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Isle of Wight Islanders v Stoke Potters
Premier League, 24 May 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Manuel Hauzinger | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | R | 2* | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Tomas Suchanek | 0 | 2* | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 2* | 3 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Steen Jensen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2* | 1* | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 1 | Alan Mogridge | 3 | X | 6^ | 2* | 3 | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 2 | Paul Clews | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Peter Carr | 2* | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Robbie Kessler | 3 | Fx | M | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Stuart Robson | 3 | 2 | R | 6^ | Fx | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Barrie Evans | 1 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | 6 | 1 |
| 7(g) | Jack Hargreaves | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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It was the turn of the Isle of Wight to face a Stoke side who have already been tough opposition on their travels. After winning at Newport they ran Exeter close last night going down 46-44 and they didn’t disappoint tonight either. The Isle of Wight were at full strength while Stoke had Stuart Robson as a guest for Jan Staechmann at number 5. Jack Hargreaves continued at number 7 in place of Rob Grant who is currently serving a suspension. Stoke are proving to be quite the surprise packet away from home since they started their Premier League campaign. After last night’s unlucky two point defeat at Exeter they had the Isle of Wight in some bother, too, tonight. They won the opening heat 2-4 with Alan Mogridge beating Craig Boyce then put aside a 5-1 loss to the Islanders reserves in heat 2 to crack in a 1-5 of their own from Robbie Kessler and Peter Carr. Then for good measure Stuart Robson won heat 4, equalling the track record in the process, with Jack Hargreaves picking up a useful point for another 2-4 to take the heat four score to 10-14. It’s a novel experience for the Islanders to trail by four points from the opening four heats but they took a 5-1 in heat 5 when Alan Mogridge was excluded for bringing down Krister Marsh to tie the scores. Two heats later the home side were in front thanks to another 5-1 from Jason Doyle and Tomas Suchanek after Robbie Kessler had fallen. They followed this with a hat trick of 4-2s and looked to be in easy street at 35-25. But Stoke soon shook them out of any complacency. Alan Mogridge took a TR in heat 11 which he won with Paul Clews third for a 2-7 cutting the Isle of Wight’s lead to five points at 37-32. The Islanders hit back with a 5-1 from Krister Marsh and Steen Jensen with Peter Carr third to open the gap to nine points at 42-33 often a dangerous thing to do. And so it proved as Stuart Robson took a TR and duly won heat 13. With Alan Mogridge passing both the home men to join him for a 1-8 there were now only two points in it at 43-41 with two heats to go. In heat 14 Ostergaard headed home Robbie Kessler and Jason Doyle for a 4-2 and Stoke needed a 1-5 in the last heat for a draw. With Mogridge and Robson in the heat they had a reasonable chance. Alan Mogridge did win the heat but Stuart Robson shed a chain causing the first running of the race to be stopped and was excluded from the rerun so that was that. Match Report by Merlin |