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03.09.10: Bergström leads Scorpions into the sixties |
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| Viktor Bergström, one of the Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions two Swedish riders, went unbeaten by an opponent in six races last night as he helped lead the side to a comprehensive 62-30 victory over the Glasgow Tigers. Bergström’s fifteen points (plus three bonus points) saw him top score in his first meeting after dropping down to reserve whilst also unbeaten by an opponent was his fellow Scandinavian, Tero Aarnio from Finland, who was limited to four rides after injuring his ribs in a crash four days earlier.) |  |
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30.08.10: Scorpions beaten by arch-rivals |
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| Bank Holiday Monday saw a bumper crowd at the Eddie Wright Raceway for the Premier League clash between the Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions and their arch-rivals the Sheffield Tigers but after a thrilling meeting full of controversy it was the visitors from South Yorkshire who earned the bragging rights with a 51-41 victory that still gives them a chance of finishing in the top four. Top scorer for Sheffield was Ricky Ashworth with 11 points whilst the Scorpions’ David Howe racked up 16 points. | |
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30.08.10: Garrity leads Hitmen to victory |
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| The Jotun Paints Scunthorpe Saints were beaten 50-43 by the Buxton Hitmen on Bank Holiday Monday and most of the damage was done by 16-year old sensation Jason Garrity. He was beaten by a Saints’ rider on just one occasion in seven rides as he registered seventeen points (plus three bonus points for following home a team-mate). He joined former Scorpion Simon Lambert (covering for Craig Cook) for a 5-1 in heat 1 and the Hitmen held a narrow advantage throughout the meeting before he joined Robert Branford his side’s fourth maximum heat advantage to secure victory in heat 14. | |
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28.08.10: Saints miss out at Rye |
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| Two 5-1 heat advantages for the Rye House Cobras in the final three races put paid to the Jotun Paints Scunthorpe Saints hopes of claiming a league point from their trip to Hertfordshire yesterday. At 41-33 the match was set for a tense ending but consecutive 5-1s meant there was no last heat decider and despite Mark Burrows and Steve Worrall splitting the home pair in the final race it was Rye House who won the tie 54-38. | |
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22.08.10: Saints look for Bank Holiday revenge |
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| The Jotun Paints Scunthorpe Saints became the eighth side to travel to Derbyshire and lose to the Buxton Hitmen yesterday. The Hitmen have won all their home league meetings and are now top of the league but despite losing 54-37 the Saints will have a quick chance of revenge as the Buxton management have kindly agreed to have the return fixture as part of the Bank holiday double-header (30th August) at the Eddie Wright Raceway. The meeting follow the Scunthorpe Scorpions v Sheffield Tigers Premier League meeting which starts at 5pm. | |
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