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Berwick Bandits v Stoke Potters
KO Cup (1st Round), 29 June 2005
Shielfield Park, Berwick
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2* | 0 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | 0 | 1* | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Tom P Madsen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Adam Pietraszko | 3 | 3 | 2 | R | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 3 | 1* | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Scott Smith | 3 | 2 | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | Carl Wilkinson | 2* | 1 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | Robbie Kessler | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Paul Clews | 1* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Alan Mogridge | 0 | 2 | 3 | F | 2 | 1* | . | 8 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Theo Pijper | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | 4 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Luke Priest | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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There was never much doubt that Berwick would sail through to the next round after their six point win at Stoke in the first leg. The Bandits who are in fine form at the moment were at full strength while Stoke had Theo Pijper as a guest for Jan Staechmann. They also used R/R for Peter Carr and had Luke Priest at number 7 with Jack Hargreaves out injured. It didn’t take long for Berwick to put this tie well and truly beyond Stoke. Indeed they had their ticket for the next round by the end of heat 11 when they led on aggregate by 89-67. The opening heat, won by Adrian Rymel, was shared but Berwick’s strong reserve pair of Scott Smith and Carl Wilkinson made their presence felt with a 5-1 in heat 2. In heat 3 Alan Mogridge touched the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back. Pietraszko and Madsen took a 4-2 as did Makovsky and Wilkinson in heat 4 and Pietraszko and Madsen again in heat 5 as Berwick sauntered into a ten point lead at 20-10. Theo Pijper became Stoke’s first race winner beating Adrian Rymel in heat 6 and Alan Mogridge became the second in heat 7 beating Scott Smith. With no support from their team mates both heats were shared. In heat 8 Chris Schramm and Carl Wilkinson added another 4-2 to take the heat 8 score to 30-18. Theo Pijper won again in heat 9 ending Adam Pietrasko’s maximum hopes. This time with Barrie Evans beating Tom P Madsen there was support and Stoke took their one and only heat advantage of the night by 2-4. Berwick upped a gear after that and took two 5-1s and two 4-2s over the next four heats which raced the score onto 50-28. Robbie Kessler had been due to take the R/R ride in heat 13 but withdrew feeling unwell. Heat 14 was shared as Adam Pietraszko retired as was the last heat won by Michal Makovsky with Adrian Rymel relegated to last place by Theo Pijper and Alan Mogridge. Match Report by Merlin |