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Newcastle Diamonds v Berwick Bandits
Premier Trophy (Group), 30 May 2005
Brough Park Stadium, Newcastle
| 1 | Phil Morris | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 12 | 2 |
| 2 | Christian Henry | 1* | 0 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Richard Juul | 2* | 1 | 2* | Fx | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Josef Franc | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Lubos Tomicek | Fx | 2* | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | R | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Adam Pietraszko | 0 | 0 | 4^ | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Schramm | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0! | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Tom P Madsen | 0 | 0 | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 2 | 2 | 2^ | 0 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Scott Smith | 2 | 1* | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7(g) | Luke Priest | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newcastle fresh from their draw at Newport fielded the same team which earned the point. Berwick had Luke Priest filling the problem number 7 spot following the departure of Joachim Kugelmann. There was really nothing at stake in this match since both sides had long since lost interest in the Premier Trophy. These derby matches are often keenly contested but not this time. Berwick shared the opening two heats but it was all downhill from then on for the Bandits. A 5-1 from Franc and Juul was followed by a 4-2 to take the score to 15-9 after heat 4. Newcastle continued to pull away with a 4-2 in heat 5 and a 5-1 from Grieves and Tomicek in heat 7 to lead 27-15. Berwick then gave an unexpected TR to Adam Pietraszko who had yet to score a point in heat 8. He finished second to Christian Henry and the heat was shared 4-4. In heat 9 Michal Makovsky took a TR but finished third to Franc and Juul for a 5-2 and Berwick’s last chance to get back into the match was gone. Heat 10 was shared then a Grieves/Tomicek 4-2 was cancelled by a Schramm/Smith 2-4 awarded after Richard Juul had fallen. Newcastle took two 5-1s in the last three heats with Berwick sharing heat 14 won by Tom P Madsen with Chris Schramm on a Tactical Substitute ride finishing at the back. Match Report by Merlin |