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Rye House Rockets v Berwick Bandits
Premier League, 29 July 2005
Hoddesdon Stadium, Rye House
| 1 | Stuart Robson | 3 | R | 2* | 2* | 2* | . | . | 9 | 3 |
| 2 | Edward Kennett | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 3 | Brent Werner | 3 | 2* | 2* | 1* | . | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Daniel King | 2* | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | . | 11 | 1 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Steve Boxall | 2* | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Tommy Allen | 3 | 1 | 2* | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 1 | Adrian Rymel | 1 | 0 | 0^ | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Schramm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Tom P Madsen | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | . | . | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Michal Makovsky | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Adam Pietraszko | 1 | 1* | Fx^ | 0 | R | 2 | . | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | Carl Wilkinson | 0 | 2 | 1* | 1 | 2 | 1* | 0 | 7 | 2 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Well, what can you say about this one ? A desperately disappointing Berwick side were completely outclassed as the Rockets won 14 of the 15 heats. Rye House were at full strength. Berwick used rider replacement for Scott Smith. Berwick were ahead in the match for all of twenty seconds when Adrian Rymel led from the tapes in heat 1 but he was passed in turn by Stuart Robson and Edward Kennett. Chris Schramm made no impression and trailed in last. Tommy Allen, fresh from his excellent win in the Vic Harding Memorial meeting, took heat 2 ahead of Steve Boxall and then the Brent Werner/Daniel King partnership easily won heat 3, winning unchallenged from Tom Madsen and Schramm. That made it 15-3 after the first three heats and Rye House just kept pouring it on. Chris Neath was in imperious form all night. His first of five race wins came in heat 4, ahead of Carl Wilkinson and Tommy Allen, before Werner & King notched up another 5-1 in heat 5. Berwick got a break in heat 6 when Robson suffered a mechanical problem when leading and had to drop out, leaving Kennett to win easily from Michael Makovsky and Adam Pietraszko. Neath won heat 7 in a canter but Madsen and Wilkinson managed to share the points. Normal service was resumed in the next three heats. Kennett and Allen took heat 8 ahead of Wilkinson and Schramm to make the match score 35-13. Berwick tried to stem the tide in heat 9 when Pietraszko took a tactical ride, only to be excluded when he ran into the boards coming out of the second bend. Werner and King scored an easy 5-1 in the re-run. Heat 10 was the pick of the evening. Robson broke the tapes and started the re-run 15 metres back. The home fans settled down to watch the chase and Robson did not disappoint them. While Kennett blazed off in front, Robson passed Pietraszko first and set off after Madsen. Two laps later and Rye racked up another 5-1 - a superb ride from Robson. It was Rymel's turn to take a tactical ride in heat 11. Neath led throughout and Wilkinson held off Boxall for second place. Rymel trailed in last - another waste of a tactical ride. Berwick, at last, managed a heat win in heat 12 thanks to a spirited ride from Tom Madsen. The main interest occurred after the race when Tommy Allen and Adam Pietraszko had an exchange of views, Pietraszko no doubt unimpressed by Allen's forceful pass on the third bend. Once the fists had stopped flying, Neath and Robson made short work of Michael Makovsky and Rymel in heat 13. Berwick managed another 3-3 in heat 14. King won it easily, ahead of Pietraszko, but Boxall couldn't quite get on terms with Wilkinson. Neath and Robson came out in heat 15 alongside Makovsky and Wilkinson. While Neath once again flew out of the gate and won easily, Robson gave himself some work to do. He passed Makovsky easily enough and trailed Wilkinson for two laps, taking an outside line. Then, on the third lap, he suddenly cut inside coming out of the second bend and Wilkinson could only watch as Robson raced off to join Neath for another 5-1. Although Madsen and Wilkinson offered some token resistance, Berwick were simply blown away. For Rye, Chris Neath recorded an immaculate full maximum, Kennett and King managed paid maximums but it will be Robson's masterful ride in heat 10 that will linger in the home fans' memories. Match Report by Candyman |