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Isle of Wight Islanders v Sheffield Tigers
Premier League, 19 July 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 2 | 3 | 2* | 3 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | Steen Jensen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 3 | 3 | 3 | F | . | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 2* | 2* | 2* | 3 | Fx | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | Tomas Suchanek | 3 | 2* | 2* | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 3 | 2* | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | Glen Phillips | 0 | M | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 3 | 1 | 2^ | F | 3 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Richard Hall | F | 1 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 1 | 1* | 2^ | 2 | 2* | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 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 were at full strength for this match as were Sheffield with Sean Wilson and Richard Hall back in the side. It was another huge win for the Islanders tonight following their demolition of Edinburgh last week. This time they took the bonus too as Sheffield could only come up with two race winners all match. Sheffield went in front with a 2-4 in heat 1 when Sean Wilson beat Craig Boyce and Steen Jensen suffered an engine failure on the run in to the line surrendering third place to Ben Wilson. The Islanders followed by producing the race winner to the next 13 heats. Heat 2 was shared though as Cooper and Legault followed Jason Doyle home after Glenn Phillips had to go from 15 metres back for tape touching. Then the home side slipped into top gear and won four of the next five heats by the 5-1 margin. The only break in this sequence came in heat 6, won by Boyce, with Cooper and Compton keeping Jensen at the back for a shared heat. The score after heat 7 was 28-14. Ben Wilson took a second place in heat 8, won by Steen Jensen as the Islanders added another two points to their lead with a 4-2. In heat 9 Andre Compton took a TR but, despite a fast start, he was passed by both Marsh and Ostergaard on the exit from the second bend as the Tigers conceded a 5-2. In heat 10 Jensen and Boyce added another 5-1 to the score then Sean Wilson took a TR in heat 11. He was no more successful than Andre Compton two heats previously so another 5-2 went the Islanders way to take the score to 47-21. Krister Marsh fell in heat 12 but Glenn Phillips rose to the occasion by denying Sheffield any advantage by winning the race. Sean Wilson fell in heat 13 while Boyce beat Compton for a 4-2 to the Islanders, a score which was repeated in heat 14 when Richard Hall split the Ostergaard/Doyle pairing to take the score to 58-28. It looked as though Sheffield would struggle to hit the 30 point mark but, in heat 15, Ulrich Ostergaard fell on the first bend and was excluded. In the rerun the Tigers shocked their hosts when Sean Wilson and Andre Compton took a 1-5 ahead of Craig Boyce to top the 30 point mark and prevent the Islanders topping the 60 point mark again. By that time the bonus had long since disappeared as far as the Tigers were concerned. Match Report by Merlin |