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Edinburgh Monarchs v Rye House Rockets
Premier League, 08 July 2005
Armadale Stadium, Edinburgh
| 1 | Theo Pijper | 2 | 2 | 3 | R | 0 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Cameron Woodward | 0 | 1* | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel Nermark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4^ | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Rusty Harrison | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | William Lawson | 2 | 1* | 2 | 1 | 1* | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | David McAllan | 0 | 0 | 2* | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Stuart Robson | 3 | F | 2 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 2 | Edward Kennett | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Brent Werner | 1* | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel King | 2 | 0 | Fx | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Steve Boxall | 3 | Fx | 1 | 2* | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Tommy Allen | 1 | 1* | 1 | F | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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It was the third match in three nights for Edinburgh who were returning home from heavy defeats at Somerset and Sheffield. The Monarchs had David McAllan back at number 7 while Kristian Lund made his home debut as the temporary replacement for Ross Brady. Rye House , with Daniel King back in the side, were at full strength. Edinburgh were no match for a Rye House side which carried too much firepower throughout the team, the basis of which was the lightning starts they seemed able to produce at will. The Monarchs were restricted to four race winners and never looked likely to take anything from this match although they fought their way back to within two points of the Rockets only to be the subject of an appalling refereeing blunder in heat 12. Rye House won the opening two heats 2-4 with wins from Stuart Robson and Steve Boxall before Daniel Nermark won heat 3 for the home side for a shared heat. Rusty Harrison did likewise in heat 4 and the score was then 10-14. The Rockets produced the race winner of the next four heats but Edinburgh hung on by claiming the minor places until heat 8 when Tommy Allen came up with a third place point in support of Edward Kennett’s race win for a Rockets’ 2-4 to increase their lead to six points at 21-27. During that spell, heat 5 saw a fine ride by Cameron Woodward to force his way past Stuart Robson in support of Daniel Nermark but Robson in his desperation to repass Woodward slid off on the last lap. Cameron Woodward featured in another thrilling race in heat 9 leading Chris Neath from the gate as Daniel Nermark, in an effort to join him, almost ran into Neath and pulled a locker which effectively put him out of the race. On the last lap Neath, who had hounded Woodward all race, finally burst through on the last bend for an excellent race win and another 2-4 to the Rockets which increased their lead to 8 points. In heat 10 it looked as though Werner and King might be off for a 1-5 to the visitors but Daniel King, under pressure from McAllan and Pijper fell on the fourth bend. In the rerun, Theo Pijper and David McAllan breathed some life into the Edinburgh corpse by bursting to the front to head home Brent Werner for a 5-1 to cut the Rye House lead to four points. Inspired by that, Edinburgh followed it with a 4-2 with Rusty Harrison, after being passed by Stuart Robson on the second bend, roaring around the outside of Robson on the first two bends of the second lap. With William Lawson comfortably beating Edward Kennett the difference between the teams was only two points. In heat 12, however, Cameron Woodward and Steve Boxall collided coming off the start line and Boxall’s footrest lifted Woddward’s back wheel in the air leaving the Edinburgh man stranded. The referee saw nothing wrong with this and the Rockets pair made light work of David McAllan for a 1-5 which restored a six point lead for them at 33-39. The match effectively ended with another 1-5 for the Rockets in heat 13. Theo Pijper led all the way until the back straight of the last lap when his bike gave up the ghost letting the Rye pair through for another maximum heat win. Daniel Nermark took a TR in heat 14 but could only follow home Daniel King who made a lightning start for a 5-3 to Edinburgh then Robson and Neath raced off with a last heat 1-5 against a demoralised Monarchs side to end with a 12 point win. Match Report by Merlin |