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Berwick Bandits v Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Premier League, 12 August 2006
Shielfield Park, Berwick
| 1 | Jacek Rempala | 2* | 1 | 1* | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Andreas Bergstrom | 3 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 3 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | Stanislaw Burza | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Danny Warwick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Craig Branney | 2* | 1* | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2* | 11 | 3 |
| 1 | Jason Lyons | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Daniel King | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | 13 | 1 |
| 4 | Jason King | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Brent Werner | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | James Brundle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Jordan Frampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Both teams used R/R for injured riders - Berwick without James Birkinshaw at number 3 and Mildenhall without Jon Armstrong at number 2. Mildenhall made the short journey down the A1 from their victory at Edinburgh last night to face Berwick on the second leg of their three match Northern tour. After a dreadful start the Fen Tigers recovered to home in on the Bandits but were never able to quite close the gap in what was a thoroughly entertaining meeting. Mildenhall were none too impressed with the amount of water on the track but by heat 8 the track had dried out to the extent that it needed more watering! There was also a problem in the pits with the tyres but matters were soon resolved. Berwick looked to be in line for a big win when they scored 5-1s in the opening two heats from Bergstrom and Rempala then their two reserves but the King brothers put a halt to any such thoughts by scoring a 1-5 for the visitors ahead of Burza. Brent Werner won heat 4 for a shared race and a score of 14-10. Mildenhall shave another two points off the home side’s lead with a 2-4 from Lyons who beat Burza and Jason King then the teams traded 4-2s in heats 6 and 7. Daniel King who was in excellent form won heat 8 and the home team knew they had a fight on their hands with the score at 25-23. In heat 9 Berwick looked as though they would put some distance between them and their opponents when they sat on a 5-1but Stanislaw Burza suffered a puncture and the Fen Tigers shared the race to keep the gap at two points. Wins for Jason Lyons and Daniel King for shared races kept the pressure on the Bandits with King’s win in heat 10 an excellent effort coming from the back. Finally Berwick doubled their lead in heat 12 when Andreas Bergstrom finally lowered Daniel King’s colours with a tapes-to-flag win supported by Branney in third place. This took the score to 38-34. In heat 13 Jason Lyons won again but Brent Werner could make no impression at the back so the race was shared. Finally the home support were able to breath more easily when Burza and Branney scored the match winning 5-1with Branney producing an amazing burst on the 3rd bend, 3rd lap to dive underneath Jordan Frampton for second place. Michal Makovsky managed to win a race at last in heat 15 beating Jason Lyons. With Burza taking third place from Daniel King, Berwick opened up a 10 point lead with the 4-2 to take to Mildenhall later in the month in search of the bonus point. Match Report by Merlin |