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Newport Wasps v Exeter Falcons
Premier League, 21 August 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Henrik Vedel | 1 | 2 | 2* | 1* | 1 | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Tony Atkin | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | Neil Collins | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | . | 13 | 0 |
| 4(g) | Simone Terenzani | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Dicken | 1 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Karl Mason | 3 | 1* | 1 | 1* | 1* | . | . | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Mark Lemon | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 3 | . | . | 12 | 1 |
| 2 | Lee Smethills | 2* | 1 | F | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 4(g) | Sebastian Alden | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | . | 17 | 1 |
| 5 | Sebastien Tresarrieu | Fx | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Ben Powell | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | R | 5 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Daniel Giffard | R | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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This week Newport had Simone Terenzani at number 4 as a guest with R/R for Mads Korneliussen at number 5. They also had Karl Mason at number 7 for Karlis Ezergailis. Exeter were without Seemond Stephens who was injured during the PL Fours last night and used R/R at number 3. They also had Sebastian Alden for Ray Morton at number 4 with Ben Powell and Dan Giffard forming the reserve pairing. The last thing Newport needed was to face an Elite League guest who scored a paid six ride maximum in this Premier League match. However if that was a piece of bad luck for them it was nothing to the bad luck that Exeter suffered. With Seemond Stephen and Ray Morton absent through injury and illness and Pavel Ondrasik and Ben Barker at reserve also missing they had to patch up the side with Sebastian Alden, Ben Powell and Daniel Giffard. As if that wasn’t bad enough Daniel Giffard had to withdraw with a groin strain after heat 8 and Lee Smethills crashed and also withdrew after his second ride. This left the Falcons to complete the match with only four riders at their disposal. However it was enough for a two point win! After heat 4 Exeter led by 14-10 but after heat 8 with all their troubles piling up on them the Falcons trailed 25-23 and Newport were again on course for a rare win. After heat 10 Newport had opened their lead to 32-28 but there were only two points in it by the time the match reached heat 15 with Newport leading 43-41. However Sebastian Alden completed his six ride maximum as he followed home Sebastian Tressarieu as the Falcons pulled off a last heat 1-5 for a 44-46 win against all the odds. Surely it can’t get much worse than this for Newport. Match Report by Merlin |