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Isle of Wight Islanders v Workington Comets
Premier League, 14 June 2005
Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight 45
1	Craig Boyce	3	3	3	2	2	.	.	13	0
2	Glen Phillips	0	1	1	0	.	.	.	2	0
3	Krister Marsh	2*	1*	1	2	.	.	.	6	2
4	Ulrich Ostergaard	3	2	3	Fx	1*	.	.	9	1
5	Tomas Suchanek	2	3	3	1*	.	.	.	9	1
6	Jason Doyle	1	1	0	0	1	.	.	3	0
7	Steen Jensen	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	3	0
Workington 45
1	Carl Stonehewer	2	3	3	1*	3	3	.	15	1
2	Kevin Little	1*	0	3	Fx	2	0	.	6	1
3	Scott Robson	0	0	1*	1	.	.	.	2	1
4	Shaun Tacey	1	2	2	2*	.	.	.	7	1
6(g)	Tom Brown	0	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	0
7	James Wright	2	1	2	2*	2	3	3	15	1

* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).

After their mauling at Exeter last night Workington made the short trip along the south coast to face the Isle of Wight and put up much sterner resistance. The Islanders were at full strength for this match and Workington remained unchanged from last night using R/R for Kauko Nieminen at number 5 and with Tom Brown at number 6. Workington used the same tactics as usual giving the R/R ride in heat 4 to Carl Stonehewer so that he rode in three of the first five heats. This worked well as the Comets’ number 1 scored eight points from them. They still trailed 17-13 after heat 5 though as the Isle of Wight took the reserves race 4-2 and added a 5-1 in heat 3 from Ostergaard and Marsh. Workington replied with a 2-4 in heat 4 as Stonehewer got third place support from James Wright. The Isle of Wight built on their lead with 4-2s in heat 6 and 7 to lead 25-17 but Workington stopped them in their tracks by taking a heat eight 1-5 thanks to Kevin Little and James Wright beating the Islanders’ lesser lights Glenn Phillips and Steen Jensen. After heat 8 there were then only four points in it at 26-22 and all to race for. The home side moved six points clear again in heat 9 with a 4-2 from Ostergaard and Marsh as Kevin Little slid into the fence, then heat 10 was shared as Craig Boyce ran up his third heat win. Tomas Suchanek won heat 11 heading home Kevin Little and Carl Stonehewer for another shared heat but Workington cut the gap to four points again with a 2-4 in a race won by James Wright from Krister Marsh with Scott Robson picking up the third place point after Steen Jensen had an engine failure. So at the interval the score was 38-34 with three heats to go. But Workington’s two pronged attack of Stonehewer and Wright needed better support if they were to take anything from the match. On the resumption Carl Stonehewer headed home Boyce and Suchanek to keep the gap at four points but Workington were back on level terms in heat 14. In the first running of the heat Ulrich Ostergaard fell and was excluded. This left James Wright and Shaun Tacey facing the Islanders’ reserve, Jason Doyle, and they duly wrapped up a 1-5 to level the match with one heat to go. In the last heat Carl Stonehewer again beat Craig Boyce and it was left to Ostergaard to fend off Kevin Little to ensure that the Islanders took even one point. Match Report by Merlin