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Redcar Bears v Glasgow Tigers
Premier Trophy (Group), 11 May 2006
South Tees Motorsports Park, Redcar

Redcar 46
1Gary Havelock33323 ..140
2Mathieu Tresarrieu2*0102* ..52
3Tomas Suchanek32232* 1.131
5Chris Kerr0221*. ..51
6Jack Hargreaves101*00 ..21
7Daniel Giffard0121*3 ..71
Glasgow 44
1Danny BirdFx333X 0.90
2David McAllan11311 ..70
3Lee Dicken1*001*. ..22
5Shane Parker2*2332 ..121
6Robert Ksiezak32002 ..70
7James Cockle2*3110 ..71

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

Redcar were without Kevin Little who injured his shoulder in a heat 3 crash at King’s Lynn last night so they used Rider Replacement at number 4. Glasgow were again without Kauko Nieminen and used Rider Replacement to cover his absence also at number 4..

Redcar were anxious to get back on the winning trail after their 70-22 drubbing at King’s Lynn last night while Glasgow needed to win this match to remain in contention for a semi final spot in this competition.

The first heat had two fallers. In the first running Danny Bird came down as Gary Havelock led the race and Bird was excluded from the rerun in which David McAllan fell while at the back but remounted for the third place point. Gary Havelock won the heat with Matthieu Tresarrieu, making his home debut, in second place for a 5-1. In view of the difficulty the riders were experiencing with the track, Glasgow asked for a track inspection to which the referee agreed. He decided to continue with the meeting on the undertaking that the track would be regraded after a few heats. Robert Ksiezak gated to lead heat 3 but Jack Hargreaves was soon past him only to become the third faller of the match resulting in a Glasgow 1-5 from Ksiezak and James Cockle. Heat 3 was then shared with a win from Tomas Suchanek who passed early leader Ksiezak with Lee Dicken third. Matthieu Tresarrieu became the fourth faller when he came off at the back then remounted. In heat 4 Glasgow scored their second 1-5 with James Cockle winning from Shane Parker and Daniel Giffard with Chris Kerr at the back. This took the heat 4 score to 10-14.

Things got worse for the Bears when they conceded a 2-4 in heat 5 to trail by six points. Danny Bird made the gate and won the heat with Tomas Suchanek in second place while David McAllan passed Jack Hargreaves for third place. In heat 6, Redcar pulled two points back with a 4-2. Gary Havelock beat Shane Parker with Matthieu Tresarrieu picking up the third place point as Robert Ksiezak suffered an engine failure at the starting gate. Heat 7 was shared too. Danny Bird, taking the R/R ride, made another fast start but Chris Kerr followed him home and Jack Hargreaves passed Lee Dicken for third place. There were two more fallers in heat 8. David McAllan won the race but Matthieu Tressarieu, chasing James Cockle, fell and remounted. On the last lap Cockle then fell but still had time to remount and take third place from Tressarieu! Glasgow took a 2-4 from the heat to go six points ahead again as the score after eight races went to 21-27.

Shane Parker gated to win heat 9 from Suchanek and Giffard and a shared race but Redcar got back into the match with a 5-1 in heat 10. Gary Havelock won for the third time and Matthieu Tresarrieu supported him in second place by passing James Cockle with Lee Dicken at the back. This cut the Tigers’ lead to two points but they increased it to four with a 2-4 in heat 11 won by Danny Bird from Chris Kerr with David McAllan third. Tomas Suchanek won heat 12 but Robert Ksiezak and Lee Dicken shared the race after Jack Hargreaves fell on the first bend. This took the score after 12 races to 34-38.

An eventful heat 13 was shared. In the first running of the race, Parker and Bird were off for a 1-5 to Glasgow but Danny Bird made a mess of the third bend allowing Gary Havelock into second place. Next time round Bird got out of shape again causing Chris Kerr to lay down. The race was rerun with Bird excluded. Gary Havelock made a good start but Shane Parker swept round the outside to win the race for a share of the points. Redcar got back on level terms in heat 14. Although James Cockle was the early race leader, Daniel Giffard and Tomas Suchanek passed him to head off for the maximum. David McAllan ended up taking third place as Cockle pulled up. This took the score to 42-42 going into the last race and Glasgow’s misery was complete as the Bears took a 4-2 to win the match by two points. Gary Havelock made a fast start to win the race from Shane Parker with Tomas Suchanek making so hard a move on Danny Bird that Bird’s chain came off and Suchanek took third place for a highly unlikely victory.

Match Report by Merlin