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Newport Wasps v Workington Comets
Premier League, 03 July 2005
Queensway Meadows, Newport

Newport 48
1Mads Korneliussen22331* ..111
3Tony Atkin1*2*212 ..82
4Neil Collins233R. ..80
5(g)Stuart Robson3132*2 ..111
6Lee Dicken211*01 1*282
7Karlis Ezergailis1*Fx1*0. ..22
Workington 42
2Shaun TaceyFx1300 ..40
3James Wright3031*3 0.101
4Scott RobsonR2*223 ..91
5Carl Stonehewer32321 3.140
6(g)Barry Burchatt100.. ..10
7(g)Pavel Ondrasik3FxX01 ..40

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

Newport created one of the shock results last May when they won at Workington . Today they had the opportunity to complete the double and take the bonus point by beating the Comets again. This week’s guest for Craig Watson was Stuart Robson while Newport continue to use R/R for Michael Coles at number 2. Workington used R/R for the injured Kauko Nieminen at number 1 and had two guest reserves. Pavel Ondrasik was at number 7 for the injured Kevin Little while the ‘revolving’ number 6 reserve position was this time filled by Rye House youngster Barry Burchatt.

After sharing the opening heat it was Workington who struck first with a 2-4 in heat 2 thanks to a Pavel Ondrasik win. James Wright became the third Workington race winner in heat 3 but Scott Robson had an engine failure so the heat was shared. It was all square after heat 4 which was delayed by a swarm of Wasps attacking the Workington side (some promoters will try anything for a win!). Stuart Robson beat Carl Stonehewer with Lee Dicken third for a 4-2 which made the heat 4 score 12-12.

Newport took the lead for the first time in heat 5 with a 5-1 from Neil Collins and Tony Atkin and, although Carl Stonehewer won heat 6, a shared heat kept them four points in front. Workington levelled the match with a 1-5 in heat 7 when James Wright and Scott Robson kept Stuart Robson back in third place and Shaun Tacey became the sixth Workington race winner in heat 8 which was shared. The score after heat 9 was 24-24 with all to race for.

Newport were back in front in heat 9 when Neil Collins beat Carl Stonehewer with Tony Atkin third for a 4-2 and a two point lead. Mads Korneliussen kept that lead by winning heat 10 but the Wasps doubled their lead with another 4-2 in heat 11 when Stuart won the battle of the Robson brothers with Lee Dicken third. Heat 12 was won by James Wright but there was no support for him so the four point gap remained. The score was now 35-31.

Finally Newport put some distance between themselves and the Comets with a big 5-1 in heat 13 thanks to Mads Korneliussen and Stuart Robson over Carl Stonehewer to make the score 43-35 with two heats to go. Lee Dicken produced the necessary two points to guarantee a Newport win in heat 14 which was won by Scott Robson after Neil Collins had suffered an engine failure. Carl Stonehewer won heat 15 but with James Wright finishing last the result was 3-3 and a 6 point win for Newport.

Match Report by Merlin