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Newport Wasps v Somerset Rebels
Premier Trophy (Group), 16 April 2006
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Neil Collins | 3 | 2* | 3 | 1* | 0 | . | . | 9 | 2 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | 2* | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Carl Wilkinson | 2* | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | . | 10 | 1 |
| 4 | Tony Atkin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Craig Watson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Joel Parsons | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Billy Legg | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 1 | 3 | 6^ | 3 | 3 | . | . | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Glen Phillips | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Stephan Katt | 1 | 2 | R | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 0 | 1* | 2 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 2 | 1 | 4^ | 0 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Simon Walker | 3 | R | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Ben Barker | 0 | 1* | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Newport were at full strength as was the revamped . Somerset side. Newport had 15 points to pull back to contest the bonus point and they made a great start with two 5-1s in the opening four heats. It was Neil Collins and Chris Schramm who took the first of them in heat 1 with Magnus Zetterstrom finishing third. After Simon Walker won the reserves race for Somerset and a shared heat Tony Atkin and Carl Wilkinson banged in the second 5-1 with Stephan Katt and Paul Fry bringing up the rear. Craig Watson won heat 3 for a shared heat and the score after the opening four heats was 16-8. Somerset hit back with a 2-4 in heat 5. Magnus Zetterstrom beat Tony Atkin with Glen Phillips taking third from Carl Wilkinson to reduce the gap to 6 points. Newport then replied with another 5-1 in heat 6. It was Chris Schramm and Neil Collins again repeating their feat in heat 1 with the maximum from Glenn Cunningham as Newport moved ten points ahead. Craig Watson won again in heat 7 to keep it that way then Chris Schramm beat Glen Phillips in heat 8 with Joel Parsons third for a 4-2 to put the Wasps 12 ahead on the match and now only 3 down on aggregate. The heat 8 score was 30-18. Somerset gave Glenn Cunningham a TR in heat 9 but Carl Wilkinson beat him and Tony Atkin took third to ensure that the heat was shared 4-4. The excellent Collins/Schramm pairing had another heat advantage in heat 10. Neil Collins won from Paul Fry with Chris Schramm taking third as Stephan Katt suffered an engine failure. The resultant 4-2 stretched the Wasps lead to 38-24, now only one behind on aggregate. However they suffered a crushing blow in heat 11. Magnus Zetterstrom took a TR and won with Glen Phillips second from Joel Parsons and Craig Watson for the big 1-8 which cut 7 points from the home side’s lead. Newport were now only 7 ahead on the match and 8 behind on aggregate. Carl Wilkinson and Joel Parsons set about building up the lead again in heat 12 with a 4-2 when Stephan Katt split them with the heat 12 score moving to 43-34. Magnus Zetterstrom won heat 13 from Craig Watson and Neil Collins then Paul Fry won heat 14 from Joel Parsons and Tony Atkin both for shared heats to guarantee Newport the match win and Somerset the bonus point. Finally Magnus Zetterstrom won heat 15 from Carl Wilkinson with Paul Fry rather spoiling Neil Collins’ day by taking third place for a Rebels’ 2-4. Match Report by Merlin |