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Newport Wasps v Berwick Bandits
Premier League, 10 July 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Mads Korneliussen | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Tony Atkin | 1* | 2 | 2* | 0 | 1 | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 1* | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Travis McGowan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2* | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 6 | Lee Dicken | 2 | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 3 | Fx | Fx | 2 | Fx | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | R | 3 | 2* | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Tom P Madsen | 3 | 2 | Fn | . | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Scott Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 1* | F | 2 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Adam Pietraszko | 1 | 1 | 1* | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | Carl Wilkinson | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | F | 1 | . | 11 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newport had Travis McGowan from the Elite League as a guest for Craig Watson and used R/R for Michael Coles at number 3. Berwick were at full strength. There were numerous falls in this match and a lot of criticism of the track. Adrian Rymel fell in three of his five rides and Tom P Madsen had to retire from the meeting with an injured thumb when he came down on the first bend of lap 10. Add in falls from Michal Makovsky and Carl Wilkinson and it’s clear that Berwick were less than enamoured by the track surface. Berwick made the better start to this match. After Adrian Rymel won the opening heat for a 3-3, Wilkinson and Pietraszko took a 2-4 in heat 2 to give Berwick a two point lead. Tom P Madsen won heat 3 for a shared heat and Travis McGowan did likewise in heat 4 to take the score to 11-13. Chris Schramm and Adrian Rymel were fast away in heat 5 as Lee Dicken fell and remounted. Going into the last lap Adrian Rymel fell and the race was awarded to Chris Schramm for another shared heat but it all started to go pear shaped for Berwick in heat 6. Michal Makovsky fell while in second place and Mads Korneliussen and Tony Atkin took a 5-1 to put Newport into the lead for the first time at 19-17. McGowan and Dicken followed up with a 4-2 in heat 7 and an interval was taken to regrade the track. When racing restarted Berwick’s fortunes improved dramatically as Carl Wilkinson and Chris Schramm took a 1-5 to level the scores at 24-24. A Neil Collins win shared heat 9 but Newport went back in front with a 4-2 in heat 10 won by Mads Korneliussen after Tom P Madsen had fallen in the first running of the race and injured his thumb causing him to withdraw from the meeting. The Wasps doubled their lead with another 4-2 in heat 11 won by Travis McGowan as Adrian Rymel this time fell on the first bend and was excluded. Adam Pietraszko won heat 12 but Carl Wilkinson fell challenging Lee Dicken for second place so the heat was shared bringing the score after 12 heats to 38-34. Mads Korneliussen and Travis McGowan took a 4-2 in heat 13 and Newport were almost home. However, Berwick replied in kind with a 2-4 in heat 14 from Pietraszko and Wilkinson leaving Berwick needing a 1-5 for a draw. Their hopes were dashed as Adrian Rymel crashed into the fence and fell with Mads Korneilussen and Travis McGowan wrapping things up with a 5-1. Match Report by Merlin |