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Berwick Bandits v Newport Wasps
Premier League, 18 June 2005
Shielfield Park, Berwick
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | Tom P Madsen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Adam Pietraszko | 0 | 2* | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 2 | 2* | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | Scott Smith | 3 | 2* | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | Carl Wilkinson | 2* | 0 | 3 | 2* | 2 | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 1 | Mads Korneliussen | 1 | 2 | 4^ | 1 | 2 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 3 | 0 | 1* | 2 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Trent Leverington | 3 | 1 | 2^ | 0 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 1 | Fx | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Berwick were at full strength for this match against Newport who were riding their third match in three days on their northern tour. Berwick were at full strength but Newport suffered a blow when the guest they had lined up for Craig Watson, Chris Harris, withdrew. They recruited Trent Leverington to take his place at number 5. Newport as usual used R/R for Michael Coles at number 3. It was a shell-shocked Newport who travelled to Berwick after losing at Glasgow and Edinburgh on Thursday and Friday. Without Chris Harris their chances of success were slim to say the least. As at Edinburgh, though, they kicked off with a 2-4 with Kristian Lund again racing off to a heat win with Mads Korneliussen third. Consecutive 5-1s for Berwick in heats 2 and 3 from, firstly, Smith and Wilkinson, then Madsen and Pietraszko were offset to some degree by another 2-4 to the Wasps with Trent Leverington beating Michal Makovsky and Ezergailis taking third place after Wilkinson had fallen. The heat 4 score was 14-10. Although Pietraszko won heat 5, Korneliussen and Lund kept Madsen at the back for a shared heat but then Berwick had a spell of four heats when they dropped only one point. That came in heat 8 when Lund finished in second place ahead of Madsen. In heat 9 Leverington took a TR but finished third to Madsen and Pietraszko for a 5-2 as the score moved on to 36-19. Rymel and Wilkinson extended the lead to 41-20 in heat 10 with another 5-1 then Newport enjoyed two shared heats. A TR for Mads Korneliussen almost brought the full score but Makovsky executed an excellent pass for a 4-4. The Neil Collins had an excellent win passing first Tom P Madsen, then Carl Wilkinson for a 3-3. Back came Berwick to finish with a heat 13 5-1 from Makovsky and Rymel and two 4-2s to open up a 29 point lead which should surely be good enough for at least the bonus point when the two teams meet in Wales later in the season. Match Report by Merlin |