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Newport Wasps v Somerset Rebels
Premier Trophy (Group), 24 April 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport
| 1 | Michael Coles | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 0 | 1* | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | Mads Korneliussen | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Fn | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 2* | 1* | 2* | 2 | . | . | . | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Craig Watson | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Fx | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 2 | 2* | 1 | 1* | . | . | . | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 1* | 2* | 2* | 1 | 1 | . | . | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Magnus Zetterstrom | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Jamie Smith | 1 | 0 | Fx^ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Ritchie Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Paul Fry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | . | . | . | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Glenn Cunningham | 1 | 3 | 2^ | 0 | 2* | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | Lee Smart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jason King | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 4 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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There seem to be no end of matches scheduled between Newport and Somerset. This time the weather didn’t put the match off and both teams were at full strength. Somerset took an early lead with an opening heat 2-4 but after a shared heat 2 Newport took a 5-1 in heat 3 from Korneliussen and Collins from Paul Fry and another in heat 4 from Craig Watson and Karlis Ezergailis to lead 15-9 after four heats. The next two heats were shared but a 5-1 from Craig Watson and Tony Atkin from Hawkins and Fry followed by another from Lund and Ezergailis put the Wasps 14 points ahead at 31-17 after heat 8. In heat 9 Somerset gave a TR to Glenn Cunningham but he fared no better than his team mates in the previous two heats finishing third to Mads Korneliussen and Neil Collins as the Wasps cruised to a 36-19 lead. They continued to build on the lead by taking three consecutive 4-2s in heats 10, 11 and 12 with Craig Watson inflicting the only defeat of the match on Magnus Zetterstrom in heat 11. This took the score to 48-25. Heats 13 and 14 were shared with Magnus Zetterstrom beating Craig Watson in heat 13 but the Rebels took some consolation from heat 15 with a 1-5 from Zetterstrom and Cunningham. This heat was marred by a crash between Craig Watson and Mads Korneliussen when Watson’s machine reared on the back straight causing Korneliussen to run into him. Craig Watson was excluded from the rerun and Karlis Ezergailis replaced Mads Korneliussen. Match Report by Merlin |