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Newcastle Diamonds v Sheffield Tigers
Premier League, 21 August 2005
Brough Park Stadium, Newcastle
| 1 | Josef Franc | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 0 | 2* | . | 11 | 2 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 1* | 0 | 1* | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Lubos Tomicek | R | 2 | 2* | 1 | 1 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 3 | 3 | F | 3 | 3 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Jamie Birkinshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 3 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | T | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Richard Hall | 1 | 1* | R | 2 | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 2 | 1* | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Paul Cooper | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 2 | 1* | Fx | 0 | 0 | . | . | 3 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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With James Birkinshaw returning to the side Newcastle were at full strength as were Sheffield . This match was close throughout with a Sheffield 1-5 in heat 11 after James Grieves had fallen levelling the scores at 33-33. In heat 12 Jaimie Robertson, Newcastle’s high scoring reserve, beat Ricky Ashworth with Lubos Tomicek third giving the Diamonds a 4-2 and a two point lead again. In heat 13 James Grieves returned to winning ways for a shared heat leaving the Tigers still trailing by two points. In heat 14 Jaimie Robertson and Lubos Tomicek took another 4-2 to put Newcastle four points ahead at 44-40 and the Diamonds finished off with a 5-1 from James Grieves and Josef Franc for an eight point win. The bonus point had long since gone Sheffield’s way though. Match Report by Merlin |