserves race when James Cockle won from Jon Armstrong who passed Robert Ksiezak for second place and a 2-4. Kauko Nieminen won heat 3 for a shared race but Mildenhall, rather unexpectedly, took a 5-1 in heat 4. Daniel King won the race and Barry Burchatt did well to hold off James Cockle with Shane Parker stuck at the back. This took the score after four races to 15-9.

In heat 5 Jason King won from Kauko Nieminen and James Brundle (R/R) finished third ahead of McAllan for a 4-2 stretching the home side’s lead to eight points. It went to 10 in heat 6 as Jason Lyons beat Shane Parker with James Brundle taking third from Robert Ksiezak so Glasgow gave Kauko Nieminen a TR in heat 7. He won it too beating Danny King who was on Jason Lyons’ bike and with James Cockle third from Jon Armstrong Glasgow took a 2-7 which cut Mildenhall’s lead to five points. If that was bad for the Fen Tigers it was nothing compared to heat 8. David McAllan and James Cockle took a 1-5 ahead of Barry Burchatt and James Brundle so the home side found themselves with just a one point lead as the score stood at 26-25.

In heat 9 Jon Armstrong (R/R) beat Shane Parker with Robert Ksiezak in third place for a shared heat. Jason Lyons had a comfortable win in heat 10 but Dicken and Nieminen shared the race as Brundle finished last again. Shane Parker was the R/R in heat 11 and he won the race for a shared heat as Armstrong and King followed him home to preserve Mildenhall’s one point lead. Mildenhall might have hoped for a race advantage in heat 12 with Danny King taking the R/R ride but it was Lee Dicken who took the race win for Glasgow becoming the fifth Glasgow heat winner. James Cockle fell so the race was shared as Mildenhall toiled to hang on to their one point lead with the score after 12 races now 38-37.

Jason Lyons won heat 13 but Shane Parker and Robert Ksiezak took second and third with Danny King finishing at the back for another shared heat so Mildenhall still had a one point lead. They increased it to three in a vital heat 14. Jon Armstrong won the race from Robert Ksiezak while Jason King took the vital third place from Kauko Nieminen to score a 4-2 which meant that Glasgow needed a 1-5 in the last heat for victory while two points would be enough for Mildenhall. Mildenhall went with Jason Lyons and Daniel King while Glasgow opted for Shane Parker and Robert Ksiezak. Jason Lyons completed his paid maximum beating Shane Parker for the third time while Daniel King took third place for a 4-2. Glasgow can now surely lay to rest the claim that they are a two man team with all their riders, bar Robert Ksiezak, winning races. Had Danny Bird been riding it may have been a different story.

Match Report by Merlin