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Isle of Wight Islanders v Somerset Rebels
Premier Trophy (Group), 12 April 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | Manuel Hauzinger | Fx | F | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 1 | 1* | 2 | 2* | 0 | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 3 | 2 | R | 3 | 0 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | Fx | 1* | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Steen Jensen | 3 | 2 | 3 | F | 2* | 3 | 2* | 15 | 2 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 1* | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1* | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 3(g) | Daniel King | 0 | F | R | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1* | 2 | . | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Lee Smart | 1* | 1* | 1 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Jason King | 2 | 0 | 2* | 1 | 1 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Both teams went into this match with injury problems. The Isle of Wight will be without Jason Bunyan for some time in view of his broken leg and they used R/R at number 5 in his place. Somerset were without two of their riders. As a result of incidents in a challenge match at Newport last Sunday Paul Fry has sustained bruising to his coccyx and Ritchie Hawkins has aggravated his shoulder injury. As a result the Rebels also used R/R for Paul Fry at number 4 while Rye House reserve Daniel King guested for Ritchie Hawkins at number 3. The return fixture is at Somerset on Friday evening. Up until the interval after heat 10 there had never been more than two points between the teams. The Isle of Wight’s problem had been their inability to finish with more than one rider in so many races. In five of those ten races they had only one finisher as Manuel Hauzinger (twice), Jason Doyle and Steen Jensen had all fallen while Ulrich Ostergaard had suffered an engine failure in heat 9. They didn’t have it all their own way, however, as Daniel King had also fallen and had an engine failure! The Islanders took the lead in heat 3 with a 4-2 from their middle pairing of Ostergaard and Marsh, then went four ahead with another 4-2 in heat 7 from Jensen and Doyle. Somerset rocked the home side with a 1-5 in heat 8 which was awarded to Jaimie Smith and Jason King after Steen Jensen had fallen. The score was now 24-24. Then Somerset took the lead in heat 9 with a 2-4 through Cunningham and Smart after Ulrich Ostergaard had packed up at 26-28. Back came the Isle of Wight with their first 5-1 of the evening in heat 10 from Craig Boyce and Steen Jensen to turn the score round to 31-29. After the tea break the Isle of Wight pulled away with a 5-1 in heats 12 and 14 with Craig Boyce taking all the odd numbered heats – 11, 13 and 15 to complete a six ride maximum and share each of these heats into the bargain. The ten points lead for the Islanders makes the match on Friday interesting for the bonus. Match Report by Merlin |