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Newport Wasps v Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier Trophy (Group), 01 June 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Mads Korneliussen | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 0 | 0 | 2* | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Chris Neath | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1* | 2* | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 3 | 1* | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2* | 1* | 13 | 3 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | Fx | 2* | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 1* | 0 | 2* | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 2 | 2^ | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 1* | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 5(g) | Tom Brown | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | F | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | . | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Steen Jensen | 2 | 1 | T | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Last night Newport lost by 10 points to the Isle of Wight on the island. Tonight’s match was the return clash of the two sides at Newport in this Premier Trophy match. Newport had Chris Neath at number 5 for Craig Watson and used R/R for Michael Coles at number 3. The Isle of Wight again had Glenn Phillips at number 2 for Manuel Hauzinger and used Conference League rider Tom Brown at number 5 instead of Tomas Suchanek. Newport took the lead in heat two with a 3-2 after falls by Doyle and Ezergailis resulted in only two finishers then stretched it to 5 points with a 5-1 in heat 4 from Neath and Ezergailis. The heat 4 score was 14-9. Another 5-1 in heat 6 from Korneliussen and Lund increased the gap to nine points at 22-13 so the Islanders gave a TR to Krister Marsh in heat 7 but it was Ulrich Ostergaard who won the heat from Tony Atkin with Marsh third so the visitors took a 2-5 to cut the deficit to 6 points at 24-18. They followed that up with a 1-5 from Doyle and Phillips in heat 8 and suddenly there were only two points between the teams. A shared heat 9 was followed by a 4-2 to either side to keep the Newport lead at two points. However a 5-1 in heat 12 from Neil Collins and Tony Atkin gave the home side some breathing space as they now led 39-33. The next two heats were shared and Newport were still six points ahead going into heat 15 and needing a 5-1 to tie on aggregate for the bonus point. They got it too as Korneliussen and Neath headed home Boyce and Ostergaard. This meant a run off for the bonus point and, rather surprisingly, the Isle of Wight nominated Ulrich Ostergaard rather than Craig Boyce. Mads Korneliussen won the race to ensure that Newport took all three points from the meeting. Over the two meetings Tony Atkin, riding at reserve for Newport, scored 26+4 from 14 rides! Match Report by Merlin |