The Tigers were defending a 14 point lead from the Owlerton leg and welcomed
Adrian Stevens back from a broken collar bone. They took an early lead which
they maintained as far as heat 10 before Andy Smith and Chris Morton took a 5-1
against Shawn Moran and Sean Wilson. Andy Smith won heat 12 but Peter Ravn trailed
behind Neil Collins and Kelly Moran, and heat 13 was also drawn with Peter Carr
completing his paid maximum but Chris and Paul Thorp holding Shawn back to draw the
match. History was made as Chris Morton passed Peter Collins record of 562 appearances for the Aces. Chris moved onto 563 meetings, 2,420 rides, 5,462.5 points, 301 bonus points, 9.526 average, maximums 73 full, 60 paid.
The Tiger Cubs triumphed 27-15 over the Colts in the junior match. Scorers were;
Colts; Paul Smith 0, Jon Roberts 4, Frank Killeen 1, Glenn Hornby 7, Wayne Connor 3.
Cubs; Ian Stead 8, Wayne Elliott 5, Adrian Stevens 7, Derrol Keats 7, Martin Gill 0.