ROUND SIX
Saturday the 1st of May.

GLENELG 2.1 12.1 14.6 18.7 (115)
WEST 4.1 6.1 9.3 10.5 (65)

I was unable to make the trip to Lameroo to see the game, but reading Doug Robertson's "Sunday Mail" report provides further encouragement regarding the improvement of the Tigers this year. The fact that the last two wins have been achieved without star ruckman Matthew Golding and yesterdays without Chad Cornes is further evidence of a maturity that has been absent from Brighton Road for some time. A win against Norwood at the bay next Saturday will elevate Glenelg into third, possibly second spot on the ladder.

REBORN BAYS BLAST INTO 4

By Doug Robertson.
Glenelg's busy and stinging mosquito fleet ripped apart West Adelaide at Laineroo oval yesterday to secure a place in the top four.
The stunning 60-Point drubbing underlined the Tigers, improvement from last season.
Glenelg employed a mystifying ro-tation system from defence to create havoc and apparently bamboozle West for four quarters. But it was the Tigers attack -on the ball and superior skills that brought about the showcase 18.7 (115) to 10.5 (65) victory.
Glenelg thrashed West in every as-pect of football on a spacious ground in faultless condition which should have suited its tall, high-marldng key forwards. Significantly, Glenelg did not ease from its hard-pressing and hassling style as it would have in seasons past.
Ignited by Richard Kelly, Nick Chigwidden and Matthew Liptak in the centre and previously unsighted Mark Harwood in attack, the tenacious Tigers booted 10.1- one scraped the inside of the goal post- to 2.0 for the second term and reduced West to a shambles.
Harwood had just two hand-balls in the opening term, attacked the ball with more spark than he has shown in weeks. The Port Power listed utility gave off seven damaging handballs for the term with four resulting, in -goals - two each to rovers Liptak and Sudjai Cook.
Liptak took up the challenge kicking four goals for the quarter - including one in time-on when he had two unchallenged swipes at a loose ball before soccering it through from just outside the square. He picked up 13 damaging possessions in a term that heralded a bleak day for the Bloods.
West's defence had no answer to the swarm of Tiger runners down the field. The few times the Bloods stumbled forward through Robert DiRosa or Matt Connell who had an intense battle with Simon Hele before going on the ball after half-time - the pedestrian forwards fumbled seemingly easy marks or sent out wild snap-shots to little effect.
Greg Mellor starred in the first term and continued to be a threat all day and Adam Richardson deserved re-spect. But for the remaining West forwards, it was a day to forget.
The Bloods reshuffled its line-up at the main break and Put up a limited revival in the third term making the first three scoring shots.
But when Glenelg put the pedal down with goals to the hyperactive James Byrne and Ben McEntee, it left West in its impressive wake.
"It was all set up around the ball and guys stuck to the game plan," a sat-isfied coach Tony McGuinness said. "We were hard at the ball and fast around the footy and we crumbed well when it went forward - our guys were front and centre. It was a good result."
Ex-West ruckman Brooke Fogden made a difference when he came off the bench and he rotated with Rod Jameson at full back on the dangerous Adam Richardson.
West defender Ed Richardson and rover Mark DiRosa hung in all day, Mark Stewart won the centre ball-ups, Connell and Mellor had glimpses of quality and Greg Dempsey lifted in the second half. But overall it was a poor performance for a team that has the talent to be in the top three.
"We were flogged," coach Michael Taylor said.
"We were flat-footed and slow to the footy. We haven't played a good game this year at all… and they have to take up the challenge. The only winner we had was Mellor- we couldn't have gone any worse.

BEST PLAYERS: Chigwidden, Byrne, Liptak, Kelly, Cook, Hele, Rouvray, Raidis.
SCORERS: Liptak 4.1, Cook 4.0, McEntee, Hele 2.1, Grenvold 2.0, Byrne 1.1, Jameson, Higgins Feddema, 1.0, Chigwidden 0.1, rushed 0.2.
INJURIES: Byrne (corked thigh), Mellody (hamstring).
CROWD: 1223.

RESERVES:Glenelg 15.10 (100) defeated West 9.13 (67)
UNDER 19:Glenelg 13.13 (91) defeated West 7.8 (50)
UNDER 17:Glenelg defeated West (score unavailable)