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Newcastle Diamonds v Workington Comets
Premier Trophy (Group), 03 April 2005
Brough Park Stadium, Newcastle
| 1 | Phil Morris | F | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Christian Henry | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Claus Kristensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Josef Franc | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | James Grieves | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Lubos Tomicek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Jamie Robertson | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1* | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 1 | Carl Stonehewer | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1* | 3 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Kevin Little | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Scott Robson | 2 | 1* | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | Kauko Nieminen | 1* | 2 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Shaun Tacey | 0 | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Tony Dart | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | James Wright | 2 | 2 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 12 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Oh dear! Newcastle must be wondering if their injury jinx will ever leave them. In their match against Workington Phil Morris fell while leading the opening heat and had to withdraw from the meeting. He went to hospital with a suspected broken elbow. So although they started with a full strength team Newcastle had to take on the Comets without their number one man and with no facility for him. Workington fresh from their demolition job on the Diamonds last night were at full strength. As a result of Phil Morris’ fall Newcastle were immediately behind to a Carl Stonehewer win from Christian Henry. They got back to level terms with a 4-2 in the reserves race with a win from Lubos Tomicek and actually took the lead two heats later with another 4-2 from James Grieves and Jaimie Robertson with James Wright taking the second place. So it was 13-11 after four heats. A Stonehewer, Franc, Little finish to heat 5 brought the Comets level with a 2-4 but Newcastle went ahead again in heat 6 with another 4-2 thanks to a win by Jamie Robertson from Shaun Tacey with Christian Henry third. However Dame Misfortune was waiting to pounce again in heat 8 when Christian Henry fell on the first bend and Kevin Little and James Wright took a 1-5 for Workington to put them ahead for the first time at 23-25. In heat 10 the Comets stretched their lead to four points in a heat where Phil Morris would normally have been out. Scott Robson took the win in this heat from Jamie Robertson who passed Kauko Nieminen for his second place. The score was now 28-32 and although James Grieves and Josef Franc won three of the next four races they were all drawn. So Newcastle reached the last heat needing a 5-1 for a draw. However, Carl Stonehewer wrapped things up for Workington by winning the heat with his partner, Scott Robson, taking third place for good measure. Workington therefore took all three points and now look a certainty to win the northern section. Match Report by Merlin |