Middlesbrough Bears
Peter McNamara 13+1 (5)
Edinburgh Monarchs
Doug Wyer 13 (5)
Curtain-raiser Challenge
56
40
Thursday 31st March 1988
Cleveland Park
Middlesbrough Bears
 56
1. Mark Fiora 3 F 2* 3 1* 9 2
2. Peter McNamara 2* 2 3 3 3 13 1
3. Daz Sumner 3 2 3 3 2 13 0
4. Ashley Norton 2 3 2 1 2 10 0
5. David Blackburn 1* 1 1* 1 1* 5 3
6. Andy Buck2 3 1 0 1 5 0
7. Paul Bentley 1 0 0 1 0
Edinburgh Monarchs
 40
1. Les Collins X 0 2 2 3 7 0
2. Jeremy Luckhurst 1 2 2 1* 2 8 1
3. Doug Wyer 2 3 3 2 3 13 0
4. Brett Saunders 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
5. Jamie Luckhurst 3 3 F 0 0 6 0
6. Scott Lamb 0 2 1 R 0 3 0
7. Darrell Branford X 0 1* 1 1