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Berwick Bandits v Sheffield Tigers
Premier Trophy (Group), 01 April 2006
Shielfield Park, Berwick
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 2 | 3 | 2* | 3 | 2 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | David Meldrum | 0 | 0 | Fx | 3 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Lee Smethills | 3 | 2 | 1* | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Michal Makovsky | 2* | 1* | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | Andreas Bergstrom | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Danny Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Craig Branney | 1* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Ricky Ashworth | 1 | 3 | 1 | R | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Emiliano Sanchez | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Kyle Legault | T | 1* | Fx | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 3 | 0 | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Benji Compton | 0 | 1 | 2* | R | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Both Berwick and Sheffield were able to track full-strength teams for this match. Berwick were looking to pull back a 21 point Sheffield lead in their quest for the bonus point. Sheffield made a good start to this match taking the opening heat 2-4 with a win from Ben Wilson from Adrian Rymel with Ricky Ashworth third. Paul Cooper then won the reserves race for a shared heat but Berwick registered a 5-1 in heat 3 from Lee Smethills and Michal Makovsky ahead of Emiliano Sanchez to take a two point lead of their own. Sheffield immediately squared the match with another 2-4 from the two Comptons. Andre won from Andreas Bergstrom and Benji took third place from Craig Branney. The score after the opening four heats was 12-12. Ricky Ashworth won heat 5 but this time Ben Wilson was at the back behind Smethills and Makovsky so the race was shared as was heat 6 won by Adrian Rymel from Andre Compton and Paul Cooper. Heat 7 made it three shared heats on the trot with a win from Andreas Bergstrom as Emiliano Sanchez and Kyle Legault kept Daniel Warwick at the back. However the Tigers went back in front again in heat 8. David Meldrum brought down Ben Wilson in the first running of the race and was excluded from the rerun won by Wilson and Benji Compton from Craig Branney. The heat eight score was now 22-26. Andre Compton kept Sheffield four points in front by winning heat 9 from Michal Makovsky and Lee Smethills for a 3-3 then in heat 10 Kyle Legault brought down David Meldrum as the Bandits were sitting on a 5-1. He was excluded from the rerun. Justice was done when Meldrum and Adrian Rymel took the 5-1 from Emiliano Sanchez and the score was all square again. Back in front went Sheffield in heat 11 as Ben Wilson beat Andreas Bergstrom with Ricky Ashworth third for a 2-4 and Emiliano Sanchez kept the visitors in front by winning heat 12 from Craig Branney and Lee Smethills. The score after heat 12 was 35-37. Berwick squared the match again in heat 13. Adrian Rymel beat Andre Compton and Andreas Bergstrom took the third place point as Ricky Ashworth retired from the race for a 4-2. Then the Bandits went in front in heat 14. Michal Makovsky won the race from Kyle Legault and Craig Branney picked up the odd point as Benji Compton fell. The resultant 4-2 gave Berwick a two point lead going into the last heat. The Bandits just scraped home with a shared last heat. Andre Compton won the race but Adrian Rymel and Michal Makovsky filled the minor places relegating Ben Wilson to the back. Match Report by Merlin |