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Rye House Rockets v Isle of Wight Islanders
KO Cup (1st Round), 20 May 2006
Hoddesdon Stadium, Rye House
| 1 | Ross Brady | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2* | . | . | . | 8 | 1 |
| 3 | Edward Kennett | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2* | 2* | . | . | 13 | 2 |
| 4 | Tommy Allen | 1* | R | 2* | 1 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Luke Bowen | 3 | 2* | 2* | 1 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 7 | Steve Boxall | 2* | 2* | 1 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 11 | 2 |
| 8(g) | Danny Betson | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Chris Holder | 3 | 1 | 0^ | 0 | 1 | . | . | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Jason Doyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | . | . | . | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Krister Marsh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Krzysztof Stojanowski | 1* | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Jason Bunyan | 1 | 2 | 4^ | 1 | 0 | . | . | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Nick Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | R | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Rye House began the second leg of this KO Cup tie trailing the Isle of Wight by 12 points. With Jamie Courtney still in hospital on the island after a bad crash in Tuesday's first leg, and likely to be out of the side for many weeks, Rye used rider replacement at number two. Danny Betson was promoted from the Conference League side and named at number eight, his debut in Premier League racing. The visitors were at full strength. Despite the scoreline, the match contained some of the best racing seen at the track this year. Heat 1 gave no indication of what was to come when Chris Holder had a surprisingly easy win over Ross Brady. Tommy Allen, as rider replacement, took third place ahead of Jason Doyle. The Rye reserve pairing of Luke Bowen and Steve Boxall won easily from Chris Johnson and Nick Simmons in heat 2. Edward Kennett led in heat 3 and was soon well in control. Allen's engine gave up on the fourth bend allowing Krister Marsh and Krzysztof Stojanowski through into the minor places. Rye scored another 5-1 in heat 4. Boxall led but Chris Neath soon took over at the front. Bunyan and Simmons couldn't get close. 16-8 to Rye House after four heats. Chris Holder was out for his second race in heat 5 but it was Kennett from the inside gate who led and was soon sailing off into the distance. Allen was behind him with Holder at his heels throughout. On the last lap, Holder threw everything at Allen and twice looked to edge ahead as he charged into the bends on Allen's inside. Allen kept his nerve off the last bend and got the power on first to win by a bike length. Heat 6 was even better. Brady, Boxall (as rider replacement) and Bunyan were together throughout the race. Brady kept his lead to win while Bunyan managed to squeeze into second place. Heats 7 and 8 saw Rye House increase their lead further thanks to two 5-1s. Neath and Bowen were too good for Marsh and Stojanowski and then the Rye reserves, Boxall and Bowen (as rider replacement) won easily from Doyle and Simmons. 35-13 to Rye House after eight heats. Allen led heat 9 from Kennett with Bunyan, on a tactical ride, in third place. Kennett moved into the lead at the end of the second lap, staying wide as Allen kept to the inside and Bunyan waited for his chance. Just as another 5-1 was looming, Bunyan's persistence paid off and he moved past Allen right on the line to split the home riders. Danny Betson's time came in heat 10, the last of the rider replacement spots, partnering Brady against Marsh and Stojanowski. Betson was first to the bend, ahead of Brady, and never looked in danger. Behind him, Brady was coming under pressure from Stojanowski and had to give up second place at the end of the third lap. Neath won heat 11 in a canter leaving Bowen and Doyle to slug it out for second place. They changed positions at least twice but it was Doyle at the line. Chris Holder surprised Kennett and Boxall with a great start in heat 12 but he couldn't stay in front. Kennett passed him on the outside of the third bend and Boxall repeated the move a lap later. Rye House took another 5-1 in heat 13 when Neath and Brady lined up against Holder and Bunyan. This one was very close with all four riders tightly grouped for the four laps. Neath won it from Brady, ahead of Bunyan. Bowen won again in heat 14 from Stojanowski and Allen. Kennett and Neath were in the last heat against Holder and Bunyan. The home pair gated quickly and were soon in control. Rye House had won the match by 66-26 to make the score over two legs 107-79. Both Neath (full) and Kennett (paid) recorded maximums but it will be Danny Betson who will remember this tie and his race win in heat 10. The Islanders managed just three shared heats and one heat winner - Holder in heat 1. However, they never let their heads drop and scored a maximum for effort. Match Report by Candyman |