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Hull Vikings v Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier League, 11 May 2005
Craven Park, Hull
| 1 | Emiliano Sanchez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Paul Thorp | 1* | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | Craig Branney | R | 2* | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 2 | 0 | 1* | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Simone Terenzani | 1* | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Manuel Hauzinger | M | 1 | R | F | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 1* | 1* | X^ | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4^ | 3 | 0 | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Mike Pickering | 0 | 0 | 1 | Fx | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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With the new averages coming into force, Hull had Emiliano Sanchez at number 1 with Paul Thorp moving to number 2 and Craig Branney moving into the body of the team at number 3. Their Italian signing, Simone Terenzani moved down to share the reserve berths with Joel Parsons. The Isle of Wight used Rider Replacement for Jason Bunyan at number 5 and had Mike Pickering at number seven for Steen Jensen. The opening three heats were all shared before Hull got their noses in front with a 4-2 in heat 4 when Garry Stead beat Ulrich Ostergaard who was taking a R/R ride with Terenzani third. They followed this with a 5-1 in heat 5 from Emil Kramer and Craig Branney with Manuel Hauzinger third to take a six point lead at 18-12. In heat 6 Paul Thorp beat Craig Boyce with Sanchez third for another 4-2 which put the Vikings eight points ahead at 22-14. Heat 7 was shared but another 5-1 in heat 8 this time from Simone Terenzani and Paul Thorp ahead of Mike Pickering after Manuel Hauzinger had retired killed off any hopes the Islanders might still have had. The score was now 30-18. Kramer and Branney added another maximum in heat 9 in a three man race in which the Islanders eventually fielded only Jason Doyle. In this race Krister Marsh had been nominated for a TR and R/R but broke the tapes and so had to go from 15 metres back. He was then excluded for failing to beat the two minute time allowance and was excluded. In heat 10 Ulrich Ostergaard took a TR but could only finish second to Paul Thorp so the Islanders shared the heat 4-4. The next four heats were also shared before Hull finished with a 4-2 in heat 15 from Stead and Kramer split by Boyce. Match Report by Merlin |