Glasgow vs Edinburgh 19/04/2015

Glasgow Tigers 51
Edinburgh Monarchs 42 		19 April 2015
League Cup
Ashfield
Glasgow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Richard Lawson 3 2 2 0 7
2. Kozza Smith 2' fx 3 1' 6 2
3. Nick Morris 1 3 2 2' 1 9 1
4. Dimitri Berge 3 1 1' 1' 6 2
5. Aaron Summers 2 3 2 3 0 10
6. Victor Palovaara 2' 0 1' 2 5 2
7. James Sarjeant 3 0 2' 3 8 1
Edinburgh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T B
1. Craig Cook 1 2 3 2 2' 10 1
2. Justin Sedgman 0 0 0 0
3. Kevin Wolbert 2 2 3 1 8
4. Erik Riss 0 1' 0 0 1 1
5. Sam Masters 3 6 3 1' 3 16 1
6. Max Clegg 0 1 0 1
7. Robert Branford 1 1 1 0 0 3 6
Heat by Heat
Heat 01 Lawson, Smith, Cook, Sedgmen 58.4
Heat 02 Sarjeant, Palovaara, Branford, Clegg
Heat 03 Berge, Wolbert, Morris, Riss 58.5 (4-2)(14-4)
Heat 04 Masters Summers Branford, Sarjeant 58.7
Heat 05 Morris Cook Berge Sedgmen 58.5
Heat 06 Masters (TR) Lawson Clegg Smith(Fx)
Heat 07 Summers Wolbert Riss Palovaara 59.1
Heat 08 Smith Sarjeant Branford Sedgmen 59.9
Heat 09 Masters Morris Berge Clegg 59.0
Heat 10 Wolbert Lawson Smith Riss 59.4
Heat 11 Cook Summers Victor Palovaara Branford 59.1
Heat 12 Sarjeant Morris Wolbert Branford 59.9
Heat 13 Summers Cook Masters Lawson 59.3
Heat 14 Branford Victor Palovaara Berge Riss 60.4
Heat 15 – Masters Cook Morris Summers 59.3
report from the Evening Times
Captain Aaron brought the house down when he lined up a sensational last-bend swoop on Edinburgh's Kevin Wolbert to win heat seven.
Bike billowing white smoke and fist clenched in the air, Summers saluted the fans as he crossed the finish line having helped keep his side five points ahead of the visitors.
And there were more heroics from the Aussie later on as he beat in-form Craig Cook and Sam Masters in heat 13 to take the Tigers over the line for their biggest win against the Monarchs in several seasons.
Even a last-heat 5-1 from the same Monarchs pairing couldn't spoil the party as Glasgow laid down a marker for their Premier League opponents in the League Cup at the Peugeot Ashfield Stadium.
Speaking about his win over Wolbert, Summers said: "I was sort of working at him and working at him. There are four laps in a race - you don't have to do it all in the first few - and on that last corner, he wasn't really expecting where I was. It was good to get round and get the win.
"The rocker cover came loose so there was a bit of oil dropping on the exhaust to create the smoke - it was nothing major. It's going in for a service after today anyway to get it all cleaned out.
"All the boys chipped in and pushed hard. We dropped a few little points from mistakes, but we had the win, so it was good.
"We're a solid team right the way through. Even the boys below us top two or three are digging deep, which is great."
Glasgow had made their intentions clear from the off when they raced to two 5-1s and a 4-2 in the opening three heats.
Masters led the Monarchs back into things slightly with a 4-2 with Robert Branford in heat four, and then a 7-2 with Max Clegg when on a tactical double in heat six.
After Summers' brilliant heat seven, James Sarjeant and Kozza Smith produced a fine display of team riding for a 5-1 following a tight first lap.
Nick Morris did brilliantly to shield Sarjeant from the hard-charging Wolbert in heat 12 for another 5-1, to take the Tigers to the brink of winning the meeting, before Summers did the job in heat 13.
The result gives Glasgow three points and takes them back to the top of their League Cup group ahead of their visit to Edinburgh on Friday.
On Saturday night, the Tigers had gained a further League Cup point in a 48-42 defeat at Workington.
Tigers scorers: Aaron Summers 10, Nick Morris 9+1, James Sarjeant 8+1, Richard Lawson 7, Dimitri Berge 6+2, Kozza Smith 6+1, Victor Palovaara 5+2.