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Isle of Wight Islanders v Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier League, 12 July 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Steen Jensen | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 1 | 1 | 2* | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 5 | Tomas Suchanek | 2 | 2* | 3 | 2* | . | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 1* | 3 | 1 | Fx | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Glen Phillips | 2 | 1* | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 1(g) | Michal Makovsky | 2 | 2 | 4^ | 1 | 0 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cameron Woodward | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4! | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Daniel Nermark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Rusty Harrison | 3 | 2 | 2^ | 0 | 1 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | William Lawson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Robert Ksiezak | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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The Isle of Wight were at full strength for this match. Edinburgh had Michal Makovsky as a guest at number 1 for the injured Theo Pijper. Although Edinburgh kept the score fairly close over the opening heats, the Islanders soon pressed ahead and the match ultimately revolved round whether or not they could pull back the 33 point deficit for the bonus point. The Islanders did not have a single last placed rider apart from Jason Doyle who fell in heat 14 under challenge from Daniel Nermark. In the opening heat Craig Boyce just nipped ahead of Michal Makovsky on the second bend for an opening 4-2 to the home side. William Lawson comfortably won the reserves race for a shared heat then Daniel Nermark split the Ostergaard/Marsh pairing for another 4-2. Rusty Harrison made a good start to win heat 4 and, with Robert Ksiezak in second place for the first lap, Edinburgh looked as though they would take a heat advantage. However Ksiezak was passed by both the home riders on the first two bends of lap two and the heat was shared. This took the score after the opening four races to 14-10. The Isle of Wight stepped up a gear after that. They scored two 4-2s over heats 5 and 6 before registering the first 5-1 of the match in heat 7 from Tomas Suchanek and Jason Doyle from Cameron Woodward to move 12 points in front. In heat 8 Edinburgh made a reserve change with William Lawson taking Robert Ksiezak’s place and they tried to give Lawson a TR too. However the referee was having none of it and Lawson had to replace his black and white helmet cover with a yellow one. Steen Jensen made it to the second bend first but Lawson took second place for a 4-2 which moved the heat 8 score to 31-17. Rusty Harrison took a TR in heat 8 but Ostergaard and Marsh were first to drive off the second bend for a 5-2. Heat 9 produced the first pass of the match (after the second bend shake out) when Cameron Woodward drove round the outside of Steen Jensen on the third and fourth bends for second place and a 4-2 to the home side then Michal Makovsky took a TR in heat 11. Suchanek was again first to come off the second bend so Makovsky had to be content with second place which gave Edinburgh a 4-4 shared heat. Heat 12 produced an incredible ride for Cameron Woodward. Krister Marsh was quickly into the lead with Woodward giving chase. On the second bend of the second lap Woodward went just too wide to get some drive and clouted the fence. His front wheel reared in the air and he did well to stay on his machine although he slipped to the back. Nothing daunted he took up the chase again, passed William Lawson and caught and passed Glen Phillips on the last bend for a hard earned second place and a 4-2 to the Islanders. The score was now 48-27 and it was clear that the Islanders were going to fall short in their quest for the bonus. A ‘tapes to flag’ win for Boyce and Suchanek produced another home 5-1 then Edinburgh played their last card by giving Cameron Woodward a GDTS ride from 15 metres back. Daniel Nermark burst into life by almost squeezing past Ulrich Ostergaard on the first two bends but he was passed by both Ostergaard then Doyle. A close race followed between Doyle and Nermark before Doyle fell on the third lap. The rerun was again won by Ostergaard but with Nermark slowing to allow Woodward through Edinburgh took their one and only heat advantage of the night with a 3-5. The Islanders wrapped things up with Boyce and Ostergaard completing their maximums in the last heat. Match Report by Merlin |