Press
and Practice
Posted 11/03/05
The eight strong Glasgow Tigers squad for
2005 finally got to take to the Ashfield track yesterday for a fairly
well attended press and practice day.
It was bitterly cold, even threatening light snow
at one point, but it didn't affect the teams high spirits and they
posed for countless photographs. Official ones will appear shortly
on Ian Adams site
with unofficial ones from Lioness here.
George Stancl started the on-track action and was
absolutely flying all afternoon. New boys Jamie Birkinshaw and Matthew
Wethers were picking their way round cautiously and getting to know
the track. It has to be said that there was a problem with the third
bend which affected most riders especially in the early stages.
Shane appeared to have bike problems early on, whilst
Paul Bentley just quietly and effectively got on with things as usual.
The only faller of the afternoon was Trent who surprisingly
slid off on the first bend although thankfully it was no more than
that.
It is difficult to get an accurate picture from Press
and Practice, especially with the track being problematical on the
third bend, but the other rider who looked impressive on the day was
James Cockle and it is just a shame that he will be missing for the
first four meetings.
Despite the track, all eight riders appeared to enjoy
the chance to blow away the cobwebs. Roll on Sunday!
