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Isle of Wight Islanders v Stoke Potters
Premier League, 13 June 2006
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Chris Holder | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Jason Doyle | 2* | 2* | 3 | 2* | 3 | 2 | . | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 4 | Krzysztof Stojanowski | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | 15 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Johnson | 3 | 1* | 1* | 1 | 2* | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | Nick Simmons | 2* | 1 | Fx | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 0 | 4^ | 3 | 1* | 3 | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | Trent Leverington | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1# | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Alan Mogridge | 2 | 1 | R | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Luke Priest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | 5 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Both sides were under strength using Rider Replacement for injured riders. The Isle of Wight were without Jason Bunyan who broke his collarbone in a crash at Newport on Sunday while Stoke were missing Paul Clews who was still recovering from a horror crash in the last heat of Stoke’s home match against Berwick just over a week ago. The Isle of Wight used R/R at number 5 and Stoke at number 4. Stoke probably had an inkling that this wasn’t going to be their night when they lost 5-1s in the opening two races and it didn’t help when Robbie Kessler had an engine failure in heat 3 to turn a probable shared race into a 4-2 for the home side. Alan Mogridge’s second place behind Chris Holder (R/R) in heat 4 produced another two points for the visitors once Nick Simmons had passed Luke Priest for third. After four races the score was 18-6 and a hard night was in store for the Potters. Immediately Stoke gave Mark Lemon a TR in heat 5 but, although he led for two laps, Krzysztof Stojanowski passed him and they could only share the heat 4-4. Another 5-1 from Chris Holder and Jason Doyle in heat 6 was significant because it set a new track record for Holder of 67.6. It didn’t help Stoke’s cause much though and the Potters then missed the opportunity to give Robbie Kessler a TR in heat 7 when Krister Marsh took the TR to partner reserve, Chris Johnson. Kessler won the heat to share the points. Nick Simmons fell in heat 8 causing the race to be rerun without him so Stoke managed another shared race with Jason Doyle the winner taking the score to 33-17. Heat 9 looked like producing Stoke’s first heat advantage but race leader Alan Mogridge’s engine failure turned a 2-4 into a 4-2. Another Holder/Doyle 5-1 in heat 10, after Robbie Kessler had led for two laps, increased the Islanders’ lead to 22 points but Mark Lemon beat Stojanowski to win heat 11 for a 3-3 before Krister Marsh’s win in heat 12 resulted in a 4-2 and a score of 49-25. Heat 13 produced a major surprise as new track record holder, Chris Holder, was relegated to last place behind Alan Mogridge and Mark Lemon who did well to keep him there. Jason Doyle, now the only unbeaten rider in the home ranks, won the race though so the points were shared. As usual, Stoke saved Robbie Kessler’s TR until heat 14 but it proved to be a disaster. Krzysztof Stojanowski won the race but the real battle was for second place between Kessler and the Isle of Wight reserve, Chris Johnson. After a titanic struggle, Johnson passed Kessler for second place nullifying the TR by producing a 5-1 for the home side. Finally Mark Lemon ended Jason Doyle’s unbeaten run by winning the race from Doyle and Krzysztof Stojanowski for a last heat 3-3 which gives the Islanders a 28 point lead to take to Stoke later in the season when the bonus point is at stake. Match Report by Merlin |