BANDITS EDGE CLOSE CONTEST

BERWICK recovered from an early deficit to defeat Plymouth 49-41 at Shielfield Park on Saturday.

The meeting went down to a last heat decider with the Gladiators, who had been four points up approaching the halfway stage, needing a 5-1 to draw.

But the visitors suffered a major blow when Scott Nicholls was disqualified for touching the tapes, with Peter Kildemand and Nick Morris securing the Bandits’ win with a 5-1 over Danny King and Anze Grmek.

Kildemand scored 12+1 for the home side with Morris on 11+2, whilst Danny King with 11 and Ben Barker with 10 both won three races for the Gladiators.

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