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Isle of Wight Islanders v Berwick Bandits
Premier League, 21 June 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 3 | 1* | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 2* | 2 | 2 | 3 | R | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | Tomas Suchanek | 1* | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 2* | 3 | T | Fx | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Steen Jensen | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 2 | 3 | 6^ | 1* | 1* | . | . | 13 | 2 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Tom P Madsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Adam Pietraszko | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 3 | 1* | 6^ | 2 | 2 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | Scott Smith | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Carl Wilkinson | 0 | 0 | 2* | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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After their excellent win at Reading last night Berwick headed further south to take on the Isle of Wight. There was a bonus point at stake with Berwick defending the 10 point advantage they gained at Shielfield Park. Both teams were at full strength for this match. The Islanders got off to whirlwind start winning heat 1 by 4-2 through Craig Boyce and Glenn Phillips, then heats 2 and 3 by 5-1 thanks to Steen Jensen and Jason Doyle in the reserves’ race and Krister Marsh and Ulrich Ostergaard in heat 3. Michal Makovsky became Berwick’s first race winner in heat 4 for a shared heat and a match score of 17-7. The next three heats were shared before the Isle of Wight stretched their lead to 12 points with a 4-2 in heat 7 won by Jason Doyle from Adam Pietraszko with Tomas Suchanek third. Another 4-2 in heat 8 from Jensen and Phillips saw the home side move 14 points in front and four on aggregate to take the score to 31-17 but Berwick hit back hard to have the Islanders struggling to hold on to their advantage. Michal Makovsky took a TR in heat 9 and beat Ulrich Ostergaard and Krister marsh for a 3-6 to Berwick. This reduced the Bandits’ lead to 11 points at 38-25 but the Islanders scored a 4-2 in heat 10 through Boyce and Phillips to go 13 ahead again at 38-25. So Berwick gave a TR to Adrian Rymel in heat 11and he too scored the full six points. This time he got third place support from Chris Schramm after Steen Jensen had to go from 15 metres for a tapes offence. This 2-7 pulled five points back and the score was now 40-32. In heat 12 Jason Doyle fell and his injuries required the ambulance to take him from the track to hospital. In the rerun the home side were shaken by a Bandits’ 1-5 through the Bandits’ reserves Smith and Wilkinson from Krister marsh and there were now only four points in it at 41-37. It’s as well for the Isle of Wight that Craig Boyce was in maximum mood as he won heats 13 and 15 for shared heats. Ostergaard won heat 14 also for a shared heat as the Isle of Wight held on for the win but surrendered the bonus point. Match Report by Merlin |