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Newcastle Diamonds v Hull Vikings
Premier Trophy (Group), 24 April 2005
Brough Park Stadium, Newcastle
| 1 | Phil Morris | 3 | 2* | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Christian Henry | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Claus Kristensen | 2* | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Josef Franc | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Lubos Tomicek | 1 | 2* | 0 | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Paul Thorp | 1* | 1* | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Emiliano Sanchez | 2 | 2 | 6^ | 3 | 3 | . | . | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Lee Dicken | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Emil Kramer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Garry Stead | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Craig Branney | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1* | 3 | 0 | . | 9 | 1 |
| 7(g) | Ben Wilson | 2* | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newcastle went into this match facing a 23 point deficit for the bonus point and were at full strength with Phil Morris back in the side. Hull had Ben Wilson at number 7 in place of Joel Parsons. Things didn’t go too well for Newcastle at the start of this match. After Phil Morris had won the opening heat for a shared heat, Hull took a 1-5 from Craig Branney and guest Ben Wilson in heat 2. Josef Franc and Claus Kristensen levelled again with a 5-1 in front of Lee Dicken in heat 3 before James Grieves won heat 4 for another shared heat. The score was now 12-12. Heat 5 was shared as Josef Franc took his second race win then Newcastle finally got their noses in front with a 5-1 from Christian Henry and Phil Morris from Garry Stead followed by another from James Grieves and Lubos Tomicek from Lee Dicken to take the score to 25-17. In heat 8 Hull gave Emiliano Sanchez a TR which he duly won from Christian Henry. With Ben Wilson third Hull scored a 7-2 to pull back to 27-24 and the bonus point was beginning to look a forlorn hope as Newcastle set out to secure the match win. Heat 9 saw them increase their lead with a 4-2 from Franc and Kristensen with Phil Morris winning heat 10 for a shared heat to take the score to 34-29. Sanchez then stopped James Grieves’ winning run in heat 11. In heat 12 Craig Branney beat Claus Kristensen and the score was now 39-36. In heat 13 Grieves and Morris eased Newcastle five points in front with Paul Thorp taking second place to take the score to 43-38. In heat 14 Josef Franc and Lubos Tomicek sealed the win for Newcastle with a 5-1 to put the Diamonds 48-39 ahead with one heat to go. Emiliano Sanchez rounded off a fine evening for himself by beating James Grieves again in heat 15 and spoiling Josef Franc’s maximum hopes with Franc finishing in third spot. Match Report by Merlin |