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Hull Vikings v Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier Trophy (Group), 30 March 2005
Craven Park, Hull
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Emiliano Sanchez | 3 | 2* | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 12 | 3 |
| 3 | Lee Dicken | 1 | 1 | R | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Barrie Evans | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Craig Branney | 2 | 1 | 1 | R | 0 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Daniel Nermark | 2 | 2 | 6^ | 1 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Theo Pijper | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Rusty Harrison | 2 | 4^ | R | 3 | M | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Cameron Woodward | 0 | 1* | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Ross Brady | 2 | 1 | 3 | Fx | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | William Lawson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2* | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Robert Ksiezak | 3 | F | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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This was a clash between the 2004 and 2003 League Champions. Hull were without the injured Joel Parsons and used Barrie Evans as a guest reserve replacement while Edinburgh were at full strength. Four of the first five heats resulted in 4-2 wins to the Vikings. Heat 2 was the exception when Robert Kzeizak headed home Craig Branney and Barrie Evans. There was a delay after heat 4 to allow grading of the second bend but after the 4-2 in heat 5 Edinburgh fell further behind to a 5-1 to Paul Thorp and Emiliano Sanchez after Ross Brady had briefly led the field. Edinburgh now found themselves 24-12 and well into TR territory. Rusty Harrison took the TR in heat 7 and finished second to Garry Stead. However, with Cameron Woodward third the Monarchs took a 3-5 to pull two points back at 27-17. Hull were back to winning ways with a 4-2 in heat 8 to restore the 12 point gap. Edinburgh had their second heat success in heat 9 when Ross Brady beat Emil Kramer with William Lawson third as Lee Dicken retired but another 5-1 to Hull in heat 10 from Paul Thorp and Emiliano Sanchez from Cameron Woodward after Rusty Harrison had retired took the score to 38-24.In heat 11 Daniel Nermark took a TR and stung the Vikings by winning the heat. With Theo Pijper taking second place ahead of the previously unbeaten Garry Stead Edinburgh took the big 1-8 to reduce the gap to 39-32 and suddenly Edinburgh had halved the deficit to seven points! Worse was to follow for the Vikings when Edinburgh had another maximum heat win in heat 12 through Rusty Harrison and William Lawson after Craig Branney, in second place, had an engine failure on the third lap to take the score to 40-37. So after being completely out of the match with a 14 point deficit after heat 10 the Monarchs found themselves just three points in arrears. In heat 13 Ross Brady fell while Hull were on a 5-1 and the race was rerun with Brady excluded. It made no difference though as Stead and Thorp produced the same result ahead of Daniel Nermark in the rerun to stretch the lead to 7 points again and Hull were almost home and dry. They were after a shared heat 14 won by Emil Kramer from Robert Ksiezak and Cameron Woodward. In heat 15 Rusty Harrison was excluded under the two minute rule before Emiliano Sanchez completed his paid maximum behind Paul Thorp for a closing 5-1 to Hull which gave them an 11 point win. Match Report by Merlin |