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Newcastle Diamonds v Newport Wasps
Premier League, 11 July 2005
Brough Park Stadium, Newcastle
| 1 | Josef Franc | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 2 | Lubos Tomicek | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Juul | 1* | 2 | 1* | 2* | . | . | . | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Phil Morris | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Trevor Harding | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Mads Korneliussen | 1* | 0 | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Tony Atkin | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2^ | 1 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Stuart Robson | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Dicken | 0 | 1* | 0 | 1* | 2* | 1 | . | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newcastle had Trevor Harding at reserve in place of the injured Christian Henry while Newport had Stuart Robson as a guest for the injured Craig Watson and again used R/R for Michael Coles. If ever Newcastle hit the jackpot with a guest it was surely in picking Trevor Harding as a replacement for Christian Henry at number 6. He outscored Newport’s guest for their number 1 Craig Watson by 3 points albeit from a ride more. A 4-2 for Newcastle in heat 2 was all that separated the sides over the opening five heats as the score went to 16-14. Newcastle then took heats 6 and 7 by 4-2 with Josef Franc and James Grieves both recording their second race wins then heat 8 was shared to take the score to 27-21. Stuart Robson won heat 9 for a shared heat then Newport hit the Diamonds with a 1-5 from Neil Collins and Lee Dicken over the previously unbeaten Josef Franc in heat 10 to cut the home side’s lead to two points at 31-29. Newcastle suddenly sprung to life and responded with a 4-2 in heat 11 followed by maximums in each of the last four heats even thwarting a Neil Collins TR in heat 14 which resulted in a 5-2 for the Diamonds. Match Report by Merlin |