TIGERS TAKE SECOND

GLASGOW secured second place in the Cab Direct Championship and choice of legs for the play-off semi-finals with a tense 50-40 win over Scunthorpe.

The sides will meet once again in the knockout stages and it was the Tigers who just took the edge from their league clashes, with the battle for the aggregate point going down to the wire.

Glasgow secured it with a 4-2 in Heat 15 as Leon Flint got the better of the previously unbeaten Josh Pickering, whilst guest Dan Thompson added the vital third place.

Flint scored 10+3 and Thompson 10+2 for the Tigers, whilst Pickering’s 17-point haul for the Scorpions included a race win from the 15-metre handicap in Heat 11 after he had been penalised at the start. Reserve Connor Mountain added 10+2 for the visitors.

Tigers manager Cami Brown said: “We got the result we wanted, but only by the skin of our teeth really.

“I was pleased that it was Leon who beat Josh Pickering to seal the win and second place in the league table.  To get any victory over Josh at the moment is an achievement. 

“To finish second in the league is impressive really considering we lost one of our top riders and we’ve had two guests for the last two months. 

“It means we’ve gone through the regular league season undefeated at home and that’s been vital.”

Watch the action from Heat 11 (courtesy of TIGERS TV)

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