Scunthorpe Scorpions vs Glasgow Tigers preview

ROB GODFREY, promoter of the Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions, realises the importance of the club getting off the mark in their two SGB Championship meetings this weekend.

Scunthorpe travel north of the border for the second time this season at Edinburgh tonight (Friday), before entertaining Glasgow Tigers in the big match at the Eddie Wright Raceway on Sunday evening (5.30pm).

Scorpions have, to date, suffered three defeats in 2017. While much encouragement was taken from the away performances at Peterborough and Glasgow, with Scorpions just missing out on points on both occasions, last week’s 44-46 home defeat to Peterborough was a big disappointment.

Godfrey says: “We need some points on the board in the SGB Championship; it’s as simple as that.

“We’ve already lost ground by losing at home to Peterborough last Sunday. I can’t state how disappointed I was by that result.

“Sport is all about fine margins. Had we scored just two more points, we’d have all gone home happy, but that didn’t happen.

“That’s now water under the bridge. There’s nothing we can do about it now, other than concentrating on this weekend’s fixtures.

“The ideal reaction that I’d love to see is for us to go to Edinburgh and take the win, just as Peterborough did at our place. That would put us back where we need to be.

“Sunday’s home meeting against Glasgow is also a very important meeting to us.

“We held the Tigers for most of the meeting up there last week, so we should have the belief that we can defeat them around the Eddie Wright Raceway.”

There are 24 heats of action in total on Sunday, with a nine-race second half including a six-heat Midland Development League challenge match between Scunthorpe and Carmarthen.

Admission prices for Sunday:

Adult: £15.00
Student/OAP: £13.00
Child (10 – 17): £5.00
Child (0 – 9) Free (accompanied by paying adult)
Family Ticket £35 (2 adults, 2 Children 10-17)
Match Programme: £1.00

Expected teams for Sunday:

Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Ryan Douglas, 2. Carl Wilkinson, 3. Lewis Kerr, 4. Michael Palm Toft, 5. Josh Auty, 6. Fritz Wallner, 7. Josh Bailey.

Glasgow Tigers: 1. Aaron Summers, 2. Dan Bewley, 3. Richie Worrall, 4. Nike Lunna, 5. Richard Lawson, 6. Tom Perry, 7. Jack Smith.

Midland Development League teams:
Scunthorpe Stags: 1. Sam Chapman, 2. Lloyd Ditchburn, 3. Luke Whitehead, 4. Sheldon Davies.
Carmarthen Dragons: 1. Russell Barnett, 2. Danny Wright, 3. Connor Fletcher, 4. Joe Alcock.