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Edinburgh Monarchs v Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier League, 27 May 2005
Armadale Stadium, Edinburgh
| 1 | Daniel Nermark | 2 | 2* | 2* | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 2 | Ross Brady | 1* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | Cameron Woodward | 2* | 2* | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 4 | Theo Pijper | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 5 | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | William Lawson | R | 1 | 0 | 2* | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | David McAllan | 3 | 1* | 2* | 2* | . | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 1 | 4^ | 3 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Manuel Hauzinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | F | 2 | 1 | F | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Tomas Suchanek | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Steen Jensen | 1* | 3 | 2^ | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | 7 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Edinburgh were looking for a big win from this match tonight to give them a decent chance to challenge for at least the bonus point in their return match against the Isle of Wight. Both teams were at full strength. This was a dismal performance from the Islanders as they were ripped apart by a rampant home side. Apart from a second place by Krister Marsh in heat 7 ahead of William Lawson, the Islanders’ riders at 2-5 i.e. Hauzinger, Marsh, Ostergaard and Suchanek failed to beat a home rider all match. It was left to Craig Boyce and the two reserves to score all bar 5 of the Islanders points. The visitors didn’t start too badly. Craig Boyce won the opening heat for a 3-3 and the second heat was shared, too, as William Lawson suffered an engine failure with David McAllan winning it. Theo Pijper and Cameron Woodward took the first of their three 5-1s as a partnership in heat 3 but in heat 4 Steen Jensen raised a few eyebrows by rocketing from the gate to lead Rusty Harrison and David McAllan home in fine style. The score after heat 4 was 14-10. Then the roof caved in for the Islanders. Edinburgh helped themselves to 7 maximum heat wins over the remaining 11 heats, even from heat 8 when Steen Jensen took a TR to finish third behind Ross Brady and David McAllan for a 5-2. The exceptions came firstly in heat 7 when Krister Marsh took the second place behind Rusty Harrison for a 4-2. Then in heat 11 Craig Boyce on a TR finished second to Rusty Harrison who made a superb inside line pass on the second bend to pass Boyce with Steen Jensen third for a 3-5, the Isle of Wight’s only heat advantage of the night. Heat 13 was won by Craig Boyce who cut back beautifully on the second bend to pass Daniel Nermark for a 3-3. Finally in the best heat of the night, heat 15, Theo Pijper and Craig Boyce passed and repassed each other with Pijper, the star of the show, coming out on top to complete his first ever 15 point full maximum. One other heat of note was heat 12 when Cameron Woodward and David McAllan hit the front only for McAllan to make a mess of the third bend allowing Jason Doyle to get through to challenge for the lead. Woodward, who had held back to wait for his partner, then had a fight on his hands to hold off Doyle but he did so to complete his first ever maximum. Meanwhile David McAllan got back into contention by reeling in Doyle and in a last bend drive passed him in the run in to the line for the 5-1. This was David McAllan’s best performance for the team. He dropped only one point in his four rides – to Steen Jensen in heat 4. Match Report by Merlin |