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Rye House Rockets v Sheffield Tigers
Young Shield (SF), 15 October 2005
Hoddesdon Stadium, Rye House
| 2 | Edward Kennett | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | . | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | Brent Werner | 2* | 3 | 2* | 1 | 3 | 2 | . | 13 | 2 |
| 4 | Daniel King | 3 | 2* | 2* | 3 | 0 | . | . | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | Chris Neath | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1* | . | 12 | 1 |
| 6 | Steve Boxall | 2* | 2* | 1* | 3 | . | . | . | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | Tommy Allen | 3 | 1 | 2* | 2* | . | . | . | 8 | 2 |
| 1 | Sean Wilson | 2 | 2^ | 3 | 3 | 3 | . | . | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Ben Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | Fx | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Ricky Ashworth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Richard Hall | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1* | . | . | . | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Andre Compton | 0 | 1 | 2^ | 2* | . | . | . | 5 | 1 |
| 6(g) | David McAllan | 0 | F | 0 | . | . | . | . | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Legault | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | . | 6 | 0 |
* = BP. ^ = TR . ! = TS (15m Handicap). # = TR (Points Not Doubled). & = TS (Points Not Doubled, 15m Handicap).
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Rye House went into this match without Stuart Robson, for whom they used Rider Replacement at number 1, attempting to pull back a 23 point deficit. Sheffield had David McAllan guesting at number 6. Sheffield took far too long to warm up for this return leg – 12 heats too long in fact. By that time they trailed by 55-19 and were 91-78 in arrears with the tie a forlorn hope. They did rally over the last three heats winning them 7-11 which served to put a better face on the overall score. Over the opening four heats Rye House dropped only two points scoring two 5-1s and two 4-2s to lead 18-6. During that spell Sean Wilson took a second place behind Chris Neath after leading briefly in the opening heat and Kyle Legault did likewise behind Neath, again, in heat 4. Sheffield gave Sean Wilson an early TR in heat 5 but he was stuck at the back until his partner, Ben Wilson, let him through for the extra point and a 5-2 to the home side. This was the first of five successive maximums for the Rockets during which spell Andre Compton took a TR in heat 9 only to finish third after leading Daniel King and Brent Werner both of whom sailed past him before the end of the first lap. The score after these opening nine heats was 43-13 and Sheffield were already 7 points down on aggregate. Things improved after that for the Tigers mainly due to Sean Wilson who won three of the last five heats. In heat 10 Richard Hall finished behind Edward Kennett but pegged Brent Werner back in third place for a 4-2. After Ben Wilson fell and was excluded in heat 11, Sean Wilson passed Chris Neath to supply the visitors’ first race winner all match and first shared heat. Another Rye House 5-1 from Brent Werner and Tommy Allen was followed by a unique 1-5 to Sheffield as Sean Wilson and Andre Compton beat Edward Kennett and Chris Neath. Daniel King fell in heat 14 won by Steve Boxall for a shared heat then another 3-3 resulted in heat 15 when Sean Wilson won from the gate to beat Brent Werner and Chris Neath. Surprisingly Andre Compton was not nominated in this race after his heat 13 success and it was left to Kyle Legault to partner Wilson. Match Report by Merlin |