Senators took on Dundee Hurricanes at the weekend and came away wit a 55-6 victory.

Played in glorious sunshine, the game kicked off with the Hurricanes receiving the ball. Staring from their own 19-yard line after a short return.

After a couple of plays and an offensive penalty, Dundee were forced to punt from their own 14. The punter was smothered in the backfield as he tried get the ball away by Boy de Waart and Paul Uncle Anderson. This great Gateshead excellent field advantage and started the first drive from the seven-yard line. After a couple of up-the gut runs by Mickey Rumney, John Harrison powered the ball across the line for the go-ahead score. A failed two point conversion made the score Gateshead 6, Dundee 0 early in the first quarter.

After a better return, Dundee started their second drive from the 25-yard line. After string back to back passes together, Hurricane QB Bruce Thompson want for a deep pass towards the goal. Last week's star man Ed Morgan intercepted the ball who returned it from his own 10-yard line to the 32. Gateshead went to the ground game but turned the ball over on downs after coming up short. Dundee coming off their first loss last week, started moving the ball against the Gateshead D and faced with a fourth and 11, went for the pass. Catching the ball close to the sideline, Fraser Thompson put on a couple of good moves and scampered down the sideline to score Dundee's first touchdown. The two-point conversion failed and the scores were tied as the quarter closed.

Gateshead, slightly shell shocked gathered there thoughts and drove the ball from the ensuing kick off down to the Dundee nine-yard line. Faced with a 4th and 2 on the nine, two successive penalties against the 'O' saw them moved back ten yards.

The pass to the corner of the endzone fell short and the small Dundee Team had stood firm. Dundee went three and out and were forced to punt half way through the second quarter. After taking a week off to rest an injury, Craig Million joined the fray and quickly moved the team down to a scoring position, in which he duly did from the 1-yard line. Gary Marshall added the extra point and the score increased to Gateshead 13, Dundee 6. Dundee came out throwing, taking the advice of the recent report in First Down and made some small gains. Facing a second and ten, a sweep play by Dundee was broken up in the backfield by Mark Lindsey for a 5-yard loss. On the following play, Boy De Waart who had plagued the Dundee line all afternoon sacked the quarterback for another ten-yard loss.

Ed Morgan returned the punt to set up Gateshead from the Dundee 40 yard line going in. After a couple of breakaway runs by Craig Million, Jonathan Rooney ran ten yards off tackle left virtually untouched to increase the lead. With a failed two point, the score was now Gateshead 19, Dundee 6. Both teams then put short drives together which came up short and the half came with Gateshead still up by two scores. The second half started with Gateshead fired up following a half-time talk by Coach Gary Marshall. From the kick off, Mark Lindsey returned the ball for 45 yards and may have gone all the way but was tackled at the Hurricane 25. With Dave Nimmins starting to find his receivers, he hit Richard Green in the endzone with a nine yard pass to increase the lead to three scores. With a sail away snap, Lee Fraser could not handle the ball in time for the point after to be successful. The next two Dundee drives were snuffed out by the Gateshead D and interceptions by Wimmie Vantergouw and Rich Cowell respectively. Dundee stood firm against the power running of Gateshead and the quarter ended Gateshead 25, Dundee 6.

Gateshead moved the ball deep into Hurricane territory, but a bomb to Christopher Mayne was picked off on the six-yard line to end the drive. Bruce Thompson went to the air trying to spur some offensive momentum but was picked off at his own nineteen by Linebacker Steve Wooton. Three plays later and Jonathan Rooney went in from six yards out for his second rushing touchdown of the day. With an excellent reception by Lee Fraser, the score increased to 33-6. On the following drive, Derek Parry forced the Dundee ball carrier back inside who fumbled the ball. Adam Mennim gratefully picked this up on the Dundee 31 yard line. Three plays later and Craig Million ran into the endzone to make the score Gateshead 39, Dundee 6 halfway through the final quarter, with a failed conversion that's the way it stayed.

After being forced to punt on their next drive, Gateshead took over from the Dundee twenty and A good mix of plays saw John Harrison rush in from 12 yards out for his second touchdown. John then followed up with a run up the middle for the two point conversion to make the score Gateshead 47, Dundee 6.

Desperately trying to start a drive, Bruce Thompson, QB for the Hurricanes went to the air again only to be picked off for the second time by Steve Wooton who rumbled for five yards in his return. As time ticked by and only 45 seconds on the clock, Dave Nimmins launched a bomb down to Richard Green for 34 yards whose diving catch saw him stopped at the one-yard line. From there, Michael Levett burst through to increase the lead. Steve Wooton catching the pass in the endzone for the two-point conversion topped off the excellent quick drive.