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Newport Wasps v Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier League, 14 August 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Henrik Vedel | F | F | 2 | F | R | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Tony Atkin | 2 | F | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Neil Collins | 2* | 2 | 3 | 1* | 2 | 1 | . | 11 | 2 |
| 4(g) | Carl Wilkinson | 3 | F | 2 | 3 | 2 | Fx | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Dicken | 3 | 1 | F | . | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Karl Mason | 2* | 1 | 1* | 1* | 0 | . | . | 5 | 3 |
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Fn | . | . | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Glen Phillips | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Krister Marsh | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Krzysztof Stojanowski | 2* | 3 | 3 | 1* | 2* | 2* | . | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 1 | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Steen Jensen | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newport were without Jason King and reserve Karlis Ezergailis and in their places they had former Wasp Carl Wilkinson at number 4 and Karl Mason at number 7. Once again they used R/R for Mads Korneliussen at number 5. The Isle of Wight were without Ulrich Ostergaard and used R/R for him at number 2. It looked like being a much better afternoon than of late for the Wasps but, alas, for their fans it was yet another home defeat as the Islanders pulled out a 10 point win in the last three races after the scores had been tied at 36-36 after heat 12. Newport were mainly undone by the Isle of Wight reserve, Steen Jensen, who, after finishing at the wrong end of a 5-1 in his first race, rattled off six subsequent race wins. The visitors opened with a Craig Boyce win and a 2-4 as Henrik Vedel fell but the Wasps followed with an almost unheard of in recent weeks consecutive 5-1s in heats 2 and 3. Jason Doyle fell in the reserves race won by Lee Dicken and Karl Mason then the Newport guest Carl Wilkinson won heat 3 with Neil Collins following him home for a 6 point lead. Newport fans probably thought this was too good to be true and it was! In heat 4 Henrik Vedel fell again and the Wasps conceded a 1-5 to Jensen and Stojanowski to make the score after the opening four heats 13-11. Carl Wilkinson fell in heat 5 as Jensen beat Neil Collins for a 2-4 then another 2-4 to the Isle of Wight in heat 6 after Tony Atkin had fallen put the visitors two points in front. Newport levelled again in heat 7 as Neil Collins and Lee Dicken took a 4-2. Steen Jensen won heat 8 and the shared heat kept the scores were level at 24-24. The next four heats were also shared so the score after heat 12 was 36-36. However a fall by Lee Dicken in heat 11 resulted in a dislocated shoulder for the Newport rider. In heat 13 the Isle of Wight scored a crucial 1-5 from Craig Boyce and Stojanowski ahead of Tony Atkin after Henrik Vedel had retired from the race. They followed that with a match-winning 2-4 in heat 14 when Steen Jensen beat Carl Wilkinson with Krister Marsh third. Just to rub salt in the wound the Islanders added another 1-5 in heat 15 won by Jensen from Stojanowski. Jensen had replaced Craig Boyce who had been brought down by Carl Wilkinson who was excluded as a result. Match Report by Merlin |