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Isle of Wight Islanders v Rye House Rockets
Premier League, 15 August 2006
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Chris Holder | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 3 | 2* | . | 16 | 2 |
| 2 | Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | R | 3 | 2 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Jason Doyle | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | 15 | 0 |
| 4 | Krzysztof Stojanowski | 1* | 2* | 3 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 11 | 3 |
| 6(g) | Jordan Frampton | 2* | 2* | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Nick Simmons | 3 | 2* | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 1 | Edward Kennett | 2 | 1 | F | 6^ | 0 | 0 | . | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Ross Brady | 0 | R | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tommy Allen | 3 | 1# | R | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | R | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Danny Betson | 0 | 0 | 1 | R | 1 | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Adam Roynon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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The Isle of Wight again used R/R for Ray Morton at number 5 and had Mildenhall’s Jordan Frampton guesting at number 6 for Chris Johnson. Rye House were missing Steve Boxall and used R/R at number 3. Their reserve pairing for this meeting was Danny Betson and Adam Roynon. Once again the start was delayed on the Island to let another sizeable crowd in. With Steve Boxall missing Rye House were well and truly up against it and their prospects weren’t exactly improved when Ross Brady withdrew from the meeting after two pointless rides complaining of dizziness. The Rockets had a miserable evening with the 35 point defeat leaving them with the proverbial mountain to climb when the two teams meet next month at which time the bonus point will be up for grabs. The Islanders got off to a blistering start. They took a 4-2 in the opening heat after Ross Brady had led from the start. They all passed him with Chris Holder leading home Edward Kennett and Jason Bunyan. The home side added a 5-1 in the reserves race after Danny Betson had touched the tapes and had to start from 15 metres back but Tommy Allen took heat 3 for the Rockets for a shared heat. Chris Neath was next to start from 15 metres back after being excluded for failing to beat the two minute time allowance. He then retired from the race as the Islanders cruised to another 5-1 from Holder and Simmons to take a 17-7 lead after four races. Things got worse for the Rockets when Ross Brady’s withdrawal from the meeting was announced and they lost another 5-1 in heat 5 when Edward Kennett was left to follow home Doyle and Stojanowski. The visiting fans got something to cheer about in heat 6, though, as Adam Roynon gated to lead the field until Chris Holder managed to pass him. Still the Rye House youngster took a good second place ahead of Jason Bunyan and Chris Neath but the Rockets fell another two points in arrears. If things weren’t going too well for them, they didn’t get any better in a disastrous heat 7! Tommy Allen took a TR for them but Krzysztof Stojanowski was joined by young Jordan Frampton up front for a 5-1 to the home side relegating Allen to third after Edward Kennett had fallen at the start of the last lap causing the race to be awarded. At last Rye House managed a heat advantage in heat 8 when Jason Bunyan fell while leading. Adam Roynon won the race from Nick Simmons for a 2-4 to the Rockets which took the score to 33-15. At this point Chris Holder and Jordan Frampton were unbeaten for the Isle of Wight while Adam Roynan had scored 7 of the Rockets’ 15 points! Heat 9 produced another home 5-1 this time from Doyle and Stojanowski while Chris Neath scored his first point of the match by taking third place. The Islanders added another maximum heat win in heat 10 through Bunyan and Holder with Tommy Allen retiring after the first lap. In heat 11 Edward Kennett took a TR for Rye House and won the race from Jason Bunyan and Jordan Frampton for a 3-6 to give the visitors some relief by topping the 20 point mark. However normal service was resumed in heat 12 with Chris Doyle and Nick Simmons, who passed Tommy Allen on the last lap, adding the Islanders’ seventh 5-1. This took the score after 12 races to 51-24. Chris Neath split the Holder/Doyle pairing in heat 13 for a 4-2 and Tommy Allen produced the same result from heat 14 by splitting Stojanowski and Frampton. This left Rye House needing two points from the last heat to hit the 30 point mark. They couldn’t manage it though as Jason Doyle won the race from Chris Holder who completed his paid maximum ahead of Allen and Kennett for the Isle of Wight’s eighth 5-1 of the match. Match Report by Merlin |