Andersen, who left the city club amid much acrimony over unpaid wages and sponsorship last month, collected a paid maximum when helping his new employers defeat his owners at Brandon.

For the Danish racer it was just another day at the office and for depleted Panthers it was a typically disappointing trip in a campaign full of heavy away setbacks.

Andersen and his new team-mates barely had to break sweat to shake off a rather poor challenge from the city side - British boys Chris Harris and Olly Allen also completing full houses with reserve Ben Barker banging in a mighty paid 15-point haul.

The Bees were reduced to only five fit riders after Simon Stead and Robbie Kessler were injured in a horror back straight, heat seven smash but their superiority was never in any doubt.

They could only send one rider to the tapes for two races, but Pan- thers did not take advantage.

"I didn't treat this meeting any differently to any other," admitted Andersen. "I am just here to do my job and I think I did that by getting a maximum.

"I always felt we would get a win against Peterborough, but I never expected it to be quite so easy - especially as we were down to five riders for most of the meeting."

Panthers provided just three race winners and managed only two heat advantages, both of which arrived when a rider was being deployed for double points.

The busy Danny King gave a good account of himself with two successes in a 15-point haul, while Kenneth Bjerre's successful tactical ride in the re-run of the seventh contest was the highlight of his 10 points.

Young Aussie guest Kozza Smith bagged a couple of points after accepting the thankless task of stepping into absent skipper Ryan Sullivan's shoes at number one, but other members of the Panthers corps under-performed chronically.

GP rider Lukas Dryml looked seriously out of sorts as he endured a retirement, a fall and managed only 3+1 from his four outings, while reserve duo Henning Bager and Claus Vissing could only contribute three points apiece despite taking to the track for a combined 11 rides.

Panthers team boss Trevor Swales said: "It was a bad night at the office - simple as that.

"We are not riding well enough as a team and the boys have got to start looking out for each other a lot more.

"On the other hand, Coventry were strong and in Ben Barker they had a reserve really on song.

"You can't argue with paid 15 points and he earned them the hard way as well."

And you can't argue that Pan- thers will have to perform much better at table-topping Poole to avoid a miserable Bank Holiday Monday.

SCORES
Coventry
Hans Andersen 13+2 (3, 2*, 3, 3, 2*)
Olly Allen 10+2 (2*, 3, 3, 2*)
Chris Harris 14+1 (3, 2*, 3, 3, 3)
Billy Janniro 6+1 (1, 3, 1, 1*)
Simon Stead 2 (2, fx, withdrawn)
Robbie Kessler 1 (1, withdrawn)
Ben Barker 13+2 (3, 1*, 1, 1, 3, 2*, 2)
Panthers
Kozza Smith 2 (1, 1, 0)
Lukas Dryml 3+1 (ret, fx, 2, 1*)
Kenneth Bjerre 10 (2, 6 t/r, 0, 2, 0)
Rider replacement for Karol Zabik
Danny King 15 (3, 1, 2, 4 t/s, 1, 3, 1)
Henning Bager 3+2 (0, 0, 2*, 0, 1*)
Claus Vissing 3 (2, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0)

HEATS
1 - ANDERSEN (58.7), Allen, Smith, Dryml (ret). 5-1, 5-1.
2 - BARKER (60.5), Vissing, Kessler, Bager. 4-2, 9-3.
3 - HARRIS (58.3), Bjerre, Janniro, Vissing. 4-2, 13-5.
4 - KING (59.4), Stead, Barker, Vissing. 3-3,16-8.
5 - JANNIRO (awarded), Harris, Smith, Dryml (fell/exc). 5-1, 21-9.
6 - ALLEN (60.0), Andersen, King, Bager. 5-1, 26-10.
7 - re-run - BJERRE (t/r, 59.5), Bager, Barker (in for Kessler), Stead (fell/exc). 1-8, 27-18.
8 - ALLEN (60.2), Dryml, Barker, Vissing. 4-2, 31-20.
9 - HARRIS (59.3), King, Janniro, Bager. 4-2, 35-22.
10 - ANDERSEN (59.9), Allen, Vissing, Bjerre. 5-1, 40-23.
11 - BARKER (59.6), King (t/s), Dryml. 3-5, 43-28.
12 - HARRIS (59.5), Bjerre, Bager. 3-3, 46-31.
13 - ANDERSEN (59.3), Barker, King, Smith. 5-1, 51-32.
14 - KING (60.1), Barker, Janniro, Vissing. 3-3, 54-35.
15 - HARRIS (59.9), Andersen, King, Bjerre. 5-1, 59-36.
Key: * = paid points, fx = fell and excluded, t/r = tactical ride, t/s = tactical substitute