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Stunning Tigers turn on style to win derby
TIGERS 52 SCUNTHORPE 38 TIGERS' star Richard Hall turned in one of the performances of the season as Scunthorpe were beaten in last night's Premier League derby match at Owlerton.
Hall blitzed the opposition with a five-ride maximum in the 52-38 victory, including a stunning pass of Swedish star Magnus Karlsson in heat five and a victory from the back against in-form Carl Wilkinson in heat 14.
But it was another all-round team effort from the fast-rising Tigers, who are rapidly becoming dark horses for honours this season.
Scunthorpe made a fist of it in an thrill-a-minute match, as they only trailed 22-20 after seven races.
But Hugh Skidmore's first win of the night saw Sheffield extend their lead in the next race and when Hall and Chris Mills blew away former England international David Howe in the ninth race it put the hosts on course for three important league points.
The victory was assured when Ricky Ashworth capped a brave night's work – he was still nursing a rib injury after a weekend crash – by winning heat 13 ahead of Karlsson, with Josh Auty riding well to fend off a Howe challenge.
A 5-1 in the final from Hall and Joel Parsons, who was the second top-scorer with 10, rounded off a solid performance and Tigers will now look ahead to a clutch of important league matches which could see them climb further up the table.
TIGERS: R. Hall 15, J. Parsons 10, R. Ashworth 8+1, C. Mills 6+1, H. Skidmore 6+1, J. Auty 4+2, P. Cooper 3+1.
SCUNTHORPE: M. Karlsson 11, S. Lambert 8+2, C. Wilkinson 8, D. Howe 7, A. Allott 3, J. Hart 1, V. Bergstrom 0.
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