Around the Premier League Tracks 2008
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Saturday, 19 April
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There was a full scheduled programme of four matches raced tonight. At Berwick the Bandits faced Sheffield in a Premier League match. The other three matches were Premier Trophy matches. At Workington the Comets took on Glasgow, at Rye House the Rockets raced against King’s Lynn, and at Stoke the Potters had Scunthorpe as their visitors.
Premier League: Berwick 52, Sheffield 41
Berwick could no longer use Rider Replacement for Guglielmo Franchetti since the 28 day facility had expired. Instead they had Scott James (Redcar Cubs) at number 4 as a guest. Sheffield were at full strength.
Berwick shrugged off the loss of the R/R facility and built up a healthy lead until the use of the TR got Sheffield back into the match big style. However, with Rymel and Makovsky in unbeatable form there was never much prospect of an away win.
Berwick got off to a 5-1 after a rerun heat one caused by Joel Parsons falling on the second lap when he hit the back straight fence. In the rerun Adrian Rymel and Norbert Magosi had no problem heading home Ricky Ashworth. Both home riders made the gate in the reserves race but Adam McKinna suffered an engine failure so the race was shared. Sheffield hit back in heat 3 when Andre Compton and Paul Cooper left Henning Bager in their wake but Bager passed Cooper on the last lap limiting the damage to a 2-4. Berwick replied in kind with a 4-2 from Makovsky and Tero Aarnio, who replaced Adam McKinna, taking the score to 14-10.
Henning Bager won heat 5 for a shared race but the Bandits pulled further ahead in heat 6 when Magosi and Rymel both made fast starts to score a comfortable 5-1 increasing the home side’s lead to eight points. It stayed that way when heat 7, won by Makovsky, was shared with Compton and Cooper content to keep Aarnio at the back. Heat 8 resulted in another shared race when Norbert Magosi passed Lee Smethills off the second bend to win it and take the score to 28-20.
Sheffield shaved two points from the lead with a 2-4 in heat 9 as Ben Wilson made the gate to win the race. Bager finished second but Sam Martin passed Scott James for third cutting the gap to six points. It was back to eight though when the Bandits took a 4-2 from heat 10 when Andre Compton could only split Rymel and Magosi. Michal Makovsky passed Ricky Ashworth to win heat 11 while Tero Aarnio won the battle for third with Joel Parsons for the 4-2 which put Berwick ten points ahead just in time for Andre Compton to take a TR. Lee Smethills replaced Sam Martin and both Tigers led from the start. Henning Bager brought down Smethills on the last lap so the race was awarded with Sheffield scoring the big 1-8 which cut the gap to three points with the score at 39-36.
Rymel and Makovsky continued their unbeaten run by taking a 5-1 from Ricky Ashworth in heat 13 increasing the bandits’ lead to seven points and it was all over when Tero Aarnio won heat 14 from Cooper and Smethills for the shared heat which sealed a Berwick win. Rymel and Makovsky completed their paid maximums in heat 15 with Andre Compton relegated to third place.
Scorers: For Berwick – Adrian Rymel 14+1 (5) (paid maximum), Michal Makovsky 13+2 (5) (paid maximum), Norbert Magosi 9+1 (4), Tero Aarnio 8 (5), Henning Bager 7 (4), Adam McKinna 1 (4), Scott James 0 (4).
For Sheffield – Andre Compton 13+1 (5) (with 6 point TR), Lee Smethills 8+3 (6), Ricky Ashworth 6 (4), Paul Cooper 5 (4), Sam Martin 4 (4), Ben Wilson 3 (4), Joel Parsons 2+2 (4).
Premier Trophy: Workington 60, Glasgow 32
Both teams were at full strength.
Workington needed a massive win and Glasgow any kind of win from this match to realistically stay in contention in their Premier Trophy section. Neither were successful although Workington with 13 of the 15 race winners came closer to their goal than Glasgow.
Daniel Nermark passed the fast gating Ross Brady to win the opening heat while Scott Smith finished third with Shane Parker bringing up the rear. This gave the Comets a 4-2 but Glasgow replied in kind as Josh Grajczonek won heat 2. It looked as though the fast-gating Tigers might score a 1-5 but Joe Haines passed Lee Dicken off the second bend for second place. The 2-4 levelled the scores but the Comets then scored two easy 5-1s in heats 3 and 4 to lead 16-8. Nieminen and Wright scored the first at the expense of Leverington, then Stonehewer and Branney did likewise with Lee Dicken in third.
