James Grieves would unboubtedly say that one of the greatest individual rivalries that he has encountered in recent years is his battles with former Edinburgh rider, American Ryan Fisher and the two will come head to head again this Sunday as the “Western Commercial” Tigers tackle Fisher’s current club the Plymouth Devils. The two teams met earlier in the season in the KO Cup and Grieves came out on top on that occasion, but that counts for very little as the teams take to the track at 4.00pm on Sunday at Ashfield.
As much as the battles with these two will catch the eye, the talented Scot, recently elevated to number 2 in the Tigers all time top scorer, knows that there will be plenty for the crowd to enjoy on Sunday:
“I am very much looking forward to taking on Ryan again, my pass of him earlier was one of my favourite moments of the season so far, but Ben Barker will be there too and he is not too shabby! Robert Ksiezak is not having the best season but coming to the track where he started the season will give him a lift too so I am expecting a tough afternoon. In all honesty we were very poor last week when the pressure was on and we simply have to up our performance by several notches this week. I see that Ryan is listed at number 5 so we will meet potentially 3 times in the meeting which is good. He tends to bring out the best in me and I think there is a lot of respect between us so stand back and watch what should be a great meeting.
I will be very disappointed if we do not come out on top in this fixture, indeed we have to. Last week was so poor, myself included, and we need to restore some pride and set ourselves up for a better finish to the season.”
TEAMS:
Glasgow – Joe Screen, Chris Mills, Josh Grajczonek, Filip Sitera, James Grieves, Jayden Omalley, Mason Campton
Plymouth – Ben Barker, James Holder, Cory Gathercole, Todd Kurtz, Ryan Fisher, Replacement for Nikki Glanz, Robert Ksiezak
The Tigers will take part in the 4 Team Tournament at Peterborough next Sunday so no fixture at Ashfield. Joe Screen, James Grieves, Josh Grajzonek, and Mason Campton will represent the team in what is a very tough qualifying group. Prior to that the team head to Plymouth and Leicester.