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Workington Comets v Glasgow Tigers
Premier League, 30 May 2005
Derwent Park, Workington
| 1 | Carl Stonehewer | 2* | 3 | 2* | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 15 | 2 |
| 2 | James Wright | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Scott Robson | 3 | Fx | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Shaun Tacey | 2* | 1 | 3 | 1* | 2* | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 6 | Kevin Little | 3 | 2* | 2* | 0 | 3 | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | Jonathan Bethell | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | George Stancl | R | 6^ | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Matthew Wethers | 1 | 2* | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Trent Leverington | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Claus Kristensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Shane Parker | 2 | 2 | 4^ | 0 | 1* | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | James Cockle | R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Birkinshaw | 2 | 1* | 0 | 2! | 1 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Workington without the injured Kauko Nieminen used R/R at number 5. They also had Jonathan Bethell back at reserve. Glasgow were at full strength. It was a terrible start for Glasgow as George Stancl had an engine failure at the gate in heat 1 and James Wright and Carl Stonehewer scored a 5-1. Then James Cockle had an engine failure in heat 2 as Workington took a 4-2 in the reserves race and they followed it up with another 5-1 in heat 3 from Scott Robson and Shaun Tacey. James Wright beat Shane Parker in heat 4 for a shared heat and the heat 4 score was 17-7. Glasgow got right back into the match in heat 5. George Stancl took a TR and Workington’s chances were dented when Scott Robson locked up with Matthew Wethers crashing into him. Robson was excluded from the rerun which was won by George Stancl. With Matthew Wethers following him home Glasgow took the big 1-8 and the score was now 18-15. It was only a temporary respite for Glasgow though as the Comets took a 4-2 and two 5-1s to extend their lead to 32-19 after heat 8. Shane Parker took a TR in heat 9 but could only follow Shaun Tacey home for a 4-4. Another 5-1 to Workington from Wright and Stonehewer in heat 10 over Glasgow’s weak middle pairing of Kristensen and Leverington threatened a huge home win but James Cockle popped out the gate for a fine win in heat 12. James Birkinshaw took a Tactical Substitute ride in this heat starting from 15 metres back and he passed Jonathan Bethell for third place and a Glasgow 2-5.In heat 13 Carl Stonehewer and Shane Parker were both excluded for delaying the start and both started from 15 metres back with their colleagues Stancl and Tacey starting from the gate. Stancl won the heat but the race was shared as Parker finished at the back. The Comets had a predictable 5-1 in heat 14 and the last race won by Carl Stonehewer ended up a 3-3. Match Report by Merlin |