Kauko Nieminen beat Shane Parker in heat 5 but Ross Brady finished third so the race was shared as was heat 6 won by Nermark. With Scott Smith retiring before the first bend the Tigers shared the heat points behind Nieminen. Carl Stonehewer won heat 7 from Leverington and Haines for another 4-2 which put the Comets ten points ahead so Ross Brady took a TR in heat 8. Brady made the gate again but was passed by Smith off the second bend. Smith won the race while Craig Branney relegated Grajczonek to the back. This meant that the race was shared 4-4 with the score moving to 30-20.
Robert Ksiezak gated in heat 9 but was soon passed by Kauko Nieminen down the back straight. With Charles Wright beating Lee Dicken the Comets added a 4-2 to lead by twelve points then they added a 5-1 in heat 10 when Daniel Nermark and Scott Smith scored a 5-1 ahead of Trent Leverington. Another 5-1 went to the home side in heat 11 as Carl Stonehewer won from the gate Joe Haines passed Shane Parker and Ross Brady to follow his partner home stretching the home side’s lead to 20 points. Kauko Nieminen gated to lead Trent Leverington and Josh Grajczonek in heat 12 but John Branney passed Grajczonek to give the home side a 4-2 taking the score to 48-26.
Shane Parker provided Glasgow’s second race winner of the night by winning heat 13 from Nermark and Ksiezak for a Tigers’ 2-4 before the home side finished with two 5-1s. Joe Haines and James Wright took the first from Mitchell Davey after Lee Dicken had fallen then Kauko Nieminen, completing his maximum, and Daniel Nermark, who rounded Shane Parker on the third bend, scored the second for a 28 point win.
Scorers: For Workington – Kauko Nieminen 15 (5) (maximum), Daniel Nermark 13+1 (5), Carl Stonehewer 9 (4), Joe Haines 8+1 (4), Scott Smith 6+1 (4), Charles Wright 5+2 (4), John Branney 4+1 (4).
For Glasgow – Ross Brady 7+1 (4) (with 4 point TR), Shane Parker 7 (5), Trent Leverington 6 (5), Robert Ksiezak 5 (4), Josh Grajczonek 4+1 (4), Lee Dicken 2 (4), Mitchell Davey 1 (4).
Premier Trophy: Rye House 55, King’s Lynn 35
Both teams were at full strength.
With drizzle continuing to fall throughout the match and during the day the Rye House track got steadily more slippery and there were a number of falls which resulted in the withdrawal from the meeting of Luke Bowen and Kevin Doolan.
There were two fallers in the opening race. Tomas Topinka came off on the first bend causing an all-four-back rerun but Luke Bowen’s crash in the rerun when miles in the lead resulted in an ambulance ride back to the pits and subsequent withdrawal from the meeting with shoulder and arm injuries. Shaun Tacey won the second rerun from Chris Neath so the visitors got off to a winning start with the 2-4. They didn’t have long to enjoy their lead since the Rye House reserves gated to win heat 2 putting the Rockets two points ahead. Tai Woffinden and Tommy Allen threatened a 5-1 in heat 3 but Kevin Doolan, who missed the gate, passed Tommy Allen before the end of the first lap to limit the Rockets’ advantage to a 4-2. In heat 4 a superb ride by Robert Mear saw him chase down and pass Rusty Harrison who rocketed from the gate. Stefan Ekberg’s third place gave the Rockets another 4-2 and the score went to 15-9.
Tai Woffinden won heat 5 but, with Tommy Allen falling, Topinka and Tacey shared the points as did Harrison and Oliver in heat 6 for the Stars. They were fortunate though since Robert Mear and Chris Neath were sitting on a 5-1 until Neath developed engine trouble which saw him slip to the back. Any hopes that the visitors still had all but disappeared when Kevin Doolan fell in heat 7 while lying second because he withdrew from the meeting thereafter. In the rerun Kozza Smith in second place fell bringing down Danny Betson. Smith was excluded too and the race was awarded as a 5-0 to the Rockets. This put them 11 points ahead but the Stars rallied with a 1-5 in heat 8. Shaun Tacey and Simon Lambert made excellent gates and the Rye House reserves could not catch them. Hindsight is a great thing and King’s Lynn must have been ruefully reflecting that they could have given Tacey a TR which would have cut their deficit to four points. As it was the score moved to 27-20.
