SWINDON exited the Knockout Cup at the Quarter-Final stage following a twenty-one point defeat at Peterborough on Friday evening.




PETERBOROUGH
Kenneth Bjerre 3 2* 3 1 2* - - 11 (2)
Krzysztof Buczkowski 1 3 3 1 - - - 8
Rory Schlein R 3 2* 2 - - - 7 (1)
Niels-Kristian Iversen (C) 2 1 3 2 - - - 8
Troy Batchelor 2 2 3 3 3 - - 13
Dakota North 1 1* 1* - - - - 3 (2)
Norbert Kościuch 3 1* 2* 1 1* - - 8 (3)
Team manager: Trevor Swales

SWINDON
Leigh Adams (C) 2 2 4 2 0 - - 10
Mads Korneliussen 0 0 1 0 - - - 1
Grzegorz Zengota 3 3 2 3 6 1 - 18
Maciek Janowski R/R
Simon Stead 3 R 1 0 - - - 4
Justin Sedgmen D 1 1 0 0 - - 2
Cory Gathercole 2 0 D F 0 R - 2
Team manager: Ronnie Russell
Referee: Barbara Horley

Ht 1: Bjerre, Adams, Buczkowski, Korneliussen, 58.7 (4-2)
Ht 2: (Re-Run) Kościuch, Gathercole, North, Sedgmen (f, disq), 59.2 (8-4)
Ht 3: Zengota, Iversen, Sedgmen, Schlein (ret), 58.7 (10-8)
Ht 4: Stead, Batchelor, Kościuch, Gathercole, 59.5 (13-11)
Ht 5: Schlein, Adams, Iversen, Korneliussen, 58.8 (17-13)
Ht 6: Buczkowski, Bjerre, Sedgmen, Stead (ret), 59.2 (22-14)
Ht 7: (Re-Run; Awarded) Zengota, Batchelor, North, Gathercole (f, disq), No Time (25-17)
Ht 8: Buczkowski, Kościuch, Korneliussen, Gathercole (fell), 59.4 (30-18)
Ht 9: Iversen, Schlein, Stead, Sedgmen, 59.3 (35-19)
Ht 10: Bjerre, Zengota, Buczkowski, Gathercole, 59.1 (39-21)
Ht 11: Batchelor, Adams (TR), Kościuch, Korneliussen, 58.9 (43-25)
Ht 12: Zengota, Schlein, Kościuch, Sedgmen, 59.0 (46-28)
Ht 13: Batchelor, Adams, Bjerre, Stead, 59.5 (50-30)
Ht 14: Zengota (TR), Iversen, North, Gathercole (ret), 60.0 (53-36)
Ht 15: (Nominated) Batchelor (r), Bjerre (b), Zengota (y), Adams (w), 59.7 (58-37)

Programme changes:
Ht 3: R/R Sedgmen; Ht 7: R/R Gathercole; Ht 10: R/R Gathercole; Ht 11: Kościuch replaced North; TR Adams (Double points); Ht 14: R/R TR Zengota (Double points).

A scintillating eighteen-point haul from Grzegorz Zengota wasn’t enough to halt Swindon’s exit from the 2010 Knockout Cup competition.

The popular Polish youngster excelled at Peterborough and just dropped three-points to the opposition side. However, it was the Panthers’ strength in depth that prevailed as Trevor Swales’ septet overcame Swindon’s lead from the first leg of the tie.

The Robins made an encouraging start and trailed by just four points after the completion of the opening four races. However, Ronnie Russell’s side contributed a disappointing middle sector and trailed by eighteen points after the tenth.

Ultimately, Swindon were unable to recover from Peterborough’s succession of race advantages and their hopes of Knockout Cup progression began to slip away.

The aforementioned Grzegorz Zengota headed Swindon’s score-chart and received support from Robins’ captain Leigh Adams who amassed a ten-point haul.

Elsewhere, it was a disappointing night for the remainder of the Swindon team who were only able to collectively muster nine points.

Peterborough were well served by Danish International Kenneth Bjerre who amassed a paid thirteen point score, whilst Troy Batchelor also weighed in with a thirteen point contribution.

Whilst Peterborough’s all-round strength was impressive, it was the scintillating performance of Swindon’s young Polish star Grzegorz Zengota that set tongues wagging at the East of England Showground.