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Newport Wasps v Rye House Rockets
Premier Trophy (Group), 09 April 2006
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Neil Collins | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | 1* | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Carl Wilkinson | 2 | 6^ | 2 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 14 | 1 |
| 4 | Tony Atkin | 0 | 2* | 1* | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Craig Watson | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | Fx | 1 | 2* | 0 | 1 | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Sam Hurst | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Jamie Courtney | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Edward Kennett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | . | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Tommy Allen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | . | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Luke Bowen | 2* | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Steve Boxall | 3 | 2* | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | . | 12 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newport were again at full strength using Sam Hurst at number 7 while Rye House continued to use R/R for the injured Stuart Robson. Well what a match this was. Newport were reduced to using a TR after heat 4 but finally fought back to win by one point. There was no sign of the drama to come as Chris Neath won the opening race for a 3-3 but things started to go pear-shaped for the Wasps when they conceded a 1-5 in the reserves race when Joel Parsons fell on the third lap while leading. Things got worse for the home side when Edward Kennett won heat 3 from Carl Wilkinson and Tommy Allen for a 2-4 to put the Rockets 6 ahead. Then unbelievably Chris Neath and Steve Boxall scored a 1-5 over Craig Watson to put the home side in a lot of bother as the heat 4 score read 7-17. Within four heats Newport were in front! Firstly Carl Wilkinson took a TR in heat 5 and partnered with Tony Atkin they scored the big 8-1 ahead of Edward Kennett to cut the gap to 3 points. Chris Neath won heat 6 for a share of the points but Craig Watson made amends for his heat 4 aberration by winning heat 7 from Tommy Allen with Joel Parsons taking third from Edward Kennett to take the score to 22-23. The come back was complete in heat 8 when Chris Schramm and Joel Parsons scored a 5-1 ahead of Steve Boxall to complete a devastating spell for the Wasps. The heat 8 score was now 27-24. Chris Neath made it three wins in a row in heat 9 but Carl Wilkinson and Tony Atkin shared the heat behind him then, in heat 10, Edward Kennett took the three points from Neil Collins and Chris Schramm for another shared heat. Heat 11 saw Rye House back in front again. Again Craig Watson found himself on the wrong end of a 1-5 when he was beaten by Steve Boxall and Tommy Allen so the Rockets edged 1 point in front again at 34-35. Back came the home side with a 4-2 with Carl Wilkinson beating Edward Kennett with Joel Parsons third to take the heat 12 score to 38-37. Craig Watson scored a vital win in heat 13 and Neil Collins followed him home for a 5-1 ahead of the unbeaten at that stage Chris Neath and Newport now held a 5 point lead. Back came Rye House with a 1-5 in heat 14 from Steve Boxall and Tommy Allen to get within a point of their hosts going into the last race. Heat 15 provided a win for Edward Kennett but Craig Watson passed Chris Neath to join his partner, Carl Wilkinson, for the three points Newport needed for the win. Phew! Match Report by Merlin |