Tai Woffinden roared round the field on the opening bends in heat 9 for another race win while Tommy Allen joined him up front on the third bend of the last lap to provide the home side with another 5-1 which restored their 11 point lead. Another 5-1 went the Rockets’ way in heat 10 as Chris Neath and Robert Mear saw off Simon Lambert, replacing Doolan, and Kozza Smith who fell increasing the gap to 15 points. Tomas Topinka took a TR in heat 11 but he was beaten by Stefan Ekberg. Simon Lambert took third though after Danny Betson had fallen on the second bend so the Stars gained a 3-5 advantage from the race to trail by 13. Then, with the track getting greasier, King’s Lynn had a 0-5 of their own in heat 12. Firstly Tai Woffinden fell while well in front causing a rerun then Robert Mear fell in the rerun resulting in a second rerun with only the two Stars’ riders. The uncontested maximum took the score to 40-32.
The last three heats all finished as home 5-1s. Neath and Ekberg scored the first in heat 13 as Tacey fell then Betson and Allen the second despite a good challenge from Lambert. Woffinden and Ekberg finished off with the third from Topinka and Tacey providing a 20 point win for the Rockets.
Scorers: For Rye House – Stefan Ekberg 12+1 (5), Tai Woffinden 12 (5), Robert Mear 10+2 (6), Danny Betson 9+1 (5), Chris Neath 7 (4), Tommy Allen 5+1 (4), Luke Bowen 0 (1).
For King’s Lynn – Tomas Topinka 9 (5) (with 4 point TR), Shaun Tacey 8+1 (5), Simon Lambert 7+2 (6), John Oliver 6 (4), Rusty Harrison 3+1 (4), Kevin Doolan 2 (2), Kozza Smith 0 (4).
Premier League: Stoke 51, Scunthorpe 39
Both teams were at full strength.
With only five shared heats the score swung one way then the other throughout this match but the Potters finished with two 5-1s to perhaps make it look more one-side than it was.
In the first race Andrew Moore came from the back to lose out on the line to race winner, Ben Barker. With Carl Wilkinson in third the race was shared but a 5-1 from Barrie Evans and Mark Burrows had the Potters in front after the reserves race. The Scorpions hit back with a 2-4 in heat 3 when Magnus Karlsson passed Lee Complin for a comfortable win while Viktor Bergstrom kept Complin lively for his second place. The visitors then stormed into a two point lead with a 1-5 in heat 4. Richard Hall won the race while a determined Benji Compton kept both Potters behind him with Emiliano Sanchez eventually falling on the last lap. This took the score to 11-13.
The Potters replied in kind with a 5-1 in heat 5. Lee Complin won the race while behind him Carl Wilkinson passed Jesper Kristensen into second place. He fell however and Andrew Moore was left to take up the chase. He didn’t make it so the home side were now two points in front. They doubled that lead in heat 6 with a 4-2 when Ben Barker passed Richard Hall with Klaus Jakobsen third. Another win from Magnus Karlsson ahead of Emiliano Sanchez and a third place for Viktor Bergstrom who passed Barrie Evans pulled two points back for the Scorpions with the 2-4 then Ben Barker won heat 8 after passing Benji Compton. Mark Burrows passed Carl Wilkinson for third then undid the good work by falling allowing Wilkinson to finish third for a shared race which took the score to 25-23.
A 5-1 for the Potters in heat 9 from Complin and Kristensen stretched the home side’s lead to six points and the Scorpions never recovered from the blow. Another Barker win in heat 10, lowering Karlsson’s colours for the first time, shared the heat while heat 11 was shared too after Andrew Moore had taken the chequered flag for the visitors. Scunthorpe pulled two points back in heat 12 when another fine win for Magnus Karlsson ahead of Kristensen and third place for Compton resulted in a 2-4 and a score of 38-34.
Andrew Moore won heat 13 after passing Jakobsen for a 3-3 but the Potters stormed home with two 5-1s in the last two races. Barrie Evans and Lee Complin sealed victory for them with the first in a thrilling race which saw Complin pip Bergstrom on the line then Complin and Barker added the second as the latter passed Magnus Karlsson at the end of the first lap.
Scorers: For Stoke – Ben Barker 14+1 (5) (paid maximum), Lee Complin 13+1 (5), Barrie Evans 8 (4), Jesper Kristensen 6+2 (4), Emiliano Sanchez 4+2 (4), Mark Burrows 3+1 (4), Klaus Jakobsen 3 (4),
For Scunthorpe – Magnus Karlsson 12 (5), Andrew Moore 9 (5), Benji Compton 6+1 (5), Richard Hall 6 (4), Viktor Bergstrom 4+1 (4), Carl Wilkinson 2+2 (4), Byron Bekker 0 (3).
