Depleted Gladiators go down at Ashfield

A depleted Plymouth Prow Park Gladiators delivered a spirited performance, going down to a 55-35 defeat against the Glasgow Tigers.

With Dan Gilkes and James Pearson away in Latvia on Speedway of Nations 2 duty, the Gladiators were already running with rider replacement for Gilkes, whilst Jacob Hook guested for Pearson.   

The Gladiators then suffered a further blow on Thursday night, after Dan Thompson suffered a dislocated shoulder riding for the Ipswich Witches. Despite Team Manager Garry May spending most of his journey North trying to find a replacement, a lack of available riders meant that Tim Colley, who rides for the Ashfield Giants in the Northern Junior league, was drafted into the team.

The Gladiators top end did however deliver a number of battling performances against a full strength Tigers team in front of the BSN cameras, with skipper Kyle Howarth top scoring with 12+1, backed by Richie Worrall (10+1)  and Ben Barker (7+1).

Glasgow = 55

1. Chris Harris – 2, 3, 3, 3, 0 = 11

2. Marcin Nowak – 1’, 1, 2, 1 = 5+1

3. Benjamin Basso – 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 15

4. Claus Vissing – EX, 2’, 2’, 3 = 7+2

5. Tom Brennan – 2, 1, 3, 0 = 6

6. Lee Complin – 2’, 0, 1, 1 = 4+1

7. Ace Pijper – 3, 1’, 0, 2’ = 6+2

Plymouth = 35

1. Kyle Howarth – 3, 1, 3, 2, 1’, 2 = 12+1

2. Dan Gilkes R/R – (BT – 0, JH – 0, RW – 2, TC – 0 = 2)

3. Ben Barker – 2, 2’, 2, 1 = 7+1

4. Tim Colley (G) – 1’, 0, 0 = 1+1

5. Richie Worrall – 3, 2, 2, R, 2, 1’ = 10+1

6. Jacob Hook (G) – R, 0, 1’, 1, 0, 2 = 4+1

7. Ben Trigger – 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 = 1

Heat Results

Heat 01: Howarth, Harris, Nowak, Trigger 3-3 57.06

Heat 02: Pijper, Complin, Trigger, Hook (R) 5-1 (8-4) 58.46

Heat 03: Basso, Barker, Colley, Vissing (EX) 3-3 (11-7) 57.14

Heat 04: Worrall, Brennan, Pijper, Trigger 3-3 (14-10) 58.22

Heat 05: Basso, Vissing, Howarth, Hook 5-1 (19-11) 57.13

Heat 06: Harris, Worrall, Nowak, Trigger 4-2 (23-13) 58.03 

Heat 07: Howarth, Barker, Brennan, Complin 1-5 (24-18) 58.42

Heat 08: Nowak, Worrall, Hook, Pijper 3-3 (27-21) 59.22

Heat 09: Basso, Vissing, Hook, Worrall (R) 5-1 (32-22) 58.56

Heat 10: Harris, Barker, Nowak, Colley 4-2 (36-24) 58.92 

Heat 11: Brennan, Howarth, Complin, Colley 4-2 (40-26) 58.69

Heat 12: Basso, Pijper, Barker, Hook 5-1 (45-27) 58.96

Heat 13: Harris, Worrall, Howarth, Brennan 3-3 (48-30) 58.84

Heat 14: Vissing, Hook, Complin, Trigger 4-2 (52-32) 60.12

Heat 15: Basso, Howarth, Worrall, Harris 3-3 (55-35) 59.63

Courtesy of Speedway Updates

Image Credit: Dan Westlake