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Isle of Wight Islanders v Kings Lynn Stars
Premier Trophy (Group), 05 April 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 3 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 2 | Manuel Hauzinger | 1 | 0 | F | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 3 | 2 | R | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 2* | 1* | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 5 | Jason Bunyan | 2 | 2* | 2 | 3 | 2* | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | Steen Jensen | 3 | 3 | 1* | 2* | . | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 7 | Jason Doyle | 2* | 1* | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 1 | Tomas Topinka | 2 | 6^ | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | James Brundle | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Kevin Doolan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Adam Allott | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Oliver Allen | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Jan Jaros | 1 | 1* | 2* | 1 | 1 | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Ashley Jones | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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The Isle of Wight came into this match at full strength on the back of three away fixtures in this tournament already, a win at Reading, a hammering at Rye House and a decent showing at Exeter. King’s Lynn were unbeaten having home wins against Somerset and Exeter to their credit but the Isle of Wight does not hold happy memories for them. Following last week’s injuries to Troy Batchelor the Stars have signed Ashley Jones to take Troy’s place meantime and he made his debut tonight at number 7. The Islanders got off to a flying start with a 4-2 and two 5-1s in the opening three heats before Oliver Allen stopped the rot by winning heat 3 for a shared heat. The score after four heats was 17-7 so King’s Lynn immediately gave Tomas Topinka a TR in heat 5 which he duly won from Krister Marsh and Ulrich Ostergaard for a 3-6. A shared heat 6 was followed by a home 5-1 from Steen Jensen and Jason Bunyan to put the Isle of Wight 11 ahead at 28-17 but back came the Stars with a 1-5 of their own in heat 8 from James Brundle and Jan Jaros after Manuel Hauzinger had fallen to claw the score back to 29-22. King’s Lynn dug in after that and the next three heats were shared before the Stars pulled back another two points in heat 12 when Kevin Doolan beat Krister Marsh with Jan Jaros taking the third place point from Jason Doyle. So the gap closed further to five points at 40-35 with three heats to go as King’s Lynn enjoyed one of their better nights on the Island. I don’t know what they put in the tea during the interval but after heat 12 King’s Lynn crumbled over the last three heats losing a 4-2 then two 5-1s to finish 15 points down at 54-39. Still having nearly scored 40 points, King’s Lynn will probably fancy taking the bonus point in the return match on 20 April. Match Report by Merlin |