Premier League: Berwick 52, Sheffield 41
Berwick could no longer use Rider Replacement for Guglielmo Franchetti since the 28 day facility had expired. Instead they had Scott James (Redcar Cubs) at number 4 as a guest. Sheffield were at full strength.
Berwick shrugged off the loss of the R/R facility and built up a healthy lead until the use of the TR got Sheffield back into the match big style. However, with Rymel and Makovsky in unbeatable form there was never much prospect of an away win.
Berwick got off to a 5-1 after a rerun heat one caused by Joel Parsons falling on the second lap when he hit the back straight fence. In the rerun Adrian Rymel and Norbert Magosi had no problem heading home Ricky Ashworth. Both home riders made the gate in the reserves race but Adam McKinna suffered an engine failure so the race was shared. Sheffield hit back in heat 3 when Andre Compton and Paul Cooper left Henning Bager in their wake but Bager passed Cooper on the last lap limiting the damage to a 2-4. Berwick replied in kind with a 4-2 from Makovsky and Tero Aarnio, who replaced Adam McKinna, taking the score to 14-10.
Henning Bager won heat 5 for a shared race but the Bandits pulled further ahead in heat 6 when Magosi and Rymel both made fast starts to score a comfortable 5-1 increasing the home side’s lead to eight points. It stayed that way when heat 7, won by Makovsky, was shared with Compton and Cooper content to keep Aarnio at the back. Heat 8 resulted in another shared race when Norbert Magosi passed Lee Smethills off the second bend to win it and take the score to 28-20.
Sheffield shaved two points from the lead with a 2-4 in heat 9 as Ben Wilson made the gate to win the race. Bager finished second but Sam Martin passed Scott James for third cutting the gap to six points. It was back to eight though when the Bandits took a 4-2 from heat 10 when Andre Compton could only split Rymel and Magosi. Michal Makovsky passed Ricky Ashworth to win heat 11 while Tero Aarnio won the battle for third with Joel Parsons for the 4-2 which put Berwick ten points ahead just in time for Andre Compton to take a TR. Lee Smethills replaced Sam Martin and both Tigers led from the start. Henning Bager brought down Smethills on the last lap so the race was awarded with Sheffield scoring the big 1-8 which cut the gap to three points with the score at 39-36.
Rymel and Makovsky continued their unbeaten run by taking a 5-1 from Ricky Ashworth in heat 13 increasing the bandits’ lead to seven points and it was all over when Tero Aarnio won heat 14 from Cooper and Smethills for the shared heat which sealed a Berwick win. Rymel and Makovsky completed their paid maximums in heat 15 with Andre Compton relegated to third place.
Scorers: For Berwick – Adrian Rymel 14+1 (5) (paid maximum), Michal Makovsky 13+2 (5) (paid maximum), Norbert Magosi 9+1 (4), Tero Aarnio 8 (5), Henning Bager 7 (4), Adam McKinna 1 (4), Scott James 0 (4).
For Sheffield – Andre Compton 13+1 (5) (with 6 point TR), Lee Smethills 8+3 (6), Ricky Ashworth 6 (4), Paul Cooper 5 (4), Sam Martin 4 (4), Ben Wilson 3 (4), Joel Parsons 2+2 (4).
Premier Trophy: Workington 60, Glasgow 32
Both teams were at full strength.
Workington needed a massive win and Glasgow any kind of win from this match to realistically stay in contention in their Premier Trophy section. Neither were successful although Workington with 13 of the 15 race winners came closer to their goal than Glasgow.
Daniel Nermark passed the fast gating Ross Brady to win the opening heat while Scott Smith finished third with Shane Parker bringing up the rear. This gave the Comets a 4-2 but Glasgow replied in kind as Josh Grajczonek won heat 2. It looked as though the fast-gating Tigers might score a 1-5 but Joe Haines passed Lee Dicken off the second bend for second place. The 2-4 levelled the scores but the Comets then scored two easy 5-1s in heats 3 and 4 to lead 16-8. Nieminen and Wright scored the first at the expense of Leverington, then Stonehewer and Branney did likewise with Lee Dicken in third.
