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Reading Racers v Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier League, 19 September 2005
Smallmead Stadium, Reading
| 2 | Zdenek Simota | 0 | 2* | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Andrew Appleton | 2* | 2 | 3 | 1* | 3 | 2 | . | 13 | 2 |
| 4 | Mathieu Tresarrieu | 3 | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Matej Zagar | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | R | . | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Richard Wolff | 2 | 3 | 0 | Fx | 2 | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Craig Boyce | 1* | 3 | 2 | 4^ | 3 | . | . | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 1 | 1* | 2 | 1* | 1* | . | . | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Ulrich Ostergaard | 0 | 2 | 4^ | Fx | 3 | 1 | . | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Krzysztof Stojanowski | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | . | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Jason Doyle | 2 | 3 | 0 | T | 2 | 2! | . | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | Glen Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 0 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Reading used R/R at number one for the injured Danny Bird while the Isle of Wight used R/R for Steen Jensen at number 2. The Isle of Wight got off to a good start when they took the lead in heat 2 after heat one, won by Matej Zagar, had been shared. Jason Doyle won the reserves race and the Islanders took a 2-4. Any ideas they might have had of sneaking a result were well and truly dashed as Reading hit home two 5-1s. In heat 3 Mathieu Tresarrieu and Andrew Appleton headed home Krister Marsh after Ulrich Ostergaard had touched the tapes and had to go from 15 metres back. In heat 4 Richard Wolff hit the front from the gate and Matej Zagar rode shotgun for another maximum to take the score to 15-9 after four heats. Craig Boyce beat Andrew Appleton for a shared heat 5 then Andrew Appleton and Zdenek Simota scored a third 5-1 for Reading to stretch the lead to 10 points at 23-13. Wins for Zagar, in heat 7, and Simota, who went from third to first, in heat 8 produced shared heats and the score moved to 29-19. In heat 9 Krzysztof Stojanowski finished first for another shared heat as the Islanders dug in then, in heat 10, Ulrich Ostergaard took a TR. Although Simota won the heat Ostergaard and Marsh finished ahead of Tresarrieu for a 3-5 to the Islanders which reduced their arrears to eight points at 35-27. In heat 11 Ulrich Ostergaard fell while lying second and was excluded from the rerun which Matej Zagar won from Craig Boyce to give the Racers a ten point lead again. Heat 12 was rerun too after Richard Wolff fell at the back and was excluded. In the rerun Andrew Appleton won for a shared race and the score moved to 42-32. Craig Boyce took a TR in heat 13 and Simota took the R/R ride to join Matej Zagar at the tapes. Zagar beat Boyce again and, with Simota in third place, the heat was shared 4-4. In heat 14 Jason Doyle took a Tactical Substitute ride from 15 metres back. Ulrich Ostergaard won the heat from Richard Wolff and Jason Doyle passed Mathieu Tressarieu to double the third place point to two giving the Isle of Wight a 2-5 advantage. They also took a 2-4 in the last heat which was won by Craig Boyce from Andrew Appleton after Matej Zagar had suffered an engine failure while leading the race on lap 3. Match Report by Merlin |