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Newport Wasps v Reading Racers
Premier League, 04 September 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport

Newport 42
1Henrik Vedel2020. ..40
2Tony Atkin1*1*221* 1*.84
3Neil Collins2326^2 ..150
5Mads Korneliussen1221. ..60
6Lee Dicken20104^ ..70
7Karl Mason01*01*0 0.22
Reading 53
2Zdenek SimotaRFx332* 3.111
3(g)Steen Jensen32302 ..100
4(g)Simone Terenzani0Fx311 ..50
5Matej Zagar33333 F.150
6Chris Johnson31Fx1*. ..51
7Richard Wolff12*13. ..71

* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).

Newport used R/R for Jason King at number 4 but otherwise were on the usual lines. Reading were barely recognisable. They used R/R for Danny Bird at number 1, had Steen Jensen as a guest at number 3 and Simone Terenzani at number 4 as a guest. The guests were for Mathieu Tressarieu and Andrew Appleton who were both missing. They also welcomed back Chris Johnson following his injury at number 6.

Newport might have hoped for a more productive afternoon in the knowledge that Reading were without Danny Bird and Andrew Appleton. However it wasn’t to be. Every one of the ‘weakened’ Reading team won a race and even the introduction of two late TRs for Newport scarcely stemmed the tide.

Heat 1 won by Matej Zagar was shared when Zdenek Simota had an engine failure but Newport went behind in heat 2 when Reading scored a 2-4 with Chris Johnson celebrating his return to the Racers’ team with a race win. Heat 3 won by Steen Jensen was shared then Reading took a 1-5 in heat 4 from Zagar and Richard Wolff who both beat Mads Korneliussen. The score after four heats was 9-15 with Newport still looking for their first race winner.

Neil Collins rose to the occasion in heat 5 and, when Zdenek Simota fell, Newport took a 4-2 but this was reversed in heat 6 by Matej Zagar again with Chris Johnson third for a 2-4. Steen Jensen won again for another shared heat in heat 7 with Simone Terenzani falling and being excluded. The Racers added another 2-4 in heat 8, won by Zdenek Simota, to take the score to 20-28 with Reading having supplied 7 race winners.

Matej Zagar popped up for the fourth time in heat 9 to win again for a shared heat and in heat 10 a Terenzani race win supplied Reading with another three points. The Racers stretched their lead to 10 points with a 2-4 in heat 11 from Simota and Terenzani then Newport gave Neil Collins a TR in heat 12. Collins won the heat from Jensen and Johnson to provide the Wasps with some respite as they took a 6-3. This took the score to 34-41 giving Newport some hope.

However Reading hit back with a 1-5 in heat 13 from Zagar again and Simota for an eleven point heat which effectively clinched the win. Lee Dicken took a TR in heat 14 but Richard Wolff took the race win and the heat was shared 4-4. Matej Zagar spoiled his chance of an 18 point maximum by falling in the last race but Simota won the race instead for Reading to bring an end to another afternoon of misery for the Wasps.

Match Report by Merlin