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Mildenhall Fen Tigers v Newport Wasps
Premier Trophy (Group), 08 April 2006
West Row Stadium, Mildenhall
| 1 | Jason Lyons | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Jason King | 2* | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Shaun Tacey | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | James Brundle | 0 | 2* | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | Daniel King | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | Jon Armstrong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Barry Burchatt | Fn | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Neil Collins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | 0 | 1 | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Carl Wilkinson | 3 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 0 | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | Tony Atkin | 2* | 1* | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Craig Watson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 2 | 1* | 1* | 2 | 3 | 2* | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| 7 | Billy Legg | Fn | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Mildenhall and Newport were both able to track full-strength teams for this match. Newport were looking for revenge after being held to a draw in their home leg last Sunday in an unfortunate last heat. Mildenhall made the perfect start in the opening heat with a 5-1 from the two Jasons- Lyons and King but heat 2 resulted in a crash between Barry Burchatt and Billy Legg which resulted in Legg having to go to hospital for examination. Burchatt sat out the rerun which was contested by two riders with Jon Armstrong winning from Joel Parsons for a 3-2. If Mildenhall thought they were out for a stroll in the park they got a rude awakening in heat 3 as the Wasps scored a 1-5 from Carl Wilkinson and Tony Atkin who kept Shaun Tacey back in third place. Daniel King came out to beat Craig Watson in heat 4 for a shared race which took the score after four races to 12-11. In heat 5 Shaun Tacey and James Brundle made amends for conceding a 1-5 in heat 3 by scoring a 5-1 in heat 5 to open the Fen Tigers lead to 5 points. Jason Lyons then beat Craig Watson for a shared heat 6 and Daniel King took heat 7 beating Wilkinson and Atkin for a 3-3. Heat 8 was also shared, the third on the trot, with a win for Jason King and the heat 8 score moved to 26-21. Newport then slipped up a gear. They pulled two points back in heat 9 with a Joel Parsons win from Shaun Tacey and Craig Watson to cut the lead to 3 points then, after Jason Lyons had won heat 10 for a share of the points, the Wasps pulled another two points back with a 2-4 in heat11. This time it was Chris Schramm who won the heat inflicting the only defeat of the match on Daniel King. Neil Collins took third place and the visitors trailed by only one point at 33-32. Newport’s purple patch continued as the home side were shocked to find themselves three points in arrears when Carl Wilkinson and Joel Parsons scored a 1-5 ahead of Shaun Tacey to take the score after heat 12 to 34-37. But that was as close as Newport got as they lost the last three races all by the 5-1 margin to finish in the most disappointing fashion. Jason Lyons and Daniel King did the damage in heats 13 and 15 and James Brundle and Jon Armstrong beat the impressive and hard-worked Joel Parsons in heat 14. Match Report by Merlin |