Around the Premier League Tracks 2007
Thursday, 14 June
There were two Premier League matches scheduled for tonight but only one survived the weather. With Sheffield due to race a Top Gun meeting with a Conference League field of youngsters and a match between Redcar and Workington casualties to the rain the one match which did take place was at Glasgow where the Tigers took on Newport.
Premier League: Glasgow 49, Newport 42 Newport won the aggregate bonus point by 96-87
Glasgow were at full strength with new signing, Michael Coles making his debut at number 6. Newport, too, were on the usual lines.
This was the first match of Newport’s their two day visits to the Scottish tracks. In tonight’s clash they were protecting a 16 point lead from last Sunday’s match in search of the bonus point. Glasgow were racing on an off-night as the first of a three matches in three days spell. It turned out to be a very entertaining match.
The Tigers started with two 5-1s. George Stancl and David McAllan got the Tigers off to the perfect start after Nick Simmons had been excluded and replaced by Michal Rajkowski then they added another maximum heat win in heat 2. In the first running of the heat Michal Rajkowski fell on the second bend while leading the race and was excluded. In the rerun Robert Ksiezak scored the three points and he was followed home by Michael Coles ahead of Barry Burchatt to open up an eight point lead after just two races. Two races later the Wasps had fallen another four points in arrears as the score went to 18-6 with only four points in it for the bonus point.
Details are not readily available but Newport rallied after that and, with a Tactical Ride producing a 2-5 and a 1-5 in heat 8 when Hedley and Burchatt beat McAllan and Ksiezak, they had reduced the gap to seven points when the score then stood at 28-21.
By heat 10 Glasgow had pulled two more points clear at 35-26 and the fight for the bonus point was still on with seven points still separating the two teams.
It looked as though Glasgow were going to take all three points when they lead by 15 points after heat 13 at 47-32, just one point behind with two heats to go but in heat 14 Newport made sure that the bonus point was going back to Wales when Tony Atkin and, reserve replacement, Michal Rajkowski scored a 1-5 ahead of Lee Dicken and Robert Ksiezak. Then in the last heat the crowd were stunned when Tony Atkin, again, and Chris Schramm made the gate on Glasgow pair, George Stancl and Shane Parker. Although Parker passed Stancl after two laps he couldn’t catch the Wasps’ pair so Newport lost by only seven points.
Scorers: For Glasgow – Shane Parker 13 (5), George Stancl 11 (5), Trent Leverington 10+1 (4), Robert Ksiezak 5+1 (4), David McAllan 4+2 (4), Michael Coles 3+1 (4), Lee Dicken 3 (4)
For Newport – Tony Atkin 11+2 (5), Chris Schramm 8+1 (5), Phil Morris 6+2 (4), Michal Rajkowski 5 (6), Barry Burchatt 4+1 (4), Nick Simmons 4 (4), Tom Hedley 4 (4).
Thursday, 14 June
There were two Premier League matches scheduled for tonight but only one survived the weather. With Sheffield due to race a Top Gun meeting with a Conference League field of youngsters and a match between Redcar and Workington casualties to the rain the one match which did take place was at Glasgow where the Tigers took on Newport.
Premier League: Glasgow 49, Newport 42 Newport won the aggregate bonus point by 96-87
Glasgow were at full strength with new signing, Michael Coles making his debut at number 6. Newport, too, were on the usual lines.
This was the first match of Newport’s their two day visits to the Scottish tracks. In tonight’s clash they were protecting a 16 point lead from last Sunday’s match in search of the bonus point. Glasgow were racing on an off-night as the first of a three matches in three days spell. It turned out to be a very entertaining match.
The Tigers started with two 5-1s. George Stancl and David McAllan got the Tigers off to the perfect start after Nick Simmons had been excluded and replaced by Michal Rajkowski then they added another maximum heat win in heat 2. In the first running of the heat Michal Rajkowski fell on the second bend while leading the race and was excluded. In the rerun Robert Ksiezak scored the three points and he was followed home by Michael Coles ahead of Barry Burchatt to open up an eight point lead after just two races. Two races later the Wasps had fallen another four points in arrears as the score went to 18-6 with only four points in it for the bonus point.
Details are not readily available but Newport rallied after that and, with a Tactical Ride producing a 2-5 and a 1-5 in heat 8 when Hedley and Burchatt beat McAllan and Ksiezak, they had reduced the gap to seven points when the score then stood at 28-21.
By heat 10 Glasgow had pulled two more points clear at 35-26 and the fight for the bonus point was still on with seven points still separating the two teams.
It looked as though Glasgow were going to take all three points when they lead by 15 points after heat 13 at 47-32, just one point behind with two heats to go but in heat 14 Newport made sure that the bonus point was going back to Wales when Tony Atkin and, reserve replacement, Michal Rajkowski scored a 1-5 ahead of Lee Dicken and Robert Ksiezak. Then in the last heat the crowd were stunned when Tony Atkin, again, and Chris Schramm made the gate on Glasgow pair, George Stancl and Shane Parker. Although Parker passed Stancl after two laps he couldn’t catch the Wasps’ pair so Newport lost by only seven points.
Scorers: For Glasgow – Shane Parker 13 (5), George Stancl 11 (5), Trent Leverington 10+1 (4), Robert Ksiezak 5+1 (4), David McAllan 4+2 (4), Michael Coles 3+1 (4), Lee Dicken 3 (4)
For Newport – Tony Atkin 11+2 (5), Chris Schramm 8+1 (5), Phil Morris 6+2 (4), Michal Rajkowski 5 (6), Barry Burchatt 4+1 (4), Nick Simmons 4 (4), Tom Hedley 4 (4).
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Oh dear, woeful weegies at it again.....
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