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Reading Racers v Newport Wasps
KO Cup (1st Round), 06 June 2005
Smallmead Stadium, Reading
| 1 | Zdenek Simota | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . | . | . | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Andrew Appleton | 1* | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | . | 12 | 1 |
| 4 | Richard Wolff | 2* | 2* | 3 | 1* | 3 | . | . | 11 | 3 |
| 5 | Matej Zagar | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7(g) | Cameron Woodward | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2* | 1* | 0 | 2* | 9 | 3 |
| 1 | Mads Korneliussen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1* | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 2 | Kristian Lund | 0 | 0 | 0 | R | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Neil Collins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 5(g) | Chris Harris | 2 | 2* | 3 | 0 | 2 | . | . | 9 | 1 |
| 6 | Tony Atkin | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1* | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | Karlis Ezergailis | 1* | 0 | 0 | 1* | . | . | . | 2 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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This was intended to be the second leg of this tie but the match between the two teams at Newport yesterday was postponed due to the weather. Reading used R/R for Steve Masters at number 2 and had Cameron Woodward as a guest reserve at number 7 for Mathieu Tressarieu. Newport used R/R for Michael Coles and had Chris Harris at number 5 for Craig Watson. The first two heats were shared with wins for Mads Korneliussen and Cameron Woodward before Reading edged in front with a 5-1 in heat 3 through Andrew Appleton and Richard Wolff from Tony Atkin. The Racers added a 4-2 in heat 4 when Matej Zagar beat Chris Harris with Cameron Woodward third to take the heat 4 score to 15-9. Appleton and Wolff took a 5-1 for Reading in heat 5 but Atkin and Harris did likewise for the Wasps in heat 6 to keep the difference between the teams at 6 points. Zagar and Johnson added a 4-2 in heat 7 then another 5-1 for the Racers from Wolff and Woodward had Newport reeling at 30-18 after heat 8. However the visitors dug in and shared the next four heats before a 4-2 in a close run heat 13 won by Zagar from Korneliussen with Simota taking third place from Harris stretched the lead to 14 points at 46-32. It was an 18 point lead for Reading when Richard Wolff and Cameron Woodward took a 5-1 in heat 14 ahead of Neil Collins and that’s the way it stayed as Matej Zagar won heat 15 from Harris and Korneliussen. Match Report by Merlin |