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Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier Trophy (Group), 26 March 2006
West Row Stadium, Mildenhall

Mildenhall 58
1Jason Lyons12*32*. ..82
2Jason KingR322*. ..71
3Shaun Tacey12332* ..111
4James Brundle002*1*. ..32
5Daniel King3333. ..120
6Jon Armstrong2*2*123 ..102
7Barry Burchatt32*1*1. ..72
Isle of Wight 34
1Chris Holder2*30Fx^1 ..61
2Jason Doyle3134^R ..110
3Krister Marsh2*112. ..61
4Krzysztof Stojanowski3003. ..60
5Robert KasprzakFx001. ..10
6Chris Johnson011Fx. ..20
7Nick Simmons110F. ..20

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

Both Mildenhall and the Isle of Wight were at full strength for this match, Robert Kasprzak having recovered from the shoulder injury sustained at Newport last Sunday.

Mildenhall, after two home and away defeats in early season challenge matches against Rye House and Ipswich were looking to start their Premier Trophy campaign with a win against the Isle of Wight but they got a real shock in the opening race when they conceded a 1-5 in front of a disappointingly low crowd. Jason Doyle and Chris Holder were smartly away from the tapes and Jason Lyons, who didn’t pass the ailing machine of Jason King until the last lap, could make no impression. However it was all square after the reserves race won by Barry Burchatt and Jon Armstrong from Nick Simmons. Back came the Islanders with another 1-5 in heat 3! This time Krzysztof Stojanowski and Krister Marsh outpaced Shaun Tacey for the Islanders’ second maximum in three heats. Again it took Mildenhall just one heat to square the match as Danny King and Barry Burchatt beat Nick Simmons in a race rerun after Robert Kasprzak had fallen while at the back. This took the score after four heats to 12-12.

The Isle of Wight took the lead for the third time in heat 5 when Chris Holder passed Shaun Tacey for a fine win with his partner, Jason Doyle, third for a 2-4 and two point lead. Not to be outdone Mildenhall produced another 5-1 in heat 6 thanks to Jason King and Jason Lyons against the weak looking Chris Johnson/Robert Kasprzak pairing. They followed it with their fourth 5-1 in 7 heats with another 5-1 from Danny King and Jon Armstrong ahead of Krister Marsh to open up a six point gap. Then the crowd witnessed the first of only two shared heats all meeting when Jason Doyle won for the visitors with Jason King and Barry Burchatt bringing up the rear. This 3-3 took the score after eight heats to 27-21.

After this Mildenhall stepped up a gear with successive 5-1s in heats 9 and 10. In heat 9 the Johnson/Kasprzak pairing conceded another maximum to Shaun Tacey and James Brundle although Johnson did challenge Brundle for second place. In heat 10 Jason Lyons scored the three points but Krister Marsh’s challenge on Jason King proved unsuccessful. In heat 11 Jason Doyle was given a TR and he finished second to Daniel King for a 4-4 share of the points. Shaun Tacey won for the second time in a row in a rerun heat 12 from Krister Marsh. Chris Johnson fell in the first running of the race but the stoppage came as a disappointment to Marsh who had just passed Shaun Tacey to take the lead. The resultant 4-2 took the heat 12 score to 45-29.

In heat 13 Chris Holder took a TR just as it started to rain. Unfortunately he fell and was excluded from the rerun which was won with ease by Daniel King and Jason Lyons with third placed Robert Kasprzak miles off the pace. The 5-1 increased the home side’s lead to 20 points after which a track inspection took place which brought the decision that the match would continue. In heat 14 the Islanders were on course to take a 2-4 as Krzysztof Stojanowski led Jon Armstrong with Nick Simmons third but Simmons fell off on the last lap so the race was shared 3-3. Presumably neither Jason Lyons nor Daniel King fancied the last heat because Mildenhall sent out Jon Armstrong and Shaun Tacey. Nonetheless they finished with a 5-1 with Jon Armstrong winning the race while Shaun Tacey held off a challenge from Chris Holder.

Match Report by Merlin