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Isle of Wight Islanders v Newport Wasps
Premier Trophy (Group), 31 May 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 0 | 1 | 3 | R | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 2* | 3 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | Tomas Suchanek | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 2 | 1 | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Steen Jensen | 1* | 1 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Mads Korneliussen | 2 | 2 | 6^ | 0 | 2 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 1* | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Chris Neath | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1* | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 2^ | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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For the Isle of WightGlenn Phillips returned to the side in place of Manual Hauzinger at number 2. For Newport Chris Neath was the guest for Craig Watson and they used R/R for Michael Coles at number 3. Craig Boyce set a new track record of 67.8 in the opening heat which was shared as was heat 2 won by Tony Atkin who was in for another busy night at reserve. The Islanders took the lead with a 5-1 from Marsh and Ostergaard in heat 3 and a 4-2 in heat 4 won by Tomas Suchanek from Chris Neath and the heat 4 score was 15-9. Three more 4-2s followed from the Islanders as the home side built up a 12 point lead at 27-15 after heat 7. The next three heats were shared before Newport finally used a TR in heat 11. No doubt they were biding their time and they got it right as Mads Korneliussen won the race for a 3-6 to pull the deficit back to 9 points. Tony Atkin was next to try his luck as a TR in heat 12 but this time Newport got it wrong as it was Neil Collins who won the heat. With Tony Atkin third, Newport at least took a 2-5 to cut the Islanders’ lead to six points at 41-35. That was as close as Newport got though. They might have got even closer if Mads Korneliussen had not had an engine failure in heat 13 while leading Craig Boyce but it was the home side who took two 4-2s in heats 13 and 14 to wrap things up. The last heat was drawn leaving Newport facing ten points to pull back in the return fixture for the bonus point. Match Report by Merlin |