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Isle of Wight Islanders v Rye House Rockets
Young Shield (QF), 27 September 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 0 | 1* | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 2 | 3 | 2* | 1 | 3 | 2* | . | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | Krzysztof Stojanowski | 1 | F | R | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | Glen Phillips | 3 | R | 2* | 2* | 2 | 1 | . | 10 | 2 |
| 2 | Edward Kennett | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4^ | 0 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Brent Werner | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6^ | 1 | . | 15 | 0 |
| 4 | Daniel King | R | 1* | 0 | 1* | 2 | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 2* | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | R | . | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | Steve Boxall | R | R | R | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Tommy Allen | 1 | 2* | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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The Isle of Wight were again without Steen Jensen and operated R/R at number 2 in his place. Rye House were missing Stuart Robson and used R/R at number one. Rye House came with an enormous 32 point lead from the first leg leaving the Islanders looking for a miracle. Just to make completely sure there would be no fightback, the Rockets started with a 1-5 from Edward Kennett and Chris Neath who headed home Craig Boyce. However the Islanders levelled it again with a 5-1 in the reserves race. Brent Werner won heat 3 for a shared heat as Daniel King suffered an engine failure while on a 1-5 with Werner. Rye House went back in front in heat 4 with another 1-5 this time from Chris Neath and Tommy Allen who beat Krzysztof Stojanowski as his partner, Glen Phillips shed a chain on the first bend. This took the score to 10-14. The Islanders then enjoyed a spell of six heats which saw them win all but one of them to score 26 points to the Rockets 10. Ostergaard beat Werner with Marsh heading home Kennett in heat 5 to kick off this spell with a 4-2 then Boyce and Ostergaard took a 5-1 from Neath in heat 6. Krzysztof Stojanowski fell in heat 7 surrendering his third place to Daniel King so Jason Doyle’s win from Brent Werner was for a shared heat. In heat 8 Doyle and Phillips took another 5-1 ahead of Edward Kennet and the Islanders had raced into a 6 point lead with the score at 27-21. Krister marsh beat Chris Neath with Ostergaard third in heat 9 to keep the home side’s winning run going with another 4-2 then Craig Boyce and Glen Phillips scored a 5-1 from Werner and King in heat 10 as the Islanders moved 12 ahead on the night. This was the signal for Edward Kennett to take a TR in heat 11. Jason Doyle won the heat but Kennett finished second with Daniel King taking third place as Krzysztof Stojanowski suffered an engine failure and Rye House had taken a 3-5. Brent Werner was next up for a TR in heat 12 and he made no mistake winning the heat from Glen Phillips. Tommy Allen finished third ahead of Krister Marsh so Rye House had added another 2-7 advantage to the score to make it 41-36 after 12 heats. In heat 13 the home side took a 4-2 as Craig Boyce beat Chris Neath with Jason Doyle third from Edward Kennett and the Islanders lead went to 7 points. In heat 14 Ulrich Ostergaard guaranteed a win on the night for the Isle of Wight when he beat Daniel King with Glen Phillips third for another 4-2 then, in the last heat, Boyce and Ostergaard added another 5-1 ahead of Werner as Chris Neath retired. Match Report by Merlin |