Ipswich 'Witches' v Sheffield 'Tigers'

British League 'A'

7th October, 1988

Ref: John Eglese 0102030405060708091011121314 15 Tot+Bp
1. Kai Niemi 7.28 tps 1 1 3 0 5
2. Mark Jolly 2.00 0 - - 0 0
3. Jeremy Doncaster © 9.41 3 3 2 2 2 2 14
4. Armando Castagna 6.48 fx fx 2 3 2' 0 7+1
5. Kenny McKinna r/r 6.00 - - - - - (4+1)
6. Carl Blackbird 5.85 2 3 0 0 1' 2 8+1
7. Jonathan Cooper 2.00 1 1 - 0 0 2
8. Nigel Flatman 2.00 1 0 1
Chris Shears 2 4 1 3 1 4 2 3 3 1 2 5 2 2 2
Ipswich 'Witches' 2 6 7 10 11 15 17 20 23 24 26 31 33 35 37 74
Sheffield 'Tigers' 4 6 11 14 19 21 25 28 31 36 40 41 45 49 53 106
Eric Boocock 4 2 5 3 5 2 4 3 3 5 4 1 4 4 4
1. Shawn Moran © 9.66 3 3 3 3 12
2. Sean Wilson 5.15 1 2' 0 1 1 5+1
3. Neil Collins 7.41 1' f 2 0 3+1
4. Kelly Moran 8.96 3 3 3 1 3 13
5. Peter Carr 5.78 2' 1 2' tps 5+2
6. Dean Standing (g) 5.11 2 2 - 3 1' 1 3 12+1
7. Garry O'Hare (g) 4.03 0 - 2 - 1 3
Track record = 58.9
John Cook 10 Oct 1985
0102030405060708 09101112131415
63.6 63.463.764.564.6 64.8 63.165.064.864.7 63.2 64.562.563.762.8

New signing Kenny McKinna was not available and the Witches were given a rider replacement facility, so when Italian Paulo Salvatelli also failed to return his place had to be taken by junior Mark Jolly. With heat times 5 or 6 seconds slower than the track record it is fair to assume that track conditions were less than ideal, and may explain why both Armando Castagna and Neil Collins were early fallers. The Tigers obviously adapted to the conditions more quickly winning 10 of the heats and extending a 16 point margin, the same as the Owlerton fixture back in May.

Click the programme to the right to see the result of the 'B' fixture which took place 12 days later.

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