Team Websites for News and More Detailed Match Reports:
Isle of Wight Islanders Website (Wightlink)
Live Updates for a Current or Recent match: Live Speedway Updates
Discussion on Matches and Other Speedway Issues: Speedway Forum
Isle of Wight Islanders v Newport Wasps
Premier Trophy (Group), 22 June 2006
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Chris Holder | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | 15 | 1 |
| 3 | Jason Doyle | 3 | 2* | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | Krzysztof Stojanowski | 3 | 2* | 3 | 2* | 3 | 3 | . | 16 | 2 |
| 5 | Ray Morton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2* | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Johnson | 2* | Fx | 0 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Nick Simmons | 3 | 1* | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 1(g) | Stephan Katt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1* | M | . | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | Tony Atkin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4^ | 2 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Carl Wilkinson | 3 | 1* | 6^ | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Sam Hurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
|
The Isle of Wight had new signing Ray Morton at number 5 while they used R/R at number 2 for broken collarbone victim Jason Bunyan. Newport had Somerset’s Stephan Katt as their guest for Craig Watson and used R/R for Neil Collins at number 3. The main interest in this match, which was of no significance to the southern group of the Premier Trophy, was the return of Ray Morton to the Islanders’ colours in place of Krister Marsh. He did well with 6+1 from his four rides and gives the Isle of Wight a very powerful looking side once Jason Bunyan returns from injury. All the home riders were paid for at least 7 points and they restricted Newport to just two race winners. Heat 1 produced a bit of a surprise. Krzysztof Stojanowski (R/R) won the race but Chris Schramm did well to keep Chris Holder back in third place. It was the only points Holder dropped all night as the Islanders opened with a 4-2. Two 5-1 heat wins followed but not before Chris Schramm and Krzysztof Stojanowski had had a fantastic battle in heat 3 with the two riders virtually inseparable for three and a half laps until Stojanowski finally got passed the Newport man. Carl Wilkinson won heat 3 by passing Ray Morton on the third lap for a shared heat and the score after four races stood at 17-7. Stojanowski and Doyle added a 5-1 in heat 5 then Chris Johnson taking the R/R ride fell in heat 6 and was excluded from the rerun which was won by Chris Holder for a shared heat. In heat 7 Carl Wilkinson took a TR and brightened up the Wasps’ evening by winning the race from Ray Morton. Better still for Newport, Tony Atkin was third so the Wasps scored a 2-7 to trail by 9 points. Chris Holder won heat 8 from Chris Schramm and a 4-2 which took the score to 31-20. Doyle and Stojanowski scored their third consecutive 5-1 as a pairing in heat 9 beating Carl Wilkinson into third place then Chris Holder won heat 10. However Tony Atkin ended Jason Doyle’s unbeaten run by taking second place with the 4-2 taking the score to 40-23. Ray Morton demolished the tapes in heat 11 and went from 15 metres back. Chris Johnson won the race for the home side but Stephan Katt finally got off the mark by taking second place with Chris Schramm third for a shared race. In heat 12 Tony Atkin took a TR but failed to repeat his performance of heat 10 by beating Jason Doyle. Doyle got his own back this time and Atkin’s second place resulted in a 4-4 share of the points taking the score to 47-30. The Islanders finished with two 5-1s and a 4-2 with wins from Chris Holder in heat 13 and from Krzysztof Stojanowski in both heats 14 and 15 which gave Stojanowski a six ride paid maximum. Match Report by Merlin |