Post by teessidetransporters on Oct 15, 2015 7:55:43 GMT
Teesside Transporters booked their cup final place for half a decade as they overcame Tweedside Tigers over two legs.
Despite going down 49-41 in the opening leg at Bowmount Park, they claimed a 49-40 success at the Dock Yard in front of their biggest ever crowd to seal their passage into the final.
Teesside have not made a KO Cup final since their Academy League days, but they managed it with a very good team performance over the two legs and team boss Graeme Bailey was delighted: "Everyone contributed over the two legs, and rightly so Jack Hagen and Ludo Parizek will get many of the plaudits for their best ever showings in Teesside colours, but it was also set-up by some good scores in the first leg with Sven Svensson showing up very well on Tweedside,"
Teesside will now meet Whitby in the final over two legs, but the main point of interest remain the Ultimate League, with Bailey adding: "Survival is still what matters, we have a very good team but we need to make sure we don't let things slip, the KO Cup is great and we want to win it, but the league is our bread and butter."
16/10/2015 at BOWMOUNT PARK - ATTENDANCE 2244
SIM SPEEDWAY 2015/16 - ULTIMATE LEAGUE - KO CUP SEMI-FINAL 1st LEG
TWEEDSIDE TIGERS - 49
1. Nick Ambrose.............. 3 3 1* 3 3 - 13+1
2. Jernej Keglovits.......... 0 1 0 2 - - 3
3. Andrew Williamson......... 3 1* 0 2 - - 6+1
4. Mark Briggs............... 2* 2 2 3 1 - 10+1
5. Jenz Prydtz............... 3 3 3 0 - - 9
6. Luigi Tabaglio............ 2* 0 0 - - - 2+1
7. Ake Wiss.................. 3 0 2 1* 0 - 6+1
TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS - 41
1. Hans E Bergestol.......... 2 3 3 2 1* 2 13+1
2. Jack Hagen................ 1* 0 1 1* - - 3+2
3. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 1 2 1 3 3 0 10
4. Roberto Asanovic.......... 0 1* 0 1* - - 2+2
5. Sven Svensson............. 2 2 3 2 - - 9
6. Nico Weckman.............. 1 0 0 - - - 1
7. Ludo Parizek.............. 0 1* 2 - - - 3+1
17/10/2015 at THE DOCK YARD - ATTENDANCE 2401
SIM SPEEDWAY 2015/16 - ULTIMATE LEAGUE - KO CUP SEMI-FINAL 2nd LEG
TEESSIDE TRANSPORTERS - 49 (90)
1. Hans E Bergestol.......... 2 1 2* 3 1* - 9+2
2. Jack Hagen................ 1* 3 3 3 2 - 12+1
3. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 3 0 3 2 - - 8
4. Roberto Asanovic.......... 0 2 2* 1* - - 5+2
5. Sven Svensson............. F 3 2 0 - - 5
6. Nico Weckman.............. 2 0 1* - - - 3+1
7. Ludo Parizek.............. 0 3 1 1* 2 - 7+1
TWEEDSIDE TIGERS - 40 (89)
1. Nick Ambrose.............. 3 1 3 3 2 3 15
2. Jernej Keglovits.......... 0 3 2 0 - - 5
3. Andrew Williamson......... 2 1* 0 0 - - 3+1
4. Mark Briggs............... 1* 2 1 0 - - 4+1
5. Jenz Prydtz............... 2 2 1 1* 3 0 9+1
6. Ake Wiss.................. 1 0 0 - - - 1
7. Luigi Tabaglio............ 3 F 0 - - - 3