The “Western Commercial” Tigers face perhaps their toughest test of the season so far with a visit of the Somerset Rebels on Sunday afternoon. The Rebels are considered by many to be the favourites for the title but the Tigers are not prepared to give up on their trophy just yet, and a stunning away win at Sheffield last week has given them just the tonic required for the final push this season. Team captain Joe Screen played his part in the Sheffield win with 4 paid wins on the trot but knows that the pressure is heaped on the Tigers ahead of the visit of the title favourites:
“Nobody was considering us as a potential play-off side but that win at Sheffield has given us no more than a sniff at it and if we can win a couple more away meetings then we do have a chance. However that will count for nothing if we do not win all our home fixtures and the remaining ones that we have all have a tough look about them. Somerset are led by Jason Doyle and he scored a maximum while guesting against us a couple of weeks ago and there really is no weak link in their team. We will have to be at our best and all we can do is race as best as we can and hope that it will be good enough for the three points.
One thing I am pleased about is that the weather forecast at this stage is a good one and that should mean we have a well prepared track, and given the quality of both sides there is no doubt that the quality of racing should be top drawer. We all got a huge lift from the Sheffield win, it has been drummed into us how winning away from home can make such a difference to our chances and now that we have done that we have to make sure we do not throw it all away by losing at home. We now have a reason to be optomistic. the team changes have made this a better side and it is vital that all areas can take full advantage. We do have one or two issues to overcome, I certainly have had some engine misfortunes in recent weeks, and Josh blew his best motor earlier in the week too, so hopefully we will all overcome these issues and give our support plenty to get excited about this weekend.”
TEAMS:
Glasgow – Joe Screen, Mason Campton, Josh Grajczonek, Henning Bager, James Grieves, Charles Wright, Filip Sitera
Somerset – Jason Doyle, Alex Davies, Sam Masters, James Wright, Jesper B Monberg, Kyle Newman, James Serjeant.
Everyone at Glasgow would like to extend their deepest sympathies to Mel, David, Stuart and Graham Coleman on the loss of a great supporter Ann Coleman. Sadly she lost a battle against illness on Wednesday and leaves behind a speedway family including a former rider, a current mechanic and long time sponsor – she will be very sadly missed.