Kauko Nieminen beat Shane Parker in heat 5 but Ross Brady finished third so the race was shared as was heat 6 won by Nermark. With Scott Smith retiring before the first bend the Tigers shared the heat points behind Nieminen. Carl Stonehewer won heat 7 from Leverington and Haines for another 4-2 which put the Comets ten points ahead so Ross Brady took a TR in heat 8. Brady made the gate again but was passed by Smith off the second bend. Smith won the race while Craig Branney relegated Grajczonek to the back. This meant that the race was shared 4-4 with the score moving to 30-20.
Robert Ksiezak gated in heat 9 but was soon passed by Kauko Nieminen down the back straight. With Charles Wright beating Lee Dicken the Comets added a 4-2 to lead by twelve points then they added a 5-1 in heat 10 when Daniel Nermark and Scott Smith scored a 5-1 ahead of Trent Leverington. Another 5-1 went to the home side in heat 11 as Carl Stonehewer won from the gate Joe Haines passed Shane Parker and Ross Brady to follow his partner home stretching the home side’s lead to 20 points. Kauko Nieminen gated to lead Trent Leverington and Josh Grajczonek in heat 12 but John Branney passed Grajczonek to give the home side a 4-2 taking the score to 48-26.
Shane Parker provided Glasgow’s second race winner of the night by winning heat 13 from Nermark and Ksiezak for a Tigers’ 2-4 before the home side finished with two 5-1s. Joe Haines and James Wright took the first from Mitchell Davey after Lee Dicken had fallen then Kauko Nieminen, completing his maximum, and Daniel Nermark, who rounded Shane Parker on the third bend, scored the second for a 28 point win.
Scorers: For Workington – Kauko Nieminen 15 (5) (maximum), Daniel Nermark 13+1 (5), Carl Stonehewer 9 (4), Joe Haines 8+1 (4), Scott Smith 6+1 (4), Charles Wright 5+2 (4), John Branney 4+1 (4).
For Glasgow – Ross Brady 7+1 (4) (with 4 point TR), Shane Parker 7 (5), Trent Leverington 6 (5), Robert Ksiezak 5 (4), Josh Grajczonek 4+1 (4), Lee Dicken 2 (4), Mitchell Davey 1 (4).
Premier Trophy: Rye House 55, King’s Lynn 35
Both teams were at full strength.
With drizzle continuing to fall throughout the match and during the day the Rye House track got steadily more slippery and there were a number of falls which resulted in the withdrawal from the meeting of Luke Bowen and Kevin Doolan.
There were two fallers in the opening race. Tomas Topinka came off on the first bend causing an all-four-back rerun but Luke Bowen’s crash in the rerun when miles in the lead resulted in an ambulance ride back to the pits and subsequent withdrawal from the meeting with shoulder and arm injuries. Shaun Tacey won the second rerun from Chris Neath so the visitors got off to a winning start with the 2-4. They didn’t have long to enjoy their lead since the Rye House reserves gated to win heat 2 putting the Rockets two points ahead. Tai Woffinden and Tommy Allen threatened a 5-1 in heat 3 but Kevin Doolan, who missed the gate, passed Tommy Allen before the end of the first lap to limit the Rockets’ advantage to a 4-2. In heat 4 a superb ride by Robert Mear saw him chase down and pass Rusty Harrison who rocketed from the gate. Stefan Ekberg’s third place gave the Rockets another 4-2 and the score went to 15-9.
Tai Woffinden won heat 5 but, with Tommy Allen falling, Topinka and Tacey shared the points as did Harrison and Oliver in heat 6 for the Stars. They were fortunate though since Robert Mear and Chris Neath were sitting on a 5-1 until Neath developed engine trouble which saw him slip to the back. Any hopes that the visitors still had all but disappeared when Kevin Doolan fell in heat 7 while lying second because he withdrew from the meeting thereafter. In the rerun Kozza Smith in second place fell bringing down Danny Betson. Smith was excluded too and the race was awarded as a 5-0 to the Rockets. This put them 11 points ahead but the Stars rallied with a 1-5 in heat 8. Shaun Tacey and Simon Lambert made excellent gates and the Rye House reserves could not catch them. Hindsight is a great thing and King’s Lynn must have been ruefully reflecting that they could have given Tacey a TR which would have cut their deficit to four points. As it was the score moved to 27-20.
