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Newport Wasps v Somerset Rebels
Premier League, 28 August 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Henrik Vedel | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Tony Atkin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1* | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | Neil Collins | 2* | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | . | 13 | 1 |
| 4(g) | Kyle Legault | 3 | F | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Lee Dicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Karl Mason | 3 | F | 0 | 1* | R | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 2(g) | David Meldrum | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 6(g) | Simon Walker | 2 | 2* | 1* | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Chris Mills | 0 | 1 | 1* | Fx | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newport once again used R/R for Mads Korneliussen at number 5 and had Kyle Legault as a guest at number 4 with Karl mason continuing at number 7. Somerset were without Jaimie Smith, Ritchie Hawkins and Trevor Harding. They had David Meldrum at number 2 for Jaimie Smith, used R/R for Ritchie Hawkins at number 3 and had Simon Walker in place of Trevor Harding. Newport got off to a good start in this match and led by eight points at one stage. However it all went pear-shaped again as they let an ‘all square’ situation after heat 10 degenerate to an eight point defeat. The Wasps got off to great start when Tony Atkin beat Magnus Zetterstrom in heat 1 with Henrik Vedel third for a 4-2. They added another 4-2 in heat 2 and their disbelieving fans watched as they stretched their lead to eight points with a 5-1 in heat 3 when Kyle Legault and Neil Collins headed home David Meldrum and Paul Fry. Karl Mason fell in heat 4 as Glenn Cunningham beat Tony Atkin so the Rebels pulled two points back with a 2-4 which took the score after the four opening heats to 15-9. Magnus Zetterstrom won heat 5 from Neil Collins as Somerset scored another 2-4 to cut the gap to four points and the comeback was complete when they then took a 1-5 in heat 6 as Glenn Cunningham and Simon Walker beat Tony Atkin and Henrik Vedel. Neil Collins and Tony Atkin won heats 7 and 8 for shared heats as the score moved to 24-24. Glenn Cunningham and Paul Fry won heats 9 and 10 for another two shared heats but Somerset finally took the lead when Magnus Zetterstrom won heat 11 from Henrik Vedel with David Meldrum third. The 2-4 began the start of the usual Newport slide. Paul Fry won heat 12 from Neil Collins and Karl Mason for a shared heat and the Wasps were only two behind with the score at 35-37. Kyle Legault did well to split the Zetterstrom/Cunningham pairing in heat 13 for a 2-4 to the Rebels who now led by four points. Paul Fry won heat 14 from Legault with Simon Walker taking the third place point when Karl Mason had an engine failure to stretch the visitors’ lead to six points and secure the win. Neil Collins split the Zetterstrom/Cunningham pairing in heat 15 for a 2-4 which wrapped up an eight point win for Somerset. Match Report by Merlin |