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Newcastle Diamonds v Rye House Rockets
Premier League, 19 June 2006
Brough Park Stadium, Newcastle
| 1 | Josef Franc | 1 | 1* | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | Christian Henry | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Manuel Hauzinger | 2 | 0 | 2* | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | James Grieves | Fx | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | George Stancl | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Adam McKinna | 0 | 2* | 0 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 7(g) | Craig Branney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Fx | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Edward Kennett | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Ross Brady | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Tommy Allen | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | 2 | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Danny Betson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Steve Boxall | 1* | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newcastle were without Jaimie Robertson following the broken collarbone he suffered doing wheelies at Berwick on Saturday night. They had Berwick reserve, Craig Branney, at number 7 as a guest in his place. Rye House once again had to use R/R for Jaimie Courtney at number 2 and used their Conference League rider, Danny Betson, at number 6 in place of broken leg victim, Luke Bowen. This was an exciting match with some excellent racing and incidents galore. Rye House led at the half way mark but lost out over the last seven heats which went to a last heat decider. Having lost by only five points, the Rockets will be confident of taking the bonus point in the return match later in the season at Hoddesdon. Newcastle started with a 4-2 heat advantage in the opening race when Christian Henry beat Edward Kennett but they soon found themselves trailing. Craig Branney won the reserves race for the Diamonds and a 3-3 but there were only two starters in a rerun heat 3. After a first bend fall for James Grieves an ‘all four back’ was expected by the crowd but it didn’t happen. James Grieves was excluded from the rerun as was Tommy Allen who was not under power when the race was stopped. Ross Brady won the rerun from Manuel Hauzinger to give Rye House a 2-3 advantage then they added a 2-4 in heat 4 when Chris Neath beat George Stancl with Steve Boxall third. Newcastle found themselves trailing 11-12 after these first four races. Rye House struck again in heat 5 when Edward Kennett beat James Grieves with Steve Boxall, out for the third time in four heats, third for a 2-4 increasing the Rockets lead to three points. Chris Neath then won heat 6 from Christian Henry and Josef Franc for a shared heat but Newcastle scored the first 5-1 of the match in heat 7 to take over the lead by one point at 21-20. Both Tommy Allen and Ross Brady fell and remounted during the race presenting George Stancl and Adam McKinna with maximum points. Rye House hit back in heat 8 to retake the lead with a 2-4 won by Steve Boxall from Christian Henry. The score now stood at 23-24. In heats nine and ten Newcastle hit two killer 5-1s from which the Rockets never fully recovered. In heat 9 Grieves and Hauzinger led Chris Neath home after the Rye House man had led from the gate but got completely out of shape on the second bend. In heat 10 Christian Henry came from last place to pass Ross Brady and Tommy Allen joining his partner, Josef Franc, at the front. Undaunted by these set backs Rye House fought back with a 1-5 in heat 11 from Edward Kennett and Steve Boxall ahead of George Stancl to get within three points of the Diamonds again at 34-31. Heat 12 saw a tremendous scrap between Craig Branney and Steve Boxall with the Newcastle guest winning the race. Manuel Hauzinger finished third so the 4-2 stretched the home side’s lead to 5 points with the score now standing at 38-33. Back came Rye House again in heat 13 when Chris Neath beat George Stancl. Josef Franc got out of shape then fell so Edward Kennett took third place for a 2-4 cutting the lead to three points again. It stayed that way after a controversial heat 14. James Grieves was well in front but behind him another terrific battle was taking place between Boxall and Branney. It ended in a spectacular crash when Branney tried to go round the outside of Boxall only to lock handlebars which sent both riders crashing into the fence. The referee had a hard decision to make but excluded Branney from the rerun which Boxall led briefly before being passed by James Grieves for a 3-3 which meant that Rye House needed a 1-5 in the last race for victory. It was not to be. James Grieves won the race to clinch victory by beating Chris Neath while at the back George Stancl locked up causing Edward Kennett to lay his bike down without action for the referee. Match Report by Merlin |