Tai Woffinden roared round the field on the opening bends in heat 9 for another race win while Tommy Allen joined him up front on the third bend of the last lap to provide the home side with another 5-1 which restored their 11 point lead. Another 5-1 went the Rockets’ way in heat 10 as Chris Neath and Robert Mear saw off Simon Lambert, replacing Doolan, and Kozza Smith who fell increasing the gap to 15 points. Tomas Topinka took a TR in heat 11 but he was beaten by Stefan Ekberg. Simon Lambert took third though after Danny Betson had fallen on the second bend so the Stars gained a 3-5 advantage from the race to trail by 13. Then, with the track getting greasier, King’s Lynn had a 0-5 of their own in heat 12. Firstly Tai Woffinden fell while well in front causing a rerun then Robert Mear fell in the rerun resulting in a second rerun with only the two Stars’ riders. The uncontested maximum took the score to 40-32.
The last three heats all finished as home 5-1s. Neath and Ekberg scored the first in heat 13 as Tacey fell then Betson and Allen the second despite a good challenge from Lambert. Woffinden and Ekberg finished off with the third from Topinka and Tacey providing a 20 point win for the Rockets.
Scorers: For Rye House – Stefan Ekberg 12+1 (5), Tai Woffinden 12 (5), Robert Mear 10+2 (6), Danny Betson 9+1 (5), Chris Neath 7 (4), Tommy Allen 5+1 (4), Luke Bowen 0 (1).
For King’s Lynn – Tomas Topinka 9 (5) (with 4 point TR), Shaun Tacey 8+1 (5), Simon Lambert 7+2 (6), John Oliver 6 (4), Rusty Harrison 3+1 (4), Kevin Doolan 2 (2), Kozza Smith 0 (4).
Premier League: Stoke 51, Scunthorpe 39
Both teams were at full strength.
With only five shared heats the score swung one way then the other throughout this match but the Potters finished with two 5-1s to perhaps make it look more one-side than it was.
In the first race Andrew Moore came from the back to lose out on the line to race winner, Ben Barker. With Carl Wilkinson in third the race was shared but a 5-1 from Barrie Evans and Mark Burrows had the Potters in front after the reserves race. The Scorpions hit back with a 2-4 in heat 3 when Magnus Karlsson passed Lee Complin for a comfortable win while Viktor Bergstrom kept Complin lively for his second place. The visitors then stormed into a two point lead with a 1-5 in heat 4. Richard Hall won the race while a determined Benji Compton kept both Potters behind him with Emiliano Sanchez eventually falling on the last lap. This took the score to 11-13.
The Potters replied in kind with a 5-1 in heat 5. Lee Complin won the race while behind him Carl Wilkinson passed Jesper Kristensen into second place. He fell however and Andrew Moore was left to take up the chase. He didn’t make it so the home side were now two points in front. They doubled that lead in heat 6 with a 4-2 when Ben Barker passed Richard Hall with Klaus Jakobsen third. Another win from Magnus Karlsson ahead of Emiliano Sanchez and a third place for Viktor Bergstrom who passed Barrie Evans pulled two points back for the Scorpions with the 2-4 then Ben Barker won heat 8 after passing Benji Compton. Mark Burrows passed Carl Wilkinson for third then undid the good work by falling allowing Wilkinson to finish third for a shared race which took the score to 25-23.
A 5-1 for the Potters in heat 9 from Complin and Kristensen stretched the home side’s lead to six points and the Scorpions never recovered from the blow. Another Barker win in heat 10, lowering Karlsson’s colours for the first time, shared the heat while heat 11 was shared too after Andrew Moore had taken the chequered flag for the visitors. Scunthorpe pulled two points back in heat 12 when another fine win for Magnus Karlsson ahead of Kristensen and third place for Compton resulted in a 2-4 and a score of 38-34.
Andrew Moore won heat 13 after passing Jakobsen for a 3-3 but the Potters stormed home with two 5-1s in the last two races. Barrie Evans and Lee Complin sealed victory for them with the first in a thrilling race which saw Complin pip Bergstrom on the line then Complin and Barker added the second as the latter passed Magnus Karlsson at the end of the first lap.
Scorers: For Stoke – Ben Barker 14+1 (5) (paid maximum), Lee Complin 13+1 (5), Barrie Evans 8 (4), Jesper Kristensen 6+2 (4), Emiliano Sanchez 4+2 (4), Mark Burrows 3+1 (4), Klaus Jakobsen 3 (4),
For Scunthorpe – Magnus Karlsson 12 (5), Andrew Moore 9 (5), Benji Compton 6+1 (5), Richard Hall 6 (4), Viktor Bergstrom 4+1 (4), Carl Wilkinson 2+2 (4), Byron Bekker 0 (3).
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