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Berwick Bandits v Newcastle Diamonds
Premier League, 17 June 2006
Shielfield Park, Berwick
| 1 | Stanislaw Burza | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Jamie Birkinshaw | R | 2* | 1* | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Michal Makovsky | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | R | 1* | . | 12 | 1 |
| 5 | Andreas Bergstrom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Danny Warwick | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Craig Branney | 1 | 1 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 1* | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 2 | Christian Henry | 0 | Fx | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Manuel Hauzinger | 2 | 1 | 1* | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | James Grieves | 1* | 2 | 1* | 6^ | 3 | . | . | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | George Stancl | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6^ | 2 | 3 | . | 18 | 0 |
| 6 | Adam McKinna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Berwick were again missing Lee Smethills with a virus infection and used R/R at number 2 in his place. James Birkinshaw made his home debut riding at number 3 while Craig Branney recovered from his injured foot from last night’s meeting at Edinburgh to take his place at number 7. Newcastle were without Josef Franc and used R/R at number 1. Newcastle slipped behind early in this match and never quite got on terms again despite two 6 point TRs from George Stancl and James Grieves. There was only one 5-1 in this match which went the way of Berwick in heat 5. The other heats all resulted in 4-2s and 3-3s apart from the 3-6s from the TRs. Seven of the first eight heats were won by Berwick riders as the Bandits cruised into a twelve point lead at 30-18. Successful TRs in heats 9 and 10 saw the lead cut to six points at 39-33 but a 4-2 from Burza and Bergstrom in heat 13 put Berwick eight points up with two heats to go. Michal Makovsky retired in heat 14 as Newcastle took a 2-4 while a ‘tapes to flag’ win from George Stancl in the last heat ended Stanislaw Burza’s maximum hopes. After heat 14 Craig Branney and Jaimie Robertson indulged in a spot of synchronised wheelies on the back straight but it all went horribly wrong for the Newcastle reserve as he lost control with the bike falling on top of him causing him a suspected broken collarbone. Match Report by Merlin |