Key:+ = from 15m handicap,  * = Tactical ride for double points,  ! = Tactical substitution from 15m
SHEFFIELD SPEEDWAY MATCH REPORTS 2010
Glasgow A Plant 'Tigers' v SHEFFIELD WINDOW CENTRE 'Tigers' Premier League 10 October

Referee:

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1. Travis McGowan © 9.73 3 3 3 3 1 1' 14+1
2. John Branney 5.12 0 tps 1 2 1 4
3. Nick Morris 3.00 2 f 2 2 3 2 11
4. Joe Screen r/r 9.80 - - - - (6)
5. Josh Grajczonek 6.75 fx 2 fx 3 0 5
6. James McBain 3.00 2 1' 0 - 3+1
7. Kyle Howarth (g) (4.22) 1' 2 0 1' 0 4+2
Michael Max 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 4 3 3 1 3 3
A-Plant 'Tigers' 3 6 8 10 13 17 20 22 24 28 31 34 35 38 41
Sheffield 'Tigers' 3 6 10 14 17 19 22 26 29 31 34 37 42 45 48
Eric Boocock 3 3 4 4 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 5 3 3
1. Ricky Ashworth © 8.05 1' 2 1' 2' ef 6+3
2. Hugh Skidmore 5.75 2 3 1' 1 2 9+1
3. Josef Franc r/r 5.65 - - - - (6)
4. Richard Hall 6.45 1 x2 2 fx 1' 4+1
5. Josh Auty 7.63 3 2 3 3 3 14
6. Stephen Morris (g) (5.15) 0 0 fx - 0
7. Simon Lambert 3.42 3 1 3 3 0 3 2 15
Track record: 56.6
S. Parker, 21 Jun 2009
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
57.1 59.2 58.2 awd 58.5 58.1 60.1 59.2 awd 58.8 61.0 awd 59.2 60.8 59.9

Man of the hour Both teams were operating rider replacement as Joe Screen was injured and Josef Franc was serving suspension for missing a meeting without permission. Travis McGowan sped from the tapes ahead of Hugh Skidmore and Ricky Ashworth with John Branney chasing hard in heat 1. Simon Lambert was untroubled on his way to victory in heat 2 ahead of James McBain and Kyle Howarth with Stephen Morris (a late replacement for Craig Branney) well off the pace. John Branney and Hugh Skidmore are the rider replacements in heat 3 but John touches the tapes and is handicapped 10 meters. He makes a huge jump in the rerun and is black flagged as Hugh Skidmore wins from Nick Morris and Richard Hall. Josh Auty leads the way in heat 4 from Josh Grajczonek and Kyle Howarth until Scrabble man pulls a 180° on the 3rd bend causing both Kyle and Simon to bale out to avoid him. Travis is r/r in heat 5 and leads the way from Ricky as Nick rounds Hugh out of turn 2 and up to 3rd place. Nick goes wider and wider looking for drive until he over cooks it into turn 2 on the last lap. Visiting Tigers 4 points ahead.

Travis traps from the inside gate to win heat 6 from Josh A but Steven doesn't even make it to the end of the second lap. Simon is r/r in heat 7 but Richard exceeds to 2 mins rule and is excluded. Simon traps from the inside and holds off an early challenge from Josh G for another shared heat. Simon is out again and wins heat 8 from John while Hugh manages to barge his under Kyle on the 4th turn on lap 2. Josh G is r/r in heat 9 and takes the lead. Nick rounds Josh A out of turn 2 but Josh reclaims second place out of turn 4. The race is stopped with Stephen Morris falling at the back and a rerun is required. Josh G leads the way with Josh A on his tail but not challenging until Josh G locks up in mid track on the second turn on the last lap. Josh A lays it down in an instant but his bike still makes contact and Josh G ends up under a pile of second-hand equipment. Thankfully all walk away uninjured and the race is awarded. Simon is out again as r/r in heat 10 but misses the gate and looks too nackered to mount a challenge. Travis wins from Richard with John third and the home team trim the visitors lead back to three points.

Ricky rounds Josh G out of turn 2 to lead heat 11 and Hugh passes John to take third place. Ricky then forgets to turn left at the star of lap 2 and by the time he gets his bearings he's back in third place. Simon replaces Stephen in heat 12 so Richard is r/r and he dives past Kyle into third place on the third bend. Simon goes high and wide and passes Nick on the second lap, fourth bend. On the next lap Richard goes high and wide into turn three looking for second place, but only finding the safety fence! Josh A and Ricky lead heat 13 and their 5-1 ahead of Travis and Josh G put the English Tigers into an unsurmountable lead! Nick is r/r in heat 14 and Kyle replaces James, but Simon goes 2nd out of turn 2 passing Kyle on the outside. Richard follows suite out of turn 4 and then Simon uses every inch of the track trying to find a way past Nick. Great speedway! Although Ricky was left stranded at the gate in heat 15 Josh rode a glorious line to claim all four league points for the visiting Tigers.

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